Lille hopes for spark in derby match with Lens

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09/10/2010 - Lens, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - With four successive draws to start the Ligue 1 season, Lille's Ludovic Obraniak is hoping that Saturday's derby match with Lens at the Felix-Bollaert Stadium will be enough to help his team raise its level of play and claim its first win of the season.

Lille has scored just two goals in its first four games, but Obraniak feels that this rivalry match is coming at a good time.

"We've started a bit slowly like we did last year," he told the league's official website. "The derby has perhaps come at the perfect time for us to set the record straight and win our first game of the season.

"We know it won't be an easy game because we all know how intense the Lille- Lens derby is and especially playing away. Lens have been playing with more or less the same squad for a few seasons now and they're proving very hard to play against this term. I think it will be a good game and a chance for us to get a good result."

Lille manager Rudi Garcia will also be hoping for the return to health of three players who missed the team's draw with Nice last time out as Tulio De Melo and Franck Beria and Obraniak each missed the game because of ankle problems.

Lens also enters Saturday's match with four points from four games, with the lone win coming against promoted side Arles.

Both David Pollet and Geoffrey Doumeng are expected back for manager Jean-Guy Wallemme, while Gregory Sertic, who joined the club on loan from Bordeaux, could be set to make his debut for Lens.

Toulouse is the only team in France with four wins from four games and the club puts its perfect record on the line at home against St Etienne, while Rennes, which sits four points back in second place, entertains Sochaux.

Montpellier has started well with eight points from four games and it gets ready to host Nancy, Lyon has just one win in four games and tries to get back on track against Valenciennes, Caen travels to Auxerre and Arles, which has lost all four of its matches, visits PSG.

Sunday's slate of games includes Brest hosting Lorient, Bordeaux visiting Nice and Marseille taking on Monaco.

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