Clermont and Saint-Étienne are going to face on Sunday the 13th of February at 3:00 pm in the 24th week of the Ligue 1. The match will be staged in Clermont-Ferrand at the Stade Gabriel Montpied. The referee will be Ruddy Buquet.
Clermont occupies the 15th place in the league with 24 points. It comes from a 0-1 win against Nice in its last match in the Ligue 1. To date, it has won 6 times, draw 6 times, and lost 11 times.
Saint-Étienne occupies the 20th place in the league with 18 points. It comes from a 3-1 win against Montpellier in its last match in the Ligue 1. Thus far, it has won 4 times, draw 6 times, and lost 13 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 86.96%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (20 times) and 4-3-3 (3 times).
Pascal Gastien is expected to play against Saint-Étienne with the following players: O. Djoco, V. N’Simba, A. Seidu, C. Hountondji, A. Zedadka, Y. Magnin, S. Samed, J. Gastien, E. Rashani, J. Dossou and M. Bayo.
Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Clermont would be 26.73.
J. Billong, S. Khaoui and L. Da Cunha will definitely miss the match.
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (6 times or 26.09%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (6 times), 4-3-3 (5 times), 3-4-2-1 (3 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 5-4-1 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times), 3-4-3 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Pascal Dupraz is expected to play against Clermont with the following players: M. Nade, T. Kolodziejczak, Z. Youssouf, L. Gourna Douath, Y. Macon, A. Nordin, D. Bouanga, B. Sako, W. Khazri and R. Boudebouz.
Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Saint-Étienne would be 26.90.
J. Gnagnon, H. Moukoudi, G. Antunes da Silva, M. Trauco Saavedra, M. Rivera and Y. Neyou Noupa will definitely miss the match.
Pascal Dupraz will not be able to have the presence of M. Camara who is suspended.