Former France player of the year Yoann Gourcuff is ruled out of Lyon's Ligue 1 match against Guingamp on Sunday as he continues to recover from a groin injury picked up in training.

The playmaker, who scored the winner against Marseille on October 26 to snap the league leader's eight match winning streak, is out indefinitely after suffering the problem ahead of last Saturday's 3-1 victory at Nice.

The club said in a statement the former Rennes, AC Milan and Bordeaux star, who is the son of Algeria coach Christian Gourcuff, will "undergo a rigorous rehabilitation process in order for Yoann to be healthy as soon as possible"

It is the 17th injury suffered by Gourcuff since arriving at Lyon in 2010 while he has never played more than seven straight matches for the club without breaking down.