Ligue 1 (Week 20) : Nantes beats Saint-Etienne 2-1
FRANCE, Jan. 10, 2016 (AMP) — Ligue 1 / Match day 20: After five straigth draws, Nantes returned to winning ways with a 2-1 victory over Saint-Etienne this Sunday.
Saint-Etienne forward Nolan Roux opened the score in the 14th minute on penalty, before seeing Nantes catch up in the 29th minute thanks to Johan Audel. 1-1 at half time. Nantes eventually won the game in the second period with with a goal by Sigthorsson Kolbeinn in the 77th minute.
Saint-Etienne are down in 7th place with 29 points from 20 games, tie on points with Olympique Lyonnais.
View : Full Ligue 1 table (as of January 10, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PSG | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 9 | 41 | 54 |
| 2 | Angers | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 34 |
| 3 | Monaco | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 33 |
| 4 | Caen | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 24 | -3 | 30 |
| 5 | Nice | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 29 |
| 6 | Lyon | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 29 |
| 7 | Saint-Etienne | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 24 | -1 | 29 |
| 8 | Rennes | 20 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 28 |
| 9 | Lorient | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 27 |
| 10 | Nantes | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 18 | -2 | 27 |
| 11 | Bordeaux | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 28 | -4 | 26 |
| 12 | Marseille | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 25 |
| 13 | GFC Ajaccio | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 24 | -2 | 25 |
| 14 | Lille | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 24 |
| 15 | Montpellier | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 26 | -4 | 22 |
| 16 | Bastia | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 26 | -6 | 22 |
| 17 | Reims | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 27 | -7 | 21 |
| 18 | Toulouse | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 34 | -10 | 20 |
| 19 | Guingamp | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 27 | -10 | 19 |
| 20 | Troyes | 20 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 39 | -28 | 8 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 1 2015-2016
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Overview
Nantes
- Position: 10 +3
- Best performance of the season:Nantes 3-0 Troyes (17 Oct.)
- Previous game:Lorient 0-0 Nantes (19 Dec.)
- Next game:Guingamp - Nantes (16 Jan.)
Saint-Etienne
- Position: 7 -1
- Best performance of the season:Saint-Etienne 3-0 Guingamp (29 Nov.)
- Previous game:Saint-Etienne 1-0 Angers (20 Dec.)
- Next game:Saint-Etienne - Lyon (17 Jan.)
Nantes
2:1
Saint-Etienne
2:1 (1:1)
- 10 January 2016
- 14:00
- Nantes
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  PSG | 54 |
| 2 |  Angers | 34 |
| 3 |  Monaco | 33 |
| 4 |  Caen | 30 |
| 5 |  Nice | 29 |
Week 20 Results
| Friday 8 January 2016 | ||||
| PSG | 2-0 | Bastia |  |
| Saturday 9 January 2016 | ||||
 | Lyon | 4-1 | Troyes |  |
 | Reims | 1-3 | Toulouse |  |
| Monaco | 2-2 | GFC Ajaccio |  |
 | Montpellier | 0-1 | Bordeaux |  |
| Angers | 2-0 | Caen | |
 | Rennes | 2-2 | Lorient |  |
| Sunday 10 January 2016 | ||||
| Nantes | 2-1 | Saint-Etienne | |
 | Lille | 17:00 | Nice | |
 | Marseille | 21:00 | Guingamp |  |