Clermont vs Lorient preview

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 27.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Gabriel Montpied (11980 seats)

Ligue 1: The middle-of-the-table positions tell a story of the journey Clermont and Lorient have undertaken uptil now. Both squads are up for it; bring it!

Insights:
  • Clermont have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Clermont can neither be promoted or relegated from Ligue 1. Lorient is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season. This pitch has grass, which is not Lorient's usual surface at their own football stadium. When appearing on grass Lorient have performed like this: Played 40 matches yielding 9 wins, 13 draws and 18 defeats with the goal production 49-74 (scored/conceded).

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

L W D W W

Clermont form and stats

Clermont have collected 27 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 8-3-7. Clermont has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stade Gabriel Montpied. We remember; it was Lens.

The fans are hoping that Clermont will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Brest (placed 14th). Until that beating this club had gone seven consecutive league rounds without being beaten. Borges (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.83/10. Borges scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times and had 24 successful passes (of 27 total).

Before that, Clermont had a home game versus Olympique Lyonnais which ended with a victory 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 7 games. Clermont has won 1 of these, drawn 3 and lost 3.

Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 28 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

L D W W L

Lorient form and stats

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

Lorient might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Lens proved too strong as Lorient slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir. That loss was their first after three consecutive league games winning points. Attacker Faivre got a player rating of 8.22 in the game. "Man of the match" Faivre scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times and had 34 successful passes (of 39 total).

A 1-1 draw at Montpellier's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Lorient in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Lorient, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Lorient have scored 26 goals in 18 league games away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Lorient have conceded 30 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Clermont and Lorient have duelled previously this season: Lorient - Clermont 2-1. Statistics for the prior ten meetings involving these two contenders are: two wins for Clermont, three draws and five wins for Lorient. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: nine games. The games between these teams have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

ClermontG. Kyei
G. Kyei
9 goals
ClermontM. Saracevic
M. Saracevic
7 goals

Clermont missing players

Lorient missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Clermont Lorient
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 5 18 36
15 8 4 Won W 0 6 14
8 3 1 Drew D 4 6 10
13 7 0 Lost L 1 6 12
40 18 7 Scored S 6 26 50
47 28 2 Conceded C 8 30 50
92% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 89%
78% 83% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 78% 75%
47% 50% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 61% 61%
17% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 50% 36%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 11% 8%
56% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 80% 78% 67%
25% 22% 60% Clean Sheets C S 20% 17% 22%
28% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 11% 22%
 
4 4.7 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.2 3.9
4 3.6 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.8 5.5
1.9 1.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.2 1.3
5 4 1 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
10.4 10.5 9.4 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.4 11
3.8 3.7 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.8 4.4
29% 27% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 38% 32%
 
13 12.2 12.6 Shots against (avg) S A 18.4 16.5 15.1
4.5 4.6 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 5.3 4.8
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Clermont have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 Paris Saint Germain 36 27 3 6 86 36 18 13 2 3 43 22 18 14 1 3 43 14 50 84
2 Lens 36 23 9 4 62 28 18 16 1 1 38 13 18 7 8 3 24 15 34 78
3 Olympique Marseille 36 22 7 7 66 37 18 10 4 4 34 22 18 12 3 3 32 15 29 73
4 Monaco 36 19 8 9 69 54 18 9 3 6 36 31 18 10 5 3 33 23 15 65
5 Lille 36 18 9 9 62 42 18 12 4 2 38 24 18 6 5 7 24 18 20 63
6 Rennes 36 19 5 12 65 38 18 14 0 4 41 14 18 5 5 8 24 24 27 62
7 Olympique Lyonnais 36 17 8 11 61 44 18 9 5 4 32 19 18 8 3 7 29 25 17 59
8 Clermont 36 15 8 13 40 47 18 8 3 7 18 28 18 7 5 6 22 19 -7 53
9 Nice 36 13 13 10 42 34 18 6 7 5 21 17 18 7 6 5 21 17 8 52
10 Lorient 36 14 10 12 50 50 18 8 4 6 24 20 18 6 6 6 26 30 0 52
11 Reims 36 12 15 9 44 39 18 8 6 4 27 20 18 4 9 5 17 19 5 51
12 Montpellier 36 14 5 17 60 58 18 7 3 8 27 26 18 7 2 9 33 32 2 47
13 Toulouse 36 12 8 16 48 55 18 6 5 7 26 26 18 6 3 9 22 29 -7 44
14 Brest 36 10 11 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 23 24 18 3 6 9 18 27 -10 41
15 Strasbourg 36 9 12 15 49 56 18 5 6 7 24 25 18 4 6 8 25 31 -7 39
16 Auxerre 36 8 10 18 33 59 18 5 7 6 17 25 18 3 3 12 16 34 -26 34
17 Nantes 36 6 15 15 35 53 18 4 8 6 19 26 18 2 7 9 16 27 -18 33
18 Troyes 36 4 11 21 43 78 18 1 10 7 18 29 18 3 1 14 25 49 -35 23
19 Ajaccio 36 6 5 25 22 71 18 3 3 12 9 30 18 3 2 13 13 41 -49 23
20 Angers SCO 36 3 6 27 31 79 18 2 3 13 18 35 18 1 3 14 13 44 -48 15

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 36 27 3 6 86 36 18 13 2 3 43 22 18 14 1 3 43 14 50 84
2 Lens 36 23 9 4 62 28 18 16 1 1 38 13 18 7 8 3 24 15 34 78
3 Olympique Marseille 36 22 7 7 66 37 18 10 4 4 34 22 18 12 3 3 32 15 29 73
4 Monaco 36 19 8 9 69 54 18 9 3 6 36 31 18 10 5 3 33 23 15 65
5 Lille 36 18 9 9 62 42 18 12 4 2 38 24 18 6 5 7 24 18 20 63
6 Rennes 36 19 5 12 65 38 18 14 0 4 41 14 18 5 5 8 24 24 27 62
7 Olympique Lyonnais 36 17 8 11 61 44 18 9 5 4 32 19 18 8 3 7 29 25 17 59
8 Clermont 36 15 8 13 40 47 18 8 3 7 18 28 18 7 5 6 22 19 -7 53
9 Nice 36 13 13 10 42 34 18 6 7 5 21 17 18 7 6 5 21 17 8 52
10 Lorient 36 14 10 12 50 50 18 8 4 6 24 20 18 6 6 6 26 30 0 52
11 Reims 36 12 15 9 44 39 18 8 6 4 27 20 18 4 9 5 17 19 5 51
12 Montpellier 36 14 5 17 60 58 18 7 3 8 27 26 18 7 2 9 33 32 2 47
13 Toulouse 36 12 8 16 48 55 18 6 5 7 26 26 18 6 3 9 22 29 -7 44
14 Brest 36 10 11 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 23 24 18 3 6 9 18 27 -10 41
15 Strasbourg 36 9 12 15 49 56 18 5 6 7 24 25 18 4 6 8 25 31 -7 39
16 Auxerre 36 8 10 18 33 59 18 5 7 6 17 25 18 3 3 12 16 34 -26 34
17 Nantes 36 6 15 15 35 53 18 4 8 6 19 26 18 2 7 9 16 27 -18 33
18 Troyes 36 4 11 21 43 78 18 1 10 7 18 29 18 3 1 14 25 49 -35 23
19 Ajaccio 36 6 5 25 22 71 18 3 3 12 9 30 18 3 2 13 13 41 -49 23
20 Angers SCO 36 3 6 27 31 79 18 2 3 13 18 35 18 1 3 14 13 44 -48 15

More from France - Ligue 1

Read more about Ligue 1

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.