Ligue 1 Round 11 Preview

Saturday 22nd OCTOBER	KO	Sunday 23rd OCTOBER	KO
Bordeaux - Brest	1900	Auxerre - Stade Rennes	1700
Caen - Montpellier	1900	PSG - Dijon	1700
Olympique Marseille - Ajaccio	1900	PSG - Olympique Lyon	2100
Nancy - Nice	1900
Saint Etienne - Valenciennes	1900
Sochaux - Evian	1900
Lorient - Toulouse	2100
all kick-offs in CET

Bordeaux

vs

Brest

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Carrasso Chalme, Henrique, Ciani, Marange N'Guemo, Sane Traore, Plasil, Ben Khalfallah Diabate		Elana Coulibaly, Zebina, Ewolo, Makonda Poyet, Grougi, Culma, Lesoimier Roux, Baset
TEAM NEWS
Bordeaux crashed to a 3-0 defeat away to Nice last weekend. Francis Gillot's men are now winless in six league games. Les Girondins are still without Jussie, with the player recovering from a foot problem.		Brest secured their third consecutive 1-1 draw against Caen on matchday ten. Alex Dupont's men are remarkably still winless in the campaign so far. Out of the ten Ligue 1 games the visitors have played, they've drawn eight.

Caen

vs

Montpellier

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Thebaux Vandam, Leca, Herteaux, Raineau Hamouma, Seube, Proment, Bulut Frau, Niang		Jourden Bedimo, Hilton, El Kaoutari, Bocaly Saihi, Estrada Cabella, Utaka, Marveaux Giroud
TEAM NEWS
Caen drew 1-1 with Brest on matchday ten. The result maens that Les Malherbes are now unbeaten in five games, arresting a previous run of three straight defeats. Last season, Franck Dumas' men took four points off Saturday's visitors.		Montpellier came out on top in an enthralling match against Dijon which ended 5-3. La Paillade are only two points behind leaders PSG. Hat-trick hero Olivier Giroud shall lead the line, with Geoffrey Dernis injured for 3 weeks, and Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa servinga suspension.

Olympique de Marseille

vs

Ajaccio

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Mandanda Morel, N'Koulou, Diawara, Azpilicueta Cheyrou, Diarra, Lucho Gonzalez Valbuena, Remy, Ayew		Ochoa, Lippini, Medjani, Poulard, Mendy, Mostafa, Pierazzi, Cavalli, Sammaritano, Ilan, Socrier
TEAM NEWS
Under-fire Marseille were held to a 1-1 draw against Toulouse last Saturday. L'OM are unbeaten in four Ligue 1 games, but have only won once in the league this season. Didier Deschamps' men lost 1-0 to Arsenal in the Champions League, with Aaron Ramsey netting a 92nd minute blow.		Ajaccio were easily brushed aside 3-1 by PSG on matchday ten. The Corsicans lie in the relegation zone after going on a five match winless streak. Olivier Pantaloni's men won their last meeting with Marseille 3-1 in January 2006.

Nancy

vs

Nice

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Gregorini Helder, Andre Luis, Loties, Hadara Cuvillier, Diakhite, Mangani, BakarM'Bile, Niculae		Ospina, Clerc, Pecjinovic, Civelli, Monzon Hellebuyck, Meriem, Coulibaly, Abriel Mouloungoui, Mounier
TEAM NEWS
Winless Nancy succumbed to a 3-1 defeat against Lyon in their previous league game. Jean Fernandez's men, are, along with Brest, yet to pick up a victory in Ligue 1 this season. ASNL won this fixture 3-0 back in May.		Nice convincingly thrashed Bordeaux 3-0 on matchday ten. The victory enabled Les Aiglons to propel to 13th in the table. Eric Roy's men have failed to win any of their previous four encounters against Nancy.

Saint Etienne

vs

Valenciennes.

