Ghana center back Emmanuel Ntim is set to miss Caen’s French Ligue 1 round 8 game against Grenoble on Tuesday, September 26.
The 27-year-old suffered a knee sprain in their 2-1 defeat to Saint-Ettienne on Saturday, September 16 at home in the Ligue 2 round 6 game.
He was expected to be out for two weeks and has already been out for a week.
The center back was taken off after 44 minutes with a knee sprain on Saturday, September 16 and was replaced by Alexandre Coeff.
In the game, his side Caen lost 2-1 at the Stade Michel d’Ornano in round six of the French Ligue 2.
Florian Tardieu gave Saint-Etienne the lead after 30 minutes into the game through a penalty he converted.
The visitors doubled their lead in with two minutes of regular time remaining through Ibrahim Sissoko with an assist from French-born Ghanaian Dennis Appiah.
There was still time for the home side to pull one back in the third minute of added time. Alexandre Mendy scored the consolation for Caen with an assist from Coeff.