Intro:

St Etienne continued their impressive start to the season with a 3-1 win against Reims.

Script:

St Etienne were hoping to build on their opening day win at Guingamp with a win in their first home match of the season, opponents Reims though were still on a high from a great point last week against Paris Saint-Germain.

The breakthrough here almost came after just three minutes when Benjamin Corgnet flicked the ball onto the post.

It was this moment of individual brilliance from the Benjamin Moukandjo that opened the scoring though...

Some start for Reims' new signing silencing the home crowd on his debut.

But what about this for a response from St Etienne's Max Gradel...

A near perfect strike from the former Leeds man to level the match on the hour.

10 minutes later the home side were in front.

Kevin Monnet-Paquet with the goal on his St Etienne debut.

And the result was sealed with just under 10 minutes to go, Mevlut Erdinc with his third goal in two games.

It's a great start for St Etienne who are hoping to improve on their fourth place finish last season, the sleeping giant is stirring.