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Ruffier, Nery, Paulao, Mignot, Ghoulam, Lemoine, Clement Aubemayang, Battles, Sako Kitambala		Penneteau Mater, Mirin, Gil, BongSaez, Cohade Dossevi, Kadir, Danic Aboubakar
TEAM NEWS
Saint Etienne won for the first time in eight games aaginst Evian.  The 2-1 victory enabled Les Verts to move to 9th in the table. Sainte are winless in four against VAFC.		Valenciennes secured an emphatic 3-0 victory against Sochaux on matchday ten. Daniel Sanchez's men are unbeaten in three against Les Verts. Valenciennes have had more possession of the ball in their last six games than their opponents, but have only won twice in that time.

Sochaux

vs

Evian

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Richert Corchia, Perquis, Peybernes, Sauget Anin, Boudebouz, Martin, Mikari Butin, Maiga		Andersen  Djedje, Cambon, Barbosa, Ehret Leroy, Rabiu, Sorlin, Govou Adnane, Sagbo
TEAM NEWS
Sochaux crashed to a 3-0 defeat to Valencinnes last weekend. Les Lionceaux have now conceded a league high 22 goals in their last ten games. This will be the first league encounter between the two teams.		Evian's poor run continued when they lost to Saint Etienne 2-1 on matchday ten. Bernard Casoni's men have now failed to win in eight games. Evian's Jon Mensah misses out with injury.

Lorient

vs

Toulouse

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Lecomte Pedrinho, Bourillon, Manga, Le Lan Jouffre, Romao, Mvuemba, Autrel Emeghera, Aliadiere		Ahamada Akpa-Akpro, Congre, Abdennour, M'Bengue Capoue Machado, Devaux, Sissoko, Tabanou Bulut
TEAM NEWS
Lorient fell to their second defeat of the season to Rennes last weekend. The 2-0 defeat ended Les Merlus' six match unbeaten run. Christian Gourcuff's men are seventh in the table, with four wins from ten.		Toulouse salvaged a 0-0 draw against Marseille at home last weekend. The draw kept Le Tefece in the top six with 18 points. Alain Casanova's side are unbeaten in three games against Lorient.

Auxerre

vs

Stade Rennes

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Sorin Dudka, Boly, Coulibaly, Berthod Cisse, Oliech Chafni, Traore, Contout Le Tallec		Costil Danze, Kana-Biyik, Mangane, Catherine Pajol, M'Vila Hadji, Feret, Pitroipa, Montano
TEAM NEWS
Auxerre collapsed to a 3-1 defeat against champions Lille on matchday ten. The defeat marked AJA's first since opening day. Laurent Fournier's men have won twice this season, but remain in 10th place.		Stade Rennes easily beat Lorient 2-0 last wekend. Les Rouge et Noir's last victory against Auxerre came in March 2009. Frederic Antoinetti's men were in Europa League action on Thursday, drawing 1-1 with Celtic

PSG

vs

Dijon

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Sirigu Ceara, Lugano, Sakho, Tiene Bodmer, Matuidi Menez, Pastore, Nene Gameiro		Reynet, Bamba, Zarour, Paulle, Souprayen Mandanne, Sangare, Altama, Corgnet, Bautheac, Jovial
TEAM NEWS
Leaders PSG successfully negotiated past Ajaccio 3-1 last weekend. Les Parisiens have won their last four games in succession Hat-trick hero Kevin Gameiro will lead the line after last week's treble against Ajaccio.		Dijon lost out on a goal-laden encounter against Montpellier. The 5-3 defeat against La Paillade came despite Benjamin Corgnet's hat-trick. Patrice Carteron's men have only one win in five games.

Lille

vs

Olympique Lyon

Sunday 21:00

Both sides suffered European defeats against Inter and Real Madrid respectively on Tuesday evening, but the Ligue 1 duo will be desperate to get back on track on the domestic scene. Trailing PSG at the summit, the 2010-11 champions will be desperate to claim a win against Remi Garde's outfit and underline their title ambitions. Kick-off on Sunday is at 2100 CET A full preview of this fixture can be found here