The Ligue 1 Belt · rivalry
AS Saint-Étienne vs. RC Lens
6Belt meetings
3Saint-Étienne wins
3Lens wins
3Title changes
AS Saint-Étienne and RC Lens have met 6 times with the Ligue 1 belt on the line, from May 7, 1939 to October 3, 2020. The belt changed hands in 3 of those games. The belt series is level at 3–3.
| Belt game | Date | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | May 7, 1939 | RC Lens beat AS Saint-Étienne 1–0 | Title change |
| 409 | Sep 2, 1956 | AS Saint-Étienne beat RC Lens 3–1 | Defense |
| 591 | Sep 10, 1961 | RC Lens beat AS Saint-Étienne 4–3 | Title change |
| 1,059 | Apr 30, 1974 | AS Saint-Étienne beat RC Lens 3–2 | Defense |
| 1,540 | Dec 21, 1986 | AS Saint-Étienne beat RC Lens 1–0 | Title change |
| 2,747 | Oct 3, 2020 | RC Lens beat AS Saint-Étienne 2–0 | Defense |