Despite the pressure on their shoulders, the Girondins entered the game well. On a corner from Yacine Adli, Josuha Guilavogui opened the scoring (13th) by dominating the Clermont rearguard with a header.
Rather well in place defensively, the Bordelais offered some interesting sequences of play but in this balanced match (10 shots and 6 chances for the Girondins, 9 and 5 for Clermont), Elbasan Rashani, the Clermont striker, was able to take advantage of a marking error from Tom Lacoux to equalize (1-1, 32nd).