Fauvergue out of AEK fixture

LOSC Lille Métropole's France Under-21 striker Nicolas Fauvergue is out of his club's forthcoming UEFA Champions League game against AEK Athens FC after sustaining a calf injury last weekend.

Athens absence
The forward, who equalised for Lille in their 1-1 draw at RSC Anderlecht on Matchday 1, was released earlier this week from France's squad for the UEFA European U21 Championship qualifying play-off against Israel and could be sidelined for a sustained period also including the Group H trip to Athens on 1 November. "Fauvergue will be unavailable for three to six weeks," the Ligue 1 side stated on Friday. The towering 21-year-old was injured after scoring the only goal of Lille's 1-0 win against OGC Nice on 30 September.