Only three points will please the Lorient regulars in this Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir battle with Clermont, as they have a robust lead on them in the Ligue 1 standings.
- Lorient have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Ligue 1
- Clermont have the most conceded goals (19) in Ligue 1
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
1 - 0 - 0 with 1-0. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Clermont when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Clermont play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
Lorient form and stats
Perfect Ligue 1 season at home so far for Lorient 3 wins from 3 appearances. It’s been three wins in a row for Lorient here at Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Lorient shared the glory with Olympique Lyonnais in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. The gifted forward Armand Lauriente edged out all others in that game and got a match rating of 8.04 out of 10. Lauriente scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 22 successful passes (of 24 total).
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Nice.This is expected to be a close game, with Lorient perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Lorient as a small favourite), we find eight games. Lorient has won four of these, drawn two and lost two.
Lorient has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Defensively Lorient have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Clermont form and stats
1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Clermont, who have the most conceded goals (19) in Ligue 1, playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season. Clermont has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Ligue 1 home defeat versus Monaco with 1-3 on the scoreboard. The attacker Mohamed Bayo got a match rating of 7.84 in that game. Bayo scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Preceding that game, the 0-6 loss visiting Rennes's place.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Clermont playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were four Clermont wins, one draw and one defeat.
Clermont have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 5 goals have been scored. There are big problems for the Clermont defense as they have conceded 13 goals in 4 away games.
Head 2 Head
Previous eight meetings with these contenders: Lorient won four, Clermont were winners in two and we saw two draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  M. Bayo 4 goals |  E. Rashani 4 goals |   A. Lauriente 3 goals |
Lorient missing players
Clermont missing players
| Lorient | Clermont | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 19 |
| 88% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 62% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 50% |
| 38% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 3.2 | 2.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 7.2 | 6.5 |
| 6.4 | 5.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.8 | 3.8 |
| 3.1 | 2.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.2 | 8.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 14.5 | 13.9 |
| 3.4 | 3.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 23% | 26% |
- All of Clermont's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Clermont have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Clermont have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Clermont have the most conceded goals (13) away in Ligue 1
- Clermont have the most conceded goals (19) in Ligue 1
- Clermont have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in Ligue 1
- Clermont have the the worst goal difference (-8) away in Ligue 1
- Clermont haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Lorient have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Ligue 1
- Lorient have won all their matches at home so far.
- Lorient have won significantly less corners at home than away.
| 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 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 24 |
| 2 | Lens | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Nice | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 5 | Angers SCO | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | Lorient | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Monaco | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Lille | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | Nantes | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Reims | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 12 | Strasbourg | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | Rennes | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Montpellier | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| 15 | Clermont | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 9 |
| 16 | Bordeaux | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 7 |
| 17 | Troyes | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 18 | Metz | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 19 | Brest | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 4 |
| 20 | Saint-Etienne | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -10 | 3 |