Stade Marcel Picot, Lorraine, will see relegation-threatened AS Nancy Lorraine host Francis Gillot’s FC Girondins de Bordeaux in Week 18 of the 2012/2013 Ligue 1 Championnat encounter which the visitors’ boss really wants to win
Avoiding the drop
Struggling Ligue 1 outfit, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marcel-c23507 Picot.
Nancy are currently without a win in 16 Ligue 1 games which is the club’s worst string of results in its history. This run has left them in quite a prickly situation and Fernandez would be looking to see his side manage to chalk up an unlikely win against
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Francis-c13946 Gillot’s side.
As things stand in the Championnat, it seems very likely that Nancy will be relegated to Ligue 2 by the end of the current campaign. However, the club’s dejected fans still have a reason for optimism if they look at the case of Ajaccio last season. The Corsicans
survived the drop even after they managed just nine points in their first 17 Ligue 1 games.
And, there are signs of a mini revival for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-Lyonnais-c40130 during midweek.
And, the way they have been performing, ASNL would be hoping to eventually register a much needed victory. Furthermore, with Fernandez at the helm, Nancy know that they still have a chance to turn things around.
While talking to reporters in the aftermath of the 1-1 draw against Les Gones, Fernandez said that his side could have won the game against Lyon and admitted that he has to do something about his side’s attack which is the weakest in the Championnat.
“We have defended quite well in recent games but are still conceding goals. We have the weakest attack in the league, so that makes it difficult for us to win games. I am disappointed that we conceded the equaliser, but also that we didn’t take more of the
five or six chances we created.”
A jaded Gironde
Now, up against Bordeaux, the experienced French tactician would be looking to set things right. Les Girondins travel north after two 0-0 draws in just seven days. In recent games, Francis Gillot’s side have not been able to inspire and are in serious jeopardy
of being cut off from the top three unless they return to winning ways.
In the side’s 0-0 draw against AS Saint-Etienne in midweek, Gillot admitted that his side was not really good against Les Verts.
“We are going through a bad patch just now. We really struggled and lacked intensity against Saint-Etienne. Fortunately, we were fairly solid at the back. We are staggering along, but at least we are not losing. Everyone is looking forward to the holidays
because, with the eight European matches we have had, we are tired.”
The Aquitaine club has really missed the creative spark of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ludovic-Obraniak-c22623 who has sat out his side’s last four league games due to an ankle injury and will miss a few more games due to a groin problem.
Nancy on the other hand, have more or less a fit squad to choose from.
Predicted final score: Nancy 1-1 Bordeaux
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