21:00 Arles – Guingamp

AC Arles-Avignon is a team with big problems.

The Lions, who are currently on the last spot in the French Ligue 2, are without a single victory in the regular time of their last four games (0-1-3 2-8) and the fact, that the hosts had problems against a mediocre team like AS Lyon-Duchere in the Second round of Coupe de France speaks enough for their form.

The absence of important players like Hugo Rodriguez (midfielder), Larsen Toure (striker / 5 goals), Quentin N’Gakoutou (striker / 6 goal) and Mamadou Niang (striker / 2 goal) is additional problem for Stephane Crucet.

Unlike their opponents, the visitors are in an excellent form in this moment – four consecutive victories, two of them against good teams like PAOK FC (PAOK FC – En Avant de Guingamp 1-2 on 11.12.2014 / UEFA Europa League) and Paris Saint-Germain F.C. (En Avant de Guingamp – Paris Saint-Germain F.C. 1-0 on 14.12.2014), accompanied by eleven goals.

En Avant de Guingamp is quite successful team in such tournaments and I doubt, that the visitors will make mistake at “Parc des Sports”, even though they will be without Dorian Leveque (defender), Moustapha Diallo (midfielder / 1 goal), Younousse Sankhare (midfielder), Sylvain Marveaux (midfielder / 2 goals), Sambou Yatabare (midfielder) and Ronnie Schwartz (striker / 2 goals).

The Red-Blacks won 2-0 in the most recent match between these two teams at “Parc des Sports” on May 3, 2013 (AC Arles-Avignon – En Avant de Guingamp 0-2 on 03.05.2013).