Clermont vs Strasbourg Prediction & Betting Tips (28 January)

The trend is clearly not one of optimism on the side of Clermont which seems to be heading straight towards relegation to Ligue 2 after 3 years spent at the highest level of French football. A tone below the vast majority of its competitors, the CF63 is only in 17th position in the ranking with a delay of 2 units on the first non-relegation place. However, the Auvergnats found some hope at the start of the month by winning against Nantes 1-2. A victory which ended a series of 2 defeats in a row suffered in December against Marseille 2-1 and Rennes 0-1. On the other hand, Pascal Gastien's players were dominated last week in the Coupe de France by...

Strasbourg 1-3. Strasbourg, for its part, has therefore validated its ticket for the 1/8 finals by already winning against this Clermont team last weekend 1-3. This success confirmed the good progress shown by this team for several weeks now. Racing has not lost in 7 matches in all competitions and has won 3 of its last 4 matches played in the elite. Victorious over Le Havre 2-1, Lorient 1-2 and Lille last month 2-1, the Alsatians had to settle for a draw when the championship resumed against Marseille 1-4. In the ranking, they now find themselves in 9th place, still 7 lengths behind the top 5.

Among the locals, the starting goalkeeper Diaw and the replacement Bela are still in the selection with whom they are currently competing in the CAN. Executive defender Seidu is eliminated but he should head to Rennes. In addition, right back Konaté is still injured along with number 2 goalkeeper Ndiaye and winter recruit Virginius who joined the infirmary during last weekend's match. At the forefront, we should find the attacker Nicholson (3 goals) is the most decisive player of this team this year, followed by Allevinah (2 goals) and Cham (2 goals). The defensive summer recruit Sow is still at the CAN Right now. Otherwise, the long-term injured full-back Fila and the South African striker Mothiba (3 goals) will still not be there, nor will the young author of the equalizer against OM, Jonathan Sebas. Uncertain, defender Nyamsi, who is announced to be close to Lokomotiv Moscow, risks being a little fair.

On the other hand, the Dutch recruit Emegha who is the top scorer of this team with 4 goals is back. Offensively, Gameiro is regaining color with 2 goals scored last month but he was injured this week and he will miss several weeks of competition in the same way as young defender Doukouré. In the scorers' ranking, he remains behind the Dutchman Emegha and his 4 goals. Both men were preserved at kickoff last week. During the winter transfer window, the club recruited the young Serbian striker Lukovic but he will stay with his Belgrade club until June with whom he has already scored 10 goals this season.