French football 9-12 March

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Lens v Sedan
Champions League hopefuls Lens entertain plucky Sedan who are down, but not out, at the bottom of Ligue 1.

Second-placed Lens, fresh from their UEFA Cup first leg success on Thursday, face a resurgent Sedan side who be looking for their third consecutive league win.

Francis Gillot's team banished the memories of a shock defeat by amateurs Montceau in the French Cup a fortnight ago with a fine victory against Marseille last Sunday and continued their run of wins with a 2-1 victory in Europe against Bayer Leverkusen during the week.

'Les Sang et Or' welcome back Nenad Kovacevic and Milan Bisevac (pictured above) for the visit of Sedan, the pair having been unavailable for the UEFA Cup with Daniel Cousin, a scorer against the Germans, also expected to start.

Although bottom of the league, Sedan, sinc the start of the year are proving no pushovers and have battled valiantly in recent weeks, recording precious victories against Rennes and PSG. With 11 games to go, time is running out for 'Les Sangliers' to pull clear of the bottom three but if their recent form is anything to go by, they have an excellent chance of doing so.

Cameroon attacker Joseph-Désiré Job with seven goals in 16 league appearances has been an instrumental part in Sedan's recent revival along with Romain Sartre, Nasser Ouadah and Alaeddine Yahia, all who all missed much of the first half of the season. All four should start against Lens as Sedan enter the home straight in the race for ligue 1 survival

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FRA Le Championnat, Injuries, March 11
Lens 9 COUSIN Daniel SC ** 10.3 BACK from injury 15 / 27
Lens 32 RAMOS Marco D/ML ** 10.3 INJURED 17 / 27

Sedan 1 REGNAULT Patrick GK *** 9.2 INJURED 22 / 27
Sedan 22 NORO Stéphane AMRC *** 20.10 OUT 6 / 27
Sedan 18 AMALFITANO Morgan DMC ** 10.3 SUSPENDED 20 / 27
Sedan 5 THICOT Steven DC * 9.2 OUT 1 / 27
Sedan 6 LE MOIGNE Jerôme MC * 24.11 INJURED 8 / 27
Sedan 9 BASTIEN Christophe AMRC * 22.12 OUT 2 / 27

PSG 6 YEPES Mario DC ** 9.2 INJURED 19 / 27
PSG 10 GALLARDO Marcelo M ** 10.3 BACK from injury 5 / 27
PSG 21 RODRIGUEZ Christián AMLC * 10.3 INJURED 4 / 27
PSG 23 CLEMENT Jérémy M * 3.2 INJURED - / 27
PSG 27 BANING Albert DMC * 9.2 INJURED 1 / 27

Auxerre 1 COOL Fabien GK *** 22.12 INJURED 18 / 27
Auxerre 2 RADET Johan DRC ** 2.2 INJURED 7 / 27
Auxerre 7 CHEYROU Benoit (cpt) DMC ** 10.3 SUSPENDED 27 / 27
Auxerre 18 MATHIS Lionel MC ** 18.11 INJURED 11 / 27
Auxerre 3 JAURES Jean-Sébastien D * 10.3 BACK from injury 15 / 27

Lyon 5 CACAPA Claudio DC ** 23.2 OUT 4 / 27
Lyon 18 BEN ARFA Hatem AMLC * 2.3 OUT 3 / 27
Lyon 23 BERTHOD Jérémy DLC * 2.3 OUT 8 / 27
Lyon 26 SANTOS Fabio M * 2.3 OUT 3 / 27

Marseille 7 RIBERY Franck AMR *** 3.3 INJURED 18 / 27
Marseille 4 RODRIGUEZ Julien D ** 10.3 INJURED 8 / 27
Marseille 6 BOCALY Gary DMRC * 15.12 OUT 3 / 27
Marseille 8 ORUMA Wilson AMC * 10.2 INJURED 8 / 27