Lorient 1-2 Rennes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 20 December 2008

Result

Lorient 1-2 Rennes

Ligue 1 · Saturday 20 December 2008, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Lorient 1-2 Rennes: match report

Lorient lost to Rennes 1-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 20 December 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.

J. Morel opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Lorient's goal came from J. Morel (44'). Rennes scored through Asamoah Gyan (75') and Moussa Sow (81').

Discipline: Lorient received 1 yellow card; Rennes received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Lorient were 9th on 26 points from 18 and Rennes 5th on 31 points from 18. Lorient went on to finish that season 10th with 45 points, and Rennes 7th with 61.

Lorient lined up in a 4-4-2 and Rennes in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Lorient wins, 1 draw and 3 for Rennes.

Going into the match Lorient's last five read W-W-D-W-W and Rennes's D-D-W-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Yellow card · Michael CianiLorient
  • 44'Goal · J. MorelLorient · 1-0
  • 44'Yellow card · F. LemoineRennes
  • 72'Yellow card · Leo LeroyRennes
  • 75'Goal · Asamoah GyanRennes · 1-1
  • 76'Yellow card · Carlos BocanegraRennes
  • 81'Goal · Moussa SowRennes · 1-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Asamoah GyanRennes

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Lorient 0, draws 1, Rennes 3.

Team news

Lorient expected line-up (4-4-2)

Fabien Audard, Christophe Jallet, Sylvain Marchal, Jérémy Morel, Fabrice Abriel, Yazid Mansouri, Yohan Hautcoeur, Yann Jouffre, Rafik Saifi, Mickaël Ciani

Rennes expected line-up (4-3-3)

Patrice Luzi, Petter Hansson, John Mensah, Djimi Traoré, Romain Danzé, Fabien Lemoine, Leo Leroy, Olivier Thomert, Jimmy Briand, Mickael Pagis, Mehmet Yozgatlı