Ligue 1 - Round 6 Preview

Saturday 17th SEPTEMBER	Score	Sunday 18th SEPTEMBER	KO
Auxerre - Caen	19:00	Evian - PSG	17:00
Brest - Montpellier	19:00	Stade Rennes - Nancy	17:00
Lorient - Saint Etienne	19:00	Lyon - Olympique de Marseille	21:00
Nice - AC Ajaccio	19:00
Toulouse - Bordeaux	19:00
Valenciennes - Dijon	19:00
Lille - Sochaux	21:00
all kick-offs in CET

AJ Auxerre

vs

Caen

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Sorin Dudka, Boly, Coulibaly, Berthod Cisse, Ndinga Chafni, Traore, Contout Le Tallec		Thebaux Vandam, Leca, Herteaux, Raineau Seube, Proment Hamouma, Fajr, Bulut Frau
TEAM NEWS
Auxerre endured a 0-0 draw with Nancy in matchday five. AJA have lost only one of their last 13 home league games. Alain Traoré has scored five goals, all coming at home. He also is top scorer.		Caen were beaten 1-0 by Toulouse, a third successive defeat in five. Les Malherbes have always conceded at Stade de l'Abbe-Deschamps. Franck Dumas' men have never won at Auxerre.

Stade Brestois

vs

Montpellier

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Elana Coulibaly, Zebina, Gent'ti, Makonda Poyet, Grougi, Culma, Lesoimier Roux, Baset		Jourden Bedimo, Hilton, Yanga-Mbiwa, Bocaly Saihi, Estrada Dernis, Utaka, Marveaux Giroud
TEAM NEWS
Stade Brestois were undone by a Javier Pastore winner in their 1-0 defeat to PSG last weekend. Alex Dupont's men are winless against Montpellier in seven games. The hosts have a lengthy injury list, including Brahim Ferradj and Jonathan Ayite.		Montpellier defeated Nice 1-0 to stay atop Ligue 1 after five games. La Paillade are enjoying their best ever start to a league campaign. Despite the run, Rene Girard's men have won only one of their last six away games.

  

FC Lorient

vs

Saint-Etienne

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Lecomte Baca, Bourillon, Manga, Mareque Gouffran, Romao, Mvuemba, Autrel Monnet-Paquet, Aliadiere		Ruffier,  Marchal, Paulao, Mignot, Ghoulam, Lemoine, Clement Aubemayang, Battles, Sako Saadi
TEAM NEWS
Lorient drew 1-1 with Sochaux on matchday five. Les Merlus have won only three of 24 top-flight games played in the month of September. Christian Gourcuff's men have amassed eight points so far this season, one more than Sainte.		Saint-Etienne were beaten 3-1 by champions Lille last weekend. Loris Nery was shown a red card in that match and misses out through suspension. Saint-Etienne have never won at Stade du Moustoir in the top-flight.

Nice

vs

AC Ajaccio

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Ospina, Clerc, Pecjinovic, Mabiala, Monzon Meriem, Digard, Abriel Djedje, Pentecote, Mounier		Ochoa, Lippini, Medjani, Poulard, Bohours, Mostafa, Pierazzi, Cavalli, Sammaritano, Ilan, Socrier
TEAM NEWS
Nice suffered a 1-0 defeat over Montpellier on matchday five, continuing their winless run. Les Aiglons have won their last four top-flight encounters with Ajaccio Nice are unbeaten at home against Ajaccio for 41 years.		Ajaccio pulled off a convincing 3-1 win over Valenciennes last weekend. Olivier Pantaloni's men have won only one of their last 19 away games Frederic Sammaritano has four goals in five games for Ajaccio this season.

Toulouse

vs

Bordeaux

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Ahamada Ninkov, Congre, Abdennour, M'Bengue Capoue Machado, Devoux, Sissoko, Tabanou Bulut		Carrasso, Sane, Henrique, Ciani, Marange N'Guemo Plasil, Jussie, Sertic Modeste, Gouffran
TEAM NEWS
Toulouse's steady rise up the league table continued after a 1-0 win over Caen last weekend. Le Tefece have lost one of their last five games this season. Alain Casanova's men prevailed in both of their two league encounters with Bordeaux last season		Bordeaux were held to a frustrating 0-0 draw against newcomers Evian last weekend. Les Girondins sit 12th in the table, amassing six points from a possible 15. Francis Gillot's side have won only one of their last five league games.

