Welcome to my Ligue 1 Team of the Month.  This team should have been out last week but unfortunately due to IT difficulties I was unable to get it published.  However, everything is sorted now so here are the players who made an impact in Ligue 1 between 4th October and 3rd November.

GK – Vincent Enyeama (Lille) 31 years old
The Nigerian international had a great month keeping 4 clean sheets as Lille marched up the table with a win over Monaco being the highlight.

RB – Issa Cissokho (Nantes) 28 years old
Issa isn’t as well known as his younger brother, Aly but he has been in good form this month with the highlight being making his international debut for Senegal against Ivory Coast.

LB – Pape Souare (Lille) 23 years old
Souare played a big part in a good month for Lille.  As well as helping the defence to 4 clean sheets he also popped up with 2 goals including the only goal in the victory over Montpellier.

CB – Bruno Ecuele Manga (Lorient) 25 years old
It wasn’t a good month for Lorient but Manga was the stand out performer.  It looks as though Lorient will find themselves in a relegation battle and regardless of the outcome, I expect Manga will move on in the next year.

CB – Serge Aurier (Toulouse) 20 years old
There’s a lot of young talent in Ligue 1 and Aurier is up there with the best of them.  He made his international debut for the Ivory Coast last month and has a great chance of making it to Brazil next summer.

CM – Rio Mavuba (Lille) 29 years old
I’ve always liked Mavuba and expected him to have to have more French caps than the 9 he has now but it never worked out for him.  He has been in good form this month and is in the France squad for the World Cup Qualifiers so he has every chance of adding to his tally.

CM – Prince Oniangue (Reims) 25 years old
Oniangue has been in great form for Reims this month, scoring a goal in each of his 4 league games.  He only arrived at Reims in the summer but he has already made a big impact.

RW – Floyd Ayite (Reims) 24 years old
The Togo international has had a good month for Reims getting a goal and 2 assists.  He was particularly impressive in their shock win away to Marseille when he scored and got an assist.

LW – Wahbi Khazri (Bastia) 22 years old
Khazri has been the star for Bastia this month.  The Tunisian international has scored 2 goals and also picked up an assist in his 4 games this month.

AM – Benjamin Corgnet (St Etienne) 26 years old
I was picking between Corgnet and Joao Moutinho for this position but decided to go with Corgnet.  He scored twice for St Etienne and seems to have settled well since arriving in the summer.

CF – Edinson Cavani (Paris St Germain) 26 years old
Cavani has been playing on the right this season but he did get a run out up front when Ibrahimovic was injured.  He doesn’t seem to be affected by the new role though and scored 5 league goals this month.