Lille predicted XI v Lens: Alexsandro and Thomas Meunier out

Lille OSC will be without two key defenders as they make the short trip to face rivals RC Lens on Saturday night. 

Alexsandro suffered a psoas injury last weekend, Bruno Genesio confirmed. His involvement in last weekend’s fixture was a risk, as the Lille manager himself admitted. It came just a couple of days after he had returned from international duty with Brazil. During the international break, he had played at high altitude against Bolivia. He will therefore miss the Derby du Nord. 

Thomas Meunier will also miss the encounter. Les Sang et Or confirmed last week that the Belgian had undergone groin surgery and would therefore miss several weeks of action. Olivier Giroud will lead the line, with Hamza Igamane starting from the bench.

Lille likely line-up v Lens

Berke Ozer; Romain Perraud, Chancel Mbemba, Nathan Ngoy, Aissa Mandi; Ayyoub Bouaddi, Benjmain André; Félix Correia, Hákon Arnar Haraldsson, Matias Fernandez-Pardo; Olivier Giroud. (L’Éq)

GFFN | Luke Entwistle