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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 06.August
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Gabriel Montpied (11980 seats)

Clermont and Paris Saint Germain are keen to show off their new people and flair: It's their first fixture of the Ligue 1 season.

Clermont and Paris Saint Germain 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

The season before, Clermont's league statistics were 9 wins, 9 draws and 20 losses, results that produced 17th spot in the Ligue 1. Over these 38 matches they scored 38 goals and conceded 69. Performing at their own stadium in the former season Clermont delivered 4-6-9 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 33 conceded.

Clermont have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and five practice matches played. These training games have ended with 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Clermont scored 9 goals and let in 6 goals during these five games.

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Paris Saint Germain form and stats

Last season was a triumph for PSG in the national league as they took home the Ligue 1 trophy. The championship was secured after 26 wins, 8 draws and only 4 defeats. As this is an away game, it's natural to look at the stats for away matches last season: Won 10, drew 5 and lost 4.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Paris Saint Germain have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats from four fixtures.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Clermont zero wins, zero draws and Paris Saint Germain two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less. Mbappe likes to face Clermont and have scored 4 goals in these encounters.

Clermont missing players

Paris Saint Germain missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Clermont Paris Saint Germain
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Clermont Last season Paris Saint Germain
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
9 4   Won W   10 26
9 6   Drew D   5 8
20 9   Lost L   4 4
38 22   Scored S   41 90
69 33   Conceded C   24 36
97% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
76% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 89%
50% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   63% 66%
34% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   42% 42%
13% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   26% 21%
50% 68%   BTTS BTTS   63% 58%
21% 16%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 34%
32% 21%   Failed to Score F T   21% 13%
 
4.7 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   5 5.3
4.3 4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 4.1
1.7 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.1
7 4   Red cards R C   3 4
 
11.7 12.4   Shots (avg) S (   14.3 15.4
3.6 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.7 6
28% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 39%
 
11.2 10.1   Shots against (avg) S A   12.2 11
4.4 4.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 3.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajaccio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Angers SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Auxerre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Brest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Clermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Lens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Lille 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Lorient 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Monaco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Montpellier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Nantes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Olympique Lyonnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Olympique Marseille 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Paris Saint Germain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Reims 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Rennes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Strasbourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Toulouse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Troyes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 Paris Saint Germain 38 26 8 4 90 36 19 16 3 0 49 12 19 10 5 4 41 24 54 86
2 Olympique Marseille 38 21 8 9 63 38 19 9 5 5 33 22 19 12 3 4 30 16 25 71
3 Monaco 38 20 9 9 65 40 19 12 4 3 38 16 19 8 5 6 27 24 25 69
4 Rennes 38 20 6 12 82 40 19 14 1 4 50 13 19 6 5 8 32 27 42 66
5 Nice 38 20 7 11 52 36 19 10 4 5 27 21 19 10 3 6 25 15 16 66
6 Strasbourg 38 17 12 9 60 43 19 11 5 3 36 18 19 6 7 6 24 25 17 63
7 Lens 38 17 11 10 62 48 19 9 7 3 35 20 19 8 4 7 27 28 14 62
8 Olympique Lyonnais 38 17 11 10 66 51 19 11 5 3 42 25 19 6 6 7 24 26 15 61
9 Nantes 38 15 10 13 55 48 19 11 4 4 33 20 19 4 6 9 22 28 7 55
10 Lille 38 14 13 11 48 48 19 7 8 4 24 22 19 7 5 7 24 26 0 55
11 Brest 38 13 9 16 49 57 19 7 4 8 28 29 19 6 5 8 21 28 -8 48
12 Reims 38 11 13 14 43 44 19 5 6 8 25 23 19 6 7 6 18 21 -1 46
13 Montpellier 38 12 7 19 49 61 19 7 5 7 27 26 19 5 2 12 22 35 -12 43
14 Angers SCO 38 10 11 17 44 55 19 8 2 9 23 23 19 2 9 8 21 32 -11 41
15 Troyes 38 9 11 18 37 53 19 5 7 7 19 19 19 4 4 11 18 34 -16 38
16 Lorient 38 8 12 18 35 63 19 6 6 7 20 22 19 2 6 11 15 41 -28 36
17 Clermont 38 9 9 20 38 69 19 4 6 9 22 33 19 5 3 11 16 36 -31 36
18 Saint-Etienne 38 7 11 20 42 77 19 4 6 9 24 38 19 3 5 11 18 39 -35 32
19 Metz 38 6 13 19 35 69 19 3 7 9 21 31 19 3 6 10 14 38 -34 31
20 Bordeaux 38 6 13 19 52 91 19 3 7 9 25 33 19 3 6 10 27 58 -39 31

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

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