Match Report
In the standings it was Lens 2nd on 70 points, Rennes 6th on 59 — separated by 11. Lens ranked just 7th in the league on five-round form despite their 2nd table position. Per game in the league, Lens were scoring 1.94 and conceding 1.03, Rennes 1.74 and 1.47, against a competition average of 1.41 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive defeats weighed on Rennes. From the last five rounds, Lens held 12 points of 15 and Rennes 4.
18 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Lens 6, draws 9, Rennes 3, at 1.67 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 33% of those meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 17% of the meetings went over two goals.
Stade Bollaert-Delelis staged the fixture, a ground that holds 38,223. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 3-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Lens: Odsonne Édouard (41'), Ruben Aguilar (54'), Allan Saint-Maximin (78') · Rennes: Estéban Lepaul (8')
Key stats
Possession: Lens 51% · Rennes 49% · Total shots: 9-14 · On target: 3-1 · Corners: 4-4