Monaco and Clermont are going to face on Sunday the 16th of January at 3:00 pm in the 21st week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to take place in Monaco at the Stade Louis II.. The appointed referee is Jeremy Stinat.

Monaco occupies the 7th place in the standings with 30 points. It comes from a 0-0 draw against Nantes in its last match in the Ligue 1. Until now, it has won 8 times, draw 6 times, and lost 6 times.​​

Clermont occupies the 15th place in the table with 18 points. It comes from a 0-0 draw against Reims in its last match in the Ligue 1. Up to now, it has won 4 times, draw 6 times, and lost 9 times.​​

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Monaco​

Monaco has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (9 times or 45.00%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (9 times), 4-4-2 (7 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).

Philippe Clement is expected to play against Clermont with the following players: A. Nübel, I. Jakobs, G. Maripán Loaysa, A. Tchouaméni, E. Matazo, S. Diop, C. Oliveira Silva, G. Batalha Martins and K. Volland.

Assuming that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Monaco would be 24.78.

There are doubts about the presence of A. Disasi and D. Sidibé.

B. Badiashile Mukinayi, W. Ben Yedder, K. Diatta, F. Fàbregas i Soler, Y. Fofana and A. Golovin will definitely miss the match.

Clermont​

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (19 times).

Pascal Gastien is expected to play against Monaco with the following players: O. Djoco, V. N’Simba, F. Ogier, A. Zedadka, Y. Magnin, S. Samed, J. Gastien, E. Rashani, J. Iglesias Abreu, J. Dossou and P. Hamel.

Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Clermont would be 28.64.

J. Billong, C. Hountondji, S. Khaoui, J. Allevinah and M. Bayo will definitely miss the match.

Pascal Gastien will not be able to have the presence of A. Seidu who is suspended​​.