Ligue 1 - Round 8 Preview

Saturday 24th SEPTEMBER	Ko	Sunday 25th SEPTEMBER	KO
Evian - Caen	1900	Auxerre - Sochaux	1700
Lille - Lorient	1900	Brest - Ajaccio	1700
Olympique Lyon - Bordeaux	1900	Stade Rennes - Saint Etienne	2100
Nice - Dijon	1900
Toulouse - Nancy	1900
Valenciennes - Marseille	1900
Montpellier - PSG	2100
all kick-offs in CET

Evian

vs

Caen

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Andersen Djedje, Cambon, Angoula, Mensah Leroy, Tie Bi, Sorlin, Govou Adnane, Sagbo		Thebaux Vandam, Leca, Herteaux, Raineau Seube, Proment Hamouma, Fajr, Bulut Frau
TEAM NEWS
Evian were defeated 2-0 by struggling Marseille in midweek. Bernard Casoni's men are winless in five league games. Fabrice Ehret and Christian Poulsen are on the sidelines for the promoted side, with Guillaume Rippert suspended.		Caen recorded a shock 1-0 victory over Lyon on matchday seven. Les Malherbes have won their last two league matches against promoted teams. Goalscorer Benjamin Nivet is suspended after his red card on Wednesday.

Lille

vs

Lorient

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Landreau Debuchy, Rozehnal, Basa, Bonnart Balmont, Mavuba, Pedretti, Hazard, Sow, Cole		Lecomte Baca, Bourillon, Manga, Mareque Gouffran, Romao, Mvuemba, Autrel Emeghera, Aliadiere
TEAM NEWS
Lille were held to a 1-1 draw with Bordeaux on Tuesday evening. Les Dogues are yet to keep a clean sheet this season. Mathieu Debuchy and Ludovic Obraniak return after suspensions.		Lorient played out a 1-1 draw with Auxerre on matchday seven. Les Merlus are unbeaten in eight of their last nine games at Lille. Christian Gourcuff's men are however yet to win away to a Ligue 1 title-winning side.

 

Lyon

vs

Bordeaux

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Vercoutre Cissokho, Kone, Lovren, Revelliere, Bastos, Gonalons, Grenier, Kallstrom, Briand, Gomis		Keita Sane, Henrique, Ciani, Marange N'Guemo Plasil, Jussie, Sertic Modeste, Diabate
TEAM NEWS
Lyon were beaten 1-0 by Caen in midweek, ending their unbeaten run this season. Les Gones are unbeaten in their last 18 home games in the league. Remi Garde is still without Yoann Gourcuff or Lisandro amongst others. Hugo Lloris is suspended.		Bordeaux held to a 1-1 home draw by Lille on matchday seven, despite Cheick Diabate's late penalty miss. Les Girondins are unbeaten in their last five encounters against Lyon Francis Gillot's men have only prevailed in one of their last nine away games.

Nice

vs

Dijon

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Ospina, Clerc, Pecjinovic, Mabiala, Diakite Fae, Digard, Abriel Mouloungoui, Pentecote, Mounier		Reynet, Bamba, Zarour, Paulle, Souprayen Querbet, Sangare, Altama, Corgnet, Bautheac, Jovial
TEAM NEWS
Nice succumbed to a 2-1 defeat against PSG in their last league game. Les Aiglons have scored all of their Ligue 1 goals from setpieces so far this season. Eric Roy's men are yet to score with one of their strikers.		Promoted Dijon picked up their third win of the campaign with a 1-0 victory over Brest. Patrice Carteron's men are the only side yet to achieve a draw in the league. Dijon have amassed nine points out of a possible 21 so far this season.

Toulouse

vs

Nancy

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Ahamada Ninkov, Congre, Abdennour, M'Bengue Capoue Machado, Devaux, Sissoko, Tabanou Bulut		Gregorini Sane, Sami, Loties, Hadara Andre Luis M'Bile, Karaboue, Traore, Bakar Niculae
TEAM NEWS
Toulouse were held to a 1-1 draw against Saint Etienne on matchday seven. Le Tefece are fifth with a total of 14 points this season. Toulouse have scored in each of their last nine league games.		Nancy drew for the third successive time in midweek against Valenciennes (1-1). Jean Fernandez's men have failed to score a goal in their last seven games against Saturday's opponents. ASNL have failed to win any of their last 19 encounters in the Pink City.

