Olympique Marseille and Clermont are going to face on Sunday the 20th of February at 8:45 pm in the 25th week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to be staged in Marseille at the Orange Vélodrome. The referee will be Willy Delajod.
Olympique Marseille is in the 2nd place in the table with 46 points. It comes from a 1-2 win against Metz in its last match in the Ligue 1. Thus far, it has won 13 times, draw 7 times, and lost 4 times.
Clermont is in the 15th position in the table with 24 points. It comes from a 1-2 loss against Saint-Étienne in its last match in the Ligue 1. So far, it has won 6 times, draw 6 times, and lost 12 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Olympique Marseille
Olympique Marseille has mostly adopted the 3-2-4-1 line-up most used during the season (5 times or 20.83%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-2-4-1 (5 times), 4-3-3 (4 times), 4-1-4-1 (4 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times), 3-3-1-3 (2 times), 3-3-3-1 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (once), 4-4-1-1 (once) and 3-5-1-1 (once).
Jorge Luis Sampaoli Moya is expected to play against Clermont with the following players: P. López Sabata, A. Dia, W. Saliba, D. Ćaleta-Car, P. Lirola Kosok, P. Gueye, G. Santos da Silva, B. Kamara, M. Guendouzi Olié, D. Payet and C. Bakambu.
If the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Olympique Marseille would be 25.73.
K. De La Fuente will definitely miss the match.
Clermont
Clermont has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (20 times or 83.33%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (20 times) and 4-3-3 (4 times).
Pascal Gastien is expected to play against Olympique Marseille 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 M. Bayo.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Clermont would be 26.55.
J. Billong will definitely miss the match.