This could be an intriguing game as Clermont have their supposed home advantage, while Olympique Marseille have an edge of 16 points in the Ligue 1 table.
- Olympique Marseille have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
Olympique Marseille could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Coupe de France game only three sleeps ago.
Clermont form and stats
4-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Clermont so far this season.
Borges was the last player to score a league goal for Clermont and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Clermont haven't scored in 313 minutes.
The Clermont followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stade Gabriel Montpied: A 0-2 defeat against Monaco (placed 4th). The first loss after going undefeated in five league matches. The striker Maurer outperformed all teammates in that match and received a match rating of 7.35 out of 10. Maurer hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 28 successful passes (of 32 total).
Before that, Clermont played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Lille.Clermont have scored {10 league goals} here from 11 matches, not a lot. Clermont have conceded 18 from these games.
Olympique Marseille form and stats
Olympique Marseille have an excellent away record in the Ligue 1 so far with 7-2-1 from 10 games. Olympique has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Strasbourg.
The club members enjoyed Olympique Marseille's previous fixture versus Paris Saint Germain, a Coupe de France win (2-1) played at home.
The game before that, in the Ligue 1, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Nice.They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
The fixture history shows this score when the sides met earlier this season; Olympique Marseille - Clermont 1-0. Stats for the former four meetings involving these two teams are: one win for Clermont, zero draws and three wins for Olympique Marseille. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Sánchez Sánchez 7 goals |  N. Varela Tavares 5 goals |   M. Saracevic 4 goals |
Clermont missing players
Olympique Marseille missing players
| Clermont | Olympique Marseille | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 24 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 20 | 43 |
| 29 | 18 | 10 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| 86% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 82% |
| 45% | 45% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 55% |
| 23% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 9% | 9% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 55% | 45% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 59% |
| 27% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 32% |
| 32% | 36% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 9% |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 2.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.5 | 5.7 |
| 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.3 | 4.4 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.3 | 10.5 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 13 | 14.5 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 32% | 30% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 42% | 38% |
| 13.1 | 12.4 | 14.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 13.3 | 12 |
| 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4 | 4 |
- Olympique Marseille have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Olympique Marseille have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Olympique Marseille 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 | Paris Saint Germain | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 37 | 54 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 23 | 46 |
| 3 | Lens | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 46 |
| 4 | Monaco | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 19 | 44 |
| 5 | Rennes | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 40 |
| 6 | Lille | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 38 |
| 7 | Lorient | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 36 |
| 8 | Nice | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 34 |
| 9 | Olympique Lyonnais | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 32 |
| 10 | Reims | 22 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 30 |
| 11 | Clermont | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | -5 | 30 |
| 12 | Toulouse | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -2 | 29 |
| 13 | Nantes | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -3 | 25 |
| 14 | Brest | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 15 | Montpellier | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 24 | -14 | 20 |
| 16 | Troyes | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 31 | -15 | 19 |
| 17 | Strasbourg | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -12 | 18 |
| 18 | Ajaccio | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -21 | 18 |
| 19 | Auxerre | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 27 | -28 | 14 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 22 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -29 | 9 |
