Ligue 1 Round 10 - Preview

Saturday 15th OCTOBER	KO	Sunday 16th OCTOBER	KO
Auxerre - Lille	1900	Ajaccio - PSG	1700
Brest - Caen	1900	Valenciennes - Sochaux	1700
Evian - Saint Etienne	1900	Stade Rennes - Lorient	2100
Olympique Lyon - Nancy	1900
Montpellier - Dijon	1900
Toulouse - Olympique de Marseille	1900
Nice - Bordeaux	2100
all kick-offs in CET

Auxerre

vs

Lille

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Sorin Dudka, Boly, Coulibaly, Berthod Cisse, Oliech Chafni, Traore, Contout Le Tallec		Landreau Debuchy, Rozehnal, Basa, Beria Balmont, Mavuba, Pedretti, Hazard, Sow, Cole
TEAM NEWS
Auxerre drew 1-1 with Saint Etienne on matchday nine. Laurent Fournier's men have only been beaten in one of their last 15 home games. AJA are on an eight-match unbeaten run.		Lille arrested a five-match drawing streak by beating Rennes 2-0 before the international break. Les Dogues have only won four of their lastb28 trips to Auxerre. Rudi Garcia's men are one of two teams yet to taste defeat on the road this season.

Brest

vs

Caen

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Elana Coulibaly, Zebina, Ewolo, Makonda Poyet, Grougi, Culma, Lesoimier Roux, Baset		Thebaux Vandam, Leca, Herteaux, Raineau Hamouma, Seube, Proment, Bulut Frau, Niang
TEAM NEWS
Brest secured a 1-1 draw against stuttering Marseille before the international break. Nolan Roux has four goals in three games against Les Malherbes. Alex Dupont's men have drawn a staggering seven out of their nine games so far this season.		Caen were held to a 1-1 draw against Nice on matchday nine. Franck Dumas' men are one goal away from notching their 500th in Ligue 1 history. None of the league games between the two has seen a drawn encounter.

 

Lorient

vs

Valenciennes

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Andersen  Djedje, Cambon, Barbosa, Mensah Leroy, Rabiu, Sorlin, Tie Bi Adnane, Sagbo		Ruffier, Nery, Paulao, Mignot, Ghoulam, Guilavogui, Clement Aubemayang, Lemoine, Sako Kitambala
TEAM NEWS
Evian stumbled to a 1-1 draw against Nancy on matchday nine. Both sides are winless in seven Ligue 1 games. The promoted side have only won one of their nine Ligue 1 games this season.		Saint Etienne held Auxerre to a 1-1 draw before the international break. Les Verts have won three out of their last four games against promoted opposition. Christophe Galtier's men have tied their last three games 1-1.

Lyon

vs

Nancy

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Lloris Reveillere, Lovren, Kone, Cissokho Briand, Kallstrom, Gonalons, BastosGourcuff Gomis		Gregorini Helder, Andre Luis, Loties, Hadara Cuvillier, Diakhite, Mangani, BakarM'Bile, Niculae
TEAM NEWS
Lyon were comprehensively beaten 2-0 by leaders PSG before the international break. Les Gones have gone more than a year since losing at home in the league. Yoann Gourcuff is set to make his first league appearance of the season, butthe game comes too soon for Lisandro Lopez, who is still out.		Nancy were held to a 1-1 draw to Evian on matchday nine. ASNL have lost each of their last 10 visits to Stade Gerland. Jean Fernandez's men are yet to win in the league this season.

Montpellier

vs

Dijon

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Jourden Bedimo, Hilton, Yanga-Mbiwa, Bocaly Saihi, Estrada Dernis, Utaka, Marveaux Giroud		Reynet, Bamba, Zarour, Paulle, Souprayen Mandanne, Sangare, Altama, Corgnet, Bautheac, Jovial
TEAM NEWS
Montpellier salvaged a late 2-2 draw against Bordeaux on matchday nine. La Paillade have scored more than half the goals they amassed last season in nine games this term. Souleymane Camara has scored the side's last three home goals.		Promoted Dijon secured a 1-1 home stalemate against Ajaccio. Patrice Carteron's side have never won away at Montpellier. The Ligue 1 newcomers are yet to score a goal in the first half this season.

