Delightful dogfight as daring Nice duel with determined Clermont

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 23.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Riviera (36178 seats)

Nice are all set for a new test after their 1-2 against Basel last time out. Clermont are coming to town!

Insights:
  • Nice have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Ligue 1

Not a lot of time to rest for the home side, as they featured in a Europa Conference League fixture only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Basel, was also a home game here at Allianz Riviera. The away team is better rested.

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Nice form and stats

All-inclusive Ligue 1 stats at home this season for Nice are 5-6-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Nice are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 266 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Moffi).

The Nice followers got no joy from their last match, a Europa Conference League duel also played here at Allianz Riviera: A 1-2 defeat against Basel. The forward Laborde was announced as "man of the match" for Nice with a rating of 8.05/10. Laborde scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 25 successful passes (of 29 total).

Prior to that, an away loss at Brest in the Ligue 1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Nice handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Nice has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Nice have conceded only 14 goals.

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Clermont form and stats

Playing away, Clermont have won 6 games, drawn 4 and suffered 5 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season.

Clermont are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against Angers SCO (placed 20th). Kyei, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.83. Kyei scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Troyes at their stadium, the result 2-0.

Clermont are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.

Clermont find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these sides face each other this season, as the statistics show this recent fixture: Clermont - Nice 1-0. Last three meetings involving these participants: Nice won one, Clermont triumphed in two and we saw zero draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last three duels.

Top Goalscorers

NiceG. Laborde
G. Laborde
8 goals
NiceN. Pépé
N. Pépé
6 goals
ClermontG. Kyei
G. Kyei
6 goals

Nice missing players

Clermont missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nice Clermont
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 3 Played P 5 15 31
11 5 1 Won W 3 6 12
12 6 2 Drew D 0 4 7
8 4 0 Lost L 2 5 12
38 18 7 Scored S 8 18 33
29 14 2 Conceded C 6 15 42
90% 87% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 90%
65% 60% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 67% 77%
35% 27% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 40% 45%
13% 13% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 13% 19%
6% 13% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 7% 6%
52% 40% 67% BTTS BTTS 60% 53% 52%
29% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 40% 33% 26%
29% 40% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 32%
 
4.7 6 7.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 3.7 4.1
4.3 4.1 2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 4.4 3.9
1.4 1.2 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.3 2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
12.9 14.7 16 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 10.5 10.6
4.7 5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 4 3.8
26% 24% 58% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 30% 28%
 
11.9 10.9 8 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 14.1 12.9
3.7 3.4 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.5 4.6
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Nice have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Ligue 1
  • Nice have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in Ligue 1
  • Nice have the most matches under the total-line (20) in Ligue 1
  • Nice have won significantly more corners at home than 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 PSG 31 23 3 5 73 30 16 12 2 2 37 19 15 11 1 3 36 11 43 72
2 Olympique Marseille 31 19 7 5 57 30 16 8 4 4 29 20 15 11 3 1 28 10 27 64
3 Lens 31 18 9 4 51 25 15 13 1 1 31 11 16 5 8 3 20 14 26 63
4 Monaco 31 18 7 6 66 43 16 9 2 5 36 27 15 9 5 1 30 16 23 61
5 Lille 31 16 7 8 56 39 16 10 4 2 33 23 15 6 3 6 23 16 17 55
6 Rennes 31 16 5 10 51 33 16 12 0 4 33 12 15 4 5 6 18 21 18 53
7 Olympique Lyonnais 31 14 8 9 49 34 15 7 5 3 23 12 16 7 3 6 26 22 15 50
8 Reims 31 11 14 6 40 32 15 7 5 3 24 16 16 4 9 3 16 16 8 47
9 Nice 31 11 12 8 38 29 15 5 6 4 18 14 16 6 6 4 20 15 9 45
10 Lorient 31 12 9 10 43 43 15 7 4 4 21 15 16 5 5 6 22 28 0 45
11 Clermont 31 12 7 12 33 42 16 6 3 7 15 27 15 6 4 5 18 15 -9 43
12 Toulouse 31 11 5 15 47 54 16 6 4 6 26 25 15 5 1 9 21 29 -7 38
13 Montpellier 31 11 4 16 47 52 16 6 2 8 25 25 15 5 2 8 22 27 -5 37
14 Auxerre 31 8 8 15 29 52 15 5 5 5 14 21 16 3 3 10 15 31 -23 32
15 Nantes 31 6 13 12 33 44 15 4 7 4 17 19 16 2 6 8 16 25 -11 31
16 Brest 31 7 10 14 35 48 15 4 5 6 18 23 16 3 5 8 17 25 -13 31
17 Strasbourg 31 6 11 14 41 53 16 4 6 6 21 23 15 2 5 8 20 30 -12 29
18 Troyes 31 4 9 18 39 67 15 1 9 5 16 24 16 3 0 13 23 43 -28 21
19 Ajaccio 31 6 3 22 22 58 15 3 1 11 9 25 16 3 2 11 13 33 -36 21
20 Angers SCO 31 3 5 23 24 66 16 2 3 11 16 31 15 1 2 12 8 35 -42 14

Nice:
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 31 23 3 5 73 30 16 12 2 2 37 19 15 11 1 3 36 11 43 72
2 Olympique Marseille 31 19 7 5 57 30 16 8 4 4 29 20 15 11 3 1 28 10 27 64
3 Lens 31 18 9 4 51 25 15 13 1 1 31 11 16 5 8 3 20 14 26 63
4 Monaco 31 18 7 6 66 43 16 9 2 5 36 27 15 9 5 1 30 16 23 61
5 Lille 31 16 7 8 56 39 16 10 4 2 33 23 15 6 3 6 23 16 17 55
6 Rennes 31 16 5 10 51 33 16 12 0 4 33 12 15 4 5 6 18 21 18 53
7 Olympique Lyonnais 31 14 8 9 49 34 15 7 5 3 23 12 16 7 3 6 26 22 15 50
8 Reims 31 11 14 6 40 32 15 7 5 3 24 16 16 4 9 3 16 16 8 47
9 Nice 31 11 12 8 38 29 15 5 6 4 18 14 16 6 6 4 20 15 9 45
10 Lorient 31 12 9 10 43 43 15 7 4 4 21 15 16 5 5 6 22 28 0 45
11 Clermont 31 12 7 12 33 42 16 6 3 7 15 27 15 6 4 5 18 15 -9 43
12 Toulouse 31 11 5 15 47 54 16 6 4 6 26 25 15 5 1 9 21 29 -7 38
13 Montpellier 31 11 4 16 47 52 16 6 2 8 25 25 15 5 2 8 22 27 -5 37
14 Auxerre 31 8 8 15 29 52 15 5 5 5 14 21 16 3 3 10 15 31 -23 32
15 Nantes 31 6 13 12 33 44 15 4 7 4 17 19 16 2 6 8 16 25 -11 31
16 Brest 31 7 10 14 35 48 15 4 5 6 18 23 16 3 5 8 17 25 -13 31
17 Strasbourg 31 6 11 14 41 53 16 4 6 6 21 23 15 2 5 8 20 30 -12 29
18 Troyes 31 4 9 18 39 67 15 1 9 5 16 24 16 3 0 13 23 43 -28 21
19 Ajaccio 31 6 3 22 22 58 15 3 1 11 9 25 16 3 2 11 13 33 -36 21
20 Angers SCO 31 3 5 23 24 66 16 2 3 11 16 31 15 1 2 12 8 35 -42 14

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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.