Clermont and Rennes will play on Sunday the 23rd of January at 3:00 pm in the 22nd week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to be played in Clermont-Ferrand at the Stade Gabriel Montpied. The encounter will be officiated by Thomas Léonard.
Clermont occupies the 17th position in the league with 18 points. It comes from a 0-2 loss against Strasbourg in its last match in the Ligue 1. Until now, it has won 4 times, draw 6 times, and lost 11 times.
Rennes is in the 5th place in the standings with 34 points. It comes from a 6-0 win against Bordeaux in its last match in the Ligue 1. To date, it has won 10 times, draw 4 times, and lost 7 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Clermont
Clermont has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (20 times or 95.24%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (20 times) and 4-3-3 (once).
Pascal Gastien is expected to play against Rennes with the following players: O. Djoco, V. N’Simba, F. Ogier, C. Hountondji, A. Zedadka, Y. Magnin, S. Samed, E. Rashani, J. Berthomier, J. Dossou and J. Tell.
Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Clermont would be 27.64.
A. Desmas, J. Billong, S. Khaoui, J. Allevinah and M. Bayo will definitely miss the match.
Pascal Gastien will not be able to have the presence of P. Hamel who is suspended.
Rennes
Rennes has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 4-4-2 and 4-3-3 (9 times or 42.86% each of them).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (9 times), 4-3-3 (9 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Bruno Génésio is expected to play against Clermont with the following players: D. Alemdar, B. Meling, W. Omari, L. Badé, L. Assignon, B. Bourigeaud, J. Martin, B. Santamaría, J. Doku, M. Terrier and G. Laborde.
Assuming that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Rennes would be 24.91.
A. Gomis, R. Salin, N. Aguerd, J. Gelin, H. Traoré, K. Sulemana and F. Tait will definitely miss the match.