Habib Beye has not won away from home in five and a half months. Red Star travel to relegation-placed Villefranche (13th) this Monday evening (9 p.m.) Beye is working without his first assistant, Sébastien Bichard, who left for Clermont (L1) Italian central defender Paolo Gozzi is suspended and Aniss El Hriti was not selected.
Jovany Ikanga returns to the group and William Avognan is replaced by Pépé Bonnet.