Olympique Marseille 3-1 Rennes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 2 September 2012

Result

Olympique Marseille 3-1 Rennes

Ligue 1 · Sunday 2 September 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Olympique Marseille 3-1 Rennes: match report

Olympique Marseille defeated Rennes 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 2 September 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.

J. Morel opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Olympique Marseille's goals came from J. Morel (35'), A. Gignac (84') and an own goal by Romain Danzé (90+4'). Rennes scored through Julien Féret (57').

Discipline: Olympique Marseille received 2 yellow cards; Rennes received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Olympique Marseille were 2nd on 9 points from 3 and Rennes 17th on 3 points from 3. Olympique Marseille went on to finish that season 4th with 65 points, and Rennes 11th with 50.

Olympique Marseille lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rennes in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Olympique Marseille wins, 4 draws and 2 for Rennes.

Going into the match Olympique Marseille's last five read W-W-W and Rennes's W-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · A. GignacOlympique Marseille
  • 6'Yellow card · Vincent PajotRennes
  • 35'Goal · J. MorelOlympique Marseille · 1-0
  • 57'Goal · Julien FéretRennes · 1-1
  • 71'Yellow card · J. MorelOlympique Marseille
  • 84'Goal · A. GignacOlympique Marseille · 2-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Yann M'VilaRennes
  • 90+4'Own goal · Romain DanzéOlympique Marseille · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Olympique Marseille 4, draws 4, Rennes 2.

Team news

Olympique Marseille line-up (4-2-3-1)

Steve Mandanda, Kassim Abdallah Mfoihaia, Nicolas N'Koulou, Jérémy Morel, Rod Fanni, Benoît Cheyrou, Morgan Amalfitano, Charles Kabore, Mathieu Valbuena, André-Pierre Gignac, André Ayew

Rennes line-up (4-2-3-1)

Benoît Costil, Kévin Théophile-Catherine, Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik, John Boye, Romain Danzé, Julien Féret, Yann M'Vila, Vincent Pajot, Jonathan Pitroipa, Mevlüt Erdinç, Romain Alessandrini