Having escaped relegation to the third division on the final day of last season Créteil are the surprise Ligue 2 leaders after Week 3.

The club from the eastern suburbs of Paris destroyed Gueugnon 4-0 thanks to a blistering start. Goals to Christophe Aubanel and Amadou Mbodji inside the opening ten minutes set the tone for the evening. Ivory Coast defender Cyril Domoraud headed a third on 19 minutes before Ali Boulebda rounded of the evening with a fourth 15 minutes from time.

They were joined at the top by Châteauroux who came from behind to beat Montpellier 2-1. Abdoulaye Cissé had given the visitors a first half lead but an Armindo Ferreira goal two minutes after the restart and a Teddy Bertin penalty four minutes from the end gave Châteauroux their second win of the season.

Lorient and Istres complete the leading quartet after the Britanny side drew 1-1 with derby rivals Guingamp and Xavier Gravelaine's Istres scraped past Sète 2-1 thanks to M'Futi's stoppage time winner.

Valenciennes returned to winning ways with a 2-0 win over Grenoble while former Ligue 1 regulars Bastia overcame Amiens on the mainland, 2-1. Clermont dented Sedan's winning ways with a 1-0 win at home while Brest and Le Havre fought out a 2-2 draw.

Finally, Caen's disastrous start to the season continued with a 2-0 loss to Reims.

Brest 2-2 Le Havre
Scorers: Malm (B) 45, 79 pen, Traoré (H) 32, 76

Châteauroux 2-1 Montpellier
Scorers: Cissé (M) 39, Ferreira (C) 47, Bertin (C) 86 pen

Clermont 1-0 Sedan
Scorer: Buengo 79 pen

Créteil 4-0 Gueugnon
Scorers: Aubanel 6, Mbodji 8, Domoraud 19, Boulebda 76

Guingamp 1-1 Lorient
Scorers: Audel (L) 57, Abriel (G) 61

Laval 0-1 Dijon
Scorer: Ibisevic 24

Amiens 1-2 Bastia
Scorers: Jau (B) 13, Casartelli (A) 76, Conombo (B) 84

Reims 2-0 Caen
Scorer: Heitzmann 5 pen, 70

Valenciennes 2-0 Grenoble
Scorers: Silvestri 12 pen, Savidan 44