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title: "Multiple absences hit Lens and Lyon ahead of Matchday 6 clash in Ligue 1"
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description: "Seven players will be missing for Lens and four for Lyon when the two sides meet in Matchday 6 of Ligue 1, next Thursday at 21:45 Damascus time."
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# Multiple absences hit Lens and Lyon ahead of Matchday 6 clash in Ligue 1

Seven players will be missing for Lens and four for Lyon when the two sides meet in Matchday 6 of Ligue 1, next Thursday at 21:45 Damascus time.

[Kareem Al-Saleh](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/kareem-al-saleh-2) Editor Published 8 October 2026، 09:46 ، updated 22:20 Saudi time

![Multiple absences hit Lens and Lyon ahead of Matchday 6 clash in Ligue 1](https://riyadaty.com/img/blog-1200.jpg/covers/3adbc8b1b533e0586198c3b224242f83e4528797.webp)

Multiple absences hit Lens and Lyon ahead of Matchday 6 clash in Ligue 1

[Lens](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/lens-277) will host [Lyon](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/lyon-273) in a match bringing the two sides together in Matchday 6 of the French football league, at 21:45 Damascus time.

Lens go into the match missing seven players, with [Saud Abdulhamid](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/saud-abdullah-salem-abdulhamid-8188) out for other reasons, while [S. Baidoo](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/s-baidoo-8191), [J. Chavez](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/j-chavez-13599), [Maik Nawrocki](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/maik-nawrocki-8196), [Yacine Titraoui](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/yacine-titraoui-8206), [Amadou Haidara](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/amadou-haidara-8203) and [Abdallah Dipo Sima](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/abdallah-dipo-sima-8210) are all absent through injury.

Lyon, meanwhile, are without the services of four players, as [Rémi Stéphane Himbert](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/r%C3%A9mi-st%C3%A9phane-himbert-8084) is out for other reasons, while [Julien Duranville](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/julien-duranville-8082), [Nicolás Alejandro Tagliafico](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/nicol%C3%A1s-alejandro-tagliafico-8071) and [Moussa Niakhaté](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/moussa-niakhat%C3%A9-8070) are absent through injury.

This match comes as part of Matchday 6 of the 2026/27 [Ligue 1](https://riyadaty.com/en/competition/ligue-1-19) season.

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