Clermont v Paris Saint Germain preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 09.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Gabriel Montpied (11980 seats)

Clermont will hope that their home support is enough to get a result from this gruelling meeting, vs sparkling Paris Saint Germain.

Insights:
  • Paris Saint Germain have the the best goal difference (+36) in Ligue 1

This has all the signs of an entertaining fixture with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well rested since they last played a game. Let's go!

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Clermont form and stats

With 3 Ligue 1 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Clermont are certainly not brimming with confidence. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Clermont with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Bordeaux game, 41 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

The Clermont followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stade Gabriel Montpied: A 2-3 defeat against Nantes (placed 8th). Attacking player Bayo bested all the other players in that game and got a match rating of 7.14 out of 10. Bayo served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Lens.

Clermont are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 15 games. 22 goals have been conceded.

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Paris Saint Germain form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Pochettino, the Paris Saint Germain manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Paris Saint Germain won their last game, 5-1 versus Lorient played at home. The attacker Mbappé got a match rating of 10.0 in that game. Mbappé scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, signed up for three assists, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 7 of 14 times and had 40 successful passes (of 47 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Monaco's place.

The travelling fans enjoy PSG's attacking play in away games, having scored 25 goals in 15 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Paris Saint Germain have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most recent recorded history involving both these squads is the Paris Saint Germain - Clermont 4-0 played previously this season. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Herrera with 2 goals scored against Clermont in these 1 matches.

Top Goalscorers

Paris Saint GermainK. Mbappé Lottin
K. Mbappé Lottin
17 goals
ClermontM. Bayo
M. Bayo
10 goals
ClermontE. Rashani
E. Rashani
7 goals

Clermont missing players

Paris Saint Germain missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Clermont Paris Saint Germain
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 5 15 30
7 3 1 Won W 4 7 21
7 5 0 Drew D 1 4 5
16 7 4 Lost L 0 4 4
30 16 4 Scored S 11 25 64
54 22 9 Conceded C 6 20 28
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
77% 80% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 87% 87%
50% 47% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 53% 60%
37% 27% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 33% 37%
13% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 20% 17%
47% 60% 60% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 57%
23% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 13% 33%
33% 27% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 17%
 
4.4 5.1 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 5.1 5.5
4.5 4 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.6 5 4.5
1.6 1.9 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.3 1.9
6 4 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
11.2 12.3 11.6 Shots (avg) S ( 14.4 14 14.9
3.4 3.9 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 5 5.4
29% 28% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 33% 40%
 
11.3 9 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.4 12.7 11.8
4.3 3.7 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.6 4.7 4.1
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Paris Saint Germain have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Paris Saint Germain have scored more than double the goals of Clermont.
  • Paris Saint Germain have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most points from losing position (21) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals in the second half (37) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the the best goal difference (+36) 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 Paris Saint Germain 30 21 5 4 64 28 15 14 1 0 39 8 15 7 4 4 25 20 36 68
2 Olympique Marseille 30 16 8 6 49 29 15 6 5 4 24 17 15 10 3 2 25 12 20 56
3 Rennes 30 16 5 9 64 29 15 11 1 3 39 10 15 5 4 6 25 19 35 53
4 Strasbourg 30 14 9 7 51 32 15 9 3 3 29 13 15 5 6 4 22 19 19 51
5 Nice 30 15 7 8 40 24 15 7 4 4 19 15 15 8 3 4 21 9 16 51
6 Monaco 30 13 8 9 45 31 15 8 4 3 29 13 15 5 4 6 16 18 14 47
7 Lille 30 12 11 7 38 35 15 6 7 2 19 16 15 6 4 5 19 19 3 47
8 Nantes 30 13 6 11 39 33 15 9 2 4 24 14 15 4 4 7 15 19 6 45
9 Olympique Lyonnais 30 12 10 8 43 39 16 8 5 3 28 20 14 4 5 5 15 19 4 45
10 Lens 30 12 8 10 45 40 15 7 5 3 26 16 15 5 3 7 19 24 5 44
11 Montpellier 30 12 5 13 44 42 16 7 3 6 25 20 14 5 2 7 19 22 2 41
12 Brest 30 10 8 12 38 44 14 5 3 6 21 22 16 5 5 6 17 22 -6 38
13 Reims 30 8 12 10 32 32 14 4 6 4 18 13 16 4 6 6 14 19 0 36
14 Angers SCO 30 8 8 14 34 44 15 6 1 8 16 18 15 2 7 6 18 26 -10 32
15 Troyes 30 8 8 14 28 42 15 4 6 5 14 14 15 4 2 9 14 28 -14 32
16 Lorient 30 6 10 14 25 48 14 4 5 5 11 14 16 2 5 9 14 34 -23 28
17 Clermont 30 7 7 16 30 54 15 3 5 7 16 22 15 4 2 9 14 32 -24 28
18 Saint-Étienne 30 6 9 15 31 55 16 3 6 7 20 31 14 3 3 8 11 24 -24 27
19 Metz 30 4 11 15 27 54 15 1 6 8 16 27 15 3 5 7 11 27 -27 23
20 Bordeaux 30 4 11 15 38 70 15 2 5 8 20 29 15 2 6 7 18 41 -32 23

Paris Saint Germain:
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 30 21 5 4 64 28 15 14 1 0 39 8 15 7 4 4 25 20 36 68
2 Olympique Marseille 30 16 8 6 49 29 15 6 5 4 24 17 15 10 3 2 25 12 20 56
3 Rennes 30 16 5 9 64 29 15 11 1 3 39 10 15 5 4 6 25 19 35 53
4 Strasbourg 30 14 9 7 51 32 15 9 3 3 29 13 15 5 6 4 22 19 19 51
5 Nice 30 15 7 8 40 24 15 7 4 4 19 15 15 8 3 4 21 9 16 51
6 Monaco 30 13 8 9 45 31 15 8 4 3 29 13 15 5 4 6 16 18 14 47
7 Lille 30 12 11 7 38 35 15 6 7 2 19 16 15 6 4 5 19 19 3 47
8 Nantes 30 13 6 11 39 33 15 9 2 4 24 14 15 4 4 7 15 19 6 45
9 Olympique Lyonnais 30 12 10 8 43 39 16 8 5 3 28 20 14 4 5 5 15 19 4 45
10 Lens 30 12 8 10 45 40 15 7 5 3 26 16 15 5 3 7 19 24 5 44
11 Montpellier 30 12 5 13 44 42 16 7 3 6 25 20 14 5 2 7 19 22 2 41
12 Brest 30 10 8 12 38 44 14 5 3 6 21 22 16 5 5 6 17 22 -6 38
13 Reims 30 8 12 10 32 32 14 4 6 4 18 13 16 4 6 6 14 19 0 36
14 Angers SCO 30 8 8 14 34 44 15 6 1 8 16 18 15 2 7 6 18 26 -10 32
15 Troyes 30 8 8 14 28 42 15 4 6 5 14 14 15 4 2 9 14 28 -14 32
16 Lorient 30 6 10 14 25 48 14 4 5 5 11 14 16 2 5 9 14 34 -23 28
17 Clermont 30 7 7 16 30 54 15 3 5 7 16 22 15 4 2 9 14 32 -24 28
18 Saint-Étienne 30 6 9 15 31 55 16 3 6 7 20 31 14 3 3 8 11 24 -24 27
19 Metz 30 4 11 15 27 54 15 1 6 8 16 27 15 3 5 7 11 27 -27 23
20 Bordeaux 30 4 11 15 38 70 15 2 5 8 20 29 15 2 6 7 18 41 -32 23

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