RC Lens start at Slavia Prague with Gaillette back three, Todibo on the bench | OneFootball

RC Lens open their Champions League campaign at Slavia Prague with a back three made up of young Gaillette graduates for the 21:00 kick-off.

According to L'Équipe, head coach Dino Toppmöller has started Kyllian Antonio, Ismaëlo Ganiou and Souleymane Sagnan, with Jean-Clair Todibo, short of match rhythm, among the substitutes.

Florian Thauvin captains the side in attack alongside Franjo Ivanovic and Abdallah Sima. In midfield, Andrija Bulatovic gets the nod over Michael Cuisance to partner Amadou Haidara.

Slavia Prague start Markovic, Vicek, Zima, Chaloupek, Isife, Sadilek, Nowak, Kubiak, Ayaosi, Sturm and Chytil.

Lens arrive after back-to-back Ligue 1 defeats, 1-2 at Strasbourg and 0-1 at home to Lorient, and seek a response.

Source: L'Équipe

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