Lens 3-1 Rennes: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 7 February 2026
Result
Lens 3-1 Rennes
Ligue 1 · Saturday 7 February 2026, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Lens 3-1 Rennes: match report
Lens defeated Rennes 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 7 February 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Estéban Lepaul opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Lens's goals came from Odsonne Édouard (41'), Ruben Aguilar (54') and Allan Saint-Maximin (78'). Rennes scored through Estéban Lepaul (8').
Discipline: Lens received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Rennes received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Lens were 2nd on 46 points from 20 and Rennes 6th on 31 points from 20. Lens went on to finish that season 2nd with 70 points, and Rennes 6th with 59.
Lens lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Rennes in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Florian Thauvin of Lens (7.5), ahead of Ruben Aguilar (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Lens wins, 6 draws and 0 for Rennes.
Going into the match Lens's last five read W-L-W-W-W and Rennes's L-L-D-W-W.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Estéban Lepaul
- 32'Yellow card · Ruben Aguilar
- 36'Yellow card · Adrien Thomasson
- 41'Goal · Odsonne Édouard
- 45'Yellow card · Breel Embolo
- 45+2'Yellow card · Mamadou Sangaré
- 54'Goal · Ruben Aguilar
- 56'Second yellow · Ruben Aguilar
- 61'Yellow card · Arnaud Nordin
- 78'Goal · Allan Saint-Maximin
Head-to-head
Team news
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Lens line-up (3-4-2-1)
Robin Risser, Ismaëlo Ganiou, Samson Baidoo, Malang Sarr, Ruben Aguilar, Mamadou Sangaré, Adrien Thomasson, Matthieu Udol, Florian Thauvin, Wesley Saïd, Odsonne Édouard
Rennes line-up (3-5-2)
Mathys Silistrie, Abdelhamid Ait Boudlal, Jérémy Jacquet, Anthony Rouault, Arnaud Nordin, Sebastian Szymański, Valentin Rongier, Mahdi Camara, Mousa Tamari, Estéban Lepaul, Breel Embolo