Rennes 3-1 Lens: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 23 March 2008

Result

Rennes 3-1 Lens

Ligue 1 · Sunday 23 March 2008, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Rennes 3-1 Lens: match report

Rennes defeated Lens 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 23 March 2008. The half-time score was 2-1.

Leo Leroy opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Rennes's goals came from Leo Leroy (12'), Mickael Pagis (43') and Olivier Thomert (54'). Lens scored through Toifilou Maoulida (33').

Discipline: Rennes received 1 yellow card; Lens received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rennes were 12th on 38 points from 29 and Lens 17th on 34 points from 29. Rennes went on to finish that season 6th with 58 points, and Lens 18th with 40.

Rennes lined up in a 4-5-1 and Lens in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Rennes wins, 2 draws and 0 for Lens.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Leo LeroyRennes · 1-0
  • 33'Goal · Toifilou MaoulidaLens · 1-1
  • 43'Goal · Mickael PagisRennes · 2-1
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Olivier SorlinRennes
  • 51'Yellow card · Adama CoulibalyLens
  • 54'Goal · Olivier ThomertRennes · 3-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Aruna DindaneLens

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Rennes 3, draws 2, Lens 0.

Team news

Rennes line-up (4-5-1)

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

Lens line-up (4-3-3)

Vedran Runje, Adama Coulibaly, Kader Mangane, Fabien Laurenti, Milan Biševac, Nadir Belhadj, Olivier Monterrubio, Toifilou Maoulida, Loïc Rémy, Nenad Kovacevic, Yohan Demont