LOSC - Stade Brestois 29

- Kick-off: 16:00 GMT

Brest actually won the reverse fixture, although it as a close affair when the sides met at the Stade Francis-Le Blé in November, with first-half goals from Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel, Romain Perraud and Irvin Cardona proving just enough to seal all three points after Burak Yilmaz had returned fire with a brace.

David had come off the bench that day and only opened his Lille account two weeks later when les Dogues beat FC Lorient 4-0 - 11 games into his French top-flight career - but the 21-year-old Canadian has gone from strength to strength in recent weeks.

David the Goliath

David scored both goals as Christophe Galtier's men beat FC Nantes 2-0 on Sunday. It was LOSC's sixth win on the bounce, leaving them two points clear of second-placed Olympique Lyonnais and three of champions Paris Saint-Germain, and the coach is understandably delighted with his performances.

Watch: Highlights of Lille's 2-0 win over Nantes

"I started to see a difference in him when we had a flurry of games in January," he said. "Jonathan worked a lot and I started to see the player [sporting director] Luis Campos first showed me. He's been much sharper and more technical, and we've noticed session after session that he's been colder in front of goal.

"At first, when his performances weren't what we expected, he was drifting too far from goal. Now he's staying closer to the danger zone and voila!"

Turkish delight?

Yilmaz picking up a calf injury in January may have helped David gravitate to the point of Lille's attack. The veteran striker remains sidelined alongside Yusuf Yazici, who has a foot complaint, which means David is likely to have Jonathan Ikoné for company in the final third.

With a number of first-teamers rested for Lille's 1-0 Coupe de France Round of 64 victory over Dijon FCO on Wednesday, Galtier has a full-strength squad at his disposal, but for his two Turkish international attackers.

Brest begin the day 11 places and 24 points worse off than their hosts in 12th, although they did beat Girondins de Bordeaux 2-1 last Sunday, halting a run of five games without a win, four of which had been losses.

Watch: Highlights of Brest's 2-1 win over Bordeaux

Pirates' plunder

Les Pirates needed a late raid against les Girondins, with Steve Mounié and Romain Faivre scoring in the final 10 minutes to cancel out Hwang Ui-jo's opener. Galtier's opposite number Olivier Dall'Oglio reserved special praise for goalkeeper Sébastien Cibois, though, who was preferred to Gautier Larsonneur and kept his place for Wednesday's 2-1 win over Rodez AF in the Coupe.

"We've been in the right frame of mind for quite some time," he said. "I'm satisfied with what I've seen. Gautier has the right to have a dip in form; he's also not had luck on his side. It's a step in your progression. Sometimes you have to take one step back in order to take two steps forward."

But for defenders Lilian Brassier and Denys Bain - the latter a long-term absentee with a torn ACL - Dall'Oglio also has the luxury of choice on Sunday, although the switch to 4-3-3 last weekend with Romain Faivre wide left in attack seems like something he might stick to.

Possible line-ups

Lille: Maignan; Çelik, Fonte, Botman, Bradaric; Araujo, André, Soumaré, Bamba; Ikoné, David

Brest: Cibois; Faussurier, Chardonnet, Hérelle, Perraud; Belkebla, Lucas, Lasne; Mounié, Cardona, Faivre