The eighth-place club in Ligue 1, Toulouse FC, hosts 18th-place Montpellier HSC at Stadium de Toulouse on Sunday at 11:15 AM ET.Toulouse FC met Olympique Lyon away from home in its last match and

Aston Villa's penultimate Champions League league phase clash comes against AS Monaco on Tuesday night (5:45pm kick-off)

Monaco came from behind to secure a 2-2 draw against Nantes, maintaining their position in Ligue 1 and closing the gap on leaders PSG.

Paris Saint-Germain received a favourable draw in the Coupe de France Round of 16. Luis Enrique’s side will face third-tier side Le Mans. With the likes of AS Monaco, Olympique de Marseille,

Monaco have a strange relationship with the Champions League. Far from perennial qualifiers, they have still enjoyed plenty of memorable runs through Europe's premier club competition, most notably when they reached the final in 2004 before losing out to Jose Mourinho's Porto.

French Ligue 1 results on Friday: Lens v Paris Saint-Germain (1600), Rennes v Brest (1800), Lyon v Toulouse (2005)

Very disappointed by the result of the match, the Monegasque technician tried to deliver his analysis in a post-match press conference, following a defeat for the Rouge et Blanc in Montpellier

French Ligue 1 results on Saturday: Saint-Etienne v Nantes (1400), Reims v Le Havre, Angers v Auxerre (both 1615), Marseille v Strasbourg (1945)

Paris Saint-Germain beat Lens 1-2 at Stade

The Parisians win against Lens, while De Zerbi's team draws at home against Racing Strasbourg. Now nine points separate the two teams

Across the English Premier League, several Ghanaian players were involved. Jordan Ayew played 71 minutes for Leicester City in their 2-0 defeat to Fulham. Thomas Partey completed 90 minutes for Arsenal, helping secure a 2-2 draw against Aston Villa. Tariq Lamptey came on as a substitute for Brighton in their 3-1 win over Manchester United.

From a focus on youth to its unforgiving physicality, there are a raft of factors that make France's top flight a fertile recruiting ground