Nice and Clermont will take on on Sunday the 6th of February at 14:00 in the 23rd week of the Ligue 1. The match will be played in Nice at the Allianz Riviera. The referee will be Jérôme Brisard.
Nice occupies the 2nd position in the standings with 42 points. It comes from a 0-2 win against Metz in its last match in the Ligue 1. Thus far, it has won 13 times, draw 4 times, and lost 5 times.
Nice won the last 5 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 5th of December against Strasbourg and the score was 0-3.
Clermont sits in the 15th place in the table with 21 points. It comes from a 2-1 win against Rennes in its last match in the Ligue 1. Thus far, it has won 5 times, draw 6 times, and lost 11 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Nice
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (22 times).
Christophe Galtier is expected to play against Clermont with the following players: W. Benítez, J. Amavi, J. Todibo, D. da Costa Santos, J. Lotomba, J. Kluivert, K. Thuram-Ulien, P. Rosario, H. Boudaoui, K. Dolberg and A. Gouiri.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Nice would be 25.64.
Clermont
Clermont has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (20 times or 90.91%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (20 times) and 4-3-3 (2 times).
Pascal Gastien is expected to play against Nice with the following players: O. Djoco, V. N’Simba, A. Seidu, C. Hountondji, A. Zedadka, J. Berthomier, S. Samed, J. Gastien, E. Rashani, L. Da Cunha and P. Hamel.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Clermont would be 26.91.
Pascal Gastien will probably not be able to employ M. Bayo because of injury.
J. Billong, F. Ogier, S. Khaoui and J. Allevinah will definitely miss the match.