Ligue 1 Round 9 - Preview

Saturday 1st OCTOBER	KO	Sunday 2nd OCTOBER	KO
Caen - Nice	1900	Lille - Stade Rennes	1700
Dijon - Ajaccio	1900	Olympique Marseille - Brest	1700
Lorient - Valenciennes	1900	PSG - Olympique Lyon	2100
Nancy - Evian TG	1900
Saint Etienne - Auxerre	1900
Sochaux - Toulouse	1900
Bordaeux - Montpellier	2100
all kick-offs in CET

Caen

vs

Nice

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Thebaux Vandam, Leca, Herteaux, Raineau Hamouma, Seube, Proment, Bulut Frau, Niang		Ospina, Clerc, Pecjinovic, Mabiala, Diakite Fae, Digard, Abriel Mouloungoui, Pentecote, Mounier
TEAM NEWS
Caen secured a convincing 4-2 victory over Evian last Saturday. Les Malherbes are unbeaten against Nice in four encounters. Caen's Stade Michel d'Ornano has seen the fewest goals scored in this season so far.		Nice drew 1-1 with Dijon on matchday eight. Eric Roy's men have prevailed in a paltry one of their last 21 away games. Les Aiglons have won only one of their last nine trips to Caen, with that victory coming in 1996.

Dijon

vs

Ajaccio

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Reynet, Bamba, Zarour, Paulle, Souprayen Mandanne, Sangare, Altama, Corgnet, Bautheac, Jovial		Ochoa, Lippini, Medjani, Poulard, Mendy, Mostafa, Pierazzi, Cavalli, Sammaritano, Ilan, Socrier
TEAM NEWS
Dijon secured a 1-1 draw against struggling Nice last weekend. Patrice Carteron's side have scored at least a goal a game in each of their home games this season. 50% of the encounters between these two sides have ended in a 1-1 draw.		Promoted Ajaccio were held to a 1-1 draw with Stade Brestois in their last game. Should Olivier Pantaloni's men pick up three points on Sunday, it will be the first time they've achieved that at Dijon. Despite having Mexican international Guillermo Ochoa between the sticks, Ajaccio are yet to keep a clean sheet in Ligue 1 this season.

Lorient

vs

Valenciennes

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Lecomte Pedrinho, Bourillon, Manga, Le Lan Jouffre, Romao, Mvuemba, Autrel Emeghera, Aliadiere		Penneteau Mater, Mirin, Benjamin, BongDucourtioux, Kader, Cohade, Pujol, Samassa, Danic
TEAM NEWS
Lorient held champions Lille to a 1-1 draw on matchday eight. Les Merlus are unbeaten in their last five games with Valenciennes. Christian Gourcuff's men have only lost once in their last 20 home games at Stade du Moustoir.		Valenciennes needed an injury time equaliser to salvage a 1-1 draw with Marseille. Daniel Sanchez's men have conceded at least once in each of their last five visits to Lorient. Valenciennes languish in 16th spot in the table, and have Mathieu Dossevi still on the sidelines.

Nancy

vs

Evian TG

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Gregorini Helder, Andre Luis, Loties, Hadara Cuvillier, Diakhite, Mangani, BakarM'Bile, Niculae		Andersen  Djedje, Cambon, Barbosa, Mensah Leroy, Rabiu, Sorlin, Govou Adnane, Sagbo
TEAM NEWS
Nancy continued their poor start to the season with a 1-0 defeat to Toulouse last weekend. Jean Fernandez's men, along with Brest remain the only sides yet to taste victory in Ligue 1 this season. This will be the first meeting between the two sides.		Evian were beaten 4-2 at home by a resurgent Caen last Saturday. Bernard Casoni's side have failed to win any of their last six games. The promoted side have failed to find the net in their last two away games.

Saint Etienne

vs

Auxerre

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Ruffier, Nery, Paulao, Mignot, Ghoulam, Guilavogui, Clement Aubemayang, Lemoine, Sako Kitambala		Sorin Dudka, Boly, Coulibaly, Berthod Cisse, Oliech Chafni, Traore, Contout Le Tallec
TEAM NEWS
Saint Etienne's winless run stretched to four games as they were held to a 1-1 draw with Rennes Christophe Galtier's men have had the least shots on target in Ligue 1 this season, with Auxerre striking the most. Sainte have found the net in 21 of their last 22 home games.		Auxerre thrashed Sochaux 4-1 thanks to Kenyan midfielder Denis Oliech's hat-trick. AJA are unbeaten in their last six against Les Verts. Despite that, Laurent Fournier's men have not won any of thir away league games this season so far.

