Sochaux hoping to continue turnaround against Auxerre

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11/09/2007 - Sochaux, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sochaux got off to a terrible start this season that saw the club go winless in its first eight games and fall into the relegation zone just one year after securing a spot in the UEFA Cup.

The team is still stuck in the bottom three in the standings, but has taken eight points from its last five games and is just six points out of a spot in the top half of the table.

On Saturday, Sochaux will try to continue to turn its fortunes around when the club hosts another bottom-half team, Auxerre.

The visitors also started poorly this campaign and have already lost eight of their first 13 games. However, like Sochaux, Auxerre has seen an improvement in its recent form, winning three of its last six games to move one point clear of Sochaux.

Hantz believes that Sochaux has yet to show its true colors this season, and that this contest will be an important one in attempting to erase such a bad month of August.

The Sochaux boss will be without Bojan Jokic (thigh), but he is expected to have the services of goalkeeper Teddy Richert (ankle) and midfielder Stephane Dalmat (thigh) after both have overcome injury issues.

Auxerre manager Jean Fernandez will bring a relatively healthy squad into Saturday's contest, with Benoit Pedretti, Daniel Niculae and Kevin Lejeune each battling minor knocks but expected to play.

In other Ligue 1 action on Saturday, fifth-place Le Mans hosts top-half club St Etienne, Lille has lost two of its last three games and entertains Nice, last-place Metz takes on disappointing 17th-place club Lens, while Strasbourg travels to Monaco. Nancy sits four points behind league-leaders Lyon and visits PSG, and Caen carries a five-game unbeaten streak into its contest with Valenciennes.

On Sunday, Rennes and Bordeaux, two teams in the top four, battle at Parc Lescure, Toulouse invades Lorient and Lyon hosts a Marseille side that is second from the bottom in the league table.

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Work left to do: Villanova, Syracuse, DePaul, West Virginia, Providence

Notre Dame and Louisville appear to have done enough to make the move, so we'll make them locks. The Cardinals, despite a modest RPI, are trending way up and have clinched at least a tie for third in the Big East, which should be more than enough with their pair of big road wins. Villanova got back to .500 and gets back to more solid footing. Syracuse got a very important road win and crippled a fellow contender in the process. West Virginia's fate could be in its hands Tuesday at Pitt.

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Villanova [18-9 (7-7), RPI: 21, SOS: 5] Pounded Rutgers to get back to .500. If Cats can get their last two (at UConn, vs. Syracuse), that should be enough with strong computer numbers and a host of wins away from The Pavilion. The Cats have beaten Texas and swept the Big 5 (never easy in Philly), but have a couple of losses to bubble teams (Xavier, Drexel), too. I still think they'll be OK, possibly even at 8-8.

Syracuse [20-8 (9-5), RPI: 53, SOS: 62] History says 10 wins will be plenty, but it might be hard for the Orange to get that last one with a final two vs. G'town, which is trying to win the league title, and at Villanova, which will be desperate for a W. The relative lack of nonconference heft and the weak computer numbers are still concerns, but the Orange have won four in a row and got a very, very big win at Providence on Saturday.

DePaul [16-12 (8-7), RPI: 54, SOS: 18] Beat Cincy and should get past South Florida to get to 9-7, but then what? They have beaten Kansas and Cal (right after the DeVon Hardin injury) earlier this season, but also have lost to Bradley and Purdue, among others. They'll likely need a couple of BE tourney wins, too, but we'll see ...

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