Very important battle in the bottom section of the Ligue 1, with both Clermont and Reims experiencing more concern than joy. This game is a typical "six-pointer" with the home side placed 16th and the visitors in 14th place.
- Clermont haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
This has all the signs of an appealing game with lots of spark and bustle as both sides are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!
Clermont form and stats
When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Clermont have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games. When Clermont hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Troyes, Lorient, Bordeaux, Saint-Étienne, Clermont and Metz), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
Clermont faced defeat in their previous match, away at Bastia (0-2). Desmas had a busy but productive day in the Bastia match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented. Desmas, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.11 out of 10 in that game. Desmas stopped the opponent with seven saves.
In the preceding match a 4-0 victory visiting Chemin Bas d'Avignon.This is expected to be a close game, with Clermont perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Clermont as a small favourite), we find four games. Clermont has won two of these, drawn one and lost one.
The Clermont fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. 11 goals have been conceded.
Reims form and stats
The visitors are W2-D5-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1.
Reims play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Thaon. A heroic performance from Reims in their game against Thaon last time out. Things got complicated when Ekitike was sent off in the 67th minute with the match level. Despite the red card the team were able to pull off a 1-0 victory! Late drama in the previous game, when Hornby scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time to defeat Thaon.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Olympique Marseille.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Reims in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Reims, four draws and three defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Reims have scored 11 goals in 10 league games away. 12 goals have been conceded by Reims in these games.
Head 2 Head
Reims - Clermont 1-0 was the end result in these contenders' last H2H fixture, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Clermont three wins, two draws and Reims five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Bayo 9 goals |   H. Ekitike 8 goals |  E. Rashani 4 goals |
Clermont missing players
Reims missing players
| Clermont | Reims | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 32 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 84% |
| 72% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 79% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 30% | 37% |
| 39% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 10% | 16% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 10% | 11% |
| 50% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 70% | 58% |
| 22% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 32% |
| 28% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 26% |
| 4.8 | 5.1 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
| 4.3 | 3.9 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 5.6 | 5.1 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12.4 | 14 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 8.4 | 10.6 |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| 29% | 28% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 35% | 31% |
| 11.3 | 9 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 12.6 | 10.9 |
| 3.9 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 3.7 | 3.1 |
- Clermont 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 | PSG | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 22 | 46 |
| 2 | Nice | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 33 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Rennes | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 31 |
| 5 | Montpellier | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 31 |
| 6 | Monaco | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 29 |
| 7 | Nantes | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Lille | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | Lens | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 27 |
| 10 | Strasbourg | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 26 |
| 11 | Angers SCO | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 25 |
| 12 | Brest | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 25 |
| 13 | Olympique Lyonnais | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 24 |
| 14 | Reims | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 23 |
| 15 | Troyes | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 17 |
| 16 | Clermont | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -12 | 17 |
| 17 | Bordeaux | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 23 | -13 | 17 |
| 18 | Metz | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -16 | 16 |
| 19 | Lorient | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 16 |
| 20 | Saint-Étienne | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -23 | 12 |
