Ligue 1 (Week 31) : Saint-Etienne beats Montpellier 3-0
FRANCE, Mar. 19, 2016 (AMP) — Ligue 1 / Match day 31: After losing 2-0 to Guingamp on March 12, Saint-Etienne bounced back with a 3-0 victory over Montpellier this Saturday.
Both teams held off against each other during the first 45 minutes of the game. 0-0 at half time. Everything was decided in the second period with goals by Roux ('74), Tannane Oussama ('80) and Eysseric ('84).
Saint-Etienne climbed to 6th place with 45 points from 31 games, only one point behind Olympique Lyonnais, which has a game in hand.
View : Full Ligue 1 table (as of March 19, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PSG | 30 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 77 | 15 | 62 | 77 |
| 2 | Monaco | 30 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 44 | 34 | 10 | 52 |
| 3 | Rennes | 31 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 47 | 38 | 9 | 48 |
| 4 | Nice | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 33 | 10 | 47 |
| 5 | Lyon | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 47 | 33 | 14 | 46 |
| 6 | Saint-Etienne | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 34 | 2 | 45 |
| 7 | Nantes | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 44 |
| 8 | Caen | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 39 | -7 | 43 |
| 9 | Lille | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 40 |
| 10 | Marseille | 31 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 42 | 36 | 6 | 39 |
| 11 | Lorient | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 41 | 42 | -1 | 39 |
| 12 | Angers | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 31 | -2 | 39 |
| 13 | Bastia | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 31 | -3 | 39 |
| 14 | Bordeaux | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 38 | 48 | -10 | 38 |
| 15 | Montpellier | 31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 36 | 38 | -2 | 36 |
| 16 | Guingamp | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 45 | -9 | 35 |
| 17 | Reims | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 43 | -9 | 33 |
| 18 | GFC Ajaccio | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 40 | -9 | 33 |
| 19 | Toulouse | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 32 | 48 | -16 | 26 |
| 20 | Troyes | 30 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 68 | -47 | 14 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 1 2015-2016
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Overview
Saint-Etienne
- Position: 6 +2
- Best performance of the season:Bordeaux 1-4 Saint-Etienne (7 Feb.)
- Previous game:Guingamp 2-0 Saint-Etienne (12 Mar.)
- Next game:GFC Ajaccio - Saint-Etienne (2 Apr.)
Montpellier HSC
- Position: 15
- Best performance of the season:GFC Ajaccio 0-4 Montpellier (30 Jan.)
- Previous game:Montpellier 0-2 Nice (12 Mar.)
- Next game:Guingamp - Montpellier (2 Apr.)
Saint-Etienne
3:0
Montpellier
3:0 (0:0)
- 19 March 2016
- 17:00
- Saint-Étienne
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  PSG | 77 |
| 2 |  Monaco | 52 |
| 3 |  Rennes | 48 |
| 4 |  Nice | 47 |
| 5 |  Lyon | 46 |
Week 31 Results
| Friday 18 March 2016 | ||||
 | Marseille | 2-5 | Rennes | |
| Saturday 19 March 2016 | ||||
| Saint-Etienne | 3-0 | Montpellier | |
 | Angers | 20:00 | Lorient |  |
 | Lille | 20:00 | Toulouse |  |
 | Reims | 20:00 | Guingamp |  |
 | Caen | 20:00 | Troyes |  |
| Lyon | 21:00 | Nantes |  |
| Sunday 20 March 2016 | ||||
 | Bordeaux | 14:00 | Bastia |  |
| Nice | 17:00 | GFC Ajaccio |  |
| PSG | 21:00 | Monaco | |