Champions and leaders Girondins Bordeaux are likely to be without goalkeeper Cedric Carrasso (pictured) and central defender Marc Planus when they visit promoted Boulogne on Saturday.
Both sustained thigh injuries in a 1-1 Champions League draw at Juventus on Tuesday. "It seems very complicated", coach Laurent Blanc told reporters when asked whether the pair would be fit to play.
Olympique Lyon's France midfielder Jeremy Toulalan impressed in central defence in a 1-0 Champions League win over Fiorentina on Wednesday.
Olympique Marseille president Jean-Claude Dassier has stirred controversy by saying he would not be an "African-style president", which has irritated former OM president Pape Diouf , who was born in Chad and grew up in Senegal.
"I can admit my statements were clumsy but they were not aimed at Pape Diouf," Dassier, whose team host surprise package Montpellier on Saturday, told reporters.
Marseille will welcome back defender Laurent Bonnart, who has recovered from the groin injury that kept him out of Tuesday's 2-1 home Champions League defeat by AC Milan.
