Clermont look to Stade Gabriel Montpied supporters for inspiration before Montpellier match

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 08.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Gabriel Montpied (11980 seats)

Faithful supporters at Stade Gabriel Montpied haven’t watched many home wins this season, with Clermont decaying in the 17th spot. The visiting Montpellier will attempt to protect their higher league spot in this fixture.

Insights:
  • Clermont have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Montpellier have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Clermont and Montpellier should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Clermont form and stats

Clermont's results here at Stade Gabriel Montpied in the Ligue 1 have been very modest with 3 victories, 6 draws and 8 defeats.

Clermont are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Brest. Gastien (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.62/10. Gastien hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 87 successful passes (of 106 total).

In the match before that, Clermont hosted Angers SCO and drew the game 2-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Clermont handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, seven draws and zero defeats.

Clermont are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 17 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Clermont defense is not exactly impregnable. 30 goals conceded from 17 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Montpellier form and stats

Montpellier have only collected 17 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 5-2-10 (17 played). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Montpellier are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

There were no winners in Montpellier's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Metz (placed 20th). Montpellier's last match (vs Metz) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by Wahi. Attacker Wahi got a player rating of 7.32 in the game. "Man of the match" Wahi scored one goal and hit the woodwork once.

Prior to that match, the Montpellier manager Dall’Oglio faced defeat when travelling to Olympique Lyonnais and losing 2-5.

Montpellier are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and four defeats. From a total of five matches.

Montpellier have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 17 league away games 21 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Montpellier rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 31 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams meet on the pitch this season, as the statistics show this recent match: Montpellier - Clermont 1-0. Clermont-Montpellier H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Clermont five wins, Montpellier five wins, zero draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ClermontM. Bayo
M. Bayo
12 goals
MontpellierS. Wahi
S. Wahi
10 goals
MontpellierT. Savanier
T. Savanier
8 goals

Clermont missing players

Montpellier missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Clermont Montpellier
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 17 35
8 3 1 Won W 3 5 12
9 6 3 Drew D 1 2 7
18 8 1 Lost L 1 10 16
35 19 6 Scored S 8 21 48
65 30 6 Conceded C 5 31 53
97% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
77% 82% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 88% 74%
49% 53% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 47% 46%
37% 35% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 41% 40%
14% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 20%
49% 65% 60% BTTS BTTS 60% 47% 49%
23% 18% 40% Clean Sheets C S 40% 24% 29%
31% 24% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 29%
 
4.6 4.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.9 4.9
4.4 4.1 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.6 6.5 5.5
1.7 1.7 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.9 1.9
7 4 4 Red cards R C 3 7 9
 
11.5 12.1 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 6.6 8.1 11.4
3.6 3.9 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.1 4.1
28% 28% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 40% 34%
 
