PSG will travel to Clermont on January 15 to face amateurs Espaly (N3) in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France. The match will be played behind closed doors at the Marcel-Michelin stadium in front of just under 15,000 people.
After having challenged AS Monaco in Doha on January 5 as part of the Champions Trophy then received ASSE at the Parc des Princes on January 12 in Ligue 1, PSG will face the amateurs of FC Espaly (N3) in the 16th of Coupe de France final on Wednesday January 15 from 9 p.m.
If the possibility of playing in Saint-Etienne or even at the Parc des Princes had been mentioned, it is in Auvergne and more precisely in Clermont-Ferrand that this match between the Haute-Loire club and PSG will be played. The Espaly/PSG match will not be played at Gabriel-Montpied, the home of Clermont Foot 63, but at Marcel-Michelin, the stadium of ASM Clermont, the famous local rugby club.
Around 15,000 people for Espaly/PSG
And as could be expected, the arrival of PSG in Auvergne aroused great enthusiasm since the places for the match were snapped up in less than an hour, as the rugby club announced on its social networks . According to the local daily La Montagne, between 12,000 and 13,000 spectators will be present at the Marcel-Michelin stadium, put in football configuration for the occasion. In rugby configuration, the stadium can accommodate more than 19,000 people, including 3,369 standing at the edge of the pitch, which will not be possible for the arrival of PSG. L'Equipe, for its part, mentions 15,000 spaces available, including 3,000 for the Parisian parking lot.
If the match will be played behind closed doors, the big question is what state the pitch will be in in the middle of January. Fortunately, ASM Clermont will play its first two matches of 2025 away and the Auvergne pitch will have had more than 15 days of rest following the last match played by ASM at home on December 28.
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