In this week 8 match, on Sunday Sep 18th, Clermont hosts Troyes in a clash of the Ligue 1. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Clermont is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Strasbourg. Neither Strasbourg nor Clermont could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 13 and 11 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Clermont is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while troyes is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Lens. Kevin Danso struck first for Lens in the 39th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Troyes couldn’t manage to score, and Lens took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Clermont won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Both Odobert and Tardieu have been the hottest scorers for Troyes in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Clermont’s top weapon lately has been Muhammed Cham Saracevic, who has two goals in the last 5 matches
Mehdi Zeffane is unavailable to play for Pascal Gastien’s team, while Troyes will be without Abdu Conte.