In this 28th week match, on Sunday Mar 13th, Clermont will host Lorient at Stade Gabriel Montpied in a meeting of these two Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 15th placed Clermont is fresh off their 0-4 loss against Lille. Jonathan Bamba struck first for Lille in the 3rd minute on a feed from Renato Sanches, then Jonathan David added another in the 71st minute In the end, Clermont couldn’t muster any offence and Lille ran away with the shutout win. Clermont is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while lorient is fresh off their 1-4 loss against Olympique Lyonnais. Romain Faivre struck first for Olympique Lyonnais in the 5th minute, then Moussa Dembélé added another in the 26th minute on a feed from Emerson. Lorient looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Stade Yves Allainmat – Le Moustoir, Lorient and Clermont battled to a 1-1 draw in front of almost 13000. Mohamed Bayo scored the first goal for Clermont in the 15th minute, then in the 54th minute, Thomas Monconduit sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Laporte squeezing out at least the one point for Lorient.
Lorient’s top weapon lately has been Ibrahima Kone, who has two goals in the last five matches. Elbasan Rashani has been the most prolific scorer on Clermont in the last 5 matches with 2 goals
Jodel Dossou, Mohamed Bayo, Florent Ogier, Josue Albert, Salis Abdul Samed, Seidu and Jean Claude Billong are unavailable to play for Pascal Gastien’s team, while Christophe Pélissier’s squad will be without Lemoine, Stéphane Diarra and Laurent Abergel.