Balanced ball game between Clermont and Nantes expected

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 03.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Gabriel Montpied (11980 seats)

Clermont want to get a lot of fans in for this match despite that the season has been strenuous up to now with 28 points and a 17th position in the Ligue 1 table. Visiting Nantes have 9th place with 42 pts.

Clermont and Nantes 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's results here at Stade Gabriel Montpied in the Ligue 1 have been very modest with 3 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Clermont to get some points in this home game.

Clermont lost their last game at Lens (placed 8th) after a 1-3 scoreline. The forward Rashani won the honour of being "man of the match" for Clermont with a rating of 7.4/10. Rashani scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Lorient (0-2).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Clermont have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost two.

19 goals have been conceded.

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Nantes form and stats

Nantes have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 3-4-7 (14 played).

Geubbels was the last player to score for the away team. Nantes haven't scored a league goal in the last 180 minutes.

Nantes might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Lille proved too strong as Nantes slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau. Defender Girotto was the best team player with a rating of 7.85. Girotto won 14 of 20 duels.

Prior to that match, the Nantes manager Kombouare faced defeat when travelling to Troyes and losing 0-1.

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

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Nantes as they have only managed to score 12 times from 14 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Nantes have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the records show this recent fixture: Nantes - Clermont 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Clermont four wins, one draw and Nantes five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ClermontM. Bayo
M. Bayo
10 goals
NantesR. Kolo Muani
R. Kolo Muani
10 goals
NantesL. Blas
L. Blas
8 goals

Clermont missing players

Nantes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Clermont Nantes
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 6 14 29
7 3 0 Won W 3 3 12
7 5 3 Drew D 2 4 6
15 6 1 Lost L 1 7 11
28 14 4 Scored S 7 12 36
51 19 6 Conceded C 3 17 31
97% 93% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 93% 93%
76% 79% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 57% 62%
48% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 29% 34%
34% 21% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 21% 28%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 7% 10%
45% 57% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 45%
24% 21% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 21% 28%
34% 29% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 36% 34%
 
4.4 5.1 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.2 4.9
4.4 3.9 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.8 5.3
1.5 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2
5 3 3 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
11.1 12.2 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 9 11
3.4 3.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.9 3.8
29% 26% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 30% 32%
 
11.3 8.9 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 12.2 11.4
4.3 3.6 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.3 3.9

  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 29 20 5 4 59 27 14 13 1 0 34 7 15 7 4 4 25 20 32 65
2 Olympique Marseille 29 15 8 6 45 27 15 6 5 4 24 17 14 9 3 2 21 10 18 53
3 Rennes 29 16 4 9 63 28 15 11 1 3 39 10 14 5 3 6 24 18 35 52
4 Nice 29 15 6 8 39 23 14 7 3 4 18 14 15 8 3 4 21 9 16 50
5 Strasbourg 29 13 9 7 50 32 14 8 3 3 28 13 15 5 6 4 22 19 18 48
6 Lille 29 12 10 7 38 35 14 6 6 2 19 16 15 6 4 5 19 19 3 46
7 Monaco 29 12 8 9 43 30 15 8 4 3 29 13 14 4 4 6 14 17 13 44
8 Lens 29 12 8 9 45 39 15 7 5 3 26 16 14 5 3 6 19 23 6 44
9 Nantes 29 12 6 11 36 31 15 9 2 4 24 14 14 3 4 7 12 17 5 42
10 Olympique Lyonnais 29 11 10 8 40 37 15 7 5 3 25 18 14 4 5 5 15 19 3 42
11 Montpellier 29 12 5 12 43 40 15 7 3 5 24 18 14 5 2 7 19 22 3 41
12 Reims 29 8 12 9 32 31 14 4 6 4 18 13 15 4 6 5 14 18 1 36
13 Brest 29 9 8 12 36 43 14 5 3 6 21 22 15 4 5 6 15 21 -7 35
14 Angers SCO 29 8 8 13 32 41 15 6 1 8 16 18 14 2 7 5 16 23 -9 32
15 Troyes 29 7 8 14 27 42 14 3 6 5 13 14 15 4 2 9 14 28 -15 29
16 Lorient 29 6 10 13 24 43 14 4 5 5 11 14 15 2 5 8 13 29 -19 28
17 Clermont 29 7 7 15 28 51 14 3 5 6 14 19 15 4 2 9 14 32 -23 28
18 Saint-Etienne 29 6 9 14 29 51 15 3 6 6 18 27 14 3 3 8 11 24 -22 27
19 Metz 29 4 11 14 26 52 14 1 6 7 15 25 15 3 5 7 11 27 -26 23
20 Bordeaux 29 4 10 15 38 70 15 2 5 8 20 29 14 2 5 7 18 41 -32 22

Nantes:
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  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 29 20 5 4 59 27 14 13 1 0 34 7 15 7 4 4 25 20 32 65
2 Olympique Marseille 29 15 8 6 45 27 15 6 5 4 24 17 14 9 3 2 21 10 18 53
3 Rennes 29 16 4 9 63 28 15 11 1 3 39 10 14 5 3 6 24 18 35 52
4 Nice 29 15 6 8 39 23 14 7 3 4 18 14 15 8 3 4 21 9 16 50
5 Strasbourg 29 13 9 7 50 32 14 8 3 3 28 13 15 5 6 4 22 19 18 48
6 Lille 29 12 10 7 38 35 14 6 6 2 19 16 15 6 4 5 19 19 3 46
7 Monaco 29 12 8 9 43 30 15 8 4 3 29 13 14 4 4 6 14 17 13 44
8 Lens 29 12 8 9 45 39 15 7 5 3 26 16 14 5 3 6 19 23 6 44
9 Nantes 29 12 6 11 36 31 15 9 2 4 24 14 14 3 4 7 12 17 5 42
10 Olympique Lyonnais 29 11 10 8 40 37 15 7 5 3 25 18 14 4 5 5 15 19 3 42
11 Montpellier 29 12 5 12 43 40 15 7 3 5 24 18 14 5 2 7 19 22 3 41
12 Reims 29 8 12 9 32 31 14 4 6 4 18 13 15 4 6 5 14 18 1 36
13 Brest 29 9 8 12 36 43 14 5 3 6 21 22 15 4 5 6 15 21 -7 35
14 Angers SCO 29 8 8 13 32 41 15 6 1 8 16 18 14 2 7 5 16 23 -9 32
15 Troyes 29 7 8 14 27 42 14 3 6 5 13 14 15 4 2 9 14 28 -15 29
16 Lorient 29 6 10 13 24 43 14 4 5 5 11 14 15 2 5 8 13 29 -19 28
17 Clermont 29 7 7 15 28 51 14 3 5 6 14 19 15 4 2 9 14 32 -23 28
18 Saint-Etienne 29 6 9 14 29 51 15 3 6 6 18 27 14 3 3 8 11 24 -22 27
19 Metz 29 4 11 14 26 52 14 1 6 7 15 25 15 3 5 7 11 27 -26 23
20 Bordeaux 29 4 10 15 38 70 15 2 5 8 20 29 14 2 5 7 18 41 -32 22

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