August 31st features a match where Olympique Marseille will host Clermont in a clash of these two closely matched Ligue 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, a perfect day for football. Olympique Marseille is fresh off their 2-1 win against Nantes. Chancel Mbemba scored the first goal for Olympique Marseille in the 70th minute, but Ludovic Blas got the equalizer for Nantes in the 78th minute. Olympique Marseille is looking for direction having 2 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while clermont is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Nice. Saîf-Eddine Khaoui scored the first goal for Clermont in the 6th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Nice couldn’t manage to score, and Clermont took 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, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Both Komnen Andrić and Saîf-Eddine Khaoui have been the hottest scorers for Clermont in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. For Olympique Marseille, their top scorers are Luis Javier Suárez and Nuno Tavares, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches.