In a weekend match on Sunday Dec 5th, in week 17, Clermont and Montpellier will play a match in Montpellier 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 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 9th placed Montpellier, recorded a 3-1 win against Metz. Teji Savanier scored the first goal for Montpellier in the 36th minute, then Stephy Mavididi added another in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time. Montpellier is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while clermont is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Lens. Johan Gastien struck first for Lens on an own goal in the 12th minute, then Yohann Magnin got the equalizer for Clermont in the 41st minute on a feed from Zedadka . Clermont looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 5 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Mohamed Bayo has been the most prolific scorer on Clermont in the last five matches with 2 goals. Both Florent Mollet and Wahi have been the hottest scorers for Montpellier in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each
Pedro Mendes, Teji Savanier, Jordan Ferri and Esteve are unavailable to play for Olivier Dall’Oglio’s team, while Albert, Cedric Hountondji and Jerome Phojo are unavailable to play for Pascal Gastien’s team.