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Lyon vs Rennes: match report

Lyon hosted Stade Rennais at Groupama Stadium on Saturday 19 September 2026, in the Ligue 1 (round 5). Mathieu Vernice is the referee, averaging 4.1 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8.

Result and scorers

Lyon 4-0 Rennes. Goals: Ernest Nuamah 7' for Lyon; Ernest Nuamah 30' for Lyon; Zachary Athekame 48' for Lyon; Corentin Tolisso 76' for Lyon.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 2' Yellow card: Moussa Niakhaté (Lyon)
  • 7' Goal: Ernest Nuamah (Lyon) 1-0
  • 16' Yellow card: Quentin Merlin (Rennes)
  • 30' Goal: Ernest Nuamah (Lyon) 2-0
  • 48' Goal: Zachary Athekame (Lyon) 3-0
  • 60' Yellow card: Pavel Sulc (Lyon)
  • 76' Goal: Corentin Tolisso (Lyon) 4-0
  • 81' Yellow card: Valentin Rongier (Rennes)
  • 86' Yellow card: Zachary Athekame (Lyon)
  • 90'+2' Yellow card: Noah Nartey (Lyon)
Match stats (contains the result)
45.2%Possession54.8%
15Shots13
9Shots on target4
3Corners8
13Fouls14
2Offsides0
4Saves5
4Yellow cards2
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Lyon 4-2-3-1

Coach: Paulo Fonseca

  1. 1 Dominik Greif GK
  2. 13 Zachary Athekame DEF
  3. 20 Felix Bacher DEF
  4. 19 Moussa Niakhaté DEF
  5. 16 Abner DEF
  6. 2 Mads Bidstrup MID
  7. 23 Tyler Morton MID
  8. 7 Ernest Nuamah FWD
  9. 10 Pavel Šulc FWD
  10. 8 Corentin Tolisso MID
  11. 17 Loïs Openda FWD

Bench

  • 18 Khalis Merah MID
  • 26 Kaïl Boudache FWD
  • 99 Noah Nartey MID
  • 6 Tanner Tessmann MID
  • 11 Keito Nakamura FWD
  • 40 Rémy Descamps GK
  • 22 Clinton Mata DEF
  • 21 Ruben Kluivert DEF
  • 76 Mohamed Ouédraogo MID

Rennes 4-1-4-1

Coach: Franck Haise

  1. 30 Brice Samba GK
  2. 95 Przemysław Frankowski MID
  3. 4 Charlie Cresswell DEF
  4. 48 Abdelhamid Aït Boudlal DEF
  5. 26 Quentin Merlin DEF
  6. 21 Valentin Rongier MID
  7. 70 Arnaud Nordin FWD
  8. 28 Adrien Thomasson MID
  9. 45 Mahdi Camara MID
  10. 12 Eliezer Mayenda FWD
  11. 22 Boulaye Dia FWD

Bench

  • 11 Mousa Tamari MID
  • 9 Estéban Lepaul FWD
  • 10 Ludovic Blas MID
  • 14 Bryan Reynolds DEF
  • 18 Mahamadou Nagida DEF
  • 16 Nicolas Lemaître GK
  • 24 Anthony Rouault DEF
  • 17 Sebastian Szymański MID
  • 65 Henrick Do Marcolino FWD
Previous meetings
  • Sunday 3 May 2026: Lyon 4-2 Stade Rennais
  • Sunday 14 September 2025: Stade Rennais 3-1 Lyon
  • Saturday 26 April 2025: Lyon 4-1 Stade Rennais
  • Sunday 18 August 2024: Stade Rennais 3-0 Lyon
  • Friday 26 January 2024: Lyon 2-3 Stade Rennais