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Rennes FC — Marseille: 1:0, Ligue 1

Ligue 1
Rennes FC D23 Aug · Away Paris Saint Germain · 2:2W30 Aug · Home Le Mans · 3:2W6 Sep · Away Angers · 2:1W11 Sep · Home Marseille · 1:0D16 Sep · Away Sturm Graz · 0:0L19 Sep · Away Lyon · 0:4
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Marseille W21 Aug · Home Strasbourg · 4:0L30 Aug · Away Monaco · 0:2L6 Sep · Home Paris FC · 2:3L11 Sep · Away Rennes FC · 0:1L17 Sep · Away Besiktas · 1:4L20 Sep · Home Paris Saint Germain · 1:2
Venue: Roazhon Park City: Rennes

In the Ligue 1 game on 11 September 2026, Rennes FC beat Marseille 1:0. Match numbers: shots on target 7:5, corners 3:5.

Match report

Rennes took all three points against Marseille with a 1-0 victory at Roazhon Park on Friday evening, a result that kept them at the summit of Ligue 1 after four rounds. The hosts had already shown they could string results together — wins against Angers and Le Mans, a draw with Paris Saint-Germain — and this was another step forward. To be fair, the match never settled into the rhythm you might expect from two sides with such different form.

Adrien Thomasson broke the deadlock in the fifty-second minute, and that goal stood as the difference for the rest of the evening. Marseille pushed for an equaliser and created chances, but Rennes held firm. By then the visitors had already seen three changes — Angel Gomes, Mousa Al-Tamari, and Igor Paixão among those brought on — as they tried to find a way back into it.

The statistics tell a story that does not match the scoreline. Rennes had 49 per cent possession while Marseille held 51, yet the hosts registered seven shots on target compared to five for the visitors. Expected goals sat at 1.85 for Rennes against 0.97 for Marseille, and the visitors' goalkeeper made six saves to keep the deficit at one. And here's the thing — they created more corners, five to three, but Rennes were more dangerous when it mattered.

Rennes moved to ten points from three wins and a draw, while Marseille remain in eleventh place with just three points from four outings. The gap between the sides is now seven points, and Marseille's recent form — a loss to Monaco and a defeat to Paris Saint-Germain — makes the task ahead harder. The hosts, meanwhile, have shown they can compete with the best and now look comfortable at the top.

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Match highlights Rennes FC — Marseille OM

Key numbers

Possession, % 49 – 51
Shots on target 7 – 5
Shots off target 6 – 7
Expected goals 1.85 – 0.97

Match events

  1. 33' 0:0 Marseille Yellow card Himad Abdelli
  2. 43' 0:0 Marseille Yellow card Igor Paixão
  3. 43' 0:0 Rennes FC Yellow card Przemysław Frankowski
  4. 45' 0:0 Rennes FC Substitution Issa Soumaré off: Mousa Al-Tamari
  5. 52' 1:0 Rennes FC Goal Adrien Thomasson
  6. 65' 1:0 Marseille Substitution Angel Gomes off: Keyliane Abdallah
  7. 68' 1:0 Rennes FC Substitution Przemysław Frankowski off: Bryan Reynolds
  8. 78' 1:0 Rennes FC Substitution Esteban Lepaul off: Boulaye Dia
  9. 78' 1:0 Rennes FC Substitution Ludovic Blas off: Sebastian Szymański
  10. 78' 1:0 Marseille Substitution Himad Abdelli off: Neal Maupay
  11. 85' 1:0 Marseille Yellow card Amine Harit
  12. 86' 1:0 Rennes FC Substitution Mousa Al-Tamari off: Eliezer Mayenda
  13. 88' 1:0 Marseille Substitution Igor Paixão off: Faris Moumbagna
  14. 88' 1:0 Marseille Substitution Amine Gouiri off: Tadjidine Mmadi
  15. 88' 1:0 Marseille Substitution Nayef Aguerd off: Derek Cornelius
  16. 90+4' 1:0 Marseille Yellow card Timothy Weah

