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Coupe de la Ligue | Fourth Round

Dec 17, 2014 at 5.40pm UK

Lorient
0-1
St Etienne Saint-Etienne

FT(HT: 0-0)

Hamouma (48')

Match Report

Football

Saint-Etienne beat Lorient to reach Coupe de la Ligue quarter-finals

By Pascal Lemesre, Football League Editor | 17 December 2014

Romain Hamouma's second-half goal puts Saint-Etienne through to the quarter-finals of the Coupe de la Ligue at the expense of Lorient.

Saint-Etienne have reached the quarter-finals of the Coupe de la Ligue thanks to a 1-0 victory over Lorient this evening.

Chances were hard to come by in the first half, but Lorient's Mathias Autret was denied by Saint-Etienne keeper Stephane Ruffier just before the break.

Saint-Etienne's French defender Paul Baysse, Saint-Etienne's French defender Loic Perrin and Saint-Etienne's French midfielder Fabien Lemoine celebrate at the end of the French League Cup football match between Lorient (FCL) and Saint-Etienne (ASSE) on De © Getty Images

The visitors then scored the only goal of the game moments after the interval when Romain Hamouma finished off Kevin Monnet-Paquet's pass after a long kick from Ruffier.

That would prove to be enough for Les Verts, who are flying high in Ligue 1 as well, at the Stade Yves Allainmat-Le Moustoir.