11.1 9.4 8.6 Shots against (avg) S A 21 18.9 16
4.4 4.1 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 6.5 5.5
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Clermont have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Montpellier have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Montpellier have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Montpellier haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 35 24 7 4 79 34 17 15 2 0 42 10 18 9 5 4 37 24 45 79
2 Olympique Marseille 35 19 8 8 56 36 18 8 5 5 29 22 17 11 3 3 27 14 20 65
3 Rennes 35 19 5 11 77 36 18 13 1 4 48 13 17 6 4 7 29 23 41 62
4 Monaco 35 18 8 9 57 35 18 11 4 3 34 14 17 7 4 6 23 21 22 62
5 Nice 35 18 7 10 44 29 17 9 4 4 22 16 18 9 3 6 22 13 15 60
6 Strasbourg 35 15 12 8 58 39 18 10 5 3 35 18 17 5 7 5 23 21 19 57
7 Olympique Lyonnais 35 15 11 9 59 45 18 10 5 3 39 23 17 5 6 6 20 22 14 55
8 Lens 35 15 10 10 55 44 18 9 6 3 33 18 17 6 4 7 22 26 11 55
9 Nantes 35 14 9 12 50 43 17 10 3 4 30 18 18 4 6 8 20 25 7 51
10 Lille 35 13 12 10 42 43 17 7 7 3 21 18 18 6 5 7 21 25 -1 51
11 Brest 35 13 9 13 45 48 17 7 4 6 26 24 18 6 5 7 19 24 -3 48
12 Reims 35 10 13 12 38 38 17 5 6 6 22 18 18 5 7 6 16 20 0 43
13 Montpellier 35 12 7 16 48 53 18 7 5 6 27 22 17 5 2 10 21 31 -5 43
14 Troyes 35 9 9 17 33 47 18 5 7 6 18 16 17 4 2 11 15 31 -14 36
15 Angers SCO 35 8 11 16 38 53 17 6 2 9 17 22 18 2 9 7 21 31 -15 35
16 Lorient 35 8 10 17 34 59 17 6 5 6 19 18 18 2 5 11 15 41 -25 34
17 Clermont 35 8 9 18 35 65 17 3 6 8 19 30 18 5 3 10 16 35 -30 33
18 Saint-Etienne 35 7 10 18 38 70 18 4 6 8 23 36 17 3 4 10 15 34 -32 31
19 Bordeaux 35 5 12 18 47 85 18 3 6 9 25 33 17 2 6 9 22 52 -38 27
20 Metz 35 4 13 18 31 62 17 1 7 9 17 29 18 3 6 9 14 33 -31 25

Montpellier:
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 Paris Saint Germain 35 24 7 4 79 34 17 15 2 0 42 10 18 9 5 4 37 24 45 79
2 Olympique Marseille 35 19 8 8 56 36 18 8 5 5 29 22 17 11 3 3 27 14 20 65
3 Rennes 35 19 5 11 77 36 18 13 1 4 48 13 17 6 4 7 29 23 41 62
4 Monaco 35 18 8 9 57 35 18 11 4 3 34 14 17 7 4 6 23 21 22 62
5 Nice 35 18 7 10 44 29 17 9 4 4 22 16 18 9 3 6 22 13 15 60
6 Strasbourg 35 15 12 8 58 39 18 10 5 3 35 18 17 5 7 5 23 21 19 57
7 Olympique Lyonnais 35 15 11 9 59 45 18 10 5 3 39 23 17 5 6 6 20 22 14 55
8 Lens 35 15 10 10 55 44 18 9 6 3 33 18 17 6 4 7 22 26 11 55
9 Nantes 35 14 9 12 50 43 17 10 3 4 30 18 18 4 6 8 20 25 7 51
10 Lille 35 13 12 10 42 43 17 7 7 3 21 18 18 6 5 7 21 25 -1 51
11 Brest 35 13 9 13 45 48 17 7 4 6 26 24 18 6 5 7 19 24 -3 48
12 Reims 35 10 13 12 38 38 17 5 6 6 22 18 18 5 7 6 16 20 0 43
13 Montpellier 35 12 7 16 48 53 18 7 5 6 27 22 17 5 2 10 21 31 -5 43
14 Troyes 35 9 9 17 33 47 18 5 7 6 18 16 17 4 2 11 15 31 -14 36
15 Angers SCO 35 8 11 16 38 53 17 6 2 9 17 22 18 2 9 7 21 31 -15 35
16 Lorient 35 8 10 17 34 59 17 6 5 6 19 18 18 2 5 11 15 41 -25 34
17 Clermont 35 8 9 18 35 65 17 3 6 8 19 30 18 5 3 10 16 35 -30 33
18 Saint-Etienne 35 7 10 18 38 70 18 4 6 8 23 36 17 3 4 10 15 34 -32 31
19 Bordeaux 35 5 12 18 47 85 18 3 6 9 25 33 17 2 6 9 22 52 -38 27
20 Metz 35 4 13 18 31 62 17 1 7 9 17 29 18 3 6 9 14 33 -31 25

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