Ligue 1 (Week 24) : Saint-Etienne defeats Rennes 1-0
FRANCE, Feb. 4, 2016 (AMP) — Ligue 1 / Match day 24: After losing 0-2 to PSG on January 31, Saint-Etienne bounced back with a 1-0 victory over Rennes this Thursday.
45 minutes of play and neither Saint-Etienne nor Rennes have managed to pull ahead. 0-0 at half time. Everything was decided in the second period with a saving goal by Senegalese defender Moustapha Sall in the 73rd minute.
Saint-Etienne climbed to fifth place with 36 points from 24 games, only one point behind Angers SCO.
View : Full Ligue 1 table (as of February 4, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PSG | 24 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 61 | 11 | 50 | 66 |
| 2 | Monaco | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 35 | 28 | 7 | 42 |
| 3 | Nice | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 28 | 10 | 39 |
| 4 | Angers | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 37 |
| 5 | Saint-Etienne | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 27 | -1 | 36 |
| 6 | Caen | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 29 | -3 | 36 |
| 7 | Nantes | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 35 |
| 8 | Marseille | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 34 |
| 9 | Rennes | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 34 |
| 10 | Lyon | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 27 | 4 | 33 |
| 11 | Bordeaux | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 33 | -2 | 33 |
| 12 | Lorient | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 33 | 35 | -2 | 30 |
| 13 | Guingamp | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 30 | -4 | 30 |
| 14 | Lille | 24 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 29 |
| 15 | Bastia | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 29 | -7 | 28 |
| 16 | Reims | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 33 | -8 | 26 |
| 17 | GFC Ajaccio | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 34 | -9 | 26 |
| 18 | Montpellier | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 30 | -3 | 25 |
| 19 | Toulouse | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 42 | -17 | 20 |
| 20 | Troyes | 24 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 49 | -33 | 11 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 1 2015-2016
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Overview
Rennes
- Position: 9 -3
- Best performance of the season:Troyes 2-4 Rennes (16 Jan.)
- Previous game:Bordeaux 4-0 Rennes (31 Jan.)
- Next game:Lille - Rennes (7 Feb.)
Saint-Etienne
- Position: 5 +3
- Best performance of the season:Saint-Etienne 3-0 Guingamp (29 Nov.)
- Previous game:Saint-Etienne 0-2 PSG (31 Jan.)
- Next game:Bordeaux - Saint-Etienne (7 Feb.)
Rennes
0:1
Saint-Etienne
0:1 (0:0)
- 4 February 2016
- 21:00
- Rennes
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  PSG | 66 |
| 2 |  Monaco | 42 |
| 3 |  Nice | 39 |
| 4 |  Angers | 37 |
| 5 | Saint-Etienne | 36 |
Week 24 Results
| Tuesday 2 February 2016 | ||||
| Monaco | 2-0 | Bastia |  |
 | Montpellier | 0-1 | Marseille |  |
| Wednesday 3 February 2016 | ||||
 | Lille | 1-0 | Caen |  |
| Nice | 1-0 | Toulouse |  |
 | Guingamp | 4-0 | Troyes |  |
 | Lyon | 3-0 | Bordeaux |  |
 | Nantes | 3-1 | GFC Ajaccio |  |
 | Reims | 2-1 | Angers | |
| PSG | 3-1 | Lorient |  |
| Thursday 4 February 2016 | ||||
| Rennes | 0-1 | Saint-Etienne | |