Toulouse coach Elie Baup expects his team will have to struggle until the very last minute of the season if they are to keep their place in Ligue 1.

Les Violets are battling with Lens and Paris St Germain to avoid the drop to the second division, but one of them will fall by the wayside on Saturday night as the campaign reaches its climax.

Baup's men are level on points with Lens but have a slightly better goal difference, while PSG are a point ahead.

Baup, whose side face Valenciennes at home this weekend, reckons it will be a tight finish and he said: "These matches are going to decide everything.

"Everyone has a chance, whether it is Lens, Paris or Toulouse. We have to worry about ourselves and put in our best display.

"We haven't been given any favours up to this point and we will not be given any until the last second of the last game.

"We have had difficult times, but we are still there and we will be there until the last second. We have to find that extra strength to get out of this.

"All the players are ready and we will not give up."

Valenciennes are in dreadful form having lost three of their past four matches, but are at least safe from the drop.

Coach Antoine Kombouare is without a host of players.

Jose Saez is suspended while Abdeslam Ouaddou (muscle injury), Geoffrey Doumeng (ankle), Djamel Belmadi (knee), Gregory Pujol and Khaled Kharroubi (both ankle) also miss out.

Baup has named an 18-man squad that does not include the injured Daniel Congre (ankle) and suspended duo Fode Mansare and Jon Jonsson.

But left-back Jeremy Mathieu should be okay after a foot complaint.