In this 7th week match, on Sun Sep 11th, Strasbourg and Clermont will play a match in Strasbourg in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, a perfect day for football. Strasbourg is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Brest. Pierre Lees Melou struck first for Brest in the 6th minute on a feed from Islam Slimani, then Ludovic Ajorque tied it up for Strasbourg in the 28th minute earning Strasbourg a comeback draw. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while clermont sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Toulouse. Maxime Gonalons scored the first goal for Clermont in the 46th minute, then Muhammed Cham Saracevic added another in the 6th minute of the second half’s stoppage time In the end, Toulouse couldn’t muster any offence and Clermont ran away with the shutout win. Clermont is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Strasbourg won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Clermont’s most prolific scorer has been Muhammed Cham Saracevic. The Austrian midfielder has netted three goals over the last five matches. Kévin Gameiro and Alexander Djiku are the top scorers for Strasbourg in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats
Gerzino Nyamsi, Dimitri Liénard, Ibrahima Sissoko, Lucas Perrin, Maxime Le Marchand and Kandil are unavailable to play for Strasbourg, while Pascal Gastien’s Clermont squad will be without Elbasan Rashani and Mehdi Zeffane.