Rennes win 2-0 at Lille

Match report

Lille were beaten 2-0 by Rennes at Stade Pierre-Mauroy on Saturday, 3 January 2026 in Ligue 1 matchday 17. P. Frankowski (49') and Q. Merlin (56') scored for Rennes. Alexsandro Ribeiro (Lille, 13') was sent off. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Lille had 39% of the ball and 13 shots (3 on target) against Rennes’s 18 (4 on target). Jérémy Jacquet (Rennes) was the top-rated player with 8.3. The result leaves Lille 4th in the Ligue 1 table on 10 points and Rennes 5th on 10.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Lille

4th · 10 points · P 5 W 3 D 1 L 1

Form

Rennes

5th · 10 points · P 5 W 3 D 1 L 1

Form

Ligue 1 table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
3	Paris FC	5	+5	11
4	Lille	5	+4	10
5	Rennes	5	-1	10
6	Paris Saint Germain	5	+1	8

Full Ligue 1 table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Sun, 15 Mar 2026, Rennes 1-2 Lille

Full Lille vs Rennes head-to-head

Match events

13'red cardAlexsandro RibeiroRed Card
14'yellow cardBenjamin AndréYellow Card
30'yellow cardJérémy JacquetYellow Card
49'goalP. FrankowskiAssist: L. Brassier
56'goalQ. MerlinAssist: B. Embolo
62'substitutionQ. MerlinOff: L. Blas
62'substitutionM. MeiteOff: E. Lepaul
70'substitutionM. Fernandez-PardoOff: A. Bouaddi
70'substitutionM. BroholmOff: F. Correia
70'substitutionO. GiroudOff: S. Diaoune
74'substitutionC. VerdonkOff: T. Santos
84'substitutionH. HaraldssonOff: O. Sahraoui
90+2'substitutionM. TamariOff: E. Legendre

Lineups

Lille

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Bruno Genesio

Starting XI

Substitutes

Rennes

Formation 3-5-2 · Coach Franck Haise

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

39%Possession61%
0.85Expected goals (xG)1.57
13Total shots18
3Shots on target4
5Shots off target9
5Blocked shots5
9Shots inside the box12
4Shots outside the box6
4Corners7
0Offsides2
4Fouls14
1Yellow cards1
1Red cards0
2Goalkeeper saves3
380Passes605
315Accurate passes540
83%Pass accuracy89%
0.34Goals prevented0.34

Player statistics

Lille

Lille player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Berke ÖzerG	90	6.2		31 · 65%	1
3Nathan NgoyD	90	7.2		53 · 91%		1	1/2
4Alexsandro RibeiroD	13	3.7		11 · 100%			0/1
12Thomas MeunierD	90	6.9	1 (0)	38 · 84%		3	6/8
24Calvin VerdonkD	74	6.3	1 (0)	35 · 80%		2	4/4
6Nabil BentalebM	90	6.9		59 · 86%		1	2/4
7Matías FernándezM	70	6.3	2 (2)	13 · 85%			2/4
10Hakon Arnar HaraldssonM	84	6.6		33 · 88%	1	1	3/9
14Marius Sivertsen BroholmM	70	6.7		24 · 88%	2	1	5/9
21Benjamin AndréM	90	6.9	1 (0)	44 · 80%	5		6/10
9Olivier GiroudF	70	6.5	1 (0)	9 · 67%	1		2/8
16Arnaud BodartG	–	–
22Tiago SantosD	16	6.9		5 · 100%			2/2
38Maxima GoffiD	–	–
32Ayyoub BouaddiM	20	6.6	1 (1)	10 · 70%		1	3/3
42Saad BoussadiaM	–	–
11Osame SahraouiF	10	6.7		4 · 50%			0/2
27Félix CorreiaF	20	6.6	1 (0)	9 · 89%			1/1
35Soriba DiaouneF	20	6.3		2 · 50%			0/3
41Matah YondjioF	–	–

Rennes

Rennes player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
30Brice SambaG	90	7.2				37 · 84%			1/1
3Lilian BrassierD	90	6.9		1	1 (0)	69 · 90%	2		0/6
36Alidu SeiduD	90	8.2				64 · 98%		2	6/6
97Jérémy JacquetDTop rated	90	8.3			2 (0)	74 · 95%	3	2	4/7
11Mousa TamariM	89	6.5			1 (1)	53 · 92%	1		1/5
21Valentin RongierM	90	7.0				95 · 95%	1	1	4/9
26Quentin MerlinM	62	7.6	1		2 (1)	36 · 67%	2	1	1/3
45Mahdi CamaraM	90	6.9				57 · 91%	2	1	3/5
95Przemysław FrankowskiM	90	8.2	1		2 (1)	56 · 91%	2	5	6/10
7Breel EmboloF	90	6.5		1	1 (0)	26 · 73%	2		3/8
39Mohamed Kader MeiteF	62	6.5			1 (0)	10 · 60%		1	3/4
50Mathys SilistrieG	–	–
24Anthony RouaultD	–	–
4Glen KamaraM	–	–
6Djaoui CisséM	–	–
74Paolo LimonM	–	–
9Esteban LepaulF	28	6.0			1 (0)	7 · 71%			0/2
10Ludovic BlasF	28	7.3			2 (1)	21 · 86%	2	1	1/3
35Elias Legendre QuiñonezF	1	–							0/1
65Nordan MukieleF	–	–