In a weekend match on Sunday Jan 1st, in week 17, Olympique Lyonnais will host Clermont in a Ligue 1 match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Olympique Lyonnais recorded a 4-2 win against Brest. Maxence Caqueret scored the first goal for Olympique Lyonnais in the 21st minute, then Mathias Lage tied it up for Brest in the 29th minute , but Olympique Lyonnais kept scoring and walked away with the win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while clermont is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Lille. Angel Gomes scored the first goal for Lille in the 68th minute on a penalty, then Mohamed Bayo added another in the 4th minute of the second half’s stoppage time At the end of 90 a dissapointed Clermont couldn’t manage to score, and Lille took the shutout win. Clermont is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Olympique Lyonnais won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Clermont is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Salis Abdul Samed and Saîf-Eddine Khaoui each only have 1 goal in their last five. Olympique Lyonnais’s most prolific scorer has been Alexandre Lacazette. The French attacker has netted 2 goals over the last five matches
Laurent Blanc’s Olympique Lyonnais squad will be without Houssem Aouar, Jeff Reine-Adélaïde, Julian Pollersbeck, Henrique and Malo Gusto, while Jodel Dossou, Mehdi Zeffane and Souleymane Cissé are unavailable to play for Pascal Gastien’s team.