An outbreak of Covid at Lens has led to their home match against Nantes, scheduled for Sunday lunchtime, being postponed.
An LFP communiqué read: "After the opinion of the national COVID FFF commission establishing the absence of 11 players out of 30 at RC Lens after testing positive in RT-PCR tests ahead of the match against FC Nantes, the Competitions Commission of the LFP, in accordance with chapter 2.4.2.2 of the protocol of organization of 2020-2021 matches, has decided to postpone the RC Lens - FC Nantes match in Round 8 of Ligue 1 Ubear Eats and initially scheduled for Sunday October 25 at 13:00, to a date to be determined."