Statistics

49 Possession, % 51
7 Shots on target 5
6 Shots off target 7
1.85 Expected goals 0.97
3 Big chances 2
3 Corners 5
15 Fouls 13
13 Free kicks 13
1 Offsides 1
1 Yellow cards 4
0 Red cards 0
13 Goal kicks 4
17 Throw-ins 20
All statistics
11/2544% Aerial duels 14/2556%
75 Backward passes 75
7 Blocked shots 1
24 Clearances 21
5/2223% Crosses 7/2133%
8/1844% Dribbles 12/1963%
1.35 Expected assists 1.24
79 Failed passes 83
5 Goalkeeper saves 6
11 Interceptions 14
15 Key passes 11
21/4943% Long passes 23/5244%
113 Passes into the final third 110
318 Passes in the opposition half 311
200 Passes in own half 232
0.35 Shot accuracy 0.38
7 Shots from outside the box 5
13 Shots inside the box 8
7/1258% Tackles 9/1560%
496 Total passes 522

Line-ups

Rennes FC

Starting XI
# Player number
30 Brice Lauriche Samba 30
4 Charlie Richard Cresswell 4
18 M. Nagida 18
24 Anthony Rouault 24
95 Przemysław Adam Frankowski 95
21 Valentin Rongier 21
28 Adrien Thomasson 28
45 Mahdi Camara 45
9 Esteban Lepaul 9
10 Ludovic Régis Arsène Blas 10
90 Issa Soumaré 90
Substitutes
# Player number
16 Nicolas Lemaitre 16
14 Bryan Keith Reynolds Jr. 14
26 Quentin Merlin 26
48 A. Ait Boudlal 48
17 Sebastian Szymański 17
11 Mousa Mohammad Mousa Sulaiman Al Tamari 11
12 Eliezer Mayenda 12
22 Boulaye Dia 22
65 Henrique do Marcolino 65
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Marseille

Starting XI
# Player number
1 Jeffrey de Lange 1
4 Conrad Jaden Egan-Riley 4
21 Nayef Aguerd 21
22 Timothy Tarpeh Weah 22
33 Emerson 33
7 Adilson Angel Abreu de Almeida Gomes 7
8 Himad Said Abdelli 8
14 Igor Guilherme Barbosa da Paixão 14
23 Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 23
77 Amine Harit 77
9 Amine Ferid Gouiri 9
Substitutes
# Player number
92 Théo Vermot 92
13 Derek Austin Cornelius 13
18 Abdoul Bamo Meité 18
25 Ulisses Alexandre Garcia Lopes 25
11 Neal Maupay 11
29 Faris Pemi Moumbagna 29
43 T. Mmadi 43
48 K. Abdallah 48
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Match prediction: Rennes FC — Marseille

Win: Marseille

Confidence 43%

Reasoning

  • Ренн — 5. place, 7 points after 3 games (2 wins, 1 draws, 0 losses)
  • Марсель — 10. place, 3 points after 3 games (1 wins, 2 losses)
  • Ренн, last 5 games: 2 wins, 1 draws, 2 losses
  • Марсель, last 5 games: 2 wins, 3 losses
  • Head-to-head: 11 games, Ренн — 2, 2 draws, Марсель — 7
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Recent form

Rennes FC

D23 Aug · Away Paris Saint Germain · 2:2W30 Aug · Home Le Mans · 3:2W6 Sep · Away Angers · 2:1W11 Sep · Home Marseille · 1:0D16 Sep · Away Sturm Graz · 0:0L19 Sep · Away Lyon · 0:4

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Marseille

W21 Aug · Home Strasbourg · 4:0L30 Aug · Away Monaco · 0:2L6 Sep · Home Paris FC · 2:3L11 Sep · Away Rennes FC · 0:1L17 Sep · Away Besiktas · 1:4L20 Sep · Home Paris Saint Germain · 1:2

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