AS Nancy Lorraine v Toulouse: Preview
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Team Stat Comparison
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AS Nancy Lorraine
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Toulouse
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Matches Played
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38
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38
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Table Position
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12
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16
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Points
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48
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41
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Goal Difference
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-2
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-11
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Goals for
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1.0
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0.8
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Goals against
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0.9
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1.5
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Last 5
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D-L-W-L-D
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L-D-L-W-L
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Last 5 home
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L-D-D-D-L
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L-D-W-L-D
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Last 5 away
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D-W-L-D-L
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L-L-D-L-L
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*
Goals per match - home matches for home club and away matches for away club
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Club Stats:
AS Nancy Lorraine
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Toulouse
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Next Five Matches in Competition
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AS Nancy Lorraine
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Toulouse
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11/29
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H: Bordeaux
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11/28
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H: Boulogne
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12/6
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A: AJ Auxerre
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12/6
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A: Grenoble
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12/12
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H: Stade Rennes
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12/10
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H: Sochaux
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12/16
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H: Nice
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12/13
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H: Montpellier
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12/19
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A: Montpellier
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12/19
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A: AJ Auxerre
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· Club Fixtures: AS Nancy Lorraine | Toulouse
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Updated: October 14, 2005, 11:44 AM UK
NANCY, October 14 (Ligue 1) - Nancy have climbed up the Ligue 1 table with three consecutive wins and will look to keep up the momentum against a Toulouse side that has also run into a rich seam of form.
Both teams were looking likely relegation battlers after the first month of the season but are in much better shape following their recent improved form.
Nancy's squad, which was restructured after the club won promotion last season, is beginning to gel.
Uruguayan Adrian Sarkisian admits he is finding Ligue 1 football a challenge after being lured to Lorraine by his compatriot Pablo Correa, the coach of Nancy.
"In France we play on harder surfaces and that makes the ball move faster,'' Sarkisian told www.asnl.net, his club website.
"There are also less fouls than in Uruguay which increases the rhythm of the match. That suits my style of play just perfectly.''
Correa must do without injured pair Emmanuel Duchemin (Shoulder) and Abdoulaye Keita (right ankle) and the suspended Michael Chretien.
There are also selection dilemmas for Correa's opposite number Erik Mombaerts who is deprived of key midfielder Laurent Batlles through injury.
Also ruled out of the trip to Nancy are Yacine Abdessadki who has an ankle injury while midfielder Alexandre Bonnet is also an absentee.
Nabil Taider is still not match fit but there is better news regarding Jeremy Mathieu and Daniel Congre who are both available for selection.
Several players on both sides are still riding high on the euphoria of having qualified for the World Cup - they are Toulouse's Issoumaila Dao (Ivory Coast) and Francileudo Santos (Tunisia) and Nancy's Ivory Coast pair Saliou Lassissi and Dagui Bakari.
AS Nancy Lorraine 2 - 0 Toulouse