Betting prediction and preview: Paris Saint Germain fancied to be better team when visiting Clermont

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 30.Sep
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Gabriel Montpied (11980 seats)

Striving Clermont will be hoping to pull off a surprise win when they host high-flying Paris Saint Germain in the next league fixture. It’s 18th vs 3rd and the home fans will have not-so-high expectations.

Insights:
  • Clermont is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Paris Saint Germain have the the best goal difference (+8) in Ligue 1

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Clermont form and stats

Three Ligue 1 home games done for Clermont, who are not happy collecting 0 points from these matches.

Clermont faced defeat in their previous match, away at Le Havre (1-2). Midfielder Konate was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.54 (out of ten) in that game. Konate scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 25 successful passes (of 31 total).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Nantes (0-1).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Clermont here at Stade Gabriel Montpied in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games).

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Paris Saint Germain form and stats

Four points from two away games for Paris Saint Germain, meaning one draw and one victory in the Ligue 1 so far.

Paris Saint Germain had fun at their own home (Stade Gabriel Montpied) last time out, beating Olympique Marseille 4-0. Ramos (2), Hakimi and Muani scored. As mentioned above, Paris Saint Germain was the only team on the pitch versus Olympique Marseille in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Attacker Muani got a player rating of 8.45 in the game. "Man of the match" Muani scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

Before that one, the win at home hosting Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League (2-0).

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the PSG manager García as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Newcastle United.

{5 goals} so far away for Paris Saint Germain, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

Paris Saint GermainK. Mbappé Lottin
K. Mbappé Lottin
7 goals
Paris Saint GermainA. Hakimi Mouh
A. Hakimi Mouh
2 goals
Paris Saint GermainM. Asensio Willemsen
M. Asensio Willemsen
2 goals

Clermont missing players

Paris Saint Germain missing players

Clermont Paris Saint Germain
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
6 3 1 Played P 2 2 6
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 3
1 0 0 Drew D 1 1 2
5 3 1 Lost L 0 0 1
5 2 2 Scored S 5 5 14
12 6 4 Conceded C 2 2 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 83%
67% 33% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 83%
50% 33% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 67%
33% 33% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 67%
17% 33% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 50% 33%
50% 33% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
50% 67% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 17%
 
7.2 7.3 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.5 5.5
1.8 2.3 2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5 3.8
1.5 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.5 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 15.7 15 Shots (avg) S ( 19 19 17
4.2 4.7 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 5.5 5
20% 14% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 45% 47%
 
9.7 10.7 14 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 13.5 10.5
5 6 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5 3.7
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of Paris Saint Germain's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Clermont have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Clermont have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Clermont have lost all their home matches so far.
  • Clermont have the fewest points (0) at home in Ligue 1
  • Clermont have the most conceded goals in the first half (7) in Ligue 1
  • Clermont have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Clermont haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Clermont is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Paris Saint Germain have not yet lost a game away.
  • Paris Saint Germain have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Paris Saint Germain have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Paris Saint Germain have scored more than double the goals of Clermont.
  • Paris Saint Germain have the the best goal difference (+3) away in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the the best goal difference (+8) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Brest 6 4 1 1 8 6 3 2 1 0 4 2 3 2 0 1 4 4 2 13
2 Nice 6 3 3 0 8 4 3 1 2 0 3 1 3 2 1 0 5 3 4 12
3 Paris Saint Germain 6 3 2 1 14 6 4 2 1 1 9 4 2 1 1 0 5 2 8 11
4 Monaco 6 3 2 1 15 8 3 2 0 1 6 1 3 1 2 0 9 7 7 11
5 Strasbourg 6 3 1 2 7 8 3 2 1 0 6 3 3 1 0 2 1 5 -1 10
6 Le Havre 6 2 3 1 10 7 3 2 0 1 6 3 3 0 3 0 4 4 3 9
7 Olympique Marseille 6 2 3 1 7 8 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 0 2 1 3 7 -1 9
8 Rennes 6 1 5 0 10 6 3 1 2 0 9 5 3 0 3 0 1 1 4 8
9 Lille 5 2 2 1 7 7 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 1 4 7 0 8
10 Metz 6 2 2 2 7 10 3 0 2 1 4 5 3 2 0 1 3 5 -3 8
11 Nantes 6 2 2 2 11 11 4 1 2 1 10 9 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 8
12 Reims 5 2 1 2 9 7 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 6 5 2 7
13 Montpellier 6 1 3 2 9 9 3 0 2 1 3 5 3 1 1 1 6 4 0 6
14 Lorient 6 1 3 2 10 12 3 1 2 0 7 4 3 0 1 2 3 8 -2 6
15 Toulouse 6 1 3 2 6 8 2 0 2 0 3 3 4 1 1 2 3 5 -2 6
16 Lens 6 1 1 4 6 12 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 0 3 3 9 -6 4
17 Olympique Lyonnais 6 0 2 4 3 11 3 0 1 2 2 8 3 0 1 2 1 3 -8 2
18 Clermont 6 0 1 5 5 12 3 0 0 3 2 6 3 0 1 2 3 6 -7 1

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.