Week 38 features a match on Saturday May 21st, where Clermont will host Olympique Lyonnais at Stade Gabriel Montpied in a Ligue 1 match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Clermont recorded a 0-1 loss against Strasbourg. Adrien Thomasson scored the first goal for Strasbourg in the 28th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Clermont was frustrated by Strasbourg’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Strasbourg ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while in their last match, Olympique Lyonnais recorded a 3-2 win against Nantes. Moussa Dembélé scored the first goal for Olympique Lyonnais in the 9th minute, then Lucas Paquetá added another in the 78th minute on a feed from Mateus Martins. Olympique Lyonnais should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Olympique Lyonnais and Clermont battled to a 3-3 draw. Moussa Dembélé scored the first goal for Olympique Lyonnais in the 5th minute from the penalty spot, but Sinaly Diomande got the equalizer for Clermont on an own goal in the 12th minute from the penalty spot .
Moussa Dembélé has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored six goals for Olympique Lyonnais. Mohamed Bayo has been the most prolific scorer on Clermont in the last five matches with three goals
Pierre-Yves Hamel, Jason Berthomier, Florent Ogier, Arthur Desmas, Cedric Hountondji, Phojo, Salis Abdul Samed and Yadaly Diaby are unavailable to play for Pascal Gastien’s team, while Olympique Lyonnais will be without Thiago Mendes, Jason Denayer, Maxence Caqueret and Sinaly Diomande.