In this week 24 match, on Sun Feb 13th, Saint-Étienne and Clermont will play a match in Clermont-Ferrand in a meeting of these two closely matched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Clermont is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Nice. Elbasan Rashani scored the first goal for Clermont in the 77th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Nice was frustrated by Clermont’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Clermont ended the match with the shutout victory. Clermont is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while saint-Étienne is fresh off their 3-1 win against Montpellier. Sepe Elye Wahi struck first for Montpellier in the 11th minute on a feed from Arnaud Souquet, then Romain Hamouma tied it up for Saint-Étienne in the 82nd minute But luckily in the 90th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Arnaud Nordin. Saint-Étienne looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Saint-Étienne won by a score of 3 to 2. Mohamed Bayo scored the first goal for Clermont in the 59th minute, then Berthomier added another in the 64th minute on a feed from Allevinah Finally they completed the comback victory in the 93rd minute on a goal by Saidou Sow to cap off a wild match.
Ryad Boudebouz and Batista Mendy are the top scorers for Saint-Étienne in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Clermont is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Jordan Tell and Lucas Da Cunha each only have 1 goal in their last five
Saîf-Eddine Khaoui, Ogier, Albert and Jean Claude Billong are unavailable to play for Pascal Gastien’s team, while Miguel Trauco and Alpha Sissoko are unavailable to play for Pascal Dupraz’s team.