Lens beat Saints

Les Verts had gone 2-0 up in the first quarter of the match through David Gigliotti and Cristophe Landrin, but quickfire goals from Adama Coulibaly and Yohan Demont levelled the tie just after the hour before Aruna won it late on.

Lens have been struggling in Ligue 1 so far this season and the win takes them out of the bottom three.

Their poor run seemed set to continue when former Monaco player Gigliotti beat Lens keeper Vedran Runje on the quarter hour. And the visitors were 2-0 up soon afterwards, Landrin latching onto a good ball from Pascal Feindouno before lofting it past Runje.

And they seemed to be cruising until defender Coulibaly rose to head home to give the hosts hope, which turned quickly into a will-to-win after Aruna flicked the ball on to Demont, who raced clear of the Saints defence to wrong-foot Saints keeper Jeremie Janot.

The comeback was complete when, with four minutes of normal time remaining, Ivory Coast international Aruna got onto the end of a long punt forwards by Runje slipped past Greece full back Stathos Tavlaridis, held off Brazilian defender Nivaldo and placed the ball past Janot to win the game.

Promoted Caen eased away from the relegation zone when they beat fifth-placed Le Mans 3-2.

Caen, who have a game in hand, now are 15th in the standings with 15 points from 12 matches and lead second-from-bottom Marseille by four points.

French under-21 midfielder Yoan Gouffran opened the scoring in the 33rd minute but Marko Basa equalised one minute into the second half.

Argentine midfielder Juan Eduardo Eluchans put the home side in front shortly before the hour-mark with Gouffran adding a third on 65 minutes.

Le Mans reduced the gap when Brazilian Tulio bagged his seventh goal of the season 17 minutes from time but Caen held on.

Le Mans are 11 points behind leaders Lyon.