The teams meet in Christchurch in a Pool A World Cup fixture and the ex-England captain will take his place among the Scottish coaching staff.
A week after losing a European Cup fixture at Stade Mayol for the first time, when they were humbled by the holders and pool three rivals Saracens, the French club were, in theory, vulnerable on Friday night at the AJ Bell Stadium.
Though many managers would not have appeared to discuss a League Cup fixture on the back of a defeat like Sunday's – Sir Alex Ferguson did not consent to press conferences for such occasions – it was a sign of Moyes' resolve that he did so.
But in her effort to make amends and the Olympic minimum, she has been a Fed Cup fixture this year, and she said she shrugged off a case of food poisoning last week to make it to northeastern Ukraine.
Elsewhere during that season Arsène Wenger's side lost: the opening game of the campaign, the Community Shield against Manchester United, on penalties; an FA Cup semi to the same opposition; a League Cup fixture against Middlesbrough; and Champions League matches against Internazionale, Dynamo Kyiv and Chelsea.
With TV cameras in attendance as Swindon hosted Championship high-fliers Southampton at the County Ground in a Carling Cup fixture, Di Canio and his star striker were involved in a heated dispute after the final whistle that was broadcast across the country.
Not just because this may well be his last appearance in a European Cup fixture before he officially retires.
He is now 38.The century came 370 days after his 99th century against South Africa in a World Cup fixture.
Things were much better against Ecuador on Friday; Claros's presence, in his 51st international, added some composure to a game that at times seemed more akin to the hurly-burly of England's Championship than a World Cup fixture.
When Emilio Butragueño scored four goals for Spain in their second round match, not only did he become the first player to do so in a World Cup fixture since Eusébio in 1966, he also crushed the Danish dream.
