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- 33′Strasbourg, yellow card:
- 34′Rennes, goal:1–0assist
- 34′Rennes, VAR review:Goal confirmed
- 41′Rennes, goal:2–0assist
- Half-time2 – 0
- 46′Strasbourg, substitution:off
- 56′Rennes, yellow card:
- 61′Rennes, goal:3–0assist
- 64′Rennes, substitution:off
- 64′Rennes, substitution:off
- 65′Strasbourg, yellow card:
- 70′Strasbourg, substitution:off
- 70′Strasbourg, substitution:off
- 70′Strasbourg, substitution:off
- 71′Rennes, substitution:off
- 78′Rennes, substitution:off
- 78′Rennes, substitution:off
- 84′Strasbourg, substitution:off
- 87′Strasbourg, yellow card:
- Full-time3 – 0
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Rennes beat Strasbourg 3-0 to go top of Ligue 1
Rennes won 3-0 against Strasbourg at Roazhon Park in Ligue 1 on Matchday 8, a result that lifted them from seventh to first in the table on 16 points. Strasbourg, who began the afternoon 14th, finished it 16th on seven points, nine behind the leaders.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The breakthrough came in the 34th minute, when Boulaye Dia finished from Przemysław Frankowski's assist. Seven minutes later Sebastian Szymański doubled the lead, set up by Mahamadou Nagida, and Rennes went into the interval 2-0 up with Strasbourg having made little impression on the scoreboard.
Szymański struck again in the 61st minute, this time from Musa Al-Taamari's assist, to complete the scoring. Strasbourg had slightly more of the ball, with 53 per cent possession to Rennes's 47 per cent, but Rennes had 15 shots to 12 and kept their opponents out for a clean sheet. Strasbourg have now lost four games in a row.
Rennes travel to Nice on Saturday 31 October in Ligue 1, while Strasbourg host Auxerre in the same competition the following day.
Sebastian Szymański scored twice and was the highest-rated player on the pitch with 8.77. His second-half goal made it 3-0 and ended any prospect of a Strasbourg recovery.
Strasbourg won the corner count by four to two, yet were beaten by three goals.
Rennes beat Strasbourg 3–0 (half-time 2–0).
Rennes met Strasbourg in the Ligue 1 (Regular Season - 8). Kick-off was Sunday, 25 October 2026, 16:15 UTC at Roazhon Park. Referee: Ruddy Buquet. Attendance: 27,860.
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Key moments
- 34' Goal: Boulaye Dia (assist: Przemysław Frankowski) — 1–0
- 41' Goal: Sebastian Szymański (assist: Mahamadou Nagida) — 2–0
- 61' Goal: Sebastian Szymański (assist: Musa Al-Taamari) — 3–0
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Rennes (5-3-2)
Strasbourg (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Rennes 58%, the draw 22%, Strasbourg 20%. It finished Rennes 3–0 Strasbourg.
Ball control puts Rennes clearly in front — We give Rennes 58% mainly because they usually control the ball, holding 54% possession to Strasbourg's 47 in recent games, and our strength rating also rates them a shade stronger. The draw sits at 22%, down from a usual 27% because both sides' own recent games average 3.8 goals and Strasbourg's hot finishing streak tends to cool.
Why Rennes at 58%?
Rennes sit 57 points higher on our strength rating — 1758 to 1701. Sides with a 40–80-point rating edge at home won 50.1% of 11,082 such games. Rennes hold 7 more possession points (54 to 47 in recent games) — and between equals, control has been worth something. Between evenly-matched sides, home teams with this control edge won 48.3% of 5,598 games, vs 44.0% when styles were level. Strasbourg scored +0.63 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Visitors running this hot went on to win 27.5% of 1,631 games, vs 27.8% for visitors finishing normally.
Why only 58%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 58% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 22% and Strasbourg at 20%.
Why is the draw only 22%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 26.8%. These teams' recent games average 3.8 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 23.2% of 18,416. The goals environment takes 2.3 points off the draw. The cool-off factor takes 2.2 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Rennes are unbeaten in their last 8 home Ligue 1 games: 6 wins and 2 draws. The run began on 22 March 2026. Last recorded home league defeat: 15 March 2026 — Rennes 1–2 Lille. Latest home league result: 11 October 2026 — Rennes 4–1 Auxerre. Across 16,107 historical matches following an unbeaten home league run of at least six games, hosts won 55.4%, compared with 54.5% expected from team strength. Strasbourg come into this after a busy window — 16 arrivals, 15 departures, and fewer of last season's regular starters still in the eleven. Squad turnover reads dramatic but hasn't moved results once the rating is controlled: the busiest windows landed within noise across 5,368 games, rebuilt elevens likewise across 5,446, and even losing the most regular starters showed nothing (5,336). The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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