Saturday, May 21, 2022

Clermont vs Lyon

With nothing but pride left to play for, Clermont and Lyon will trade tackles at the Stade Gabriel Montpied in their last game of the Ligue 1 season.

Despite slipping to a narrow 1-0 loss at Strasbourg last time out, newly-promoted Clermont have ensured top-flight football for another season with a game to spare. Interestingly, ‘Les Lanciers’ have secured survival even though they’ve lost a league second-high 19 Ligue 1 matches this term (W9, L9), including two of their last three without scoring (W1). However, Clermont ran out 2-1 winners against Montpellier in their most recent home Ligue 1 outing, halting a run of six home league games without a victory (D2, L4). Unfortunately, it means Pascal Gastien’s men head into proceedings having failed to keep a clean sheet in their last nine home league matches, which is worth mentioning following their dramatic 3-3 draw in the reverse fixture at the Groupama Stadium.

On the other hand, Lyon’s enthralling 3-2 home triumph over Nantes last time out made it three wins from four Ligue 1 fixtures (L1), yet it’s been too little, too late for Peter Bosz’s men. A thoroughly underwhelming season by Lyon’s high standards will culminate with another mid-table finish. Much of the credit for that has to go to the visitors’ sub-par performances on the road, which includes a run of one win from their last five away league matches (D2, L2). Yet, ‘Les Gones’ can draw confidence from their eye-catching 13-game unbeaten Ligue 1 streak against promoted sides (W8, D5) spanning back to a narrow 1-0 defeat to Reims in August 2018. Lyon should be bracing themselves for their worst Ligue 1 placement since 1996/97, as not even a win here may prove sufficient to help them avoid an embarrassing eighth-place finish.

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