Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Clermont play host to Angers at their Stade Gabriel Montpied on day 34 of the current Ligue 1 campaign. The newcomers did well to beat Troyes on Wednesday, with the team escaping the relegation zone, but they can’t afford any complacency in the season finale. Alidu Seidu misses out through suspension, while Johan Gastien is back after serving his one-game ban in midweek. All Hamel, Rashani, Houtondji, and Berthomier are likely to miss the game with injuries.
Les Scoistes, on the other hand, failed to win the previous four league fixtures, with the team dropping to the danger zone. Given Angers’ anything but good form in April, we predict that the hosts are going to emerge triumphant in Sunday’s showdown. The bad news for the visitors is that important attacker Sofiane Boufal limped off with injury in a 3-0 loss to PSG.
Highlighted Player (Romain Thomas):
Romain Thomas is a product of Brest football academy and he made three appearances for the first team during his spell at Stade Francis-Le Bie. Thomas spent the 2008/2009 season on loan at Pacy Vallee-d’Eure and in 2010 he moved to lower-league side USJA Carquefou.
After spending three seasons at the club the 193-cm-tall defender, who is very good in the air, moved to Angers. Romain Thomas quickly established himself as a first team regular at the club and you should know that he made 36 appearances for the Ligue 1 side in the 2016/2017 season.
Despite playing as a defender, the French footballer often finds the net and he scored his first goal for Angers on September 27, 2013 in a 1-1 draw with Tours. The centre-back, whose preferred foot is right, was born in Landerneau, France on June 12, 1988. Romain Thomas’ contract with les Scoistes expires on June 30, 2019.
Highlighted Team (Angers):
French Football Federation was founded in 1919, with French football club Angers being founded the same year. Les Scoistes returned to the French top flight at the end of the 2014/2015 season and they finished the 2015/2016 Ligue 1 campaign in ninth place in the standings.
Angers were having their ups and downs in the 2016/2017 season and, as a result, they finished 12th. Les Scoistes are well known for their black jerseys with white stripes, whilst the color of their away kits is white. Stade Raymond Kopa is the team’s home ground and the capacity of the stadium is 17.835.
The venues was opened back in 1912 and the stadium’s record attendance is 22.989 (April 26, 1969 vs. Olympique Marseille). Speaking of the club’s most notable players, we have to mention Fahid Ben Khalfallah, Vladica Kovacevic, Claudiu Keseru, Paul Alo’o, Amar Rouai and Cedric Daury. It has to be noted that the 2017/2018 season will be their 24th in the French top flight.