Rennes 3-2 Olympique Marseille: result and report
Ligue 1 · Wednesday 21 September 2016
Result
Rennes 3-2 Olympique Marseille
Ligue 1 · Wednesday 21 September 2016, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Rennes 3-2 Olympique Marseille: match report
Rennes defeated Olympique Marseille 3-2 in Ligue 1 on Wednesday 21 September 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.
Giovanni Sio opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Rennes's goals came from Giovanni Sio (41'), Kamil Grosicki (86', penalty) and A. Hunou (88'). Olympique Marseille scored through Bafétimbi Gomis (44', penalty) and Bafétimbi Gomis (50').
Discipline: Rennes received 1 yellow card; Olympique Marseille received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Rennes were 12th on 7 points from 5 and Olympique Marseille 15th on 5 points from 5. Rennes went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Olympique Marseille 5th with 62.
Rennes lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Olympique Marseille in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bafétimbi Gomis of Olympique Marseille (8.3), ahead of Kamil Grosicki (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Rennes wins, 2 draws and 4 for Olympique Marseille.
Key events
- 26'Yellow card · Gelson Fernandes
- 41'Goal · Giovanni Sio
- 44'Penalty goal · Bafétimbi Gomis
- 50'Goal · Bafétimbi Gomis
- 56'Yellow card · Zinédine Machach
- 65'Second yellow · Zinédine Machach
- 86'Penalty goal · Kamil Grosicki
- 88'Goal · A. Hunou
- 90+3'Yellow card · Rémy Cabella
Head-to-head
Team news
Rennes line-up (4-4-1-1)
Benoît Costil, Mexer, Ramy Bensebaini, Ludovic Baal, Romain Danzé, Gelson Fernandes, Paul-Georges Ntep, Pedro Henrique, Benjamin André, Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio, Yoann Gourcuff
Olympique Marseille line-up (4-2-3-1)
Yohann Pelé, Hiroki Sakai, Karim Rekik, Henri Bedimo, T. Hubočan, Rémy Cabella, Clinton N'Jie, William Vainqueur, Zinédine Machach, Florian Thauvin, Bafétimbi Gomis