Home advantage could prove decisive in Clermont - Brest battle

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 19.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Gabriel Montpied (11980 seats)

This has all the signs of another appealing contest at Stade Gabriel Montpied in the Ligue 1. Clermont is in 6th place and receive Brest in 17th position. Learn more about the game here!

Insights:
  • Clermont have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Brest have yet to win a game.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

Brest have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Clermont form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Clermont's two home games in the Ligue 1 so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Stade Gabriel Montpied. The Clermont fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stade Gabriel Montpied and will expect new points from this game. Clermont has played 17 games in a row here without a defeat.

Clermont faced defeat in their previous match, away at Paris Saint Germain (0-4). Defender Akim Zedadka got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.11/10. Zedadka hit one key pass and won 7 of 11 duels. As you see from the result above, Clermont suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Metz that ended 2-2.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Clermont have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won six times, drawn nine and lost one.

Clermont are traveling soon after this match as the Ligue 1 match at Rennes awaits in three days.

Clermont has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Brest form and stats

The Ligue 1 season is young and Brest have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

Brest delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Angers SCO (placed 2nd) in their previous match; a Ligue 1 game. Defender Brendan Chardonnet was the best team player with a rating of 7.62. Chardonnet won 7 of 9 duels.

Preceding that, the 2-4 home loss versus Paris Saint Germain.

We have checked recent matches where Brest have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were one victory, three draws and ten defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Ligue 1 trip to Nantes.

It's early days yet, but Brest has scored 2 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Clermont victories, three draws and three Brest wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ClermontM. Bayo
M. Bayo
3 goals
ClermontE. Rashani
E. Rashani
3 goals
BrestI. Cardona
I. Cardona
2 goals

Clermont missing players

Brest missing players

Clermont Brest
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 0 2 5
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
2 1 1 Drew D 0 1 3
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
9 4 2 Scored S 0 2 6
9 2 2 Conceded C 0 4 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
60% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 40%
60% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 40%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
40% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
40% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7.4 7.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6.5 5.4
3.8 2.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 6.6
1 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
17.6 17 15 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12.5 12
6.8 6.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 7 5.8
26% 31% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 21%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of Brest's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Clermont's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Brest have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Brest have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Brest have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Brest have yet to win a game.
  • Brest haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Clermont have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Clermont have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Clermont haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Clermont Last season Brest
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
21 13   Won W   3 11
9 5   Drew D   4 8
8 1   Lost L   12 19
61 37   Scored S   18 50
25 9   Conceded C   33 66
87% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 92%
66% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 82%
45% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 63%
18% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   37% 42%
11% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 24%
34% 32%   BTTS BTTS   47% 61%
53% 63%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 18%
26% 21%   Failed to Score F T   42% 29%
 
4.9 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.7
3.9 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 5.1
1.3 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.6
3 2   Red cards R C   3 4
 
11.6 12.1   Shots (avg) S (   10.8 11.9
5 5.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 4.1
32% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 32%

  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 5 5 0 0 16 5 2 2 0 0 8 2 3 3 0 0 8 3 11 15
2 Angers SCO 5 3 2 0 9 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 3 1 2 0 4 2 7 11
3 Nice 4 3 1 0 10 0 2 1 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 10 10
4 Olympique Marseille 4 3 1 0 10 5 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 5 2 5 10
5 Lens 5 2 3 0 10 7 2 0 2 0 4 4 3 2 1 0 6 3 3 9
6 Clermont 5 2 2 1 9 9 2 1 1 0 4 2 3 1 1 1 5 7 0 8
7 Olympique Lyonnais 5 2 2 1 8 8 3 1 2 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 1 3 0 8
8 Lorient 5 2 2 1 7 7 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 0 2 1 4 6 0 8
9 Montpellier 5 2 1 2 11 9 3 2 0 1 7 4 2 0 1 1 4 5 2 7
10 Reims 5 1 3 1 6 6 2 0 1 1 3 5 3 1 2 0 3 1 0 6
11 Rennes 5 1 2 2 3 6 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 -3 5
12 Lille 5 1 2 2 7 11 2 1 0 1 2 5 3 0 2 1 5 6 -4 5
13 Troyes 5 1 1 3 5 7 2 0 0 2 2 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 -2 4
14 Nantes 5 1 1 3 3 5 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 4
15 Strasbourg 5 1 1 3 7 11 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 0 0 2 3 7 -4 4
16 Monaco 5 1 1 3 3 7 3 0 1 2 1 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 -4 4
17 Brest 5 0 3 2 6 10 3 0 2 1 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 4 -4 3
18 Metz 5 0 3 2 6 10 3 0 2 1 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 4 -4 3
19 Saint-Étienne 5 0 3 2 5 9 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 0 1 2 3 7 -4 3
20 Bordeaux 5 0 2 3 5 12 3 0 1 2 3 6 2 0 1 1 2 6 -7 2

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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.