The Frenchman, who is on loan from Newcastle United, suffered the problem during his country's 1-1 draw with Albania on Friday.
Yanga-Mbiwa, 25, is expected to be sidelined until around the middle of November.
The centre-back has made 13 appearances in all competitions for Roma so far this season.
Restore Data
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |
| 1 | Atalanta BCAtalanta | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 17 | 22 | 37 |
| 2 | Napoli | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 35 |
| 3 | Inter Milan | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 15 | 19 | 31 |
| 4 | Fiorentina | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 18 | 31 |
| 5 | Lazio | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 13 | 31 |
| 6 | Juventus | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 28 |
| 7 | AC Milan | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 22 |
| 8 | Bologna | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 22 |
| 9 | Udinese | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 25 | -6 | 20 |
| 10 | Empoli | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Torino | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | Roma | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 21 | -3 | 16 |
| 13 | Parma | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 25 | -4 | 15 |
| 14 | Genoa | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 24 | -11 | 15 |
| 15 | CagliariCagliari | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 26 | -11 | 14 |
| 16 | Lecce | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 26 | -18 | 13 |
| 17 | Como | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 28 | -12 | 12 |
| 18 | Hellas VeronaHellas Verona | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 37 | -19 | 12 |
| 19 | Monza | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -6 | 10 |
| 20 | VeneziaVenezia | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 29 | -14 | 10 |
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