Lille maintained their unbeaten streak with a 1-1 draw against Nantes, while Saint-Etienne secured a 3-1 victory over Reims with Boakye scoring twice.
Lille extended its unbeaten run to 18 matches overall after drawing at home with lowly Nantes 1-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday.New signing Anthony Lopes was in the Nantes goal. He joined after playing nearly 500 games for Lyon. Lopes was beaten in the 41st minute when defender Gabriel Gudmundsson volleyed in the rebound after winger Remy Cabella's curler came back off the crossbar.
Elsewhere, Augustine Boakye got his first goals for Saint-Etienne and new Norwegian coach Eirik Horneland celebrated his first game in charge of the club in a 3-1 win against Reims. Boakye, a midfielder from Ghana, struck twice in the second half as Saint-Etienne snapped a run of three league defeats and moved up to 14th place. Horneland replaced Olivier Dall’Oglio, who was fired on Dec. 14. Japan's Keito Nakamura grabbed his seventh goal of the season to give Reims the lead approaching halftime.Later Saturday, Lyon hosted rock-bottom Montpellier. Unbeaten leader Paris Saint-Germain was not in league action and faces Monaco in the Champions Trophy on Sunday
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