OL without nine players for Le Havre trip | OneFootball

According to L'Équipe, OL will be without suspended Clinton Mata and eight other players, injured or in recovery, for Sunday’s 17:15 Ligue 1 trip to Le Havre. Among them, Rémi Himbert faces six to eight weeks out.

OL remain in the hunt for the Champions League, a target that was not set at the start of the season. They sit fourth, three points behind OM, after several weekends shorn of attacking options.

Taylor Morton will miss the visit of Monaco on 22 March through suspension. Himbert injured an ankle in Vigo on Thursday in a 1-1 draw, shortly after signing his first professional contract, and is not expected back before late April.

Paulo Fonseca intends to pick an experienced side and is unlikely to break up his Endrick-Iaeremtchouk strike pairing. Pavel Sulc, the top scorer, remains out with a hamstring problem and could rejoin the group for Thursday’s Europa League last-16 second leg against Celta Vigo. Afonso Moreira, also hamstring, worked on Saturday with Malick Fofana, neither featured in the training game and both are hoped to return for Europe.

Ainsley Maitland-Niles continues indoor reconditioning for adductors, while Ernest Nuamah trained alone on an adjacent pitch. For Ruben Kluivert, this match comes too soon, the earliest return is 22 March for Monaco’s visit. Noham Kamara remains unavailable with adductors.

Source: L'Équipe