Clermont and Paris Saint Germain will take on on Saturday the 9th of April at 9:00 pm in the 31st week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to be staged in Clermont-Ferrand at the Stade Gabriel Montpied. The appointed referee is Eric Wattellier.
Clermont sits in the 17th position in the table with 28 points. It comes from a 2-3 loss against Nantes in its last match in the Ligue 1. Thus far, it has won 7 times, draw 7 times, and lost 16 times.
Paris Saint Germain is in the 1st position in the table with 68 points. It comes from a 5-1 win against Lorient in its last match in the Ligue 1. As of now, it has won 21 times, draw 5 times, and lost 4 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 66.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (20 times), 4-3-3 (8 times) and 4-1-4-1 (2 times).
Pascal Gastien is expected to play against Paris Saint Germain with the following players: O. Djoco, V. N’Simba, A. Seidu, F. Ogier, A. Zedadka, Y. Magnin, J. Berthomier, S. Khaoui, J. Dossou, J. Allevinah and M. Bayo.
Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Clermont would be 27.27.
C. Hountondji, E. Rashani and P. Hamel will definitely miss the match.
Pascal Gastien will not be able to have the presence of S. Samed who is suspended.
Paris Saint Germain
Paris Saint Germain has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (21 times or 70.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (21 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times) and 4-2-2-2 (once).
Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero is expected to play against Clermont with the following players: G. Donnarumma, N. Mendes, M. Aoás Corrêa, P. Kimpembe, A. Hakimi Mouh, G. Wijnaldum, I. Gueye, D. Hélio Pereira, N. da Silva Santos Junior, L. Messi and K. Mbappé Lottin.
If the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Paris Saint Germain would be 27.91.
Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero will probably not be able to employ J. Bernat Velasco and M. Verratti because of injury.
K. Navas Gamboa, A. Diallo, Á. Di María Hernández, J. Draxler, A. Herrera Agüera and L. Paredes will definitely miss the match.