Clermont and Reims will play on Sunday the 9th of January at 3:00 pm in the 20th week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to be played in Clermont-Ferrand at the Stade Gabriel Montpied. The chosen referee is Romain Lissorgue.
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. So far, it has won 4 times, draw 5 times, and lost 9 times.
Reims occupies the 14th place in the standings with 23 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Olympique Marseille in its last match in the Ligue 1. Up to now, it has won 5 times, draw 8 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 Reims with the following players: O. Djoco, V. N’Simba, A. Mendy, A. Zedadka, Y. Magnin, S. Samed, J. Gastien, J. Dossou, E. Rashani, J. Allevinah and M. Bayo.
Presuming that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Clermont would be 27.18.
J. Billong, C. Hountondji, F. Ogier, J. Berthomier and S. Khaoui will definitely miss the match.
Reims
Reims has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 5-3-2 and 3-4-1-2 (3 times or 15.79% each of them).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 5-3-2 (3 times), 3-4-1-2 (3 times), 4-3-3 (3 times), 3-1-4-2 (3 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times), 3-5-2 (once), 4-4-2 (once) and 3-4-2-1 (once).
Óscar García Junyent is expected to play against Clermont with the following players: P. Rajković, Y. Abdelhamid, M. Mbow, A. Gravillon, B. Locko, M. Cassamã, D. Lopy, T. Foket, I. Kebbal, N. Mbuku and E. Toure.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Reims would be 24.09.
F. Doucouré, M. Cafaro, G. Konan, A. Matusiwa, M. Munetsi and A. Zeneli will definitely miss the match.
Óscar García Junyent will not be able to have the presence of H. Ekitike who is suspended.