DUNKERQUE, France (Interstat) — Dunkerque defeated Saint-Étienne 2-1 on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, in a French Ligue 2 match at Stade Marcel Tribut. Saint-Étienne struck first when Augustine Boakye scored in the 43rd minute. Khalil Ayari equalized for Dunkerque in the 52nd, and Souleymane Keita netted the winner in the 58th. Ayari, a forward, played 71 minutes, scored once and received a yellow card. Keita, a midfielder, also played 71 minutes and scored once. Yellow cards also went to Saint-Étienne’s Julien Le Cardinal and Tamar Svetlin and Dunkerque’s Adrien Lebeau, Théna Massock and Franck Atoen. Le Cardinal was booked in the 19th, Lebeau in the 39th, Svetlin in the 51st, Ayari in the 52nd, Massock in the 90th and Atoen in the sixth minute of stoppage time. Saint-Étienne is 5-1-0 in Ligue 2; Dunkerque is 2-2-2. Saint-Étienne’s all-competitions record is also 5-1-0, and Dunkerque’s is 2-2-2. Saint-Étienne next visits Metz on Sept. 19, while Dunkerque travels to Pau on Sept. 18.