Clermont are ready for a new test after their 2-1 versus Angers SCO in the previous match. Nantes are coming to visit!
- Clermont have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nantes have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Ligue 1
Both contenders have had enough rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's aim for an active fixture!
Clermont form and stats
4 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Clermont have to build on here at Stade Gabriel Montpied in the Ligue 1.
Clermont enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Angers SCO's place. The match ended 2-1 with Borges and Rashani scoring. The forward Khaoui won the honour of being "man of the match" for Clermont with the rating of 7.42/10. Khaoui hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match, Clermont won a home game hosting Rennes (2-1).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 7 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 12 most recent league matches reveals that 10 of them had at least one goal from each team.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Clermont as they are travelling to their away game against Lille in the Ligue 1. That match is three days after this one.
Clermont has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Clermont have conceded 16 from these games.
Nantes form and stats
There's been little loot from Nantes's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 10 away games in the Ligue 1. Nantes only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws.
The Nantes goalkeeper Alban Lafont is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 384 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Thaon in their previous outing. The Coupe de France duel ended 0-0.
Preceding that game was the away Ligue 1 victory against Montpellier with the score of 3-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Nantes playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 3 Nantes wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Olympique Marseille in just three days.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Nantes rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The previous H2H meeting ended Nantes - Clermont 1-1, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Clermont wins - draws - Nantes wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Simon 5 goals |  M. Abdallah 5 goals |   M. Saracevic 4 goals |
Clermont missing players
Nantes missing players
| Clermont | Nantes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 24 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 27 | 16 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 24 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 79% |
| 79% | 89% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | 68% |
| 53% | 56% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 47% |
| 26% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 26% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 16% |
| 63% | 56% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 53% |
| 21% | 22% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 32% |
| 21% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 37% |
| 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 3.7 | 3.6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 2.3 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 10.3 | 10.9 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.1 | 12.4 |
| 3.5 | 3.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| 36% | 33% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 21% | 27% |
| 13 | 13.1 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.7 | 12.8 | 12.8 |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.5 | 4.7 |
- Clermont have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Clermont haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Nantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nantes have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Ligue 1
| 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 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 34 | 47 |
| 2 | Lens | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 44 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 23 | 42 |
| 4 | Monaco | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 16 | 37 |
| 5 | Rennes | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 37 |
| 6 | Lille | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 34 |
| 7 | Lorient | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| 8 | Clermont | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | -3 | 28 |
| 9 | Olympique Lyonnais | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 25 |
| 10 | Nice | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 25 |
| 11 | Reims | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -2 | 25 |
| 12 | Toulouse | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -5 | 23 |
| 13 | Nantes | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -3 | 21 |
| 14 | Troyes | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 27 | -10 | 18 |
| 15 | Montpellier | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -12 | 17 |
| 16 | Strasbourg | 19 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -10 | 15 |
| 17 | Brest | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -15 | 15 |
| 18 | Ajaccio | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -18 | 15 |
| 19 | Auxerre | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 24 | -25 | 13 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -24 | 8 |
