Clermont and Strasbourg will take on on Wednesday the 22nd of December at 9:00 pm in the 19th week of the Ligue 1. The match will be played in Clermont-Ferrand at the Stade Gabriel Montpied. The referee will be Bastien Dechepy.
Clermont is in the 16th position in the table with 17 points. It comes from a 0-1 win against Angers SCO in its last match in the Ligue 1. Thus far, it has won 4 times, draw 5 times, and lost 9 times.
Strasbourg is in the 7th place in the league with 26 points. It comes from a 0-2 loss against Olympique Marseille in its last match in the Ligue 1. Thus far, it has won 7 times, draw 5 times, and lost 6 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 (18 times).
Pascal Gastien is expected to play against Strasbourg with the following players: O. Djoco, V. N’Simba, Y. Magnin, F. Ogier, A. Zedadka, S. Samed, J. Gastien, A. Mendy, J. Iglesias Abreu, A. Seidu and M. Bayo.
Presuming that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Clermont would be 26.45.
J. Billong, C. Hountondji, J. Berthomier, E. Rashani, J. Allevinah and P. Hamel will definitely miss the match.
Strasbourg
Strasbourg has mostly adopted the 5-3-2 line-up most used during the season (17 times or 94.44%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 5-3-2 (17 times) and 4-4-2 (once).
Julien Stéphan is expected to play against Clermont with the following players: M. Sels, A. Caci, G. Nyamsi, A. Djiku, L. Perrin, F. Guilbert, A. Thomasson, I. Sissoko, J. Bellegarde, L. Ajorque and H. Diallo.
Suppose that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Strasbourg would be 25.64.
M. Le Marchand and L. Mothiba will definitely miss the match.