Clermont and Nantes are going to take on on Sunday the 3rd of April at 3:00 pm in the 30th 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 Mikael Lesage.
Clermont is in the 17th place in the standings with 28 points. It comes from a 3-1 loss against Lens in its last match in the Ligue 1. So far, it has won 7 times, draw 7 times, and lost 15 times.
Nantes sits in the 9th place in the table with 42 points. It comes from a 0-1 loss against Lille in its last match in the Ligue 1. So far, it has won 12 times, draw 6 times, and lost 11 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 68.97%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (20 times), 4-3-3 (7 times) and 4-1-4-1 (2 times).
Pascal Gastien is expected to play against Nantes with the following players: O. Djoco, A. Seidu, F. Ogier, J. Billong, A. Zedadka, Y. Magnin, J. Berthomier, J. Gastien, E. Rashani, L. Da Cunha and M. Bayo.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Clermont would be 27.27.
Pascal Gastien will probably not be able to employ V. N’Simba and J. Allevinah because of injury.
C. Hountondji will definitely miss the match.
Nantes
Nantes has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (8 times or 27.59%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (8 times), 5-3-2 (5 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 4-3-3 (3 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 5-4-1 (2 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times), 4-4-1-1 (2 times), 3-5-2 (once) and 4-3-1-2 (once).
Antoine Kombouare is expected to play against Clermont with the following players: A. Lafont, A. Girotto, J. Castelletto, D. Appiah, P. Chirivella Burgos, O. Bukari, M. Simon, L. Blas and R. Kolo Muani.
Presuming that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Nantes would be 26.11.
There are doubts about the presence of Q. Merlin and S. Moutoussamy.
Antoine Kombouare will probably not be able to employ S. Corchia, N. Pallois, C. Traoré, A. Limbombe Ekango and M. Coco because of injury.