No fear and expected victory for Lens when visiting Clermont

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 12.March
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Gabriel Montpied (11980 seats)

Lens go to Clermont and Stade Gabriel Montpied full of hope and confidence, but the home side is no weakling. More info on the game here!

Insights:
  • Clermont have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Ligue 1
  • Lens have the fewest conceded goals (21) in Ligue 1

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Clermont form and stats

4-3-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Clermont so far this season.

It's back home for Clermont, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Toulouse away with the result 1-0. Khaoui found the net in that victory. A big relief, as that was the first league win after playing, but not winning, six matches in a row. The attacker Khaoui was named "man of the match" for Clermont with the rating of 8.14/10. Khaoui scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 26 successful passes (of 30 total).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Strasbourg that ended 1-1.

Low on goals? In this club's last 11 league games, 9 have produced less than three goals (under 2.5).

Clermont aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Gabriel Montpied in the league, with only {11 goals} from 13 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 21 goals have been conceded.

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Lens form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (21) in Ligue 1, on their Ligue 1 travels is 3 wins, 8 draws and 2 defeats.

Lens played 1-1 against Lille in their previous match. Defender Danso was the best team player with a rating of 7.44. Danso won 6 of 6 duels.

A loss, in the Coupe de France away at Nantes, before that.

Betting related statistic: Both sides have scored in 8 of this club's last 10 league games.

Lens have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).

Head 2 Head

Lens have avoided a loss in the last 8 matches (3-5-0) facing Clermont.

Clermont and Lens have faced each other already this season: Lens - Clermont 2-1.

Top Goalscorers

LensL. Openda
L. Openda
9 goals
LensF. Sotoca
F. Sotoca
6 goals
LensW. Saïd
W. Saïd
5 goals

Clermont missing players

Lens missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Clermont Lens
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 5 Played P 4 13 26
9 4 1 Won W 0 3 14
7 3 0 Drew D 3 8 9
10 6 4 Lost L 1 2 3
26 11 2 Scored S 3 14 40
34 21 12 Conceded C 4 11 21
88% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 77% 88%
73% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 62% 62%
38% 38% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 31% 42%
19% 23% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 23%
8% 8% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 12%
50% 46% 20% BTTS BTTS 75% 62% 58%
27% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 31% 35%
35% 38% 80% Failed to Score F T 25% 31% 19%
 
4 4.3 2.4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 5.5 5.7
3.7 3.3 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.1 3.9
2.1 1.8 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2 1.7
2 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
10.3 10.5 9.4 Shots (avg) S ( 16 14.8 14.7
3.5 3.2 2.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.2 4.5
29% 26% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 26% 34%
 
13.3 12.7 15 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 11 10
4.5 4.8 5.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4 3.7
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Clermont have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Ligue 1
  • Lens have the fewest conceded goals (21) in Ligue 1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSG 26 20 3 3 66 25 13 11 2 0 34 15 13 9 1 3 32 10 41 63
2 Olympique Marseille 26 17 4 5 49 25 13 7 2 4 23 16 13 10 2 1 26 9 24 55
3 Monaco 26 15 6 5 55 36 13 7 2 4 29 22 13 8 4 1 26 14 19 51
4 Lens 26 14 9 3 40 21 13 11 1 1 26 10 13 3 8 2 14 11 19 51
5 Rennes 26 14 4 8 45 29 14 11 0 3 30 11 12 3 4 5 15 18 16 46
6 Lille 26 13 6 7 46 33 13 8 3 2 25 18 13 5 3 5 21 15 13 45
7 Nice 26 11 9 6 34 22 13 5 5 3 17 11 13 6 4 3 17 11 12 42
8 Reims 26 9 13 4 34 26 13 7 4 2 22 13 13 2 9 2 12 13 8 40
9 Lorient 26 11 7 8 38 36 13 6 3 4 19 15 13 5 4 4 19 21 2 40
10 Olympique Lyonnais 26 11 6 9 39 28 13 6 4 3 19 10 13 5 2 6 20 18 11 39
11 Clermont 26 9 7 10 26 34 13 4 3 6 11 21 13 5 4 4 15 13 -8 34
12 Toulouse 26 9 5 12 41 46 14 6 4 4 25 21 12 3 1 8 16 25 -5 32
13 Montpellier 26 9 3 14 41 46 14 5 2 7 22 22 12 4 1 7 19 24 -5 30
14 Nantes 26 6 10 10 27 34 12 4 5 3 13 12 14 2 5 7 14 22 -7 28
15 Brest 26 5 8 13 27 42 12 2 5 5 13 20 14 3 3 8 14 22 -15 23
16 Strasbourg 26 4 10 12 30 44 14 2 6 6 16 22 12 2 4 6 14 22 -14 22
17 Auxerre 26 5 7 14 23 49 12 3 4 5 11 20 14 2 3 9 12 29 -26 22
18 Ajaccio 26 6 3 17 20 47 12 3 1 8 9 19 14 3 2 9 11 28 -27 21
19 Troyes 26 4 8 14 36 57 13 1 8 4 14 20 13 3 0 10 22 37 -21 20
20 Angers SCO 26 2 4 20 21 58 13 1 2 10 14 28 13 1 2 10 7 30 -37 10

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSG 26 20 3 3 66 25 13 11 2 0 34 15 13 9 1 3 32 10 41 63
2 Olympique Marseille 26 17 4 5 49 25 13 7 2 4 23 16 13 10 2 1 26 9 24 55
3 Monaco 26 15 6 5 55 36 13 7 2 4 29 22 13 8 4 1 26 14 19 51
4 Lens 26 14 9 3 40 21 13 11 1 1 26 10 13 3 8 2 14 11 19 51
5 Rennes 26 14 4 8 45 29 14 11 0 3 30 11 12 3 4 5 15 18 16 46
6 Lille 26 13 6 7 46 33 13 8 3 2 25 18 13 5 3 5 21 15 13 45
7 Nice 26 11 9 6 34 22 13 5 5 3 17 11 13 6 4 3 17 11 12 42
8 Reims 26 9 13 4 34 26 13 7 4 2 22 13 13 2 9 2 12 13 8 40
9 Lorient 26 11 7 8 38 36 13 6 3 4 19 15 13 5 4 4 19 21 2 40
10 Olympique Lyonnais 26 11 6 9 39 28 13 6 4 3 19 10 13 5 2 6 20 18 11 39
11 Clermont 26 9 7 10 26 34 13 4 3 6 11 21 13 5 4 4 15 13 -8 34
12 Toulouse 26 9 5 12 41 46 14 6 4 4 25 21 12 3 1 8 16 25 -5 32
13 Montpellier 26 9 3 14 41 46 14 5 2 7 22 22 12 4 1 7 19 24 -5 30
14 Nantes 26 6 10 10 27 34 12 4 5 3 13 12 14 2 5 7 14 22 -7 28
15 Brest 26 5 8 13 27 42 12 2 5 5 13 20 14 3 3 8 14 22 -15 23
16 Strasbourg 26 4 10 12 30 44 14 2 6 6 16 22 12 2 4 6 14 22 -14 22
17 Auxerre 26 5 7 14 23 49 12 3 4 5 11 20 14 2 3 9 12 29 -26 22
18 Ajaccio 26 6 3 17 20 47 12 3 1 8 9 19 14 3 2 9 11 28 -27 21
19 Troyes 26 4 8 14 36 57 13 1 8 4 14 20 13 3 0 10 22 37 -21 20
20 Angers SCO 26 2 4 20 21 58 13 1 2 10 14 28 13 1 2 10 7 30 -37 10

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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.