Rennes vs Olympiacos — UEFA Europa League: stats, lineups & analysis
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- 46′Olympiacos, substitution:off
- 59′Olympiacos, substitution:off
- 59′Olympiacos, substitution:off
- 60′Rennes, substitution:off
- 79′Olympiacos, substitution:off
- 80′Rennes, substitution:off
- 81′Rennes, substitution:off
- 81′Rennes, substitution:off
- 82′Olympiacos, substitution:off
- 88′Rennes, yellow card:Foul
- 90+3′Rennes, yellow card:Franck HaiseDissent
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Rennes and Olympiacos share a goalless draw at Roazhon Park
Rennes and Olympiacos drew 0-0 at Roazhon Park on matchday 4 of the UEFA Europa League league stage, with neither side finding a way through in a match that produced no goals and no sendings-off. The result ended Olympiacos's run of 8 wins in a row, though it left them unbeaten in 9 games.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The visitors held the greater share of the ball, with 58% possession to Rennes's 42%, and managed 12 shots to the hosts' 9. Rennes, however, had the sharper aim, putting four of their efforts on target to three for Olympiacos. Corners were level at three apiece, and Rennes were the more frequent offenders with 15 fouls to 11 and the only yellow card of the evening.
Olympiacos goalkeeper Stefan Ortega was kept busy enough to finish as the match's top-rated player, while Rennes's Brice Samba was also prominent between the posts. Rennes arrived having lost at Nice 5-2 in their previous outing, whereas Olympiacos came in on the back of a 3-2 win at Kifisia. Rennes next host Lille in Ligue 1 on Sunday 8 November, the same day Olympiacos entertain PAOK in the Super League Greece.
Stefan Ortega earned the highest rating of any player on the pitch, 7.71, as Olympiacos's goalkeeper helped preserve the clean sheet. Panagiotis Retsos, rated 7.58, was close behind in the same back line.
Olympiacos had the lion's share of possession, 58% to Rennes's 42%, yet could not turn that control into a goal.
Rennes and Olympiacos drew 0–0 (half-time 0–0).
Rennes met Olympiacos in the UEFA Europa League (League Stage - 4). Kick-off was Wednesday, 4 November 2026, 15:30 UTC at Roazhon Park. Referee: Igor Pajač.
Team pages: Rennes · Olympiacos · UEFA Europa League
Starting line-ups
Rennes (5-3-2)
Olympiacos (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Rennes 51%, the draw 22%, Olympiacos 27%. It finished Rennes 0–0 Olympiacos.
Olympiacos' hot finishing tilts it towards Rennes — Our strength rating has almost nothing between them, but Olympiacos have scored about 0.33 goals per game above their chances lately, and streaks like that tend to cool, so we give Rennes 51% with home advantage behind them. The draw sits at 22%, down from the usual 28% for sides this level, mainly because of that finishing streak and the lower draw rate in the UEFA Europa League.
Why Rennes in front?
Almost nothing between them on our strength rating — 1746 to 1708. Sides this close won 46.0% of 14,586 home games (draw 27.5%, visitors 26.6%). Olympiacos scored +0.33 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Visitors running this hot went on to win 27.7% of 1,681 games, vs 27.8% for visitors finishing normally. UEFA Europa League home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to draws (23.2% vs 25.3% norm). UEFA Europa League homes won 46.9% of 4,492 games vs 44.6% across all 108,387 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why only 51%?
Because on our strength rating there is nothing in it. Level sides split the rest: the draw at 22% and Olympiacos at 27%.
Why is the draw only 22%?
Between sides this level the draw starts at 27.5%. These teams' recent games average 3.0 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.7% of 27,340. The cool-off factor takes 2.3 points off the draw. UEFA Europa League produces fewer draws than most, taking 2.2 points off.
What did we measure but not count?
Out: Esteban Lepaul, a star player. This does not change our forecast yet: we are still measuring how much missing players like these cost a team. Last five: Rennes W-L-D-W-L, Olympiacos W-W-W-W-W — Olympiacos are clearly the hotter side on recent results, and unbeaten in their last 8 on 90-minute results, all competitions (8 wins), a run going back to September 2026. Between equals, recent form told us almost nothing: the home side won 44.0% of 2059 games when clearly hotter and 43.8% of 3978 when clearly colder.
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About this match
On this page: the Rennes vs Olympiacos final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this UEFA Europa League fixture.
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