Tavares and Sutalo set to miss at least three weeks for Lazio

Serie A leaders Lazio will be without Nuno Tavares and Josip Sutalo for at least three weeks. Tests showed that both players have muscle damage.

The injuries occurred in the match against Napoli at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, which ended in a draw. As a result, Tavares has been withdrawn from Portugal's squad and Sutalo from Croatia's squad for Nations League duty.

Neither player is expected to feature in the Serie A matches against Lecce and Torino. Both are hoped to be available to head coach Gennaro Gattuso in the first week of December.

Sutalo joined from Ajax on loan with a purchase option on 22 August and has made eight Serie A appearances since then. Tavares has scored one goal and provided four assists in 11 Serie A matches this season, but he has frequently had to deal with muscle injuries in the past.