Showdown between Clermont - Montpellier! Forget the ups and downs, this game should be cracking!
- Clermont have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Montpellier have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Ligue 1
This could be an engrossing fixture with lots of spark and energy as both sides are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!
Clermont form and stats
When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Clermont have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 6 games.
Clermont shared the glory with Nantes in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Midfielder Borges was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.05 (out of ten) in that game. Borges scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 21 successful passes (of 26 total).
Preceding that match was the home game against Brest that was lost 1-3.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 2 of these, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Goals from both sides! That has occurred in 6 league rounds in a row for this team. Will it happen again?
The Clermont fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches.
Montpellier form and stats
Montpellier have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 1-0-5 (6 played). It's looking increasingly bleak for Montpellier who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Strasbourg was the last time a defeat was avoided.
There might be some fixture complaints from Montpellier as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-3 against Rennes. Ferri got a match rating of 7.41 in that game, top player of the team. Ferri hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 60 successful passes (of 63 total).
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Olympique Lyonnais.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Montpellier in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Montpellier, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 10 of this team's 13 most recent league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.
For Montpellier, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Clermont six wins, zero draws and Montpellier four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Saracevic 3 goals |  K. Andrić 3 goals |
Clermont missing players
Montpellier missing players
| Clermont | Montpellier | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 17 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 22 |
| 20 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 27 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 54% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 77% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 31% |
| 62% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 12 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.7 | 5.2 |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 10.3 | 11 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 23 | 11 | 11 |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 39% | 33% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 60% | 47% |
| 14 | 14.5 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 14.5 | 14.8 |
| 5.6 | 6.3 | 7.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.3 | 5.5 |
- Clermont have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Clermont haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Montpellier have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Montpellier have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Ligue 1
- Montpellier have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Ligue 1
- Montpellier 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 | PSG | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 28 | 35 |
| 2 | Lens | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 30 |
| 3 | Rennes | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 27 |
| 4 | Lorient | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 27 |
| 5 | Olympique Marseille | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 6 | Monaco | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| 7 | Lille | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | Olympique Lyonnais | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 20 |
| 9 | Clermont | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -3 | 18 |
| 10 | Nice | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 11 | Toulouse | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 12 | Troyes | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -4 | 13 |
| 13 | Reims | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 14 | Montpellier | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 12 |
| 15 | Nantes | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 12 |
| 16 | Auxerre | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -12 | 12 |
| 17 | Strasbourg | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 18 | Brest | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -12 | 10 |
| 19 | Ajaccio | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -12 | 8 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -17 | 8 |
