Match Report
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Match Report
There is a slight drizzle in the air here at Roazhon Park where Stade Rennais play host to Olympique de Marseille. A crowd of 16,280 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Both Stade Rennais and Olympique de Marseille are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
Both Stade Rennais and Olympique de Marseille are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
0.00
0-0Olympique de Marseille kick off and get the first half underway!
2.03
0-0Martin Kiko makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Tchiressoua Nicaise. Tchiressoua Nicaise shoots from long range but it curls horrendously wide!
4.52
0-0Ronan Deroff flicks the ball to his team mate, Samuel Dufresne. Samuel Dufresne deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Jean-No‘l Charpennet. Jean-No‘l Charpennet threads the ball through to Carl Neville. Carl Neville shows great control and tries a shot on goal. The ball comes in low, but Jonathan Douchez easily smothers it!
8.48
Martin Kiko makes a beautiful solo run. Martin Kiko shoots from outside the area but it is miles over!
9.58
0-0Raymond Kasmi flicks the ball to his team mate, Lucien Abidal. Lucien Abidal knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
10.02
Pedro Delgado sweeps the ball long. Tchiressoua Nicaise knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
15.10
Jean-Christophe Reyes knocks the ball forward to Chritophe Gouaméné. Chritophe Gouaméné makes a simple pass to Ousmane Granger. Ousmane Granger controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
20.51
Tim Owen makes a simple pass to Ronald Bréchet. Ronald Bréchet deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Lucien Abidal. Lucien Abidal whips in a cross ball towards Ousmane Granger. Ousmane Granger connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
22.06
Jean-Christophe Reyes knocks the ball to his team mate, Ronald Bréchet. Ronald Bréchet threads the ball through to Ousmane Granger. Ousmane Granger knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
28.48
Samuel Dufresne controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Tchiressoua Nicaise. Tchiressoua Nicaise shoots from distance but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
32.37
Baldur Thorsteinsson threads the ball through to Ronald Bréchet. Ronald Bréchet kicks a strong pass forward to Ousmane Granger. Ousmane Granger knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
39.30
Martin Kiko makes a simple pass to Carl Neville. Carl Neville sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it curls horrendously wide!
40.54
Baldur Thorsteinsson knocks the ball to his team mate, Chritophe Gouaméné. Chritophe Gouaméné flicks the ball to his team mate, Lucien Abidal. Lucien Abidal shoots from long range but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
42.43
0-0Olympique de Marseille are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
45.00
1-0Chritophe Gouaméné threads the ball through to Ousmane Granger. Ousmane Granger goes all the way! Ousmane Granger takes a shot at goal. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
The whistle blows and Stade Rennais kick off!
47.30
Chritophe Gouaméné makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Colin Middleton. Colin Middleton lofts in a cross ball towards Ousmane Granger. Ousmane Granger connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal but it is tipped over by Said Buffel.
49.57
David Andrade controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Martin Kiko. Martin Kiko makes a simple pass to Tchiressoua Nicaise. Tchiressoua Nicaise controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. The ball comes in low, but Jonathan Douchez easily smothers it!
53.35
1-0Ronald Bréchet catches Karim Agasson on the ankles. Ronald Bréchet is warned by the referee! Karim Agasson runs off the knock.
57.24
David Andrade makes a probing pass to Karim Agasson. Karim Agasson sees space and advances. Karim Agasson lofts in a cross ball towards Jean-No‘l Charpennet. Jean-No‘l Charpennet powers a header at goal. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Jean-No‘l Charpennet!
63.49
Samuel Dufresne takes it forward alone. Samuel Dufresne goes all the way! Samuel Dufresne cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal but Jonathan Douchez is on top of it.
67.30
1-1John Hutchison passes the ball forward to Martin Kiko. Martin Kiko surges forward with the ball. Martin Kiko deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Jean-No‘l Charpennet but the linesman indicates offside!
73.39
1-1David Andrade comes in with a late challenge on Lucien Abidal. David Andrade is shown the yellow card! Lucien Abidal carries on, but is struggling a bit.
75.00
Baldur Thorsteinsson controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Ronald Bréchet. Ronald Bréchet knocks the ball to his team mate, Ousmane Granger. Ousmane Granger lofts in a cross ball towards Lucien Abidal. Lucien Abidal connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal. It's there!! Said Buffel has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
78.19
Franck Kelban chips the ball to his team mate, Ronald Bréchet. Ronald Bréchet chips the ball to his team mate, Colin Middleton. Colin Middleton threads the ball through to Ousmane Granger. Ousmane Granger makes some space for himself and shoots at goal. The ball swerves in the air but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
81.54
Ronan Deroff controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Martin Kiko. Martin Kiko knocks the ball to his team mate, Jean-No‘l Charpennet. Jean-No‘l Charpennet plays a perfect one-two with Tchiressoua Nicaise and rushes in on goal... Jean-No‘l Charpennet takes a shot at goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
85.10
Raymond Kasmi flicks the ball to his team mate, Colin Middleton. Colin Middleton controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
87.44
Ronan Deroff chips the ball to his team mate, Martin Kiko. Martin Kiko knocks the ball forward to Tchiressoua Nicaise. Tchiressoua Nicaise passes the ball forward to Carl Neville. Carl Neville cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. What a cracker!! Jonathan Douchez had no chance!! Goal for Olympique de Marseille!
90.00
Full-time is reached with the referee blowing his whistle!
Match Statistics
Goals
2
2
Shots on Target
4
5
Shots off Target
4
5
Offsides
0
2
Fouls
1
1
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
50.6%
49.4%
Play Area
29.9%
42.5%
27.6%
Scorers