Toulouse

vs

Olympique de Marseille

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Ahamada Akpa-Akpro, Congre, Abdennour, M'Bengue Capoue Machado, Devaux, Sissoko, Tabanou Bulut		Mandanda Morel, Fanni, Diawara, Azpilicueta Cheyrou, Diarra, Lucho Gonzalez Valbuena, Remy, Ayew
TEAM NEWS
Toulouse were comprehensively beaten 3-0 by Sochaux before the international break. Alain Casanova's side have delivered five wins in their last seven home games. However, none of the last nine games in this fixture have seen a home victory.		Marseille were held to a 1-1 draw against Brest in their previous league game. Stuttering L'OM are unbeaten in five games against Le Tefece. Didier Deschamps' men, who host Arsenal in midweek, are the only team in Europe to have won more continental games (two) than league games (one).

Nice

vs

Bordeaux

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Ospina, Clerc, Pecjinovic, Mabiala, Diakite Fae, Digard, Abriel Mouloungoui, Pentecote, Mounier		Carrasso Chalme, Henrique, Ciani, Marange N'Guemo, Sane Traore, Plasil, Ben Khalfallah Diabate
TEAM NEWS
Nice drew for the second successive game as Caen secured a 1-1 scoreline. Les Aiglons have failed to keep a clean sheet in six games against Saturday's opponents. Eric Roy's men have won two and drawn three of their last five home games against Bordeaux.		Bordeaux let slip a lead to be held to a 2-2 draw against high-flyers Montpellier in their last game. Les Girondins have not tasted victory at Nice in six years. Francis Gillot's side have only won once of their last 10 league away games.

Ajaccio

vs

PSG

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Ochoa, Lippini, Medjani, Poulard, Mendy, Mostafa, Pierazzi, Cavalli, Sammaritano, Ilan, Socrier		Sirigu Ceara, Lugano, Camara, Tiene Bodmer, Matuidi Menez, Pastore, Nene Gameiro
TEAM NEWS
Ajaccio stumbled to a 1-1 draw against Dijon on matchday nine. Olivier Pantaloni's men are the only side who are yet to keep a clean sheet in the league this season. Ajaccio have only conceded one goal at home to PSG in five games.		PSG blew away Lyon with goals from Javier Pastore and Christophe Jallet earning the capital club a 2-0 win. Despite the huge gap in status, Les Parisiens have never won away at Ajaccio. Javier Pastore has five goals and two assists in a mere six starts for the league leaders.

Valenciennes

vs

Sochaux

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Penneteau Mater, Mirin, Benjamin, BongDucourtioux, Kader, Cohade, Pujol, Samassa, Danic		Richert Corchia, Perquis, Peybernes, Carlao Anin, Boudebouz, Martin, Mikari Butin, Maiga
TEAM NEWS
Valenciennes suffered a 2-0 defeat to Lorient before the international break. Daniel Sanchez's men have lost five of their nine Ligue 1 games this season to date. Nevertheless, VAFC have only lost one of their last 15 games at home.		Sochaux recorded a convincing 3-0 win over Toulouse on matchday nine. Les Lionceaux have scored in every game in the league this season, whilst conceding the most. Mehmed Bazdarevic's men have conceded an average of two goals in their last five away games.

  

Stade Rennes

vs

Lorient

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Costil Danze, Kana-Biyik, Mangane, Catherine Pajol, M'Vila Hadji, Feret, Pitroipa, Montano		Lecomte Pedrinho, Bourillon, Manga, Le Lan Jouffre, Romao, Mvuemba, Autrel Emeghera, Aliadiere
TEAM NEWS
Rennes were beaten 2-0 by champions Lille in their previous encounter. Les Rouge et Noir have scored 18 goals in their nine games this season. A home support may be seen as an advantage, but Frederic Antoinetti's men have only won once in their last 10 games at Stade de la Route de Lorient.		Lorient secured their fourth win of the season by beating Valenciennes 2-0 on matchday nine. Les Merlus have the best defence in Ligue 1, along with PSG. Christian Gourcuff's men have failed to keep a clean sheet in seven visits to Brittany.