Ligue 1 (Week 27) : Rennes beats Lorient 1-0
FRANCE, Feb. 25, 2017 (AMP) — Ligue 1 / Match day 27: After losing 2-0 to Marseille on February 18, Rennes returned to winning ways with a 1-0 victory over Lorient this Saturday.
All the action happened in the first half, with Rennes striker Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio goal in the 19th minute.
Rennes climbed to 8th place with 36 points from 27 games, 3 points behind Olympique de Marseille, which has a game in hand.
View : Full Ligue 1 table (as of February 25, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 27 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 78 | 25 | 53 | 62 |
| 2 | Nice | 27 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 44 | 21 | 23 | 59 |
| 3 | PSG | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 18 | 32 | 56 |
| 4 | Lyon | 25 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 49 | 31 | 18 | 43 |
| 5 | Bordeaux | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 33 | 2 | 42 |
| 6 | Saint-Etienne | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 39 |
| 7 | Marseille | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 39 |
| 8 | Rennes | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 31 | -5 | 36 |
| 9 | Toulouse | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 35 |
| 10 | Guingamp | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 35 | -4 | 34 |
| 11 | Angers | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 33 | -8 | 33 |
| 12 | Nantes | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 35 | -13 | 33 |
| 13 | Montpellier | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 39 | 45 | -6 | 32 |
| 14 | Metz | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 45 | -20 | 30 |
| 15 | Lille | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 35 | -9 | 29 |
| 16 | Nancy | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 34 | -16 | 28 |
| 17 | Caen | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 43 | -17 | 28 |
| 18 | Dijon | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 44 | -7 | 27 |
| 19 | Bastia | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 36 | -14 | 23 |
| 20 | Lorient | 27 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 27 | 53 | -26 | 22 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 1 2016-2017
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Overview
Rennes
- Position: 8 +2
- Best performance of the season:Rennes 2-0 Saint-Etienne (4 Dec.)
- Previous game:Marseille 2-0 Rennes (18 Feb.)
- Next game:Metz - Rennes (4 Mar.)
Lorient
- Position: 20
- Best performance of the season:Lorient 3-1 Guingamp (14 Jan.)
- Previous game:Lorient 0-1 Nice (18 Feb.)
- Next game:Lorient - Marseille (5 Mar.)
Rennes
1:0
Lorient
1:0 (1:0)
- 25 February 2017
- 20:00
- Rennes
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Monaco | 62 |
| 2 |  Nice | 59 |
| 3 |  PSG | 56 |
| 4 |  Lyon | 43 |
| 5 |  Bordeaux | 42 |
Week 27 Results
| Friday 24 February 2017 | ||||
 | Nantes | 3-1 | Dijon |  |
| Nice | 2-1 | Montpellier |  |
| Saturday 25 February 2017 | ||||
 | Guingamp | 1-2 | Monaco | |
 | Lille | 2-3 | Bordeaux | |
| Rennes | 1-0 | Lorient | |
 | Nancy | 0-0 | Toulouse |  |
 | Angers | 3-0 | Bastia |  |
| Sunday 26 February 2017 | ||||
 | Saint-Etienne | 15:00 | Caen |  |
| Lyon | 17:00 | Metz |  |
 | Marseille | 21:00 | PSG | |