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title: "Numerous absences for Lens ahead of Sporting CP clash in UEFA Champions League"
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# Numerous absences for Lens ahead of Sporting CP clash in UEFA Champions League

Lens host Sporting CP on 13 October at 19:45 Damascus time in the second round of the league phase of the UEFA Champions League, amid numerous absences in both squads.

[Youssef Darwish](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/youssef-darwish-4) Editor Published 12 October 2026، 07:48 ، updated 22:09 Saudi time

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Numerous absences for Lens ahead of Sporting CP clash in UEFA Champions League

[Lens](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/lens-277) face [Sporting CP](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/sporting-cp-296) on 13 October 2026 at 19:45 Damascus time, in the second round of the league phase of the 2026/27 [UEFA Champions League](https://riyadaty.com/en/competition/uefa-champions-league-20), with the match broadcast on beIN Sports.

Lens go into the match with numerous absences, missing [J. Chavez](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/j-chavez-13599), [Maik Nawrocki](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/maik-nawrocki-8196) and [Abdallah Dipo Sima](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/abdallah-dipo-sima-8210) due to injury.

Lens are also without [M. Diarra](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/m-diarra-16457), [Thorgan Ganael Francis Hazard](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/thorgan-ganael-francis-hazard-8204), [I. Jourdren](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/i-jourdren-8186) and [Jean-Clair Dimitri Roger Todibo](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/jean-clair-dimitri-roger-todibo-8198) for the match.

For their part, Sporting CP will be missing [Nuno Santos](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/nuno-santos-9669) and [Rodrigo Zalazar Martínez](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/rodrigo-zalazar-mart%C3%ADnez-9679) due to injury.

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