Lens predicted XI v Lille: Will Still contends with two major absences after intense training session | OneFootball

Ahead of the heavily awaited Derby du Nord on Sunday night, RC Lens trained in front of their fans on Saturday. However, it was a costly, intense session with two players sustaining injuries.

The first was Juma Bah, who spent the afternoon in hospital after a collision that saw him lose two teeth. He therefore will play no part against Lille OSC this evening. The Manchester City loanee is not expected to play any part in training until next Tuesday.

Jonathan Gradit also sustained an injury during the session. He suffered a facial injury and required stitches. He is a doubt but is quite likely to be included in the matchday squad for Lens, who now find themselves short of options at centre-back.

Lens likely line-up v Lille

Mathew Ryan; Deiver Machado, Facundo Medina, Malang Sarr, Ruben Aguilar; Andy Diouf, Adrien Thomasson, Neil El-Aynaoui, Nampalys Mendy, Florian Sotoca; Wesley Saïd. (L’Éq)

GFFN | Luke Entwistle