Valenciennes

vs

Dijon

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Penneteau Ducourtioux, Gil, Benjamin, Bong Kader, Gomis, Cahade, Dossevi, Samassa, Danic		Reynet, Bamba, Zarour, Paulle, Souprayen Querbet, Sangare, Altama, Corgnet, Bautheac, Jovial
TEAM NEWS
Bottom of the table Valenciennes continued their miserable start to the season after a 3-1 defeat to Ajaccio Daniel Sanchez's men are still yet to win at the club's new Hainault stadium. The omens aren't good for Valenciennes. All clubs who have one a point or fewer in their opening five games have tasted relegation at the end of the campaign.		Dijon will be hoping for better this time around after a narrow 2-1 defeat to Lyon last weekend. Dijon prevailed 3-2 in the sides' Coupe de La Ligue meeting in August Patrice Carteron's side have six points in their maiden Ligue 1 campaign.

Lille

vs

Sochaux

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Landreau Debuchy, Chedjou, Basa, Beria Balmont, Mavuba, Pedretti, Hazard, Sow, Payet		Richert Corchia, Perquis, Peybernes, Sauget Anin, Boudebouz, Nogueira, Mikari Butin, Maiga
TEAM NEWS
Champions Lille produced an impressive performance en-route to a 3-1 win against 10 man Saint Etienne last weekend. Aurelien Chedjou is expected to return to the side after missing the 2-2 Champions League draw with CSKA Moscow on Wednesday night. Joe Cole has equalled his number of assists compared to last season, within 25 minutes of his Ligue 1 debut.		Sochaux were held to a 1-1 draw with Lorient last weekend. Mehmed Bazdarevic's Lions have been boosted with the news that starlet Marvin Martin has signed a contract extension. He is tied to the club until 2015. Les Lionceaux have scored in each one of their last seven league games.

Evian TG

vs

PSG

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Andersen Djedje, Cambon, Angoula, Ehret Leroy, Tie Bi, Poulsen, Barbosa, Khelifa Sagbo		Sirigu Ceara, Lugano, Camara, Tiene Matuidi, Bodmer Menez, Pastore, Nene Gameiro
TEAM NEWS
Evian produced a commanding defensive display to stifle Bordeaux and hold them to a 0-0 draw These two sides are the only ones in Ligue 1 who have not been ahead at half-time in the league in 2011-12. Evian's stadium has seen the fewest goals at any of the 20 top-flight stadiums.		PSG secured their third successive win of the season by beating Brest 1-0 at home on Sunday. PSG are unbeaten in their last nine away games against promoted sides. A number of stars are expected to be rested after the Parisiens defeated Salzburg 3-1 in the Europa League on Thursday.

Stade Rennes

vs

Nancy

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Costil Danze, Kana-Biyik, Mangane, Catherine Pajol, M'Vila Boukari, Feret, Pitroipa, Montano		Assembe Sane, Sami, Loties, Hadara Andre Luis M'Bile, Karaboue, Traore, Bakar Niculae
TEAM NEWS
Rennes secured a shock 1-0 win over Marseille at the Velodome on matchday five. Les Rouge Et Noir were defeated 2-1 by Udinese in the Europa League during midweek. Rennes have won just one of their last eight home games in Ligue 1		Nancy's winless run continued last weekend after a 0-0 draw with Auxerre. ASNL are unbeaten in their last six trips to Stade de Route de la Lorient. Jean Fernandez's side languish in 19th place, with one point from a possible 15.

Lyon

vs

Olympique de Marseille

Sunday 21:00

Olympique de Marseille's winless run continued last weekend after a shock 1-0 home defeat to young pretenders Rennes. With a solid European win under their belt following their exploits against Olympiakos in the Champions League, can they kick-start their domestic campaign with a morale-boosting win over an impressive Lyon side?