Evian – Lyon
Evian have no new injury concerns except to new striker Reuben, who quite frankly was disappointing last week anyway. Coach Pascal Dupraz needs to ensure he picks the right XI this week because he’s struggled with team selection so far this season. Lyon Continue reading
Angers – Brest
Angers welcome back the injured duo of Diego Gomez and Richard Socrier here, but I don’t think either of them will start. Key midfielder Olivier Auriac remains sidelined, as does left back Ibrahima Diallo, but neither of them have played any part yet this season so won’t be ‘missed’ as such. Centre back Fabien Boyer is another who falls into this category. Angers’ best attacker Alharbi El Jadeyaoui isn’t included in the Continue reading
Here is a new addition to what will hopefully be a regular addition each week on this blog. There are many different Ligue 1 ‘team of the week’ formations posted on numerous websites each week, from France football, to lequipe, to football.fr etc. For what its worth, usually the best one out there is from my pals at Frenchfootballweekly and well worth a read. But anyway, there are few Ligue 2 ‘team of the week’ sides out there so I thought it’d be interesting to do one. Why should Ligue 1 players get all the glory when in the 2nd tier there will always be some excellent displays too!!! Continue reading
Le Havre 1-1 Nancy
Le Havre needed a 97th minute equaliser to rescue a point at home to Nancy. The visitors took the lead thanks to an excellent Benjamin Moukandjo lob, but were unable to hold onto the 3 points. Overall, this was a pretty even game and its logical that it ended a draw. Continue reading
Troyes 2-1 Caen
This was a very fortunate victory for Troyes who were 2nd best throughout the contest. Caen are really playing some great football at the moment and look better than any other side in the division. Some of their passing and interchange is lovely to watch and the players clearly have a great Continue reading
Lille – St Etienne (13:00 GMT)
The hosts have slight injury concerns over the defensive duo of Beria and Kjaer. Both had issues in training on Friday but coach Rene Girard says they’ll be fine to start. Nolan Roux is suspended for the 3rd straight game but apart from his loss then Continue reading
Evian – Rennes
Evian coach Pascal Dupraz has no injury worries here but he’s got a difficult choice to make over selection. He’s named a 21 man squad to keep his options open right until the last minute. New signings Dan Nistor and Ruben are both in the squad, its possible at least one of them could start. Continue reading
Brest – Dijon
Brest include new left back Wilfried Moimbe in their squad for this match. He could start instead of the terrible Tripy Makonda but might not be fit enough, its touch and go if he’ll be in the XI or not. Brest are still weakened in defence with Martial and Mendy out and this is their worst area right now. But at least they are at full strength Continue reading
Monaco – Toulouse
Monaco welcome back James Rodrigues from injury here, but talk is that coach Claudio Ranieri won’t change a winning formula. He’ll probably stick with the same team that performed so well against Montpellier and aim for some consistency. Continue reading
Niort 1-1 Le Havre
Niort drew for the 3rd straight game, whilst Le Havre finally scored their first point of the season. A draw was probably a fair result here in a game which contained few chances. Ligue 2 does contain quite a few exciting and attacking teams this year, but Niort aren’t one of them and their games are often tight and congested. There were hardly any chances in the first half, Le Havre scored with one o Continue reading
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