Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Clermont
Match Time & Date:
27/02/2022
15:00
Prediction: 1-0
Bordeaux
Buoyed by a historical 2-0 win over Olympique Marseille at Stade Gabriel Montpied, Clermont will look to give fans yet another reason for celebration when they take on Bordeaux on Matchday 26. Clermont recorded three wins in the previous four league fixtures, with the team moving one step closer to securing the Ligue 1 survival. Alidu Seidu is banned for the hosts, while fellow defender Jean-Claude Billong misses out with injury.
Les Girondins, on the other hand, dropped to the rock-bottom position in the standings. Bordeaux are desperate to escape the relegation zone, but given Clermont’s display in the Stade Velodrome triumph, we predict that the visitors are going to return home empty-handed. In the first half of the season Pascal Gastien’s troops shocked Bordeaux at Stade Matmut Atlantique. All Alberth Elis, Fransergio, Enock Kwateng, Benoit Costil, and Jimmy Briand are injured for the away side.
Highlighted Player (Mexer):
Edson Andre Sitoe “Mexer”, who was born in Maputo, Mozambique on September 8, 1988, began his senior career at Desportivo Maputo and he scored three goals in 97 appearances for the club. Mexer played for his home-town club from 2006 to 2010 and in the winter of 2010 he joined Portuguese side Sporting for a fee of €173,000.
The Mozambique centre-back was quickly loaned to Olhanense and it has to be noted that he made 39 appearances for the Primeira Liga club in the league. In 2012 he was sold to fellow Portuguese outfit Nacional and after playing 57 league games for the club, Mexer moved to France. The 187-cm-tall footballer signed a contract with Rennes in January, 2014 and he has been playing for les Rouges et Noirs ever since.
Mexer made his debut for Mozambique national team in 2007 and he represented Os Mambas at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. He scored his first goal for Mozambique in a 5-0 win over South Sudan in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Highlighted Team (Bordeaux):
Founded in 1881, Bordeaux are regarded as one of the oldest clubs in France. Les Girondins won their first Ligue 1 trophy in 1950 and 59 years later (2008/2009) they lifted their sixth domestic trophy.
Speaking of the club’s European success, Bordeaux did remarkably well to make it to the Champions League semi-finals in 1985, but despite recording a 2-0 win over star-studded Juventus in the return leg, the French club eventually failed to book their place in the final of the elite competition.
Famous French footballers Alain Giresse and Jean Tigana were part of the team back then and it has to be noted that Giresse is the player who made the most appearances for les Girondins (587). During the nineties Zinedine Zidane, Christophe Dugarry and Bixente Lizarazu played for Bordeaux and, taking everything into account, it is no surprise they are considered one of the most famous French clubs.
Nowadays Les Girondins welcome their rivals at Matmut Atlantique, the stadium which was opened in 2015 and they used to play at Stade Chaban-Delmas in the past.
