Runaway Ligue 1 Uber Eats leaders Paris Saint-Germain will have to do without star forward Kylian Mbappé and key midfielder Marco Verratti - both suspended - in next Wednesday's Round 19 trip to Lorient. Check out these and the rest of the LFP Disciplinary Commission's decisions from Wednesday.
The LFP Disciplinary Committee met this Wednesday and ruled on the case of Denis Bouanga, the only Ligue 1 Uber Eats player to have been sent off in Round 18. For his straight red card received last Saturday in Reims, the AS Saint-Etienne striker was suspended for two games. He will therefore be absent for Pascal Dupraz's first two games on the ASSE bench - against neighbours Lyon-La Duchère in the Coupe de France next weekend and against FC Nantes in next Wednesday's Round 19 Ligue 1 Uber Eats clash. He will be able to make his return to competition in early 2022.
Mbappé, Verratti and Blas miss Christmas clashes
In addition, nine players - including Mbappé, Verratti and Nantes star Ludovic Blas - have been suspended for one match for receiving a third yellow card over a period including ten official games or by revocation of a suspension. This sanction takes effect from Tuesday, 21 December at 0:00 and means that the Parisian pair will miss the trip to Lorient while attacking string-puller Blas will miss Les Canaris' trip to face Saint-Etienne - which is surely a relief for Dupraz as he stares down the barrel of his first Ligue 1 Uber Eats match in charge of Les Verts.
One-match bans:
Romain Thomas (Angers SCO)
Yadaly Diaby (Clermont Foot)
Facundo Medina (RC Lens)
Vincent Pajot (FC Metz)
Pape Matar Sarr (FC Metz)
Youssouf Fofana (AS Monaco)
Ludovic Blas (FC Nantes)
Marco Verratti (Paris Saint-Germain)
Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain)
