Rennes 0-2 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 24 November 2007

Result

Rennes 0-2 Olympique Lyonnais

Ligue 1 · Saturday 24 November 2007, 16:10 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Rennes 0-2 Olympique Lyonnais: match report

Rennes were beaten by Olympique Lyonnais 0-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 24 November 2007. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Juninho Pernambucano opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Rennes did not score. Olympique Lyonnais scored through Juninho Pernambucano (5', penalty) and Hatem Ben Arfa (18').

Discipline: Rennes received 3 yellow cards; Olympique Lyonnais received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Rennes were 4th on 24 points from 14 and Olympique Lyonnais 1st on 31 points from 14. Rennes went on to finish that season 6th with 58 points, and Olympique Lyonnais 1st with 79.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Rennes wins, 1 draw and 1 for Olympique Lyonnais.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Penalty goal · Juninho PernambucanoOlympique Lyonnais · 0-1
  • 18'Goal · Hatem Ben ArfaOlympique Lyonnais · 0-2
  • 47'Yellow card · Bruno CheyrouRennes
  • 68'Yellow card · E. EdmanRennes
  • 85'Yellow card · Emerson SheikRennes

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Rennes 2, draws 1, Olympique Lyonnais 1.

Team news

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

Simon Pouplin, Erik Kenneth Edman, Guillaume Borne, Rod Fanni, Petter Hansson, Leo Leroy, Olivier Thomert, Bruno Cheyrou, Olivier Sorlin, Sylvain Wiltord, Mickael Pagis

Olympique Lyonnais expected line-up (4-3-3)

Rémy Vercoutre, Sébastien Squillaci, Francois Clerc, Eric Abidal, Antônio Augusto Ribeiro Reis Junior, Florent Malouda, Nadir Belhadj, Sidney Govou, Fred, Tiago, Cris