Rennes 2-1 Olympique Marseille: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 26 January 2013
Result
Rennes 2-1 Olympique Marseille
Ligue 1 · Saturday 26 January 2013, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Rennes 2-1 Olympique Marseille: match report
Rennes beat Olympique Marseille 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 26 January 2013. It was 0-1 at half-time.
André Ayew opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Rennes's goals came from Kévin Théophile-Catherine (59') and Romain Alessandrini (88'). Olympique Marseille scored through André Ayew (38') and Jordan Ayew (83').
Discipline: Rennes received 1 yellow card; Olympique Marseille received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Rennes were 6th on 35 points from 21 and Olympique Marseille 3rd on 38 points from 21. Rennes went on to finish that season 11th with 50 points, and Olympique Marseille 4th with 65.
Rennes lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Olympique Marseille in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Rennes wins, 3 draws and 5 for Olympique Marseille.
Going into the match Rennes's last five read W-L-W-W-L and Olympique Marseille's W-L-W-W-D.
Key events
- 38'Goal · André Ayew
- 59'Goal · Kévin Théophile-Catherine
- 77'Yellow card · Chris Mavinga
- 83'Goal · Jordan Ayew
- 88'Goal · Romain Alessandrini
Head-to-head
Team news
Rennes line-up (4-2-3-1)
Benoît Costil, Kévin Théophile-Catherine, Chris Mavinga, Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik, Dimitri Foulquier, Romain Danzé, Julien Féret, Sadio Diallo, Jean Makoun, Mevlüt Erdinç, Romain Alessandrini
Olympique Marseille line-up (4-2-3-1)
Steve Mandanda, Nicolas N'Koulou, Lucas Mendes, Jérémy Morel, Rod Fanni, Benoît Cheyrou, Mathieu Valbuena, Jordan Ayew, André-Pierre Gignac, André Ayew, Joey Barton