Lorient 2-1 Rennes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Tuesday 29 November 2016

Result

Lorient 2-1 Rennes

Ligue 1 · Tuesday 29 November 2016, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Lorient 2-1 Rennes: match report

Lorient won against Rennes 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Tuesday 29 November 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.

Michael Ciani opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Lorient's goals came from Michael Ciani (28') and A. Waris (46'). Rennes scored through Giovanni Sio (32').

Discipline: Lorient received 1 yellow card; Rennes received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Lorient were 20th on 8 points from 14 and Rennes 4th on 24 points from 14. Lorient went on to finish that season 18th with 36 points, and Rennes 10th with 50.

Lorient lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rennes in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Wesley Lautoa of Lorient (8.0), ahead of Sylvain Marveaux (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Lorient wins, 3 draws and 5 for Rennes.

Going into the match Lorient's last five read D-L-L-D-L and Rennes's W-D-L-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · Arnold MvuembaLorient
  • 28'Goal · Michael CianiLorient · 1-0
  • 32'Goal · Giovanni SioRennes · 1-1
  • 46'Goal · A. WarisLorient · 2-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Ludovic BaalRennes

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Lorient 2, draws 3, Rennes 5.

Team news

Lorient line-up (4-3-3)

Paul Delecroix, Zargo Touré, Mickaël Ciani, Steven Moreira, Erwin Koffi, Arnold Mvuemba, Cafú, Wesley Lautoa, Paul Butler, Sylvain Marveaux, Benjamin Moukandjo

Rennes line-up (4-4-1-1)

Benoît Costil, Pedro Mendes, Ludovic Baal, Romain Danzé, Joris Gnagnon, Paul-Georges Ntep, Kamil Grosicki, Benjamin André, Sanjin Prcić, Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio, Adrien Hunou