Ligue 1 match preview: Toulouse versus Clermont

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 05.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Paul Lignon (5955 seats)

Toulouse and Clermont have both played out a "par" performance up to now, to use a golf phrase. The teams both reside in mid-table spots in the Ligue 1.

Insights:
  • Toulouse have the most matches over the total-line (18) in Ligue 1
  • Clermont have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

The hosts Toulouse saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Coupe de France. Thankfully the previous game, versus Rodez, was also a home game here at Stade Paul Lignon. The away team is better rested.

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Toulouse form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Toulouse have managed 6 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 13 games.

Toulouse's previous match was a Coupe de France game also played at their home, finishing 6-1 against Rodez. The home side are looking to repeat that performance.

Heartbreak before that as Toulouse lost 0-3 at Reims's place.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Toulouse's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 5 matches, drawn 0 and lost 0.

Goal fest? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 11 latest league games with this club has seen at least three goals.

Toulouse have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Paul Lignon with 25 goals in 13 league matches. Toulouse have conceded 20 from these games.

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Clermont form and stats

4-4-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Clermont in their Ligue 1 matches away.

Clermont delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Strasbourg (placed 15th) in their previous game.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Rennes's place.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Clermont when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.

Low-scoring game? 8 of this club's last 10 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.

Clermont have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. 13 goals have been conceded by Clermont in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last head-to-head game ended Clermont - Toulouse 2-0, played this season. Previous five meetings featuring these teams: Toulouse won two, Clermont were winners in two and we saw one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

ToulouseT. Dallinga
T. Dallinga
9 goals
ToulouseZ. Aboukhlal
Z. Aboukhlal
6 goals
ToulouseB. van den Boomen
B. van den Boomen
5 goals

Toulouse missing players

Clermont missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Toulouse Clermont
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 13 3 Played P 4 12 25
9 6 1 Won W 2 4 8
5 4 2 Drew D 1 4 7
11 3 0 Lost L 1 4 10
41 25 4 Scored S 7 14 25
45 20 3 Conceded C 5 13 34
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 88%
96% 92% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 76%
72% 62% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 42% 40%
40% 54% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 17% 20%
24% 31% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 8%
64% 69% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 58% 52%
16% 15% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 24%
20% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 36%
 
4.8 4.8 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.7 4
5.4 6.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 4 3.6
1.5 1.8 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.5 2.2
2 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
12.4 13.7 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 9.8 10.2
4.8 5.3 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 3.5
34% 36% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 31% 29%
 
14.7 14 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 14.2 13.4
5.1 5.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.6 4.7
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Clermont have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Toulouse have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Ligue 1
  • Toulouse have the most matches over the total-line (18) in Ligue 1
  • Toulouse haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 25 19 3 3 62 23 12 10 2 0 30 13 13 9 1 3 32 10 39 60
2 Olympique Marseille 25 16 4 5 48 25 13 7 2 4 23 16 12 9 2 1 25 9 23 52
3 Monaco 25 15 5 5 53 34 13 7 2 4 29 22 12 8 3 1 24 12 19 50
4 Lens 25 14 8 3 39 20 12 11 0 1 25 9 13 3 8 2 14 11 19 50
5 Rennes 25 14 4 7 45 28 13 11 0 2 30 10 12 3 4 5 15 18 17 46
6 Lille 25 13 5 7 45 32 13 8 3 2 25 18 12 5 2 5 20 14 13 44
7 Nice 25 11 8 6 33 21 12 5 4 3 16 10 13 6 4 3 17 11 12 41
8 Lorient 25 11 6 8 38 36 13 6 3 4 19 15 12 5 3 4 19 21 2 39
9 Olympique Lyonnais 25 11 5 9 39 28 12 6 3 3 19 10 13 5 2 6 20 18 11 38
10 Reims 25 8 13 4 33 26 12 6 4 2 21 13 13 2 9 2 12 13 7 37
11 Toulouse 25 9 5 11 41 45 13 6 4 3 25 20 12 3 1 8 16 25 -4 32
12 Clermont 25 8 7 10 25 34 13 4 3 6 11 21 12 4 4 4 14 13 -9 31
13 Nantes 25 6 10 9 25 30 12 4 5 3 13 12 13 2 5 6 12 18 -5 28
14 Montpellier 25 8 3 14 36 46 13 4 2 7 17 22 12 4 1 7 19 24 -10 27
15 Strasbourg 25 4 10 11 30 43 13 2 6 5 16 21 12 2 4 6 14 22 -13 22
16 Auxerre 25 5 6 14 22 48 12 3 4 5 11 20 13 2 2 9 11 28 -26 21
17 Ajaccio 25 6 3 16 20 46 12 3 1 8 9 19 13 3 2 8 11 27 -26 21
18 Brest 25 4 8 13 26 42 12 2 5 5 13 20 13 2 3 8 13 22 -16 20
19 Troyes 25 4 7 14 34 55 12 1 7 4 12 18 13 3 0 10 22 37 -21 19
20 Angers SCO 25 2 4 19 21 53 13 1 2 10 14 28 12 1 2 9 7 25 -32 10

Toulouse:
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 25 19 3 3 62 23 12 10 2 0 30 13 13 9 1 3 32 10 39 60
2 Olympique Marseille 25 16 4 5 48 25 13 7 2 4 23 16 12 9 2 1 25 9 23 52
3 Monaco 25 15 5 5 53 34 13 7 2 4 29 22 12 8 3 1 24 12 19 50
4 Lens 25 14 8 3 39 20 12 11 0 1 25 9 13 3 8 2 14 11 19 50
5 Rennes 25 14 4 7 45 28 13 11 0 2 30 10 12 3 4 5 15 18 17 46
6 Lille 25 13 5 7 45 32 13 8 3 2 25 18 12 5 2 5 20 14 13 44
7 Nice 25 11 8 6 33 21 12 5 4 3 16 10 13 6 4 3 17 11 12 41
8 Lorient 25 11 6 8 38 36 13 6 3 4 19 15 12 5 3 4 19 21 2 39
9 Olympique Lyonnais 25 11 5 9 39 28 12 6 3 3 19 10 13 5 2 6 20 18 11 38
10 Reims 25 8 13 4 33 26 12 6 4 2 21 13 13 2 9 2 12 13 7 37
11 Toulouse 25 9 5 11 41 45 13 6 4 3 25 20 12 3 1 8 16 25 -4 32
12 Clermont 25 8 7 10 25 34 13 4 3 6 11 21 12 4 4 4 14 13 -9 31
13 Nantes 25 6 10 9 25 30 12 4 5 3 13 12 13 2 5 6 12 18 -5 28
14 Montpellier 25 8 3 14 36 46 13 4 2 7 17 22 12 4 1 7 19 24 -10 27
15 Strasbourg 25 4 10 11 30 43 13 2 6 5 16 21 12 2 4 6 14 22 -13 22
16 Auxerre 25 5 6 14 22 48 12 3 4 5 11 20 13 2 2 9 11 28 -26 21
17 Ajaccio 25 6 3 16 20 46 12 3 1 8 9 19 13 3 2 8 11 27 -26 21
18 Brest 25 4 8 13 26 42 12 2 5 5 13 20 13 2 3 8 13 22 -16 20
19 Troyes 25 4 7 14 34 55 12 1 7 4 12 18 13 3 0 10 22 37 -21 19
20 Angers SCO 25 2 4 19 21 53 13 1 2 10 14 28 12 1 2 9 7 25 -32 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.