Home advantage could prove decisive in Clermont - Metz battle

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 29.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Gabriel Montpied (11980 seats)

Here's another absorbing match in the Ligue 1. Clermont is in the 3rd spot after featuring in three fixtures. They greet Metz who are placed 14th after three fixtures.

Insights:
  • Clermont have the most scored goals in the second half (6) in Ligue 1

Clermont and Metz 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

Clermont have only played one Ligue 1 game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 13 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat from 19 matches. 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 16 games in a row here without a defeat.

Clermont travelled for their previous game, a trip to Olympique Lyonnais that ended 3-3. Arthur Desmas, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.35 out of 10 in that game. Desmas stopped the opponent with six saves. Late drama in the game against Olympique Lyonnais as Clermont were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Elbasan Rashani popped out and made it level in the 90th minute. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Clermont's goalie Arthur Desmas played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Olympique Lyonnais with a stunning six saves. P. Gastien made a very successful substitution after 3-3 minutes in the game against Olympique Lyonnais, bringing on Elbasan Rashani who later scored two goals to force the draw 3-3.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Troyes.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Clermont handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, nine draws and two defeats.

At Stade Gabriel Montpied, Clermont has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Metz form and stats

Metz have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Ligue 1 were 7 victories, 6 draws and 6 defeats from 19 fixtures.

There were no winners in Metz's previous match, a Ligue 1 home game that ended 1-1 vs Reims (placed 11th). Midfielder Pape Matar Sarr was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.82. Sarr served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 38 successful passes (of 44 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Nantes wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

Metz are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, six draws and three defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

Metz have the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head to head numbers (for the former ten meetings): Clermont won three games, five matches ended in a draw and Metz got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

ClermontM. Bayo
M. Bayo
3 goals
ClermontE. Rashani
E. Rashani
2 goals
MetzF. Centonze
F. Centonze
2 goals

Clermont missing players

Metz missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Clermont Metz
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 0 1 3
2 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
7 2 2 Scored S 0 0 4
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 2 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 67%
67% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 33%
 
9 9 9 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 4.7
4 2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 6.3
1 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
19.7 19 19 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10 10
8.7 8 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 4.3
27% 25% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 31%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Clermont have the most scored goals in the second half (6) in Ligue 1
Clermont Last season Metz
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
21 13   Won W   7 12
9 5   Drew D   6 11
8 1   Lost L   6 15
61 37   Scored S   25 44
25 9   Conceded C   22 48
87% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
66% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   63% 74%
45% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 39%
18% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 24%
11% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 5%
34% 32%   BTTS BTTS   53% 53%
53% 63%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 21%
26% 21%   Failed to Score F T   32% 32%
 
4.9 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   3 4.2
3.9 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   6.2 5.4
1.3 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.2
3 2   Red cards R C   2 4
 
11.6 12.1   Shots (avg) S (   8.9 10.6
5 5.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 3.8
32% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 31%

