Clermont - Brest: Small difference between teams in Ligue 1 clash

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 23.October
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Gabriel Montpied (11980 seats)

A total of eleven games are played and Clermont are 11 points on top of Brest. What happens today?

Insights:
  • Clermont have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Brest have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Brest, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.

Clermont and Brest 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

The overall Ligue 1 stats at home this season for Clermont are 3-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The home team returns to Stade Gabriel Montpied after drawing with Monaco (placed 6th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Borges (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.62/10. Borges hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 54 successful passes (of 64 total).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Auxerre in a game that was won 2-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Clermont perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Clermont as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Clermont has won 1 of these, drawn 1 and lost 4.

Clermont has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Clermont have conceded 9 from these games.

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Brest form and stats

There's been little loot from Brest's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the Ligue 1. Brest only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.

Brest lost away at Nantes (1-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Midfield player Belkebla was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.04/10. Belkebla dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 28 successful passes (of 32 total).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Lorient.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Brest in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Brest, 3 draws and 8 defeats.

Brest have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. Brest have conceded 13 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Brest have managed a streak of 7 consecutive matches without losing (3-4-0) when playing Clermont.

Top Goalscorers

ClermontM. Saracevic
M. Saracevic
3 goals
ClermontK. Andrić
K. Andrić
3 goals
ClermontS. Khaoui
S. Khaoui
2 goals

Clermont missing players

Brest missing players

Clermont Brest
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 0 6 11
5 3 1 Won W 0 1 1
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
4 2 0 Lost L 0 4 7
15 6 2 Scored S 0 8 11
16 9 1 Conceded C 0 13 25
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
73% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 83% 82%
55% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 55%
36% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 67% 45%
18% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 27%
55% 40% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 83% 73%
27% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
27% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 27%
 
3.6 3.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.7 5.5
4 4.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.3 4.4
2.2 1.4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.2 10.4 11 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.2 10.6
3.3 3.4 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.8 3.8
42% 35% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 35% 26%
 
13.5 13.6 13 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14.2 12.1
5.4 5.4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.3 4.9
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Brest have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Brest have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Brest have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Brest haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Clermont have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Clermont haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 11 9 2 0 29 5 5 4 1 0 10 4 6 5 1 0 19 1 24 29
2 Lorient 11 8 2 1 21 14 5 4 1 0 10 5 6 4 1 1 11 9 7 26
3 Lens 11 7 3 1 18 8 6 6 0 0 13 5 5 1 3 1 5 3 10 24
4 Olympique Marseille 11 7 2 2 20 8 6 4 1 1 11 6 5 3 1 1 9 2 12 23
5 Rennes 11 6 3 2 23 11 6 5 0 1 16 5 5 1 3 1 7 6 12 21
6 Monaco 11 6 3 2 20 14 6 2 2 2 11 12 5 4 1 0 9 2 6 21
7 Lille 11 6 1 4 21 18 5 3 0 2 9 11 6 3 1 2 12 7 3 19
8 Clermont 11 5 2 4 15 16 5 3 0 2 6 9 6 2 2 2 9 7 -1 17
9 Toulouse 11 4 3 4 17 18 6 3 2 1 11 10 5 1 1 3 6 8 -1 15
10 Olympique Lyonnais 11 4 2 5 19 15 6 4 1 1 14 5 5 0 1 4 5 10 4 14
11 Montpellier 11 4 0 7 21 22 6 3 0 3 9 10 5 1 0 4 12 12 -1 12
12 Troyes 11 3 3 5 19 22 5 1 3 1 7 8 6 2 0 4 12 14 -3 12
13 Nice 11 3 3 5 10 14 5 1 1 3 4 8 6 2 2 2 6 6 -4 12
14 Nantes 11 2 4 5 13 19 5 2 2 1 8 6 6 0 2 4 5 13 -6 10
15 Reims 11 1 6 4 12 19 5 0 3 2 4 9 6 1 3 2 8 10 -7 9
16 Auxerre 11 2 3 6 11 23 6 1 3 2 6 9 5 1 0 4 5 14 -12 9
17 Strasbourg 11 1 5 5 10 17 6 0 3 3 4 10 5 1 2 2 6 7 -7 8
18 Ajaccio 11 2 2 7 8 16 5 0 1 4 2 8 6 2 1 3 6 8 -8 8
19 Angers SCO 11 2 2 7 13 27 6 1 1 4 7 14 5 1 1 3 6 13 -14 8
20 Brest 11 1 3 7 11 25 5 0 2 3 3 12 6 1 1 4 8 13 -14 6

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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.