Rennes 3-2 Le Mans: Lepaul's late penalty ends a seesaw
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Key numbers
- xG 3.12 vs 3.06: chances were level
- 90' Lepaul penalty worth +1.4 FN xPts
- Rennes up from 13th to 4th, 4 points
A two-goal lead that vanished
Rennes scored in the 5th and 26th minutes, only for Louis Mafouta to reply twice, the second from the spot in the 54th. Le Mans took 12 shots for 3.06 xG, against 3.12 from Rennes' 22. The chances were level, which fits a 2-2 scoreline.
Lepaul's spot-kick settled it
Le Mans had Djibril Sidibé sent off in the 68th minute and played about 22 minutes short-handed. Lepaul then converted a penalty in the 90th minute, worth +1.4 FN xPts, against +0.6 for Mafouta's equaliser. Rennes climbed to fourth on four points.
Player of the match
Esteban Lepaul 8.2Dominant
He scored twice and put four of his six shots on target.
Lepaul opened the scoring in the 5th minute and, with the match level at 2-2, won it from the penalty spot in the 90th. It took his league tally to three goals.
Game state
1-02-02-12-23-2
Rennes ahead 49 min · level 41 min · Le Mans ahead 0 min
- Le Mans: Red card 68' → ~22 min a player down
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
5'
Esteban Lepaul
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Adrien Thomasson +0.2
+0.5
26'
Valentin Rongier
Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist Issa Soumaré +0.1
+0.3
30'
Louis Mafouta
Goal · assist Lucas Calodat
+0.2
54'
Louis Mafouta
Pen goal
+0.6
68'
Djibril Sidibé
Red card
−0.2
90'
Esteban Lepaul
Pen goal
+1.4
Rennes
Expected (last two seasons) 2.1Own moments +2.2Opponent moments −0.8Time effect −0.5→ League points won 3
Le Mans
Expected (last two seasons) 0.7Own moments +0.6Opponent moments −1.4Time effect +0.1→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
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Match stats
RennesLe Mans
3.12Expected goals (xG)3.06
Timeline
- 5'
Goal
Esteban Lepaul league goal #2 assist Adrien Thomasson
- 26'
Goal
Valentin Rongier league goal #1 assist Issa Soumaré
- 30'
Goal
Louis Mafouta league goal #2 assist Lucas Calodat
- 48'
Yellow
Issa Soumaré
- 51'
VAR
Harold Voyer
- 54'
Goal
Louis Mafouta (pen) league goal #3
- 60'
Sub
Sebastian Szymański → Mahdi Camara
- 60'
Sub
Issa Soumaré → Arnaud Nordin
- 60'
Sub
Lucas Bretelle → Jean Vercruysse
- 66'
Yellow
Alexandre Lauray
- 68'
Red
Djibril Sidibé
- 68'
Sub
Lucas Calodat → Djibril Sidibé
- 68'
Sub
Dame Gueye → Antoine Rabillard
- 74'
Sub
Valentin Rongier → Ludovic Blas
- 74'
Sub
Mousa Tamari → Eliezer Mayenda
- 78'
Sub
Quentin Merlin → Mahamadou Nagida
- 81'
Sub
Nicolas Kocik → Ewan Hatfout
- 81'
Sub
Adil Bourabaa → Milan Robin
- 90'
Goal
Esteban Lepaul (pen) league goal #3
- 90+2'
VAR
Arnaud Nordin
- 90+6'
Yellow
Esteban Lepaul
- 90+12'
Yellow
Abdelhamid Ait Boudlal
- 90+12'
Yellow
Harold Voyer
- 90+13'
VAR
Louis Mafouta
Category leaders
- Key passesAdrien Thomasson4
- Duels wonCharlie Cresswell9/16
- DribblesMahdi Camara2/2
- Defensive actionsAbdelhamid Ait Boudlal8
- ShotsEsteban Lepaul6 (on target 4)
- Fouls wonAdrien Thomasson3
#Ligue 1#Rennes#Le Mans#Esteban Lepaul#Louis Mafouta
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.