Rennes Beat Strasbourg 3-0 as Szymanski Scores Two Goals at Roazhon Park

Stade Rennais beat Strasbourg Alsace 3-0 at Roazhon Park in Rennes on Sunday in Ligue 1 Matchday 8, with Sebastian Szymanski scoring twice and Boulaye Dia adding the other goal. Dia opened the scoring in the 34th minute, Szymanski doubled the lead in the 41st minute, and Szymanski scored again in the 61st minute to complete the result. Strasbourg finished with more of the ball and more corners, but they did not score.

Two goals before half time set the result

The match stayed scoreless until the 34th minute. Dia then gave Rennes the lead at 1-0, assisted by Przemyslaw Frankowski. Rennes did not wait long for a second goal. In the 41st minute Szymanski scored, assisted by Mahamadou Nagida, to make it 2-0 before half time. Two goals in seven minutes gave Rennes a clear lead at the break and left Strasbourg with a full second half to answer a two goal deficit.

Rennes added the third goal after the break. In the 61st minute Szymanski scored his second goal of the match, assisted by Mousa Al-Tamari, to make it 3-0. That goal completed the scoring. Szymanski finished the match with two goals from the player statistics recorded for the game, and Dia finished with one.

Strasbourg had the ball, Rennes had the finish

The match statistics show a game that was closer in play than in the score. Rennes had 47 percent possession to Strasbourg's 53 percent, so the visitors held the larger share of the ball across the match. The shot count was close as well, with Rennes recording 14 shots to Strasbourg's 12 shots. Both sides put four shots on target.

Corner kicks also favoured the visitors, by 2 to 5 in Strasbourg's favour. None of that produced a goal for Strasbourg. The difference in the match was the scoring recorded in the three key minutes. Dia scored in the 34th minute, Szymanski scored in the 41st and the 61st minutes, and each of those three goals came with a named assist in the match record, from Frankowski, Nagida and Al-Tamari. Rennes turned four shots on target into three goals, while Strasbourg's four shots on target brought no goal.

A clean result for Rennes at Roazhon Park

For Rennes, this was a home win built on a short scoring burst before half time and one more goal on the hour mark. The 2-0 half time lead meant Strasbourg had to chase the game, and Szymanski's second goal in the 61st minute made that task a three goal one with less than half an hour of the scoring record left. No further goals were recorded, and the match ended 3-0.

The final score and the scorers were confirmed by two sources. The Sportradar match centre recorded Stade Rennais FC as the winner at 3-0, with the same goals and minutes in its highlights and player statistics. Betora's match result page recorded the same 3-0 score, the same three scorers and minutes, and the match statistics for possession, shots and corners used in this report. Both sides had played in Ligue 1 Matchday 8 at Roazhon Park, with kickoff at 16:15 UTC on Sunday, October 25, 2026.