Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
After sharing the spoils with Bordeaux on Matchday 10, Nantes will be looking to return to winning ways when they take on Clermont on Saturday afternoon. Les Canaris are eyeing their third consecutive win at home ground, and they are likely to adopt an attack-minded approach against the newcomers. Cameroon international Castelletto returns from suspension, while both Quentin Merlin and Willem Geubbels are out of contention with injuries.
Clermont, on the other hand, have been performing above expectations in the 2021/2022 Ligue 1 campaign, with the team sitting in 14th place in the standings ahead of the match. The newcomers, though, are not regarded as good travelers, which is probably the main reason why we are tempted to put our money on les Canaris. As for the visiting team, Jean-Claude Billong is sidelined through illness, while Saif-Eddine Khaoui misses out through injury.
Highlighted Player (Alban Lafont):
Alban Lafont is a French goalkeeper who plays for Ligue 1 side Toulouse. Born in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Lafont joined AS Lattoise youth school at the age of nine and he stayed at the academy until 2014 when he moved to Toulouse.
The 193-cm-tall goalkeeper has established himself as a first-choice goalkeeper at Toulouse and it has to be noted that he made 36 appearances for the club in the 2016/2017 season, keeping 10 clean sheets in the process. Due to his dual citizenship, Alban Lafont is eligible to represent both Burkina Faso and France on international stage, but he has yet to play for the African team.
Alban Lafont represented les Tricolores at youth level and, no doubt, there is a bright future ahead of the talented shoot-stopper who was born on January 23, 1999. The rising star has a contract with Toulouse which expires on June 30, 2020.