Expected line-ups

Each side's usual system and players over its recent matches, without the injured: a likely eleven, not the team news.

Stade Malherbe Caen5-2-3 DM Wide

Mullan Enyegue Gaipo Heras Orsi Drake Berger Murillo Pythie Denis Lenfant

Dijon FCO4-3-3 DM Wide

Pană Boulet García Niang Humeau Šalamun Hoyt Espigares Romano Tapia Vial

• Out: Giovani (centre-back, injured: calf strain, back about 15 January)

Form

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Olympique Lyonnais	17	+26	36
2	FC Nantes	17	+19	35
3	OGC Nice	17	+17	33
4	Olympique de Marseille	17	+10	29
5	Paris Saint-Germain	17	+3	28
6	Nîmes Olympique	17	+4	27
7	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	17	+5	25
8	Montpellier Hérault SC	17	-6	25
9	LOSC Lille	17	-5	24
10	Stade Rennais FC	17	+3	23
11	RC Lens	17	-3	20
12	AS Monaco	17	-4	20
13	FC Lorient	17	-8	20
14	FC Girondins de Bordeaux	17	-10	20
15	ESTAC Troyes	17	-6	19
16	Stade Malherbe Caen	17	-12	19
17	RC Strasbourg Alsace	17	-14	14
18	Dijon FCO	17	-19	7

Head to head

• Dijon FCO 1-1 Stade Malherbe Caen Ligue 1 Uber Eats
• Dijon FCO 2-0 Stade Malherbe Caen French Cup