Olympique Lyonnais 4-0 Rennes: Match Report, Goals, Stats and Ratings

How Olympique Lyonnais won it

Olympique Lyonnais struck first through Ernest Nuamah in the 7th minute, set up by Corentin Tolisso . Ernest Nuamah made it 2-0 to Olympique Lyonnais in the 30th minute, set up by Pavel Sulc. Zachary Athekame made it 3-0 to Olympique Lyonnais in the 48th minute. Corentin Tolisso  made it 4-0 to Olympique Lyonnais in the 76th minute, set up by Zachary Athekame.

It was 2-0 at half-time.

Ernest Nuamah scored twice.

The referee, M. Vernice, showed 6 yellow cards: 4 to Olympique Lyonnais and 2 to Rennes.

Olympique Lyonnais: P. Rodrigues Fonseca, 4-2-3-1 · Rennes: F. Haise, 4-1-4-1.

Moneyball's prediction against the result

Moneyball did not publish a pre-match estimate for this match, so there is nothing to mark it against.

Why it went this way

On the day the expected goals were 0.98 for Olympique Lyonnais and 2.98 for Rennes.

Olympique Lyonnais scored about 3.0 more than their chances were worth: clinical finishing, or a goalkeeper having a bad day.

Rennes left about 3.0 goals' worth of chances on the pitch.

Rennes created the better chances, 2.98 xG to 0.98, and still lost. On chances alone, the result could easily have gone the other way.

Olympique Lyonnais had 9 shots on target, Rennes 4.

Rennes's goalkeeper made 5 saves.

Rennes had 55% of the ball, but Olympique Lyonnais took the points.

Where the two sides stood before this match

Olympique Lyonnais came into it with 6 Ligue 1 matches played, scoring 1.8 and conceding 0.7 a match, with 1.80 expected goals for and 1.08 against, and had won 50% of their matches.

Rennes came into it with 5 Ligue 1 matches played, scoring 1.6 and conceding 1.8 a match, with 1.73 expected goals for and 2.04 against, and had won 60% of their matches.

Olympique Lyonnais vs Rennes: the match in numbers

Team statistics from Sportmonks.

Player ratings and man of the match

Man of the match: Corentin Tolisso (Olympique Lyonnais), rated 8.9 by Sportmonks.

Olympique Lyonnais

• Corentin Tolisso 8.9
• Ernest Nuamah 8.9 2 goals
• Zachary Athekame 8.1 1 goal, 1 assist
• Dominik Greif 7.7
• Pavel Sulc 7.3 1 assist

Rennes

• Brice Samba 6.9
• Ludovic Blas 6.8
• Mahdi Camara 6.8
• Adrien Thomasson 6.7
• Przemyslaw Frankowski 6.7

The lowest-rated starter was Eliezer Mayenda at 6.1. Ratings run from 0 to 10; around 7.0 is a solid match.

What comes next

• Olympique Lyonnais: Olympique Lyonnais vs Crystal Palace Thursday 15 October 2026 · Europa League
• Rennes: Rennes vs Auxerre Sunday 11 October 2026 · Ligue 1

Each preview has Moneyball's estimate for the next match, published before kick-off and marked against the result afterwards, as this one is.

Questions about Olympique Lyonnais vs Rennes

What was the score in Olympique Lyonnais vs Rennes?

Olympique Lyonnais 4-0 Rennes (half-time 2-0), Ligue 1, Saturday 19 September 2026.

Who scored in Olympique Lyonnais vs Rennes?

Ernest Nuamah 7', Ernest Nuamah 30', Zachary Athekame 48', Corentin Tolisso  76'.

Did Moneyball predict Olympique Lyonnais vs Rennes correctly?

Moneyball did not publish a pre-match estimate for this match, so there is nothing to mark it against.

Who was man of the match in Olympique Lyonnais vs Rennes?

Corentin Tolisso, rated 8.9 by Sportmonks.

Who refereed Olympique Lyonnais vs Rennes?

M. Vernice.