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00:00Saint-Etienne have had a wobbly start following their promotion to the top tier, just one victory from six games so far.
00:11Coach Olivier Daloglio knows that this is a fixture they need to perform in at home against another promoted side.
00:21Saint-Etienne in their traditional green shirts and white shorts have some defending to do here.
00:28Saint-Etienne, Sissoko turning away from his man. Ben Ode is in the clear here, if he can get there ahead of the Auxerre defender he can. This is Ode.
00:40Ode can't get his shots beyond Clermont.
00:47More possibilities, David Tashvili, David Tashvili still, great chance, great goal.
00:53It's his first in a Saint-Etienne shirt and it is brilliantly taken from the Georgian.
01:02Saint-Etienne strike first here at the Stadtgrof Ruggieschart, thanks to Zurich goal, David Tashvili.
01:09From Bordeaux in the summer doing real damage on this left-hand side. He picked up a good return pass.
01:32And what about that for a finish, surging infield and curling it delightfully into the top corner.
01:39Amougou for Saint-Etienne, David Tashvili, nicely played. Ben Ode, good stop. Mouefek now, off the line.
02:06Incredibly, Auxerre have survived.
02:15And the referee blows the whistle, just when Saint-Etienne thought maybe they had an opportunity.
02:22Saint-Etienne have their nose.
02:26The Bouscombe, Olivier Delacroix is not happy because it was under 2 minutes when the whistle sounded.
02:32And it looked like Saint-Etienne would have had an option. It is 1-0 for the home team. They win it after 45 minutes of play.
02:41So Auxerre have 45 minutes left to try to turn this one around against a Saint-Etienne side that has so far looked good value for this 1-0 advantage.
02:55Zurich goal, David Tashvili.
02:58He's getting Auxerre forward. The flag stays down for the moment. Sine Joko in the box. Sine Joko still, big chance, goal for Auxerre.
03:11Well, the flag is now raised.
03:16What a shame for Lassine Sine Joko who did so much work and finished so...
03:23Possibilities here for Les Verts. David Tashvili, shot on again for David Tashvili. It's his second of the night.
03:32There is no stopping the 23-year-old Georgian international.
03:42Scorer of his first goal in a Saint-Etienne shirt in the first half. He's got his second now and has perhaps sent Les Verts on their way to victory.
04:01In the second tier for Bordeaux last season. He's looking such a threat for Saint-Etienne.
04:08Picking up possession some 40 yards out. Jenking infield once more and he's just deceived the goalkeeper Donovan Leon.
04:17Well, there's something of the Georgie Kinkladze about the way this guy jinxed past players and causes such a threat.
04:36Kinkladze who glittered in England with...
04:40The Englishman has won it back for Auxerre and he's going up in this attack. Traore infield. Traore trying to get the shot away.
04:49Hoover keeping the attack alive. Sine Joko. Sine Joko. The goalkeeper's out of position. Saint-Etienne rescued in the end by Batou Bab in Sika.
05:00It's always positive when he gets the ball. Gaetan Perrin tries to make inroads. Paul Jolly's cross. Larssen has come. Hasn't got there.
05:10Still a chance here. Traore and it's headed off the line.
05:15The curve by Appiah.
05:17Oh, a mistake at the back. And it should have been a hat-trick for David Ashfilly. He's curled his shot against the post. What a let-off for Saint-Etienne.
05:39It was Paul Jolly who just lost his footing at the key moment. He was the last man.
05:48Jolly finds Sine Joko. His cross has been turned in by Baer. Theo Baer, the Canadian, gets Auxerre a lifeline.
06:07Just seconds after David Ashfilly had a huge chance to make it 3-0.
06:12There's half the deficit. Auxerre are back in this game.
06:18Dangerous cross from Sine Joko and a deadly finish from the Canadian signed from Motherwell in the summer.
06:30Good tackle from Cafaro. Good ball as well. Stassa. Stassa in the clear. Big chance now in the middle. David Ashfilly this time does convert to score his hat-trick.
06:43What an afternoon for Zurico David Ashfilly.
06:52The Stade Geoffroy-Aquichard erupts as Saint-Etienne home in on just their second victory of the season.
07:01Now what an individual performance from that man, the number 22 David Ashfilly.
07:10No goals before Saint-Etienne forward will be watching on admiringly.
07:19Super play from Cafaro to win possession and release Lucas Stassin. Stassin found David Ashfilly who waited for the keeper and then just dinked the ball over him.
07:30Lovely finish.
07:40What a hat-trick at a key moment in Saint-Etienne's season. They needed reassuring tonight. They needed three points against a rival.
07:54The fellow promoter can celebrate only their second win of the season. It's a really important one against the fellow...
08:02Second win of the season for Saint-Etienne. They have them with seven points.
08:09They are in provisionally in twelfth. But we'll see what happens after the match.
08:14A great win at home by Saint-Etienne. Thank you for joining us here on Bein' Sports. Saint-Etienne three, Astaire one.
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