Rennes 4-4 Olympique Marseille: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 9 August 2008
Result
Rennes 4-4 Olympique Marseille
Ligue 1 · Saturday 9 August 2008, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-3
Rennes 4-4 Olympique Marseille: match report
Rennes drew with Olympique Marseille 4-4 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 9 August 2008. The half-time score was 1-3.
Olivier Thomert opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Rennes's goals came from Olivier Thomert (6'), Olivier Thomert (51'), an own goal by Steve Mandanda (89') and Bruno Cheyrou (90'). Olympique Marseille scored through Bakari Koné (12'), Hatem Ben Arfa (14') and Mamadou Niang (28').
Discipline: Rennes received 2 yellow cards; Olympique Marseille received 1 yellow card.
Rennes went on to finish that season 7th with 61 points, and Olympique Marseille 2nd with 77.
Rennes lined up in a 4-3-3 and Olympique Marseille in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Rennes wins, 1 draw and 3 for Olympique Marseille.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Olivier Thomert
- 12'Goal · Bakari Koné
- 14'Goal · Hatem Ben Arfa
- 28'Goal · Mamadou Niang
- 42'Yellow card · Romain Danzé
- 51'Goal · Olivier Thomert
- 82'Yellow card · El-Amine Erbate
- 82'Yellow card · Leo Leroy
- 89'Own goal · Steve Mandanda
- 90'Goal · Bruno Cheyrou
- 90'Goal · E. Grandin
Head-to-head
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
Olympique Marseille expected line-up (4-5-1)
Steve Mandanda, Laurent Bonnart, Taye Ismaila Taiwo, Lorik Cana, Julien Rodriguez, Ronald Zubar, Modeste M'bami, Samir Nasri, Benoît Cheyrou, Djibril Cissé, Mamadou Niang