Betting preview: Auxerre vs Clermont should be interesting

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 07.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps (23467 seats)

Auxerre are believing in their home advantage to assist them during this meeting versus Clermont. Who triumphs at Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps?

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Auxerre form and stats

Auxerre have collected 21 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 5-6-5.

Auxerre faced defeat in their previous match, away at Olympique Marseille (1-2). The first loss after going undefeated in four league games. Jeanvier was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.13 out of 10. The defender Jeanvier won 5 of 10 duels.

Before that, Auxerre drew at home versus Lille.

This is expected to be a close game, with Auxerre perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Auxerre as a small favourite), we find 4 games. Auxerre has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Auxerre have scored {15 league goals} here from 16 matches, not a lot. 22 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Clermont form and stats

7 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Clermont playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season. Clermont have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.

Impressive finishing from Kyei secured the home win 1-0 against Reims in their previous game. Defender Caufriez was the best team player with a rating of 8.11. Caufriez won 9 of 14 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Nice with the score of 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Clermont in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Clermont, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Clermont have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 16 league away games 20 goals have been scored.

Head 2 Head

Clermont have pulled off a streak of 5 consecutive games without defeat (3-2-0) when facing Auxerre.

These competitors have battled before this season: Clermont - Auxerre 2-1.

Top Goalscorers

ClermontG. Kyei
G. Kyei
7 goals
ClermontM. Saracevic
M. Saracevic
7 goals
AuxerreN. da Costa Jóia
N. da Costa Jóia
5 goals

Auxerre missing players

Clermont missing players

Auxerre Clermont
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 6 Played P 5 16 33
8 5 1 Won W 3 7 14
9 6 2 Drew D 2 4 7
16 5 3 Lost L 0 5 12
31 15 4 Scored S 8 20 36
55 22 12 Conceded C 3 16 43
94% 88% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 88% 91%
76% 69% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 69% 76%
48% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 44% 45%
24% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 12% 18%
18% 12% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
55% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 56% 52%
21% 31% 17% Clean Sheets C S 40% 31% 27%
30% 31% 50% Failed to Score F T 20% 25% 30%
 
3.7 4.2 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 3.6 4.1
5.5 4.2 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.5 4.1
1.5 1.8 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.2 1.9
6 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 5
 
11.5 12.6 14 Shots (avg) S ( 9.6 10.4 10.5
3.2 4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.9 3.8
29% 23% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 32% 29%
 
12.7 10.4 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 14.2 13.1
4.9 4.1 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.6 4.5 4.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 33 24 3 6 76 34 17 12 2 3 38 22 16 12 1 3 38 12 42 75
2 Olympique Marseille 33 21 7 5 61 32 17 9 4 4 31 21 16 12 3 1 30 11 29 70
3 Lens 32 19 9 4 54 25 16 14 1 1 34 11 16 5 8 3 20 14 29 66
4 Monaco 33 18 7 8 66 50 17 9 2 6 36 31 16 9 5 2 30 19 16 61
5 Lille 33 17 8 8 60 40 17 11 4 2 36 23 16 6 4 6 24 17 20 59
6 Rennes 33 17 5 11 55 36 17 13 0 4 37 14 16 4 5 7 18 22 19 56
7 Olympique Lyonnais 33 15 8 10 52 37 16 7 5 4 24 14 17 8 3 6 28 23 15 53
8 Clermont 33 14 7 12 36 43 17 7 3 7 16 27 16 7 4 5 20 16 -7 49
9 Nice 33 12 12 9 40 31 16 5 6 5 19 16 17 7 6 4 21 15 9 48
10 Lorient 33 13 9 11 46 45 16 7 4 5 21 16 17 6 5 6 25 29 1 48
11 Reims 33 11 14 8 40 35 16 7 5 4 24 18 17 4 9 4 16 17 5 47
12 Montpellier 33 13 4 16 52 52 17 7 2 8 26 25 16 6 2 8 26 27 0 43
13 Toulouse 32 12 5 15 48 54 16 6 4 6 26 25 16 6 1 9 22 29 -6 41
14 Auxerre 33 8 9 16 31 55 16 5 6 5 15 22 17 3 3 11 16 33 -24 33
15 Strasbourg 33 7 11 15 44 55 17 4 6 7 22 25 16 3 5 8 22 30 -11 32
16 Nantes 32 6 14 12 35 46 16 4 8 4 19 21 16 2 6 8 16 25 -11 32
17 Brest 32 7 11 14 35 48 15 4 5 6 18 23 17 3 6 8 17 25 -13 32
18 Troyes 33 4 10 19 41 70 16 1 9 6 16 25 17 3 1 13 25 45 -29 22
19 Ajaccio 33 6 4 23 22 61 16 3 2 11 9 25 17 3 2 12 13 36 -39 22
20 Angers SCO 33 3 5 25 27 72 17 2 3 12 17 33 16 1 2 13 10 39 -45 14

Read more about Ligue 1

Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.