Olympique Marseille 2-5 Rennes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Friday 18 March 2016

Result

Olympique Marseille 2-5 Rennes

Ligue 1 · Friday 18 March 2016, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-3

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Olympique Marseille 2-5 Rennes: match report

Olympique Marseille lost to Rennes 2-5 in Ligue 1 on Friday 18 March 2016. The half-time score was 1-3.

Yoann Gourcuff opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Olympique Marseille's goals came from F. Thauvin (20') and Akio Kogiku (50'). Rennes scored through Yoann Gourcuff (4'), Fallou Diagne (9'), Ousmane Dembélé (14'), Yoann Gourcuff (59') and Giovanni Sio (77').

Discipline: Olympique Marseille received 2 yellow cards; Rennes received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Olympique Marseille were 11th on 39 points from 30 and Rennes 4th on 46 points from 30. Olympique Marseille went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Rennes 8th with 54.

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 5 Olympique Marseille wins, 2 draws and 3 for Rennes.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Yoann GourcuffRennes · 0-1
  • 8'Yellow card · Akio KogikuOlympique Marseille
  • 9'Goal · Fallou DiagneRennes · 0-2
  • 14'Goal · Ousmane DembéléRennes · 0-3
  • 20'Goal · F. ThauvinOlympique Marseille · 1-3
  • 29'Yellow card · Benjamin AndréRennes
  • 32'Yellow card · Michy BatshuayiOlympique Marseille
  • 50'Goal · Akio KogikuOlympique Marseille · 2-3
  • 59'Goal · Yoann GourcuffRennes · 2-4
  • 77'Goal · Giovanni SioRennes · 2-5

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Olympique Marseille 5, draws 2, Rennes 3.

Team news

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

Steve Mandanda, Javier Manquillo, Karim Rekik, Nicolas N'Koulou, Benjamin Mendy, Mauricio Isla, Georges-Kevin N'Koudou, Rémy Cabella, Jacques-Alaixys Romao, Michy Batshuayi

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

Benoît Costil, Pedro Mendes, Sylvain Armand, Romain Danzé, Cheikh M'Bengue, Mehdi Zeffane, Ousmane Dembélé, Gelson Fernandes, Benjamin André, Paul-Georges Ntep, Pedro Henrique