Matchday

Ligue 1 25/26 · 17 May 2026

Olympique de Marseille 3–1 Stade Rennais

Picked for matchday: Chances everywhere: 5.5 xG · Standout: Arnaud Nordin scored 85.7 · Breakout watch: Abdelhamid Ait Boudlal

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Apr 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
2.2 – 1.1
Actual xG
3.0 – 2.5
Goals
3 – 1

Footybot made Olympique de Marseille favourites at 63%.

Olympique de Marseille won and made the better chances: 3.0 xG to 2.5.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Quentin Merlin, 66.3 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Quentin Merlin +25.0, Mousa Tamari +14.6, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg +13.3.

Well below it: Sebastian Szymański −20.9, Anthony Rouault −9.7.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Olympique de Marseille

10 May 2026W 1–0at Le Havre Ligue 1
2 May 2026L 0–3at Nantes Ligue 1
26 Apr 2026D 1–1v Nice Ligue 1
18 Apr 2026L 0–2at Lorient Ligue 1
10 Apr 2026W 3–1v Metz Ligue 1

Stade Rennais

10 May 2026W 2–1v Paris FC Ligue 1
3 May 2026L 2–4at Olympique Lyonnais Ligue 1
26 Apr 2026W 2–1v Nantes Ligue 1
19 Apr 2026W 3–0at RC Strasbourg Ligue 1
11 Apr 2026W 2–1v Angers Ligue 1

Head to head

15 Aug 2025Stade Rennais 1–0 Olympique de Marseille Ligue 1

Olympique de Marseille

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg Midfielder82110.2863.3+13.3
Nouhoum Kamissoko Midfielder800–59.3–
Emerson Defender90000.1158.8+6.9
Amine Gouiri Forward90100.5656.9+5.0
Gerónimo Rulli Goalkeeper9000–54.7+7.2
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Forward90101.1251.7+4.5
Facundo Medina Defender9000–50.3+3.4
Leonardo Balerdi Defender90000.0250.2−2.3
Igor Paixão Midfielder72000.4548.8−0.1
Quinten Timber Midfielder800–47.6–
Mason Greenwood Midfielder90010.1247.5−4.9
Timothy Weah Midfielder88000.0943.1−4.9
Arthur Vermeeren Midfielder1800–40.8–
Tochukwu Nnadi Midfielder82000.2539.4−4.0
Benjamin Pavard Defender900–17.5–

Stade Rennais

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Arnaud Nordin Forward23010.0585.7–
Quentin Merlin Defender90000.0266.3+25.0
Abdelhamid Ait Boudlal Defender90000.1362.0+10.1
Ludovic Blas Midfielder79000.2461.1+7.6
Breel Embolo Forward45000.7859.8+12.4
Mousa Tamari Midfielder67000.2959.4+14.6
Mathys Silistrie Goalkeeper9000–55.8–
Mahamadou Nagida Defender90000.0155.0+3.0
Esteban Lepaul Forward90100.6554.6+0.7
Valentin Rongier Midfielder90000.0354.5+1.9
Mahdi Camara Midfielder90000.2751.7+8.3
Nordan Mukiele Forward11000.0247.5–
Anthony Rouault Defender9000–40.3−9.7
Sebastian Szymański Midfielder4500–36.6−20.9