Paris, Sep 14 (AP) Saint-Etienne finally got some points on the board four games into the French league with a surprise 1-0 win over high-flying Lille.

The 10-time French champion started on the bottom of Ligue 1 with no points and no goals from its first three games but it led Lille after just six minutes and stayed in front.

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Visiting Lille had most of the possession and most of the shots on goal but the home side survived to lift itself off the bottom of the 18-team table and into 15th place.

In Saint-Etienne's first win over Lille since 2018, Mathieu Cafaro got the only goal when he capitalized after good work from Zuriko Davitashvili on the right. (AP)

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