Paris St. Germain go into this weekend's second round of the French championship hoping they can maintain the form they showed in last weekend's opener against St. Etienne.
Last season's French Cup winners produced an impressive performance to win 3-1 although the game was overshadowed by crowd violence which looks likely to result in 250 of their notorious fans being banned from their Parc des Princes home.
On Sunday, they face a stiff challenge at Lille where former PSG goalkeeper Mickael Landreau admits that there is an air of expectation ahead of the game.
"There is no particular pressure in this match but it is our first real test," says Landreau who played in Lille's opening 1-1 draw with Rennes.
"You can sense that the supporters really want to beat Paris and we are desperate to win our first game at home."
Landreau, however, is in no doubt about the task ahead of them against a PSG side that is itself desperate to land its first league title since 1994.
"Paris have rebuilt well since I left. The team has shown it wants to live up to the attacking ideals it showed in pre-season," he said.
Promoted Caen were the surprise package of the opening round as they travelled to Marseille and beat the champions 2-1 - the winner coming four minutes from time from the impressive Youssef El-Arabi.
However, coach Franck Dumas is not getting carried away by thinking his side can emulate Montpellier's front-running performances last year.
"We have won one match, it would be madness to say that," he said. "We beat Marseille which is wonderful for those who don't really know the Velodrome or Ligue 1.
"I hope they really enjoyed but now we have other things to think about. The objective remains staying up."
The downside of the win was a broken toe for their influential midfielder Benjamin Nivet which rules him out of another tough match at home to a Lyon side that was held to a goalless draw at home to Monaco.
The visitors, however, are also likely to be missing a key player as winger Ederson tweaked his hamstring two minutes into his debut for Brazil against the USA in midweek.
Marseille, meanwhile, hope to pick up the pieces as they head to Valenciennes while Jean Tigana's Bordeaux - beaten by Montpellier - are at home to Toulouse.
Saturday
Brest v Auxerre, Lorient v Nice, Monaco v Montpellier, Nancy v Rennes, Saint-Etienne v Sochaux, Valenciennes v Marseille (1700GMT), Arles-Avignon v Lens (1900GMT)
Sunday
Bordeaux v Toulouse, Caen v Lyon (both 1500GMT), Lille v Paris St. Germain (1900GMT)
Source: AFP Global Edition
