Lens predicted XI v Lorient: Neil El Aynaoui and Jhoanner Chavez out | OneFootball

RC Lens will be without Neil El Aynaoui against FC Lorient and until the end of the season after the midfielder sustained a sprained knee.

Franck Haise confirmed on Thursday that El Aynaoui, who has been in the midfield rotation this season, will not feature again, whilst the same may also be true of Jhoanner Chavez, who is struggling with a calf injury. Unlike with El Aynaoui, there is are chance that Chavez may feature again for Les Sang et Or before the end of the campaign.

There are players returning for Lens, notably Jonathan Gradit, who returns from suspension, whilst L’Équipe report that Salis Abdul Samed has trained normally all week and is therefore in competition with Nampalys Mendy and Andy Diouf for a starting spot.

Lens likely lineup v Lorient

Brice Samba; Facundo Medina, Kevin Danso, Jonathan Gradit’ Deiver Machado, Andy Diouf, Nampalys Mendy, Przemyslaw Frankowski; Angelo Fulgini, Elye Wahi, Florian Sotoca (L’Éq)

GFFN | Luke Entwistle