Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Stade Gabriel Montpied will host Sunday’s Ligue 1 game between Clermont and Monaco. Les Lanciers are undefeated in the previous five league fixtures, with the team eyeing their third consecutive clean sheet in the national championship. With no fresh injury worries to report, Pascal Gastien is unlikely to make changes to the team that managed to hold Lille to a goalless draw on Wednesday evening.
Les Rouges et Blancs, on the other hand, aim to build on a 3-2 win over Auxerre, with the team keeping their Champions League hopes alive. Philippe Clement’s troops are only four points behind top three, and we are positive that they will adopt an attack-minded approach in Sunday’s encounter. Breel Embolo is pushing for a start after scoring as a substitute in the midweek victory, while fellow forward Krepin Diatta remains on the sidelines with injury.
Highlighted Player (Alexander Nubel):
Alexander Nubel is a German goalkeeper who plays for Schalke 04 as a goalkeeper. Nubel started his youth career at TSV Tudorf and he moved to SC Paderborn in the summer of 2005. The 193-cm-tall shoot-stopper, though, did not see any game action with Paderborn at senior level as he joined Schalke 04 in 2015.
After making 24 appearances for the reserve team, Alexander Nubel made his debut with the senior team on May 14, 2016. The German goalkeeper made 18 appearances for die knappen in the 2018/2019 Bundesliga season, keeping five clean sheets in the process. Alexander Nubel has 17 caps for the Germany U21 team as well, but he has yet to earn a call-up for the senior team.
The talented shoot-stopper was born in Paderborn, Germany on September 30, 1996. His preferred foot is right and he has a contract with die Knappen until June 30, 2020.
Highlighted Team (Monaco):
Though based in Monaco, Les Rouges et Blances – as they are commonly referred to – play their games in the French football league system. Members of the top tier Ligue 1, Monaco play their home matches at the Stade Louis II in Fontvieille in front of 18,500 people. The Principality club boasts a turbulent history, which saw Monaco reach the highest heights of both domestic and international scene, but also get relegated to the amateur leagues at the very beginnings and to Ligue 2 in 2010-11 season.
The following year AS Monaco were acquired by the Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, whose heavy investments turned the Principality club into one of the biggest spenders in Europe in 2013 and reestablishing its place among Europe’s top clubs.
AS Monaco have had notable European results in the modern football era having been runners-up in the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup in 1992 and the UEFA Champions League in 2004. One of the most successful clubs in France AS Monaco have so far won seven league titles and five Coupe de France trophies.