Eight Players Out for PSG vs. Lyon: Full Injury & Suspension List

Three days before the PSG vs. Lyon clash, which will ultimately be played Monday night, already 8 players are unavailable for this Matchday 8 game in Ligue 1, including 4 key players on the Parisian side. A look at the injured and suspended players from both teams ahead of their meeting.

Lyon were soundly beaten 3-0 at Hoffenheim on Thursday night in the Europa League with a reserve lineup, but they lead Ligue 1 ahead of Matchday 8. Or rather, co-leads, since Lyon currently has 14 points, like PSG, Paris FC, Monaco, and Lille. But Lyon has the best goal difference (+8) and sits atop the table.

For this French league showdown, which will ultimately be played Monday night starting at 8:30 p.m. (local time), Luis Enrique will be without four key injured players: Nuno Mendes, Marquinhos, and Ousmane Dembélé, all dealing with thigh injuries and out for several weeks, as well as Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, seriously injured in the knee and unavailable for several months.

Young Italian goalkeeper Alessandro Longoni was recovering individually a week ago before the trip to Strasbourg and was not in the squad against Barça on Tuesday night. According to our information, he will continue individual training through the end of this week and will not rejoin the group until next week. He will therefore not be available for PSG vs. Lyon.

While PSG will therefore be significantly weakened against Lyon, the Lyon club also has some important absentees. Its Burkinabé wing-back, Mohamed Ouédraogo, has been recovering from a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee since early October and will be out for several months, like Kvara, while Belgian striker Loïs Openda cracked his right fibula at Lens in mid-October and will be out at least until the November international break.

Olympique Lyonnais will also be without Japanese winger Keito Nakamura at the Parc des Princes, who was sent off last Sunday against Nice and is suspended, while two Lyon players remain uncertain, starting with Argentine left-back Nicolas Tagliafico, who returned from the last international break with an injury. The 2022 world champion has resumed training in recent days but may still lack match fitness against PSG.

Starting Thursday in the Europa League against Hoffenheim, young right-back Steeve Kango (19) had to come off as early as the half-hour mark (former Parisian Noham Kamara replaced him) after a spectacular fall that sent him straight to the hospital. After the match, his coach Paulo Fonseca was reassuring: "I spoke with the doctor; he's fine. He's at the hospital, but he's OK. It's a concussion protocol."