Toulouse v St. Étienne
Toulouse 2-1 St Etienne
Toulouse recovered from a goal down to upset St Etienne 2-1 on the opening weekend of the new Ligue 1 season.
St Etienne, who finished fifth last term, took a 17th minute lead through long-serving centre-back Loic Perrin's header from a Romain Hamouma corner.
Having only avoided relegation by one place last season, Toulouse must have feared the worst at that point but they were on level terms within 10 minutes thanks to Denmark striker Martin Braithwaite's 25-yard free-kick.
Wissam Ben Yedder, who scored seven goals in Toulouse's last 13 Ligue 1 games in 2014/15, then put the hosts in front after 53 minutes from another dead-ball situation and they held on for the win, despite losing striker Aleksandar Pesic to a red card with four minutes to go.
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Toulouse, France
French Ligue 1 Standings
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AJ Auxerre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Le Havre AC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Le Mans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lille | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lorient | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lyon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marseille | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AS Monaco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paris FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stade Rennais | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Strasbourg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Toulouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Troyes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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