Lille OSC vs Bastia preview - Gueye demands focus on goalscoring

Lille midfielder Idrissa Gueye expects a familiar test when Bastia visit the Stade Pierre Mauroy on Saturday.

Les Dogues have yet to concede a goal in their four Ligue 1 games on home turf this season - but have only been able to convert that into eight points after being held to goalless draws by both Metz and Montpellier.

Gueye expects nothing different this weekend and has called on his fifth-placed side to learn to break teams down more successfully.

He told the club's website: "We know Bastia will come here with the goal, firstly, of staying solid. They will defend with 11, which will force us to be patient.

"It is a bit of a constant in all our home games, a cautious opponent.

"It's never easy to break down a deep, compact block. We have to pass the ball around and try to find a weakness. We want to produce a spectacle but the most important thing is to win the match."

They will have to do so without Rio Mavuba (hamstring), Nolan Roux and Marvin Martin (both foot) but will be able to call on Belgium striker Divock Origi and Montenegro defender Marko Basa, who missed the 1-0 defeat at Nice due to illness and injury respectively.

Both teams will be playing their third game in seven days and Bastia coach Claude Makelele admits the schedule is taking its toll.

The former Chelsea and Real Madrid midfielder has seen his team win only once in the league since taking charge in the summer, though four draws have at least kept them above the relegation places at this early stage in 16th.

"We have worked on recuperation," Makelele told the club website. "I will make two or three changes to keep it fresh.

"I will look to get a positive result at Lille even though it will be difficult given they have not conceded a goal at home.

"I said after our first few games that the hardest was still to come and we have seen that in our last two or three games. I spoke to the players and I hope they understand.

"I have largely the same team as against Metz because I need my players to take responsibility. Those who cannot adapt will lose their places."

Disciplinary issues see Makelele deprived of two key players for the game.

Captain Yannick Cahuzac is suspended after being sent off in the goalless draw with Nantes while striker Brandao is serving a six-month ban for headbutting Paris St Germain's Thiago Motta in the tunnel after Bastia's 2-0 loss at the Parc des Princes.