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In LIVE French Ligue 1 action, Sochaux face a resurgent Lyon side, desperate to recapture the cherished Ligue 1 crown.
Title contenders Napoli and Juventus, then face-off in the Italian Serie A's game of the week, an hour and a bit after the Ligue 1 game.
Coverage of Sochaux vs. Lyon begins at 3:30pm; discussions on Napoli vs. Juventus begin at 7:15pm on both Joy Sports and Adom TV.
Sochaux v Lyon: Preview
Lyon will hope a visit to one of their happiest hunting grounds will help address their travel sickness this season.
Remi Garde's side's hopes of pushing at the top of Ligue 1 have been hampered by a run of three successive away defeats.
Their home form remains impressive and Les Gones still sit fourth in the table, but a change of fortune on the road would strengthen their hand further.
It is perhaps with some relief then that they travel this weekend to Sochaux's Stade Bonal, a venue where they have won on their last eight visits.
Furthermore, Sochaux have only scored once in the last seven of those games.
Lyon have not lost four away games in succession for 11 years and Garde, after his side were beaten by Real Madrid in the Champions League in midweek, will be anxious to avoid such ignominy.
He will have to do so without being able to call on Dejan Lovren, after the Croatia defender was ruled out for two weeks with a knee injury suffered in Wednesday's Champions League defeat to Real Madrid.
Sochaux, 11th in the table, are becoming nervy about their own current form having won just once in eight games.
They only mustered three shots in their last game, a 1-1 draw at Nice.
The match will take place against the backdrop of Lyon publicly stating their interest in two of Sochaux's players.
Algeria midfielder Ryad Boudebouz has a number of admirers across Europe, with Liverpool and Fiorentina having previously been linked as well as other French clubs such as Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille.
He is rated at around £5.5million with fellow midfielder Marvin Martin, who is contracted until 2015 as opposed to Boudebouz's 2013, thought to be worth about £7.3million.
Garde's assistant Jean-Michel Aulas told French reporters: "We like to have good players and those two are that.
"Recruitment is not my area but, from a technical point of view, they have interesting profiles.''
Napoli v Juventus: Preview
Juventus have already shown an ability to win big games on the road this season so they are full of confidence heading into tomorrow's trip to Napoli.
The league leaders won 2-1 at Inter Milan last weekend and are one point clear of Udinese and Lazio.
Napoli, like Inter, are competing in this season's Champions League.
"The season is long,'' Juventus midfielder Claudio Marchisio said. "We have a big game at Napoli and this is a very difficult test for us.
"Then after the international break we will face Palermo and Lazio.
"We have a complicated calendar ahead of us and we only must think about remaining in the top position in the standings.
"We are satisfied with how we've started the campaign.
"Against the big teams we have not made mistakes so far and that is a positive sign.''
Juve, coached by Antonio Conte, are the only unbeaten team in Serie A this season.
Rivals Napoli go into the encounter at the San Paolo stadium eager to return to winning ways.
The Azzurri fell 2-1 at Catania last weekend before going down 3-2 at Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri was nevertheless pleased with his team's performance in Germany and hopes his side can hand a similar display against Juve.
"Despite the loss, it was a great performance from my players,'' Mazzarri said. "We are happy with what we did against a phenomenal Bayern side.
"Now we face another big game against Juventus and we must be ready.''
Napoli are fifth in the standings, five points adrift of Juve.
Conte will have all of his players available while the hosts are without midfielder Mario Santana, who serves a one-match ban this weekend.
For a recap of the highlights from the above games and the rest of Europe's top leagues, watch the Football Show every Monday and Friday at 7pm on the Joy Sports Channel on Multi-TV.
Credit: Multi-TV Sports Desk/soccernet.com
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