Valenciennes

St. Etienne wasted an opportunity to move to within one point of second place in Ligue 1 on Friday after settling for a scoreless draw with Valenciennes at the Stade du Hainaut.Les Verts entered Friday's clash riding a 13-match unbeaten run in league play, and while the result extends that marvelous run of form to 14 straight without a loss, St. Etienne had opportunism to claim all three points.Both teams found chances few and far between in the first half, but St. Etienne had the best chance on the stroke of halftime as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ripped a shot from outside the box, but he barely missed the right post.St. Etienne's best chance to break the deadlock came in the 74th minute when Fabian Lemoine collected a pass from Faouzi Ghoulam and unleashed a right- footed shot from outside the penalty area, but Valenciennes goalkeeper Nicolas Penneteau read the shot well and kept it out of the bottom right corner.The result leaves Les Verts in third place with 54 points from 32 matche...

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