Saint-Etienne recorded a 2-0 victory over Strasbourg in Saturday’s French topflight clash, with Mahdi Camara and Denis Bouanga getting the goals.
Having lost their opening Ligue 1 games to Lorient and Nice, Thierry Laurey’s men travelled to Stade Geoffroy-Guichard with the ambition of earning their first win of the 2020-21 season.
Nevertheless, that dream was a mere wish as they bowed to second-half goals from the African duo.
The first-half which ended 0-0 produced no sparks with yellow cards to Saint-Etienne’s Yvan Noupa and Strasbourg duo of Jean-Ricner Bellegarde and Ibrahima Sissoko the key actions of the first 45 minutes.