Nantes want to have lots of fans in for this game even though the season has been strenuous so far with 11 points and a 15th place in the Ligue 1 table. Opponents Clermont own 9th place with 17 pts.
- Nantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
These are active days for the home side, as they had a match only three days ago in the Europa League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Qarabag, was also a home game here at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau. The away team is better rested.
Nantes form and stats
2-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Nantes so far this season.
Nantes's previous match was a Europa League game also played at their home, ending 2-1 vs Qarabag. The home side are looking to repeat that performance. Defender Castelletto got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.83/10. Castelletto served one assist, hit two key passes and won 6 of 6 duels.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Nice that finished 1-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Nantes handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
There will be little rest for Nantes after this match as they are travelling to Olympiakos Piraeus for a Europa League game in only four days.
The Nantes fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. 6 goals have been conceded.
Clermont form and stats
As the visiting team in Ligue 1 matches, Clermont have produced an overall stat of 2-2-2 so far.
Clermont failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Brest (placed 17th) that ended with defeat 1-3. That loss was their first after three consecutive league fixtures winning points. It's not a good sign for Clermont that their goalie Diaw pulled off eight saves in the Brest match, but still could not rescue them from a defeat. Cham-Saračević, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.05. Cham-Saračević served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 43 successful passes (of 50 total).
Before that, Clermont travelled to Monaco and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.Clermont are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.
Both teams to score? This team's fresh fixtures suggest that, having completed 5 league matches in a row with one or more goals from each side.
Clermont are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 6 away games so far. Clermont have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the former ten meetings between these two sides are: five wins for Nantes, one draw and four wins for Clermont. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Simon 4 goals |  M. Abdallah 3 goals |  I. Kpene Ganago 3 goals |
Nantes missing players
Clermont missing players
| Nantes | Clermont | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 20 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 19 |
| 83% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 83% | 92% |
| 83% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 75% |
| 58% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 58% |
| 33% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 33% | 42% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 17% | 17% |
| 67% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 58% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 17% | 25% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 25% |
| 4.5 | 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 5.7 | 7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 1.5 | 0.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.8 | 13.2 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10 | 10.5 |
| 4 | 4 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| 29% | 40% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 47% | 40% |
| 12.9 | 13.4 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 13.5 | 14 |
| 4.1 | 2.4 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 5.3 | 5.8 |
- Nantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 27 | 32 |
| 2 | Lens | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 27 |
| 3 | Lorient | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Rennes | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 24 |
| 5 | Olympique Marseille | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 6 | Lille | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
| 7 | Monaco | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Olympique Lyonnais | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 17 |
| 9 | Clermont | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -3 | 17 |
| 10 | Toulouse | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 11 | Troyes | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -3 | 13 |
| 12 | Nice | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 13 |
| 13 | Montpellier | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 12 |
| 14 | Reims | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 15 | Nantes | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 11 |
| 16 | Strasbourg | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -7 | 9 |
| 17 | Brest | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -12 | 9 |
| 18 | Auxerre | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -13 | 9 |
| 19 | Ajaccio | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -11 | 8 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -15 | 8 |
