Nice coach Claude Puel has lined his team up in a 3-4-3 formation for their trip to the Stade Chaban-Delmas to face Bordeaux.
Renatio Civelli, Thimothee Kolodzieczak and Nemanja Pejcinovic will form a three-man defence for Les Aiglons, while Eric Bautheac, Dario Cvitanich and Jeremy Pied will lead the attack.
Henri Saivet must make do with a place on the substitutes bench.
Francis Gillot has opted for a 4-3-3 setup, that sees Yoan Gouffran, Jussie and Nicolas Maurice-Belay up top.
Ludovic Obraniak, Landry N'Guemo and Jaroslav Plasil will be in the midfield engine room for the unbeaten Les Girondins.
Bordeaux: Carrasso; Sane, Mariano, Planus, Tremoulinas; Obraniak, N'Guemo, Plasil; Gouffran, Jussie, Maurice-Belay
Nice: Delle; Civelli, Kolodzieczak, Pejcinovic; Digard, Traore, Meriem, Palun; Bautheac, Cvitanich, Pied
Michael Penkman
