Rennes vs Marseille: Early Ligue 1 Form Before Roazhon Park
Rennes host Marseille at Roazhon Park on 11 September 2026, with kickoff at 18:45 UTC / 20:45 CEST. In the same three-match 2026/27 Ligue 1 (…)
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Marseille–Rennes combines a stronger league record for Marseille in the 2010s and 2020s with an opponent capable of emphatic replies. Rennes have supplied convincing victories of their own, while cup meetings have added the possibility of elimination to an already competitive fixture. The appeal comes from this contrast: Marseille’s advantage in league results sits alongside Rennes’s ability to win decisively or take a knockout tie all the way to penalties.
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Starting eleven
Substitutes Rennes
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26D
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14D
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17M
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11F
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48D
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22F
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65F
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16G
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12F
Marseille Substitutes
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13
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D
25
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F
11
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D
18
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F
43
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F
29
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G
92
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F
48
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M
42
Match events
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33'Himad Abdelli Yellow Card
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43'Przemysław Frankowski Yellow Card
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43'Igor Paixão Yellow Card
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45'Mousa Al-Tamari Issa Soumaré
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52'⚽Adrien Thomasson Normal Goal
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65'Keyliane Abdallah Angel Gomes
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68'Bryan Reynolds Przemysław Frankowski
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78'Boulaye Dia Esteban Lepaul
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78'Sebastian Szymański Ludovic Blas
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78'Neal Maupay Himad Abdelli
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85'Amine Harit Yellow Card
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86'Eliezer Mayenda Mousa Al-Tamari
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88'Faris Moumbagna Igor Paixão
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88'Tadjidine Mmadi Amine Gouiri
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88'Derek Cornelius Nayef Aguerd
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90' +4Timothy Weah Yellow Card
Stats for this game
Matchup Marseille VS Rennes
Marseille’s edge, Rennes’s response
The league picture gives Marseille the stronger footing across the 2010s and 2020s, but Rennes have supplied emphatic victories of their own. That contrast was particularly visible in March 2016, when Rennes won 5–2 at the Vélodrome after Yoann Gourcuff scored twice and Ousmane Dembélé, Fallou Diagne and Giovanni Sio also found the net. Marseille answered in January 2018 with a 3–0 win in Rennes, built through goals from Valère Germain, Morgan Sanson and Florian Thauvin. Those victories in opposite directions give the league contest much of its character: Marseille’s broader advantage has coexisted with Rennes’s ability to win this fixture by a clear margin.
Cup ties raise the stakes
The cup adds a different kind of jeopardy. In January 2024, Rennes and Marseille drew 1–1 after Jordan Veretout put Marseille ahead and Martin Terrier equalised. Rennes then won 9–8 on penalties, after Samuel Gigot missed Marseille’s ninth kick and Mahamadou Nagida converted the decisive penalty. The attraction lies in that changing balance: a stronger league profile meets an opponent capable of winning emphatically or taking a knockout contest through to penalties.
Past head to head stats
Marseille VS Rennes
Balance Wins - Draws - Losses over time
Marseille
Rennes
Points per match over time
Comparison between the 2 teams for the last 10 games
Comparison between the 2 teams for the last 20 games
Marseille VS Rennes
Head-to-Head History
Previous games Marseille
Upcoming games Marseille
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Group Stage
Beşiktaş
Marseille
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Regular Season - 5
Marseille
Paris Saint Germain
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Regular Season - 6
Estac Troyes
Marseille
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Group Stage
Marseille
Olympiakos Piraeus
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Regular Season - 7
Angers
Marseille
Stade Raymond-Kopa
Upcoming games Rennes
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Group Stage
Sturm Graz
Rennes
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Regular Season - 5
Lyon
Rennes
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Regular Season - 6
Rennes
Auxerre
Roazhon Park
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Group Stage
Rennes
OFI
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Regular Season - 7
Paris FC
Rennes
Stade Jean Bouin