“Augustine Boakye gives Saint-Étienne the lead just before halftime, finishing off a corner-kick sequence with an assist from Zurab Davitashvili.”
“Dunkerque respond almost immediately after the break as Khalil Ayari levels the score, teed up by Souleymane Keita.”
Pivotal“Souleymane Keita completes the turnaround, scoring himself just six minutes after setting up the equalizer, assisted by Victor Mayela.”
Pivotal
Dunkerque
Saint-Étienne
Outstanding performance
Dunkerque•AttackerSaint-Étienne controlled the game from start to finish, racking up 57% possession, 11 shots to Dunkerque's 7, and a striking 49 dangerous attacks against just 11 for the home side, yet they leave with nothing. Augustine Boakye's 43rd-minute strike, assisted by Zurab Davitashvili, seemed to reward the visitors' control heading into the break, but Dunkerque flipped the match in a devastating five-minute spell after the restart. Khalil Ayari equalized just seven minutes into the second half, then Souleymane Keita turned provider into scorer six minutes later to complete the turnaround. Saint-Étienne created three big chances and missed two of them, a wastefulness that proved fatal against a Dunkerque side that needed just two clinical strikes from four shots on target combined to steal all three points, a result that will sting given the disparity in territorial dominance (68-47) and pile pressure on the visitors' title ambitions.
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Nadir El Jamali takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Théna MassockYellow CardThena Massock receives a yellow card.
Franck Atoen is on, and Jordan Morel is off.
Corner awarded.
Jordan Morel's right-footed shot is blocked.
Substitution: Steven Nzonzi comes on for Egor Prutsev.
Nadir El Jamali is on, and Maxime Bernauer is off.
Maxime Bernauer takes a right-footed shot, but it is saved.
Enzo Mayilla comes on for Souleymane Keita.
Ousmane Toure is on, and Khalil Ayari is off.
Sohaib Nair takes a shot with his head but misses.
Joao Ferreira comes on for Kevin Pedro.
Joshua Duffus is on, and Irvin Cardona is off.
Corner awarded.
Jakob Breum Martinsen takes a right-footed shot, but it is saved.
Corner awarded.
Jakob Breum Martinsen takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Irvin Cardona takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Souleymane KeitaShot! Souleymane Keita scores with a right-footed shot.
assist: Victor Mayela
Goal! Souleymane Keita scores to make it 2-1, assisted by Victor Mayela.
Souleymane Keita takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Jakob Breum Martinsen is on, and Thierno Ballo is off.
Ben Old is substituted for Tamar Svetlin.
Khalil AyariYellow CardKhalil Ayari receives a yellow card.
Khalil AyariKhalil Ayari scores with a left-footed shot.
assist: Souleymane Keita
Goal! Khalil Ayari scores to make it 1-1, assisted by Souleymane Keita.
Tamar SvetlinYellow CardYellow card shown to Tamar Svetlin.
Gaetan Robail comes on for Adrien Lebeau.
First half ends with the score at 0-1.
Augustine BoakyeShot from Augustine Boakye with his left foot results in a goal.
assist: Zuriko Davitashvili
Goal! Augustine Boakye scores to make it 1-0, assisted by Zurab Davitashvili.
Corner awarded.
Adrien LebeauYellow CardYellow card shown to Adrien Lebeau.
Irvin Cardona takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Lenny Vallier's left-footed shot is blocked.
Corner awarded.
Allan Linguet takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Khalil Ayari takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Julien Le Cardinal receives a yellow card.
Corner awarded.
Thierno Ballo's header is saved.
Kick-off! The referee is Faouzi Benchabane.
