L’Équipe understands that Hamza Igamane is likely to lead the line for Lille OSC, against Brann, instead of Olivier Giroud.
Igamane has made an impact at Lille in the opening weeks of his time at the club, but he has often done so off the bench. However, Giroud could cede his place on Thursday evening. LOSC must also contend with a fair number of absentees.
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Alexsandro, Thomas Meunier, Romain Perraud, and Benjamin André are all, notably, out, whilst André Gomes and Ethan Mbappé are not registered in their UEFA Europa League squad. Chancel Mbemba is not expected to start, either, meaning that Aissa Mandi is set to partner Nathan Ngoy at the back. Calvin Verdonk, meanwhile, is expected to fill in for Perraud at left-back.
Lille likely line-up v Brann
Berke Ozer; Calvin Verdonk, Aissa Mandi, Nathan Ngoy, Tiago Santos; Nabil Bentaleb, Hakon Arnar Haraldsson, Ayyoub Bouaddi; Osame Sahraoui, Hamza Igamane, Matias Fernandez-Pardo. (L’Éq)
