Ethan Mbappé Left Off Lille Starting Lineup Against PSG

Paris Saint-Germain travel to the Pierre Mauroy Stadium on Sunday to take on LOSC Lille in what should be their most difficult challenge of the early Ligue 1 season.

Prior to kickoff, Luis Enrique announced his starting lineup featuring Bradley Barcola, Marco Asensio, and Ousmane Dembélé in the attack, João Neves, Warren Zaïre-Emery, and Vitinha in the midfield, and Lucas Beraldo, Willian Pacho, Marquinhos, and Achraf Hakimi in defense. In goal is Italy international Gianluigi Donnarumma.

PSG has plenty of options in terms of substitutes with Désiré Doué headlining the options on the bench for Luis Enrique. Fabian Ruiz, Kang-In Lee, Randal Kolo Muani, Ibrahim Mbaye, Milan Škriniar, Yoram Zague, Arnau Tenas, and Senny Mayulu are all available as well.

Many had been looking forward to this match with the expectation that Kylian Mbappé’s brother, and former PSG player, Ethan Mbappé would play for Lille, but his name was curiously left out of the lineup entirely.

Instead, the only former PSG player supporters may see is Thomas Meunier is starts on the bench for Lille.

PSG is off to a stellar start to their Ligue 1 campaign with two commanding victories over Le Havre and Montpellier HSC. Lille have qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League and also have to wins in Ligue 1.