Rennes 2-0 Lorient: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 23 February 2008

Result

Rennes 2-0 Lorient

Ligue 1 · Saturday 23 February 2008, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Rennes 2-0 Lorient: match report

Rennes beat Lorient 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 23 February 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Jimmy Briand opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Rennes's goals came from Jimmy Briand (43') and Leo Leroy (64'). Lorient did not score.

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

Going into the game Rennes were 17th on 30 points from 25 and Lorient 7th on 36 points from 25. Rennes went on to finish that season 6th with 58 points, and Lorient 10th with 52.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Rennes wins, 1 draw and 0 for Lorient.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 43'Goal · Jimmy BriandRennes · 1-0
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Sylvain MarveauxRennes
  • 64'Goal · Leo LeroyRennes · 2-0
  • 72'Yellow card · Stephane M'BiaRennes
  • 79'Yellow card · S. MarchalLorient

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Rennes 2, draws 1, Lorient 0.

Team news

Rennes line-up (4-4-2)

Patrice Luzi, Djimi Traoré, John Mensah, Rod Fanni, Petter Hansson, Leo Leroy, Fabien Lemoine, Sylvain Marveaux, Mickael Pagis, Jimmy Briand, Mehmet Yozgatlı

Lorient line-up (4-4-2)

Fabien Audard, Jérémy Morel, Christophe Jallet, Sylvain Marchal, Fabrice Abriel, Oscar Ewolo, Ulrich Le Pen, Yohan Hautcoeur, Yann Jouffre, Mickaël Ciani, Rafik Saifi