Olympique Lyonnais and Clermont are going to face off on Sunday the 1st of January at 5:00 pm in the 17th week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to be staged in Décines-Charpieu at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais. The appointed referee is Stéphanie Frappart.

Olympique Lyonnais is in the 8th place in the table with 24 points. It comes from a 2-4 win against Brest in its last match in the Ligue 1. To date, it has won 7 times, draw 3 times, and lost 6 times.​​

Clermont sits in the 11th place in the table with 19 points. It comes from a 0-2 loss against Lille in its last match in the Ligue 1. As of now, it has won 5 times, draw 4 times, and lost 7 times.​​

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Olympique Lyonnais​

Olympique Lyonnais has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (8 times or 50.00%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (8 times), 4-2-3-1 (3 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (once), 3-5-2 (once) and 4-4-2 (once).

Laurent Blanc is expected to play against Clermont with the following players: A. Lopes, D. Da Silva, S. Diomande, C. Lukeba, S. Kumbedi Nseke, T. Mendes, M. Caqueret, K. Toko Ekambi, M. Cherki, M. Lemos Martins and A. Lacazette.

In case that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Olympique Lyonnais would be 26.27.

Laurent Blanc will probably not be able to employ J. Boateng and H. Aouar because of injury.

M. Gusto, H. Silva Milagres, N. Alejandro Tagliafico and C. Tolisso will definitely miss the match.

Clermont​

Clermont has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (8 times or 50.00%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (8 times), 3-4-1-2 (4 times) and 4-2-3-1 (4 times).

Pascal Gastien is expected to play against Olympique Lyonnais with the following players: M. Diaw, M. Wieteska, A. Seidu, F. Ogier, Neto, J. Gastien, Y. Magnin, J. Allevinah, E. Rashani, S. Khaoui and G. Kyei.

Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Clermont would be 28.64.

Pascal Gastien will probably not be able to employ A. Mendy because of injury.

M. Zeffane and M. Gonalons will definitely miss the match.

Pascal Gastien will not be able to have the presence of M. Caufriez who is suspended​​.

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