At the end of the first half of the match between O. Lyon and Clermont Foot, the partial score is 1-1 at the Gabriel Montpied Stade. Alexandre Lacazette scored for the visiting team (21' 1T). Grejohn Kyei scored for the home team (24' 1T, penalty).
The visiting team arrives animated by the victory obtained in the last match and will seek to continue on that path, while the home team will try to add three points after the draw achieved in the last match.
Clermont Foot drew 1-1 with Auxerre. In the recent matches of the tournament, they have never lost. Prior to this draw, they have won 4 games, scored 8 goals and conceded 3.
Olympique Lyon defeated Montpellier 5-4 at home. They have had an irregular series of results in the previous matches played: 3 wins and 1 loss. In addition, they have scored a total of 13 goals and conceded 9.
The host team is in eleventh place with 50 points (14 W - 8 D - 12 L), while the visiting team has 56 points and is in seventh place in the championship (16 W - 8 D - 10 L).
Clément Turpin was in charge of overseeing the order of the game during the match.
Clermont Foot's lineup today
Pascal Gastien lined up in a 4-5-1 formation with goalkeeper Mory Diaw; Seidu Alidu, Florent Ogier, Maximiliano Caufriez, and Neto Borges as defenders; Johan Gastien, Yohann Magnin, Mehdi Zeffane, Saîf-Eddine Khaoui, and Elbasan Rashani as midfielders; and Grejohn Kyei as a forward.
Olympique Lyon's lineup today
On the other hand, coach Laurent Blanc deployed a 3-5-2 strategy with Anthony Lopes defending the goal; Sinaly Diomandé, Dejan Lovren, and Castello Lukeba as center-backs; Nicolás Tagliafico, Corentin Tolisso, Maxence Caqueret, Malo Gusto, and Rayan Cherki in the midfield; and Amin Sarr and Alexandre Lacazette as attackers.