Sochaux

vs

Toulouse

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Richert Corchia, Perquis, Peybernes, Mouykolo Anin, Boudebouz, Martin, Mikari Butin, Maiga		Ahamada Akpa-Akpro, Congre, Abdennour, M'Bengue Capoue Machado, Devaux, Sissoko, Tabanou Bulut
TEAM NEWS
Sochaux crashed to a 4-1 defeat to Auxerre on matchday eight. They had earlier lost 6-2 to Rennes, meaning they have conceded 19 goals in just eight Ligue 1 games. Les Lionceaux have only won two of their last five home games against Toulouse.		Toulouse recorded a slender 1-0 over struggling Nancy last weekend. Le Tefece have lost only one of their last 10 away games in the league. Alain Casanova's men have struck at least once in their last 10 league games.

Bordeaux

vs

Montpellier

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Carrasso Chalme, Henrique, Ciani, Marange N'Guemo, Sane Traore, Plasil, Ben Khalfallah Diabate		Jourden Bedimo, Hilton, Yanga-Mbiwa, Bocaly Saihi, Estrada Dernis, Utaka, Marveaux Giroud
TEAM NEWS
Bordeaux crashed to a 3-1 defeat to rivals Lyon last Saturday. Les Girondins are yet to win a home league game this season. Francis Gillot's men are however unbeaten at home against Montpellier for eight years.		Montpellier were overwhelmed 3-0 by league leaders PSG last Sunday. That match was the first occasion La Paillade failed to find the net this season. Montpellier last won at Stade Cheban Delmas in 2003, their only win in eighteen attempts in the west of France.

Lille

vs

Stade Rennes

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Landreau Debuchy, Rozehnal, Basa, Beria Balmont, Mavuba, Pedretti, Hazard, Sow, Cole		Costil Danze, Kana-Biyik, Mangane, Catherine Pajol, M'Vila Hadji, Feret, Pitroipa, Montano
TEAM NEWS
Lille were held to a 1-1 draw against Lorient last weekend. Les Dogues have scored in all but one of their last 16 Ligue 1 matches. Some of Lille's stars may be rested following their exploits in the 1-1 Champions League draw against Trabzonspor.		Stade Rennes were made to settle for a 1-1 draw against Saint Etienne last weekend. Les Rouge et Noir have won only two of their last 35 trips to northern France. Frederic Antoinetti's men were in Europa League action on Thursday, drawing 1-1 with Atletico Madrid.

Olympique de Marseille

vs

Stade Brestois

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Mandanda Morel, N'Koulou, Diawara, Azpilicueta Kabore, Diarra, Lucho Gonzalez Valbuena, Remy, Ayew		Elana Coulibaly, Zebina, Ewolo, Makonda Poyet, Grougi, Culma, Lesoimier Roux, Baset
TEAM NEWS
Marseille were held to a 1-1 draw wtih Valenciennes last weekend, with Jose Saez netting a 92nd minute equaliser and Rod Fanni sent off. Nevertheless, Marseille are unbeaten against Brest at the Stade Velodrome. Didier Deschamps' men can also count on the morale boosting 3-0 victory over German champions Borussia Dortmund in midweek as a catalyst for a rejuvenated league campaign.		Brest settled for another draw, this time 1-1 against Ajaccio, last weekend. Alex Dupont's men have conceded at least three goals in each of their last eight visits to Provence. They are also yet to get off the mark away from home, with no goals scored.

PSG

vs

Olympique Lyon

Sunday 21:00

With both sides amassing 17 points out of a possible 24 and heading up the Ligue 1 table at such an early stage, the focus is very much on coming out on top for both Les Parisiens and Les Gones at the Parc des Princes in Sunday night's headline game. Will the big spending capital club come out on top, or will Remi Garde's attacking side take the plaudits? Read the full preview of Sunday's clash here.

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Eredivisie Round 8 - Preview

Friday SEPTEMBER 30	KO	Sunday OCTOBER 2	KO
Heracles - De Graafschap	2000	VVV - AZ	1230
		Twente - Excelsior	1430
Saturday OCTOBER 1	KO	Groningen - Ajax	1430
Utrecht - RKC	1845	Feyenoord - ADO Den Haag	1430
Vitesse - Heerenveen	1945	NEC - PSV	1630
Roda - NAC	2045
		all kick-offs in CET

Heracles

vs

De Graafschap

LAST WEEK'S LINE-UP
Pasveer Breukers, Rienstra, Van der Linden, Looms Quansah, Overtoom, Vejinovic Everton, Plet, Armenteros		De Winter Jansen, Van de Pavert, Wormgoor, Evers Rose, De Leeuw, Meijer, Breinburg El Hassnaoui, Poepon

Utrecht

vs

RKC

LAST WEEK'S LINE-UPS
Rob van Dijk Bovenberg, Schut, Nilsson, Zullo Martensson, Asare, Sneijder Gerndt, Mulenga, Oar		Zoet Bandjar, Henrico Drost, Ramos, Van Peppen Sno, Auassar, Braber, Meijers Castillion, Ten Voorde

