PSG v Nantes v match preview

Trailing Olympique Lyonnais by four points, PSG travels to beautiful Nantes to face Les Canaris.

Following the suspension of Mateja Kežman and in conjunction with the injury of Guillaume Hoarau, Paul Le Guen will deploy Péguy Luyindula with Ludovic Giuly at striker. Claude Makélélé, whose presence in the Coupe de la Ligue semi-finals was inexplicably sacrificed so that he could be rested for this match, will return.

Élie Baup's Nantes side has a host, as always, of young blossoming talent and brimming with confidence with a solid 2-0 victory over Le Mans. While locked mid-table they have shown resolve against upper tier clubs Bordeaux, Lyon and Stade Rennais and can create a world of problems for the Parisians at La Beaujoire.

Nantes is most likely to use a 4-4-1-1 using Frédéric Da Rocha, Djamel Abdoun, Ricardo Faty and William Vainqueur in the midfield and Christian Bekamenga supporting Ivan Klasnić up-top. Waiting in the wings at striker is former Crvena zvezda man Filip Đorđević. The young Serbian striker is an engaging talent that at only twenty-one years of age is on the verge of making a name for himself in Ligue 1 as a danger to score at anytime. Monsieur Baup seems inclined to tip the able hand of Ivan Klasnić given his experience for this match but it something to be wary of.