Paris Saint-Germain will look to get back to winning ways when they host Lorient on Friday.
Laurent Blanc s outfit scrambled to a 2-2 draw at a 10-man Saint-Etienne on Sunday, halting a run of four straight victories in Ligue 1.
It could have been worse for PSG, who trailed 2-0 at one stage, but a red card for Fabien Lemoine gave them an opening.
And Edinson Cavani duly reduced the deficit before Blaise Matuidi levelled proceedings in the third minute of injury time, extending PSG s unbeaten league run to 22 matches.
Despite the small blip PSG remain on top of the league, with 25 points from their 11 Ligue 1 fixtures enough to see them goal difference ahead of newly promoted Monaco.
Blanc has been boosted by the return to training of full-back Chr
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istophe Jallet and midfielder Javier Pastore, who were struggling with calf and thigh problems.
Friday s fixture may come too soon for the duo to return, while captain and centre-back Thiago Silva is also ruled out.
Silva suffered a hamstring injury against Monaco and although he has returned to training, Blanc said they must be careful with the 29-year-old.
Physically he (Thiago) has done a great job. We re on time (with his recovery), he said.
But we cannot afford a relapse, either for himself, for the club or the Brazilian team. It is good but we have to be careful.
Lorient have made a poor start to their season and sit 17th having taken just 10 points from 11 league fixtures.
They head into the match on the back of a 2-0 defeat away at Nantes in the Coupe de la Ligue but posted a 2-1 win over fellow strugglers Sochaux in their last league fixture.
That win ended a run of six games in a row without a win, of which five were defeats, while Lorient s recent record against PSG has not been great.
Christian Gourcuff s men have failed to beat PSG in their last three meetings, but their last victory did come in Paris, as Julien Quercia s goal gave them a 1-0 win in August 2011.
