Despite securing their first win of the season against Bastia thanks to goals from Edinson Cavani and Lucas, PSG ended up on the losing end as they will now be without three first-team players. Talismanic striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic was forced off prematurely...

After Tuesday’s exciting Champions League matches, it is now time for Lille and Porto to begin their quest in Europe’s biggest club competition. The French side will host Porto, as they look to claim a comfortable lead to take back to Portugal.

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The Allianz Arena has been Bayern’s ‘bashing ground’ in the Champions League. 15 of the past 16 visitors have gone home without as much as a point. Real Madrid came last season but left with nothing. Basel was torn to shreds. Marseille was finished in...

LOSC Lille Metropole, French champions of 2011, welcomes the record Bundesliga champions, FC Bayern München, to their arena. Bayern, for a team that has reached two of the previous three Champions League finals, has a poor European away record. The record...

What Matchday 37 produced

Last weekend, super sub Karim Ait Fana virtually won the title for Montpellier when he broke Lille’s defence in the 90th minute of the match. The hosts were arguably not the better side as they gathered only 37 per...

Hazard is a 2011 French Ligue 1 and 2011 Coupe de France champion. His individual efforts, marked by 47 goals and 38 assists in 191 appearances have transformed him into a top transfer target with Manchester City and Manchester United both fighting to...

PSG vs Stade Rennes

In the previous round of matches, Paris Saint-Germain did just enough away to Valenciennes to maintain current league leaders Montpellier under pressure. The hosts put PSG 2-0 down after 11 minutes through Aboubakar...

Cole was England’s best player at the 2006 World Cup before his success tailed off at Chelsea, and it is fair to say his time at Liverpool was not a success either.

The idea was that Liverpool would get him away from the talent laden Chelsea squad...

Gervinho initially caught the eye of many with his energetic performances for Ivory Coast in the FIFA World Cup last summer. And the player did no harm to his reputation by notching up 15 goals and 10 assists in Lille's impressive campaign last season.

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PSV are not looking for a draw. Their target is to win in order to make things easy in the second leg. Both teams lead the way in their respective domestic league. Lille are 5 points clear at the top of the French Ligue 1 table after match-day 23.

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Adil Rami is a key player in the Lille team and it has been widely reported that the French defender will miss the all important tie against PSV Eindhoven due to an ankle injury.

The tough tackling centre back sprained his ankle during the Ligue...

Group B team Lille travels to the Czech republic to face Slavia Praha who sit bottom of Group B on zero points after losing in Italy to the Genoa side 2-0. The Czechs side will look towards regaining valuable lost points at home against the french side...