Olympique Lyonnais 1-0 Rennes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 11 December 2016

Result

Olympique Lyonnais 1-0 Rennes

Ligue 1 · Sunday 11 December 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Olympique Lyonnais 1-0 Rennes: match report

Olympique Lyonnais won against Rennes 1-0 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 11 December 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Mathieu Valbuena of Olympique Lyonnais in the 28th minute.

Discipline: Olympique Lyonnais received 3 yellow cards; Rennes received no yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Olympique Lyonnais were 6th on 25 points from 15 and Rennes 4th on 27 points from 16. Olympique Lyonnais went on to finish that season 4th with 65 points, and Rennes 10th with 50.

Olympique Lyonnais lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Rennes in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jérémy Morel of Olympique Lyonnais (8.0), ahead of Anthony Lopes (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Olympique Lyonnais wins, 2 draws and 4 for Rennes.

Going into the match Olympique Lyonnais's last five read W-L-W-W-W and Rennes's W-L-W-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · Mathieu ValbuenaOlympique Lyonnais · 1-0
  • 43'Yellow card · RafaelOlympique Lyonnais
  • 52'Yellow card · Mapou Yanga-MbiwaOlympique Lyonnais
  • 74'Red card · Ramy BensebainiRennes
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Sergi DarderOlympique Lyonnais

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Olympique Lyonnais 4, draws 2, Rennes 4.

Team news

Olympique Lyonnais line-up (4-4-1-1)

Anthony Lopes, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Mouctar Diakhaby, Jérémy Morel, Rafael, Corentin Tolisso, Rachid Ghezza, Maxime Gonalons, Mathieu Valbuena, Alexandre Lacazette, Nabil Fekir

Rennes line-up (4-4-1-1)

Benoît Costil, Ramy Bensebaini, Ludovic Baal, Romain Danzé, Joris Gnagnon, Gelson Fernandes, Paul-Georges Ntep, Benjamin André, Adrien Hunou, Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio, Yoann Gourcuff