Vitesse

vs

Heerenveen

LAST WEEK'S LINE-UPS
Velthuizen Van der Struijk, Kashia, Kalas, Buttner Van Ginkel, Hofs, Van der Heijden Chanturia, Annan, Davila		Vandenbussche Janmaat, Zomer, Gouweleeuw, El Akchaoui Kums, Djuricic, Viktor Elm Narsingh, Dost, Assaidi

Roda

vs

NAC

LAST WEEK'S LINE-UPS
Kieszek Monteyne, Wielaert, Vukovic, Biemans Delorge, Donald, Vormer, Fledderus Sutchuin Junker		Ten Rouwelaar Janse, Botteghin, Luijckx, Gorter Gudelj, Gilissen, Schilder Bayram, Schalk, Lurling

VVV

vs

AZ

LAST WEEK'S LINE-UPS
Gentenaar De Regt, Timisela, Yoshida, Emenike Maguire, Linssen, Molhoek Musa, Cullen, Uchebo		Esteban Marcellis, Moisander, Viergever, Poulsen Wernbloom, Maher, Rasmus Elm Beerens, Altidore, Holman

Twente

vs

Excelsior

LAST WEEK'S LINE-UPS
Mihaylov Cornelisse, Douglas, Wisgerhof, Tiendalli Willem Janssen, Brama, Fer Rosales, Luuk de Jong, Bajrami		De Ruiter Eekman, Nieveld, Van Steensel, Scheimann Alberg, De Graaf, Broerse Vincken, Oost, Lagouireh

Groningen

vs

Ajax

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Van Loo Hiariej, Kwakman, Van Dijk, Burnet Kieftenbeld, Sparv Bacuna, Andersson, Tadic Texeira		Vermeer Van der Wiel, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Anita Siem de Jong, Eriksen, Janssen Sulejmani, Sigthorsson, Boerrigter
TEAM NEWS
Koen van der Laak is unavailable due to a knee injury. Attacker Nicklas Pedersen is doubtful due to a knee problem, but is expected to make the match squad.		Left-back Nicolai Boilesen is out of action with a hamstring problem. A shoulder injury is keeping Bruno Silva sidelined.

Feyenoord

vs

ADO Den Haag

LAST WEEK'S LINE-UPS
Mulder Dani Fernandez, De Vrij, Vlaar, Ramsteijn Leerdam, El Ahmadi, Clasie, Bakkal Guidetti, Schaken		Coutinho Ammi, Horvath, Kum, Supusepa Immers, Radosavljevic, Toornstra Wesley Verhoek, John Verhoek, Chery

NEC

vs

PSV

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Babos Will, Nuytinck, Van Eijden, Amieux Vadocz, Schone, Koolwijk George, Zeefuik, Platje		Isaksson Manolev, Derijck, Marcelo, Pieters Wijnaldum, Strootman Lens, Toivonen, Mertens Matavz
TEAM NEWS
Niels Wellenberg is unavailable due to a knee injury. John Goossens won't feature because of knee problems.		Przemyslaw Tyton is sidelined as he recovers from a concussion. Atiba Hutchinson recently underwent knee surgery and is unavailable. Young midfielder Stijn Wuytens is still working on his recovery from a knee injury.

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Bundesliga Round 8 - Preview

Friday SEPTEMBER 16	KO	Saturday SEPTEMBER 17	KO
Kaiserslautern - Stuttgart	2030	Dortmund - Augsburg	1530
		Hoffenheim - Bayern Munich	1530
		Freiburg - Monchengladbach	1530
		Nurnberg - Mainz	1530
		Bayer Leverkusen - Wolfsburg	1530
		Hertha Berlin - Koln	1830
		Sunday SEPTEMBER 18	KO
		Hannover - Werder Bremen	1530
all kick-off in CET		Hamburg - Schalke	1730

Kaiserslautern

vs

Stuttgart

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Trapp Dick, Amedick, Rodnei, Jessen Kirch, Petsos Fortuonis, Kouemaha, Tiffert Shechter		Ulreich Boulahrouz, Tasci, Maza, Molinaro Kvist, Kuzmanovic Harnik, Gentner, Okazaki Cacau
TEAM NEWS
Dorge Kouemaha is tipped to start in attack, but Richard Sukuta-Pasu has a chance of making the starting XI. Kaiserslautern came from behind twice against VfB last season, winning and drawing one match each. FCK have won just one game this season, but only have lost one of their last five home matches.		A question mark lies over whether Christian Gentner or Tamas Hajnal (thigh injury) will be selected in the No. 10 role. VfB have beaten 'FCK 36 times, making 'Lautern their third-most common victims. Stuttgart have lost three of their last four games on Friday nights.