Valenciennes

vs

Olympique de Marseille

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Penneteau Ducourtioux, Mirin, Benjamin, Bong Kader, Nam, Cohade, Pujol, Samassa, Danic		Mandanda Traore, Fanni, Diawara, Azpilicueta Cheyrou, Diarra, Lucho Gonzalez Valbuena, Remy, Ayew
TEAM NEWS
Valenciennes stuttered to a 1-1 draw with Nancy in midweek. Gregory Pujol has scored three goals in three home games against L'OM. An average of five goals a game has been recorded in this fixture.		Marseille recorded their first league win of the season with a 2-0 home win over Evian on Wednesday. Didier Deschamps' men are winless in their last six away league games. L'OM have tasted two 3-2 defeats at Valenciennes in the last two seasons.

Montpellier

vs

PSG

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Jourden Bedimo, Hilton, Yanga-Mbiwa, Bocaly Saihi, Estrada Dernis, Utaka, Marveaux Giroud		Sirigu Ceara, Lugano, Camara, Tiene Matuidi, Bodmer Menez, Pastore, Nene Gameiro
TEAM NEWS
Leaders Montpellier consolidated their position at the top of the table with a 3-1 win over Ajaccio on matchday seven. Abdelhamid El Kaoutari is suspended after his red card in midweek. La Paillade are unbeaten in their last seven home games against the capital outfit.		PSG are joint-second in Ligue 1 with three other teams on 14 points after a 2-1 win over Nice. PSG are winless in their last five games against Montpellier. Indeed, Les Parisiens have only won one of their last seven away games in Ligue 1.

Auxerre

vs

Sochaux

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Sorin Dudka, Boly, Coulibaly, Berthod Cisse, Ndinga Chafni, Traore, Contout Le Tallec		Richert Corchia, Perquis, Peybernes, Sauget Anin, Boudebouz, Martin, Mikari Butin, Maiga
TEAM NEWS
Auxerre drew 1-1 with Lorient in midweek. The Burgundy side are unbeaten in their last five league games. Laurent Fournier's men have only lost once in their last 14 home league games.		Sochaux were dealt a heavy 6-2 defeat at home to Stade Rennes on Wednesday. Sochaux have only won three of their last 25 Ligue 1 games away to Stade de l'Abbe Deschamps. Mehmed Bazdrevic's men have the joint worst defensive record in the league.

Brest

vs

Ajaccio

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Elana Coulibaly, Zebina, Ewolo, Makonda Poyet, Grougi, Culma, Lesoimier Roux, Baset		Ochoa, Lippini, Medjani, Poulard, Mendy, Mostafa, Pierazzi, Cavalli, Sammaritano, Ilan, Socrier
TEAM NEWS
Injury ravaged Brest went down 1-0 to promoted Dijon in midweek. Alex Dupont's men are one of two teams yet to win a match this season. Brest have not won any of their last seven home games		Ajaccio were soundly beaten 3-1 by leaders Montpellier on Wednesday. Ajaccio have won their last four matches away to Brest. Olivier Pantaloni's men have only won once in their last 20 Ligue 1 away games.

Stade Rennes

vs

Saint Etienne

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Costil Danze, Kana-Biyik, Mangane, Catherine Pajol, M'Vila Hadji, Feret, Pitroipa, Montano		Ruffier, Nery, Paulao, Mignot, Ghoulam, Lemoine, Clement Aubemayang, Battles, Sako Saadi
TEAM NEWS
Rennes thrashed Sochaux 6-2 in the season's biggest win so far on Wednesday. Les Rouge Et Noir are unbeaten in their last six league encounters against Saint Etienne. Rennes have scored the highest number of goals this season in the league.		Saint Etienne drew 1-1 with Toulouse in midweek. Les Verts are winless in their last five league games. Before that, they boasted a 100% record. Christophe Galtier's men have failed to score in any of their last seven games away to Rennes.