6-0 in March: Bordeaux owe Nantes one
Nantes arrive top of Ligue 1, but they have not won in Bordeaux's house since that night in March — and they come with tired legs and old boys in the away dressing room.
Picture the Virage Sud in March, hands on heads, six goals gone in, and the Nantes bench barely celebrating the last of them. That 6-0 is the wound Bordeaux carry into Saturday. Nantes have won the last three meetings, 3-1 and 2-0 before it, and they sit first with 27 points from 12 games. Bordeaux are 11th on 15, form LDWWL, and Jaime — four games averaging 7.33, eight shots, three clear-cut chances made — is the man the home crowd will look to.
Nantes come in a 5-2-3 with tired legs everywhere: Doukar jaded, Falah down at 57%, Teixeira and San Martín carrying fatigue. Josep, Júlio César and Boyer are missing. Watch Falah (7.38 average) against right-back Mohsen Al-Ghamdi, and Doukar's pace in behind Ifeanyi Nwankwo. Doukar spent two seasons at Bordeaux; Josep did too. Bordeaux are without David. Expect a tight, loud night — and a home side needing to stand up.