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Thank you for following this poster on our site. We’ll meet you on Friday evening to live Lens-Angers at the opening of the 27th day of Ligue 1. At 5:15 p.m. on Sunday, Lille will go to Marseille and Rennes will host Metz.
Although they reacted well with Lepaul, Rennes were never able to equalize and suffered a rather logical defeat at home. Lille overtakes Rennes in the standings and moves to 5th.
Stuck on the right side, Rennes cannot send a cross into the area and loses against Lille!
Well taken by Lille, Rennes cannot get close to the goal. Time flies and the score remains 2-1 for Lille!
Rennes starts from behind with Samba and his defenders. However, Aït Boudlal does not release his ball in time and loses the ball.
Frankowski shifts Camara who arrives launched and cannot cross at the end of the race.
The broadcaster announces six minutes of extra time.
Entrance by Alexsandro Ribeiro
Release of H. Haraldsson
Zabiri wins his duel with a header in the area but Lille restarts just behind with a catastrophic clearance.
Release of A. Rouault
Entrance of A. Aït Boudlal
Rennes still remains approximate in its transmissions a few minutes before the final whistle, like Merlin’s pass forward.
Entrance of Tiago Santos
Release of C. Verdonk
Entry by O. Giroud
Exit of Félix Correia
Yellow card for Félix Correia.
Yellow card for Frankowski.
Özer poorly anticipates a corner and sees Mandi winning in the air. A big scare for the goalkeeper, who sees the ball fall like a bell just behind the goal.
Embolo complains of a collision in front of the area but the referee allows the game to continue. The striker has not yet worried the Lille defense since he came into play.
Entrance by Y. Zabiri
Release of L. Blas
Lepaul is in the right area but is penalized in the area. LOSC will relaunch through its goalkeeper.
Following on from a corner on which he was unable to win in the air, Ngoy tries his luck with a volley. Safe for Samba.
Szymanski does not put Berke Özer in danger on his low attempt.
Entry by R. Perraud
Release of N. Mukau
Yellow card for Mandi.
Yellow card for Özer.
Haise goes all out offensively with these changes. Embolo will be associated with Lepaul up front.
Entrance of B. Embolo
Release of A. Nordin
Release of Mousa Tamari
Entrance of S. Szymański
Entry by P. Frankowski
Release of A. Nagida
Camara wins his duel against Ngoy in the area and sends his shot wide of the goal!
Al-Tamari and Camara do not understand each other on the surface. Lille recovers the leather and delays, until Samba intervenes at the feet of Correia.
Franck Haise will make his first changes.
Yellow card for Nagida, at fault on Fernandez-Pardo.
Rennes does not let go of the ball and is accompanied by the clamor of the public on each pass.
Rennes reduces the score by Lepaul! In the area, the home scorer took advantage of a deflection from the defense to follow with a volley in front of the goal. His 14th goal of the season in the Championship!
As the hour mark approaches, Franck Haise will probably have to make changes to get his team back in the match.
Bentaleb is the first to receive the ball and clears with a header at the near post.
Al-Tamari gets a corner which Blas will hit.
Nordin was the author of the first shot on target for Rennes, in vain.
Thunderbolt in Rennes! Following the corner, LOSC went on a counter-attack through Fernandez-Pardo, too fast for Merlin. The first scorer sends a cross to Haraldsson who pushes the ball into the goal.
Blas’ shot is blocked for a corner!
The match resumes in Rennes with Fernandez-Pardo in the central circle.
Jérôme Brisard whistles for half-time with the score 1-0 for Lille, thanks to a goal from Matias Fernandez-Pardo from the start. Each team had its highlights in this first act but Rennes did not worry the defense enough to come back to the score.
One minute of additional time is announced.
The Lille defenders play to scare each other from thirty meters away by trying to get back on track with ground passes. Fortunately for them, Rennes cannot advance with the ball in recovery.
Al-Tamari also sends a chill through the Lille camp. The winger steps on his left foot and launches a shot towards the near post. It’s not framed.
Rouault’s header doesn’t go very far from the top corner! Rennes obtains its best situation of the match from a free kick, failing to appear dangerous in the game.
The Rennais will have to be fairer in the last pass to get the equalizing goal. This is not yet the case like a cross that Rongier sends behind the goal.
Meunier defends solidly in the area in front of Blas. The Lille defender wards off the danger while the public comes forward for a possible hand fault. It won’t happen.
Alerted on the left by Camara, Nordin pushes his ball and completely misses his cross. A boon for Berke Özer, who benefits from a return to six meters.
Played by two, the set piece achieves nothing, the fault of a bad pass from Haraldsson.
Fernandez-Pardo gets a corner on the right in front of Merlin and confirms his team’s highlight.
Installed in the Rennes camp, Lille kept the ball near the area but Meunier ended up losing it on a rough pass.
Samba deploys to repel a headbutt from Meunier! The full-back was first in the air from a free kick from Haraldsson. What a Samba stop!
Haraldsson is caught by Rongier in his race forward. The Rennes captain recovers the leather and annihilates a potential interesting situation for LOSC.
Found on the left, Correia cannot continue and has the ball stolen. Once again, the Lille attackers have been helpless since Fernadez-Pardo opened the score.
Bentaleb’s mistake symbolizes LOSC’s difficulties in confirming its very good start to the match. From now on, the Rennais are much better in place and playing the game.
Yellow card for Bentaleb, behind Nordin.
Berke Özer will kick again after an offside position called against Rennes.
Rennes regained use of the ball after an unfavorable first few minutes.
Al-Tamari forces Özer to intervene on his line then Lepaul cannot take advantage immediately afterwards. A first Rennes situation after which the referee signals Al-Tamari in an offside position.
Beyond the score, Lille took the advantage in the game and circulated the ball through lateral passes.
Fernandez-Pardo scored his fifth goal of the season in Ligue 1.
Goal from Fernández-Pardo! Covered by Nagida, the Spanish striker uses a deep ball and deceives Samba with a cross shot. LOSC takes the lead after just two minutes!
Camara plays for Rennes in this match marking the club’s 125th anniversary.
For Lille, Meunier returns to the right side of the defense and Verdonk replaces Perraud on the left. The midfield is occupied by Bouaddi and Bentaleb while Fernandez-Pardo is preferred to Giroud in the number 9 position. LOSC lost André and Perrin to injury this week in the Europa League.
A change should be noted in Rennes compared to the Nice match. Franck Haise starts Blas in midfield in place of Szymanski in his 4-3-3. We find in particular a Brassier-Rouault and Lepaul hinge at the forefront of the attack.
Their first opposition of the season ended in a victory for Rennes in Lille (0-2) at the start of the year, thanks to goals from former Lens player Frankowski and Merlin.
Since the Lorient match, Lille has been defeated on home soil by Aston Villa (0-1) in the round of 16 first leg of the Europa League and will have to catch up on Thursday, in England, to advance to the next round.
Undefeated for five days, Lille suffered a setback in the last match, conceding the equalizing goal against Lorient (1-1) in added time. LOSC is particularly struggling to show itself dangerously offensively.
Rennes remains on four victories and has not conceded a goal in the last three. A good omen for Franck Haise, newly arrived on the bench. Last week, the Rouge et Noir completed a great success in Nice (0-4).
Hello everyone, welcome to our site to follow live commentary on the closing poster of the 26th day of Ligue 1 between Rennes (6th, 43 points) and Lille (7th, 41 points). Kick-off will be at 8:45 p.m. at Roazhon Park.