Clermont and Lens are going to face off on Wednesday the 1st of December at 9:00 pm in the 16th week of the Ligue 1. The match will be played in Clermont-Ferrand at the Stade Gabriel Montpied. The appointed referee is Amaury Delerue.
Clermont occupies the 18th position in the league with 13 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Reims in its last match in the Ligue 1. As of now, it has won 3 times, draw 4 times, and lost 8 times.
Lens occupies the 5th place in the league with 25 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Angers SCO in its last match in the Ligue 1. Up to now, it has won 7 times, draw 4 times, and lost 4 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Clermont
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (15 times).
Pascal Gastien is expected to play against Lens with the following players: O. Djoco, V. N’Simba, F. Ogier, J. Billong, A. Zedadka, S. Samed, J. Gastien, J. Allevinah, J. Berthomier, J. Dossou and M. Bayo.
In case that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Clermont would be 27.27.
C. Hountondji, S. Khaoui and E. Rashani will definitely miss the match.
Lens
Lens has mostly adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up most used during the season (12 times or 80.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-1-2 (12 times), 3-4-2-1 (2 times) and 3-4-3 (once).
Franck Haise is expected to play against Clermont with the following players: J. Leca, K. Danso, J. Gradit, F. Medina, P. Frankowski, S. Fofana, C. Doucoure, J. Clauss, G. Kakuta, F. Sotoca and I. Kpene Ganago.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Lens would be 26.82.
D. Machado Mena and W. Saïd will definitely miss the match.