Rennes 3-1 Lorient: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 23 May 2009

Result

Rennes 3-1 Lorient

Ligue 1 · Saturday 23 May 2009, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Rennes 3-1 Lorient: match report

Rennes won against Lorient 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 23 May 2009. The half-time score was 2-0.

Moussa Sow opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Rennes's goals came from Moussa Sow (41'), Rod Fanni (44') and Jires Kembo-Ekoko (82'). Lorient scored through M. Vahirua (78').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Rennes were 7th on 58 points from 36 and Lorient 10th on 44 points from 36. Rennes went on to finish that season 7th with 61 points, and Lorient 10th with 45.

Rennes lined up in a 4-3-3 and Lorient in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Rennes wins, 1 draw and 0 for Lorient.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Goal · Moussa SowRennes · 1-0
  • 44'Goal · Rod FanniRennes · 2-0
  • 78'Goal · M. VahiruaLorient · 2-1
  • 82'Goal · Jires Kembo-EkokoRennes · 3-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Rennes 4, draws 1, Lorient 0.

Team news

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

Patrice Luzi, Petter Hansson, John Mensah, Djimi Traoré, Romain Danzé, Fabien Lemoine, Leo Leroy, Olivier Thomert, Jimmy Briand, Mickael Pagis, Mehmet Yozgatlı

Lorient expected line-up (4-4-2)

Fabien Audard, Christophe Jallet, Sylvain Marchal, Jérémy Morel, Fabrice Abriel, Yazid Mansouri, Yohan Hautcoeur, Yann Jouffre, Rafik Saifi, Mickaël Ciani