  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 3 3 0 0 10 5 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 6 3 5 9
2 Angers SCO 3 2 1 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 5 7
3 Clermont 3 2 1 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 5 3 4 7
4 Lens 3 1 2 0 5 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 5
5 Rennes 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 5
6 Nice 2 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 4
7 Montpellier 3 1 1 1 8 7 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 4
8 Olympique Marseille 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 4
9 Nantes 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 4
10 Lorient 3 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 4 -1 4
11 Reims 3 0 3 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 3
12 Saint-Étienne 3 0 3 0 4 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 3
13 Brest 3 0 2 1 4 6 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 2
14 Metz 3 0 2 1 4 6 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 2
15 Bordeaux 3 0 2 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 2
16 Olympique Lyonnais 3 0 2 1 4 7 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 2
17 Lille 3 0 2 1 4 8 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 2 0 4 4 -4 2
18 Troyes 3 0 1 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 -3 1
19 Monaco 3 0 1 2 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 1
20 Strasbourg 3 0 1 2 3 7 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 4 -4 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Troyes 38 23 8 7 60 36 19 15 3 1 32 15 19 8 5 6 28 21 24 77
2 Clermont 38 21 9 8 61 25 19 13 5 1 37 9 19 8 4 7 24 16 36 72
3 Toulouse 38 20 10 8 71 42 19 13 4 2 44 18 19 7 6 6 27 24 29 70
4 Grenoble Foot 38 38 18 11 9 51 35 19 12 6 1 35 14 19 6 5 8 16 21 16 65
5 Paris 38 17 13 8 53 37 19 11 5 3 31 18 19 6 8 5 22 19 16 64
6 Auxerre 38 16 14 8 64 43 19 10 6 3 38 18 19 6 8 5 26 25 21 62
7 Sochaux 38 12 15 11 45 37 19 6 7 6 24 22 19 6 8 5 21 15 8 51
8 Nancy 38 11 14 13 53 53 19 6 8 5 28 28 19 5 6 8 25 25 0 47
9 Guingamp 38 10 17 11 41 43 19 4 10 5 19 23 19 6 7 6 22 20 -2 47
10 Amiens SC 38 11 14 13 34 40 19 7 8 4 15 12 19 4 6 9 19 28 -6 47
11 Valenciennes 38 12 11 15 50 59 19 7 6 6 24 23 19 5 5 9 26 36 -9 47
12 Le Havre 38 11 14 13 38 48 19 4 8 7 16 23 19 7 6 6 22 25 -10 47
13 Ajaccio 38 11 13 14 34 43 19 8 6 5 21 17 19 3 7 9 13 26 -9 46
14 Pau 38 11 11 16 42 49 19 9 5 5 26 19 19 2 6 11 16 30 -7 44
15 Rodez 38 8 19 11 38 44 19 6 9 4 23 20 19 2 10 7 15 24 -6 43
16 Dunkerque 38 10 11 17 34 47 19 6 8 5 22 18 19 4 3 12 12 29 -13 41
17 Caen 38 9 14 15 34 49 19 6 9 4 17 19 19 3 5 11 17 30 -15 41
18 Niort 38 9 14 15 34 58 19 6 6 7 17 25 19 3 8 8 17 33 -24 41
19 Chambly 38 9 11 18 41 64 19 7 3 9 21 27 19 2 8 9 20 37 -23 38
20 Chateauroux 38 4 11 23 32 58 19 3 5 11 21 31 19 1 6 12 11 27 -26 23
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lille 38 24 11 3 64 23 19 10 7 2 28 11 19 14 4 1 36 12 41 83
2 Paris Saint Germain 38 26 4 8 86 28 19 13 1 5 44 14 19 13 3 3 42 14 58 82
3 Monaco 38 24 6 8 76 42 19 12 5 2 43 21 19 12 1 6 33 21 34 78
4 Olympique Lyonnais 38 22 10 6 81 43 19 11 3 5 42 23 19 11 7 1 39 20 38 76
5 Olympique Marseille 38 16 12 10 54 47 19 10 5 4 32 23 19 6 7 6 22 24 7 60
6 Rennes 38 16 10 12 52 40 19 9 4 6 26 21 19 7 6 6 26 19 12 58
7 Lens 38 15 12 11 55 54 19 7 7 5 28 26 19 8 5 6 27 28 1 57
8 Montpellier 38 14 12 12 60 62 19 7 4 8 34 35 19 7 8 4 26 27 -2 54
9 Nice 38 15 7 16 50 53 19 7 3 9 25 30 19 8 4 7 25 23 -3 52
10 Metz 38 12 11 15 44 48 19 5 5 9 19 26 19 7 6 6 25 22 -4 47
11 Saint-Étienne 38 12 10 16 42 54 19 5 6 8 20 29 19 7 4 8 22 25 -12 46
12 Bordeaux 38 13 6 19 42 56 19 7 4 8 19 21 19 6 2 11 23 35 -14 45
13 Angers SCO 38 12 8 18 40 58 19 6 3 10 20 27 19 6 5 8 20 31 -18 44
14 Reims 38 9 15 14 42 50 19 4 8 7 16 21 19 5 7 7 26 29 -8 42
15 Strasbourg 38 11 9 18 49 58 19 4 5 10 21 29 19 7 4 8 28 29 -9 42
16 Lorient 38 11 9 18 50 68 19 10 2 7 31 29 19 1 7 11 19 39 -18 42
17 Brest 38 11 8 19 50 66 19 8 4 7 32 33 19 3 4 12 18 33 -16 41
18 Nantes 38 9 13 16 47 55 19 3 8 8 21 29 19 6 5 8 26 26 -8 40
19 Nimes 38 9 8 21 40 71 19 3 5 11 22 39 19 6 3 10 18 32 -31 35
20 Dijon 38 4 9 25 25 73 19 1 6 12 8 31 19 3 3 13 17 42 -48 21

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

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