FC Metz has a real nice operation to do provided he grabbed it!
The Grenats, 19th and relegated before the 26th day of Ligue 1, and which record the return of Nicolas de Préville, receive Nantes while their direct opponents will have a lot to do. Bordeaux go to Clermont football in form, FC Lorient go to Brest where they remain on five defeats in a row, finally OM will have the opportunity to regain 2nd place in Troyes. AS Saint-Etienne fought valiantly but lost in a staggered match in Paris.
Nantes, surprise team of the season but handicapped by significant absences, will have to digest their victory in Paris and manage a semi-final of the Coupe de France which is looming three days and which could allow the Canaries to play their first final since 2000.
The pre-game
The group
21 players selected. The name of one of them will therefore not be present on the score sheet later.
Nicolas de Préville is back! Hit in the calf against Strasbourg, he has not played for a month and a half. Apart from that, still a lot of absentees (Boubacar Traoré is suspended, Centonze and Maïga are injured, N’Doram still in the recovery phase). Frédéric Antonetti, suspended, will serve his first match in the stands.
Several Nantes holders are forfeited: Castelletto and Merlin (sick) and Simon (personal reasons)
Live radio
Pre-match from 2:30 p.m., kick-off at 3 p.m. with Thomas Jeangeorge and Gaby Dalvit (at the stadium) and Thomas Lavaud (in the studio). React live after the match, from 5 p.m., on 03 87 52 13 13.