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Ligue 1: Lyon win through former Guingamp striker Beauvue, Caen on top

Xinhua, August 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

Claudio Beauvue, who joined Lyon in the summer from Guingamp, refused to celebrate after scoring against his old club on his debut for Les Gones as a second-half substitute in Saturday's away match of Ligue 1.

The 27-year-old striker came off the bench on 63 mintues and took advantage of a defensive mix-up to head in a right-wing cross from midfielder Jordan Ferri in the 79th minute, which gave Lyon a 1-0 victory at the Stade Municipal de Roudourou.

Beauvue, who played most of his role as a winger in Guingamp, scored 27 goals for his old boss last season, including 17 league goals, before he signed with Lyon on July 1.

The road win helped Lyon move up to the fourth place provisionally on four points. Guingamp stay on the penultimate position among 20 teams.

Caen came out the only team having secured a second straight win in the French League as defender Damien Da Silva headed the only goal of the game on 70 minutes to beat Toulouse 1-0 at home.

Henri Saivet's stoppage-time free kick denied St Etienne three points as Bordeaux salvaged a 1-1 draw in dramatic fashion.

Romain Hamouma finished off a fine team move just before the hour mark to give Les Verts the lead and that had looked set to give the hosts their first victory of the embryonic season.

However, Bordeaux, who were beaten in the opening round of fixtures, came away with something thanks to Saivet's smart set-piece from the edge of the area late on.

Thiago Xavier scored a stoppage-time equalizer as 10-man Troyes rescued an unlikely point in a 3-3 draw against Nice.

Corentin Jean opened the scoring for Troyes after three minutes but the lead was short-lived as, straight from the restart, Jonathan Pereira fouled Alassane Plea inside the penalty area. Hatem Ben Arfa made no mistake with the spot kick.

Plea put Nice in front after 16 minutes before drawing the foul that led to Chris Mavinga's second yellow card, and subsequent dismissal just after the half-hour mark.

Maxime Le Marchand headed the visitors into a two-goal lead before half-time but Fabien Camus' 25-yard strike gave Troyes hope and Xavier's rising shot earned them a point.

In other games on Saturday, Kamil Grosicki's curled finish five minutes from time lifted Rennes to a 1-0 success over Montpellier, while Angers and Nantes played out a goalless draw. Endi