Bordeaux v Nancy
- Nancy have lost 18 of their 25 trips to Bordeaux in the top flight.
- Nancy have kept just one clean sheet in their last 17 trips to Bordeaux in Ligue 1.
- None of the last nine competitive encounters between these two sides have produced a draw, Bordeaux winning five and Nancy four.
- Nancy have scored 10 away goals this term in Ligue 1, only title-holders Marseille have netted more.
- Nancy have kept just one clean sheet this term in the league.
- Nancy have managed a league-high four wins by a one-goal differential this term.
- Bordeaux matches have produced the most cards this season in the league: 65 (62 yellows and three reds).
- Jean Tigana has won all three of his Ligue 1 encounters against Nancy.
Brest v Sochaux
- Sochaux have failed to win any of their last eight trips to Brest in the top flight, losing four and drawing four.
- Sochaux are the only side who have lost all of their away Ligue 1 games this term, going back to 2009/10, they have lost their last six on the road: their worst away run since 1998.
- Sochaux have lost more league games than any other side this calendar year: 17.
- Brest are the only unbeaten team at home this season in Ligue 1, conceding just one goal at the Francis-Le Ble stadium.
- This will be Francis Gillot's 200th Ligue 1 game as a manager; he has won 69, drawn 62 and lost 68.
- There have been fewer goals scored at the Francis-Le Ble stadium than at any other Ligue 1 ground (five).
- A league-high 83% of the goals scored by Brest this season in Ligue 1 have come after the half-time break.
- Brest have received the fewest yellow cards this season (16).
- Brest forward Romain Poyet has scored a goal in each of the last three match days.
Marseille v Lens
Monaco v Arles-Avignon
Montpellier v Toulouse
Valenciennes v St Etienne
Caen v Lille
Auxerre v Rennes
Lorient v Paris SG
Lyon v Nice
- Lens have lost 1-0 in each of their last two trips to Marseille in the league.
- Lens are unbeaten in their last 21 league games played in November (winning 11 and drawing 10).
- Lens have never won an away Ligue 1 game against a team managed by Didier Deschamps, drawing two and losing four).
- Despite a game in hand, Marseille have scored the joint-most goals this season in Ligue 1 (19).
- Marseille have scored in all home league games in 2010 (16 matches at the Velodrome stadium).
- Jean-Guy Wallemme has won just 17% of his away Ligue 1 games as Lens manager (four wins, seven draws and 13 defeats).
- Lucho Gonzalez has scored five goals in his eight away appearances in all competitions this season, compared to just one in nine at home.
- Issam Jemaa has scored a goal every 84 minutes this season in Ligue 1, currently the most efficient strike rate in the league.
Monaco v Arles-Avignon
- Monaco have never lost a competitive game against Arles-Avignon, having met six times in the second division in the seventies (four wins and two draws).
- Monaco have failed to win any of their last four home games in the league (two draws and two defeats), their worst run at the Louis II stadium since 2007/08.
- Monaco have yet to score a first-half goal at home this season in Ligue 1.
- Faruk Hadzibegic has met Monaco twice as a Ligue 1 manager, conceding 10 goals in the process (4-1 and 6-0 defeats).
- South Korea international Chu-Young Park has netted a league-high three goals in the final 15 minutes of games this season.
Montpellier v Toulouse
- Toulouse have won just 14% of their Ligue 1 encounters versus Montpellier (three out of 22).
- Since Montpellier's return to the top flight, only Nancy have managed to score more than one goal in a league trip to the Mosson stadium.
- Montpellier are one of four clubs who have always won after opening the scoring this season in Ligue 1.
- Toulouse have managed to score more than one goal in just one of their 11 trips to Montpellier in the league.
- Toulouse have won just one of their last eight Ligue 1 fixtures.
Valenciennes v St Etienne
- St Etienne have lost their last four trips to Valenciennes in Ligue 1 and have failed to score in the last five.
- St Etienne have failed to win any of their last five league matches (two draws and three defeats), only Caen are currently on a longer winless run.
- Valenciennes have dropped nine points from winning situations, a league record this season.
- 50% of the goals conceded by Valenciennes this season have come after the 75th minute.
- St Etienne have yet to score more than one goal in an away game this season in Ligue 1.
- Valenciennes have drawn 1-1 a record five times this season in Ligue 1.
Caen v Lille
- Lille are unbeaten in their last four competitive encounters against Caen, winning three and drawing one.
- Caen have failed to win any of their last six league matches, currently the longest run.
- Four of the last five league games involving Lille have ended 3-1 (twice in Lille's favour and twice against them).
- Yohan Cabaye has scored three braces in Ligue 1, two of them coming against Caen.
- Lille are the only side with two players who have netted at least five goals this term in Ligue 1 (Moussa Sow and Gervinho).
- Caen have conceded a league-high four penalties this season in Ligue 1.
- Caen's Damien Marcq has received more yellow cards than any other Ligue 1 player this term.
Auxerre v Rennes
- Rennes have lost 16 of their 21 trips to Auxerre in Ligue 1.
- Auxerre won 1-0 in both games against Rennes last season.
- Rennes are the only unbeaten team away from home in Ligue 1 this season.
- Rennes have conceded the fewest goals this season in Ligue 1 (six).
- Rennes have not conceded more than one goal in any of their last 12 league games.
- Rennes striker Victor Hugo Montano has netted three winning goals this season in Ligue 1, a joint-record shared with Dimitri Payet and Kevin Gameiro.
- Summer-signing Frederic Sammaritano has netted four goals in as many competitive starts with Auxerre; he is the shortest player in Ligue 1 this term (5.3 feet tall).
Lorient v Paris SG
- Paris SG have lost just one of their last six trips to Lorient in all competitions, winning three and drawing two.
- Lorient have won their last three home games in the league, currently the longest run.
- None of the six league encounters between these two sides at the Moustoir stadium has produced more than two goals.
- PSG have conceded the fewest second-half goals this season in Ligue 1 (two).
- Lorient have not drawn any of their last seven league games, winning four and drawing three, currently the longest run without sharing points.
- There has never been a 0-0 draw between these two sides.
- Nene has scored nine goals this season in all competitions, more than any other Ligue 1 player.
- Kevin Gameiro has netted four goals in his last four league appearances.
- A league-high nine goals have been scored in the opening 15 minutes of games involving Lorient this season.
- Lorient and PSG have both scored at least two goals in six league fixtures this season, only title-holders Marseille equal this tally.
Lyon v Nice
- Nice have failed to win any of their last 22 trips to Lyon in the top flight, losing 14 and drawing eight.
- Lyon are unbeaten in their last five league matches, currently the longest run in Ligue 1.
- Nice have failed to score in each of their last four away games in Ligue 1, currently the longest goal-drought on the road.
- Lyon have failed to keep a clean sheet in any of their last nine league games, currently the longest run.
- Lyon are the only Ligue 1 side this season who have yet to score a goal after the 75th minute.
- Jimmy Briand has scored four goals against Nice in Ligue 1, his favourite opponent alongside Le Mans.
