Clermont 2-3 Nîmes: result and report

Ligue 2 · Friday 7 April 2017

Result

Clermont 2-3 Nîmes

Ligue 2 · Friday 7 April 2017, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

Clermont · Nîmes · Ligue 2 predictions

Clermont 2-3 Nîmes: match report

Clermont were beaten by Nîmes 2-3 in Ligue 2 on Friday 7 April 2017. It was 0-2 at half-time.

R. Ripart opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Clermont's goals came from M. Thiam (69') and D. Caddy (76', penalty). Nîmes scored through R. Ripart (7'), Christian Kouakou (45') and Christian Kouakou (55').

Discipline: Clermont received 2 yellow cards; Nîmes received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Clermont were 12th on 40 points from 31 and Nîmes 5th on 48 points from 31. Clermont went on to finish that season 12th with 46 points, and Nîmes 6th with 64.

Clermont lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Nîmes in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Téji Savanier of Nîmes (8.4), ahead of Fabien Centonze (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Clermont win, 1 draw and 1 for Nîmes.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · R. RipartNîmes · 0-1
  • 45'Goal · Christian KouakouNîmes · 0-2
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Fabien CentonzeClermont
  • 55'Goal · Christian KouakouNîmes · 0-3
  • 63'Yellow card · S. AlakouchNîmes
  • 69'Goal · M. ThiamClermont · 1-3
  • 76'Penalty goal · D. CaddyClermont · 2-3
  • 88'Yellow card · M. ThiamClermont
  • 90+3'Yellow card · L. AzouniNîmes

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Clermont 1, draws 1, Nîmes 1.

Team news

Clermont line-up (4-1-4-1)

Mehdi Jeannin, Cédric Avinel, Thomas Fontaine, Karim Djellabi, Fabien Centonze, Joseph Romeric Lopy, Mamadou Thiam, Julien Laporte, Jonathan Iglesias, Remy Dugimont, Ludovic Ajorque

Nîmes line-up (4-5-1)

Yan Marillat, Fethi Harek, Anthony Briançon, Zie Diabate, Sofiane Alakouch, Larry Azouni, Téji Savanier, Christian Kouakou, Théo Valls, Ousmane Cissokho, Renaud Ripart