Eliminated in the semi-finals of the League Cup by AS Saint-Etienne, Lille returned for the third time this season at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard for the knockout stages of the Coupe de France (7:50 p.m. GMT).

Lille is in a dynamic of victory in the championship at the time of challenge the stéphanois of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

A return to form coinciding with the return from injury of his versatile defender Franck Beira “I’m glad to be regarded as lucky,” said in L’Equipe, the Malagasy who does not hesitate to make kilometers in its base camp to bring opposing redundant “I’m just trying to bring both what I can do and who I am. I am especially happy to be back on the field. “

Lille stay on his three wins and “needs chain and extend the series, says teammate Salomon Kalou before continuing. Should not minimize the match in Saint-Etienne because it should allow us to maintain this momentum. “

Before the third game in the Cauldron, Great Danes stay on a win (in Ligue 1) and a defeat on penalties (in Ligue1 Cup) against ASSE fifth in the championship.