In addition to the previews on the clubgowi website, you can also sign up to receive further sample previews with the free newsletter, see box to the right of this post. Yesterday, readers on the free list received the Coupe de France notes reproduced below, the red type selection was a winner inside 31 minutes and the chance of Montpellier scoring twice, on offer at 9.0 + was highlighted.

This game should be interesting. Nice have a poor record here in Rennes and had not posted a win in over a decade before winning 3-0 last season, that was their glory season, a fourth placed finish out of nowhere and now normal service has been resumed, they are against in lower midtable, which in terms of budget and size, is perfectly acceptable and back to their usual struggles on the road, with a 1-1-7 record away from home with just three goals scored.

Just a quick "heads up" that I have posted a preview of one of today's Ligue 2 matches on the GOWI blog for old times sake !

There are also a few links to other articles you may have missed and it is definitely worth a look.

This is a one off and almost all of the free to view content will continue to be posted on here, the clubgowi website.

Massive game for the hosts who are bottom of Ligue 1, four points from safety and with three of their next four starts after this evening, on the road, including a trip to leaders PSG.

They showed signs of improvement before the mini break, with a win over Montpellier in the Cup, home point with St Etienne (should have won) and narrow defeat at Marseille , which we previewed.....

Some of you clubgowi free to view content hunters got a bit of a bonus yesterday , as I posted the Friday early newsletter on one of our little used blog pages at midday for "test" purposes and it is on this link if you want to take a look.

Marseille won 3-1, Troyes 3-0 and the "over" in Istres-Nimes was landed 4-2 (three goals inside 36 minutes), which made for another very good day.

I have previewed three of tonight's Ligue 2 matches for subscribers (one below) and given stats for a fourth and also sent them notes about almost all of tomorrow morning's J-League fixtures. A massive weekend ahead for us and I am hoping to share one , maybe two more on here over the weekend.

France Ligue 2: ( written 09.30 Friday October 18)