SAINT-ETIENNE. Saint-Étienne had a amazing comeback against Clermont.

The match was played at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-etienne on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Pierre Gaillouste who had the assistance of Alexandre Viala and Laurent Coniglio. The 4th official was Abdelatif Kherradji.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Saint-Étienne was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Clermont that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Clermont was more pushing with 47 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. Still, Saint-Étienne managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Saint-Étienne shot 18 times, 4 on target, 14 off target. On the other side, Clermont shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Saint-Étienne received 1 yellow card (M. Trauco). Talking about the opposition, Clermont received 1 yellow card (J. C. Billong).

Standings

After playing this match, Saint-Étienne will have 9 points to sit in the 19th place. Talking about the opposition, Clermont will stay with 13 points like Troyes to sit in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Saint-Étienne will play away against Troyes on the 21st of November with a 5-2 head to head stats in favor of Saint-Étienne (5 draws).

Clermont will host Nice on the 21st of November with a 0-0 head to head.

Saint-Étienne – Formation

Saint-Étienne started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Claude Puel decided to play with the following team: Etienne Green (6.2), Mahdi Camara (6.9), Saïdou Sow (7.8), Timothée Kolodziejczak (6.8), Gabriel Silva (7.0), Zaydou Youssouf (7.2), Lucas Gourna-Douath (6.6), Aimen Moueffek (6.8), Ryad Boudebouz (7.8), Romain Hamouma (6.4) and Wahbi Khazri (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Mickael Nade, Jean-Philippe Krasso, Stefan Bajić, Juan Ignacio Ramírez (6.3), Miguel Trauco (5.9), Denis Bouanga (6.4), Arnaud Nordin (9.8), Yvann Maçon and Assane Dioussé.

Saint-Étienne could not rely on the presence of M. Trauco (injured).

Substitutions

Saint-Étienne made 4 changes: S. Gabriel for M. Trauco (39′), A. Moueffek for D. Bouanga (46′), Z. Youssouf for A. Nordin (67′) and L. Douath for I. Ramirez (83′).

Best player: Arnaud Nordin​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Saint-Étienne was Arnaud Nordin.

His rating is (9.8) with 1 goal, 8 passes (87% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 1. He performed 6 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 67′.

Clermont – Formation

Clermont started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the opposite side, Pascal Gastien played with: Arthur Desmas (6.0), Akim Zedadka (7.0), Cedric Hountondji (6.7), Florent Ogier (6.1), Vital N’Simba (6.5), Salis Abdul Samed (6.8), Jonathan Iglesias (5.8), Jim Allevinah (6.9), Jason Berthomier (8.1), Elbasan Rashani (7.1) and Mohamed Bayo (7.2).

They had on the bench: Alidu Seidu, Jodel Dossou (6.8), Ouparine Djoco, Saîf-Eddine Khaoui (6.5), Jordan Tell, Jean Claude Billong (5.9), Arial Mendy, Oriol Busquets and Pierre-Yves Hamel (6.8).

Clermont could not rely on the presence of J. C. Billong (injured).

Substitutions

Clermont made 5 changes: C. Hountondji for J. C. Billong (55′), J. Berthomier for S. Khaoui (70′), E. Rashani for J. Dossou (70′), M. Bayo for P. Hamel (87′) and J. Allevinah for J. Tell (88′).

Best player: Jason Berthomier​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Clermont was Jason Berthomier.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 59 passes (77% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.​

• Lorient – Brest – 1-2
• Olympique Marseille – Metz – 0-0
• Nantes – Strasbourg – 2-2
• Nice – Montpellier – 0-1
• Reims – Monaco – 0-0
• Rennes – Olympique Lyonnais – 4-1
• Saint-Étienne – Clermont – 3-2