Dortmund

vs

Augsburg

The promoted side will look for their first Bundesliga win as they visit the struggling champions on Saturday. A full preview of this fixture can be found here.

Hoffenheim

vs

Bayern Munich

The in-form Bavarians head to Sinsheim as they look to extend their winning streak - and run of clean sheets - to 11 consecutive games. A full preview of this fixture can be found here.

Freiburg

vs

Monchengladbach

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Baumann Mujdza, Barth, Flum, Bastians Makiadi, Schuster Caligiuri, Putsila, Jendrisek Cisse		Ter Stegen Jantschke, Stranzl, Dante, Daems Marx, Neustadter Reus, De Camargo, Arango Hanke
TEAM NEWS
Freiburg have lost six of their last eight games played at home. The Breisgau have only lost once at home in their last 10 matches against Gladbach. SCF have only kept one clean sheet in their last 10 matches.		Gladbach have lost just one of their last 11 Bundesliga games. The Foals have not conceded in the Bundesliga for 296 minutes. Borussia have won three of their last five away games.

Nurnberg

vs

Mainz

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Stephan Chandler, Wollscheid, Klose, Pinola Cohen, Simons Mak, Feulner, Esswein Pekhart		Muller Pospech, Bungert, Noveski, Fathi Polanski, Soto Risse, Choupo-Moting, Stieber Allagui
TEAM NEWS
Christian Eigler has been forced to withdraw from the FCN squad due to a ligament tear. Nurnberg have won just one of their last seven Bundesliga home games. In each of the last six league games between Nurnberg and Mainz, the home side has kept a clean sheet.		Mainz are winless in five games, their longest such streak since 2010. 1. FSV have kept just one clean sheet this season in all competitions. The "Oh Fives" have won one of their last 12 games against Nurnberg in all competitions.

Bayer Leverkusen

vs

Wolfsburg

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Leno Castro, Reinartz, Toprak, Kadlec Bender, Rolfes Sam, Renato Augusto Kiessling, Derdiyok		Benaglio Hasebe, Madlung, Russ, Schafer Trasch, Josue Ochs, Mandzukic, Dejagah Lakic
TEAM NEWS
Andre Schurrle returns to the bench due to a suspension for a red card. Michael Ballack may re-claim a starting role in place of the captain Rolfes. Leverkusen have never lost to Wolfsburg in the 1. Bundesliga.		Wolfsburg have lost their last three Bundesliga away games. The Wolves have conceded twice or more to Leverkusen in eight of their last nine encounters. In 28 meetings, Wolfsburg and Leverkusen have averaged 3.18 goals per game between them.

Hertha Berlin

vs

Koln

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Kraft Janker, Hubnik, Mijatovic, Kobiashvili Ottl, Niemeyer Ebert, Raffael, Ben-Hatira Lasogga		Rensing Andrezinho, Sereno, McKenna, Eichner Jajalo, Riether Chihi, Podolski, Peszko Novakovic
TEAM NEWS
Christian Lell and Adrian Ramos are suspended following their red cards last week. Hertha have won just one of their last 19 games in the 1. Bundesliga. The Berlin club have scored in each of their last six matches.		Miso Brecko is suspended due to a red card, and Pedro Geromel remains absent due to a knee injury. Lukas Podolski has either scored or assisted each of Koln's last five goals. Koln have lost just one of their last five Bundesliga games.

Hannover

vs

Werder Bremen

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Zieler Cherundolo, Haggui, Pogatetz, Schulz Schmiedebach, Pinto Stindl, Schlaudraff, Pander Abdellaoue		Mielitz Sokratis, Naldo, Wolf, Schmitz Fritz, Bargfrede, Hunt Marin Arnautovic, Pizarro
TEAM NEWS
Artur Sobiech is suspended due to a red card picked up last week. Didier Ya Konan has been ruled out due to adductor problems. Hannover have lost just one of their last eight Bundesliga games at home.		Tim Wiese remains suspended following a red card received for a professional foul. Naldo is tipped to make his first start of the season in central defence, ahead of Sebastian Prodl. Claudio Pizarro has been involved in each of his team's last six goals.

Hamburg

vs

Schalke

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Drobny Westermann, Bruma, Rajkovic, Aogo Jarolim, Tesche Lam, Son, Tore Petric		Fahrmann Hoger, Howedes, Metzelder, Fuchs Matip, Holtby Farfan, Raul, Draxler Huntelaar
TEAM NEWS
Ivo Ilicevic remains missing due to a red card, while Michael Mancienne is expected to miss out due to muscular problems. Hamburg's win against Stuttgart last weekend snapped a 13-game winless streak. HSV have conceded in each of their last 11 games.		Schalke have lost four of their last five Bundesliga away games. S04 have not beaten HSV in six games. Huub Stevens' new club have scored more goals against Hamburg in their history than any other club.

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