Ligue 1 prediction: Paris Saint Germain should edge out Clermont on their own turf

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 03.June
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parc des Princes (47929 seats)

Paris Saint Germain are located at 1st, while Clermont are bringing up the rear 29 points behind in the league standings. Can they reduce the gap?

Insights:
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals (87) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have scored more than double the goals of Clermont.

Paris Saint Germain are already the Ligue 1 winners and can relax with the season objective secured. If they do relax it might give the away team a slightly better chance in this one. For Clermont most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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.

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Paris Saint Germain form and stats

41 points is a decent return from 18 Ligue 1 games here at Parc des Princes for Paris Saint Germain. The data says 13 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.

Paris Saint Germain travelled for their previous game, a trip to Strasbourg that ended 1-1. Messi, a natural forward, was the highest rated performer for the side in that game, and was presented with a rating of 8.8 (out of 10). Messi scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 62 successful passes (of 68 total).

A strong away win before that one, visiting Auxerre and winning 2-1.

Goal party? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 13 of the 17 latest league games with this club has seen three or more goals.

The PSG manager Galtier has got the team scoring with 43 from 18 home games in the league. On the other hand, Paris Saint Germain have conceded 22 goals.

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Clermont form and stats

Playing away, Clermont have won 7 games, drawn 5 and suffered 6 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season.

Clermont are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the game against Lorient (placed 10th). Defender Caufriez was the best team player with a rating of 8.1. Caufriez scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and won 6 of 7 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Brest's place.

Clermont are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 18 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Clermont have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This was the end result when the contenders met earlier this campaign; Clermont - PSG 0-5. Data for the last three meetings between these two squads are: three wins for Paris Saint Germain, zero draws and zero wins for Clermont. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: zero games. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Neymar with 4 goals scored against Clermont in these 3 encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Paris Saint GermainK. Mbappé Lottin
K. Mbappé Lottin
28 goals
Paris Saint GermainL. Messi
L. Messi
16 goals
PSGN. da Silva Santos Junior
N. da Silva Santos Junior
13 goals

Paris Saint Germain missing players

Clermont missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Paris Saint Germain Clermont
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 5 18 37
27 13 3 Won W 0 7 16
4 2 1 Drew D 2 5 8
6 3 2 Lost L 3 6 13
87 43 11 Scored S 2 22 42
37 22 9 Conceded C 6 19 47
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 89% 92%
84% 83% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 72% 78%
68% 61% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 44% 46%
38% 44% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 16%
22% 33% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 5%
57% 61% 83% BTTS BTTS 40% 61% 54%
35% 28% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 28% 27%
11% 11% 17% Failed to Score F T 60% 22% 27%
 
5.4 5.3 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 3.3 4.1
3.9 3.7 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.5 3.9
1.5 1.8 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.2 1.9
5 4 2 Red cards R C 0 1 5
 
15.5 15.8 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 10.2 10.6
6.9 7.3 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3.8 3.9
34% 33% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 32% 29%
 
11.9 10.7 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 17 13.9 12.8
4.2 3.9 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.6 4.4 4.4
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Clermont have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Paris Saint Germain have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Paris Saint Germain have scored more than double the goals of Clermont.
  • Paris Saint Germain have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals (87) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals in the first half (43) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals in the second half (44) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the the best goal difference (+50) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Paris Saint Germain 37 27 4 6 87 37 18 13 2 3 43 22 19 14 2 3 44 15 50 85
2 Lens 37 24 9 4 65 28 19 17 1 1 41 13 18 7 8 3 24 15 37 81
3 Olympique Marseille 37 22 7 8 67 39 19 10 4 5 35 24 18 12 3 3 32 15 28 73
4 Lille 37 19 9 9 64 43 19 13 4 2 40 25 18 6 5 7 24 18 21 66
5 Rennes 37 20 5 12 67 38 19 15 0 4 43 14 18 5 5 8 24 24 29 65
6 Monaco 37 19 8 10 69 56 18 9 3 6 36 31 19 10 5 4 33 25 13 65
7 Olympique Lyonnais 37 18 8 11 64 44 19 10 5 4 35 19 18 8 3 7 29 25 20 62
8 Clermont 37 16 8 13 42 47 19 9 3 7 20 28 18 7 5 6 22 19 -5 56
9 Nice 37 14 13 10 45 36 18 6 7 5 21 17 19 8 6 5 24 19 9 55
10 Lorient 37 14 10 13 50 52 18 8 4 6 24 20 19 6 6 7 26 32 -2 52
11 Reims 37 12 15 10 44 42 18 8 6 4 27 20 19 4 9 6 17 22 2 51
12 Montpellier 37 14 5 18 62 61 19 7 3 9 29 29 18 7 2 9 33 32 1 47
13 Toulouse 37 12 9 16 49 56 19 6 6 7 27 27 18 6 3 9 22 29 -7 45
14 Brest 37 11 11 15 43 52 18 7 5 6 23 24 19 4 6 9 20 28 -9 44
15 Strasbourg 37 9 13 15 50 57 19 5 7 7 25 26 18 4 6 8 25 31 -7 40
16 Auxerre 37 8 11 18 34 60 18 5 7 6 17 25 19 3 4 12 17 35 -26 35
17 Nantes 37 6 15 16 36 55 18 4 8 6 19 26 19 2 7 10 17 29 -19 33
18 Troyes 37 4 11 22 44 80 18 1 10 7 18 29 19 3 1 15 26 51 -36 23
19 Ajaccio 37 6 5 26 22 74 18 3 3 12 9 30 19 3 2 14 13 44 -52 23
20 Angers SCO 37 4 6 27 33 80 19 3 3 13 20 36 18 1 3 14 13 44 -47 18

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 Paris Saint Germain 37 27 4 6 87 37 18 13 2 3 43 22 19 14 2 3 44 15 50 85
2 Lens 37 24 9 4 65 28 19 17 1 1 41 13 18 7 8 3 24 15 37 81
3 Olympique Marseille 37 22 7 8 67 39 19 10 4 5 35 24 18 12 3 3 32 15 28 73
4 Lille 37 19 9 9 64 43 19 13 4 2 40 25 18 6 5 7 24 18 21 66
5 Rennes 37 20 5 12 67 38 19 15 0 4 43 14 18 5 5 8 24 24 29 65
6 Monaco 37 19 8 10 69 56 18 9 3 6 36 31 19 10 5 4 33 25 13 65
7 Olympique Lyonnais 37 18 8 11 64 44 19 10 5 4 35 19 18 8 3 7 29 25 20 62
8 Clermont 37 16 8 13 42 47 19 9 3 7 20 28 18 7 5 6 22 19 -5 56
9 Nice 37 14 13 10 45 36 18 6 7 5 21 17 19 8 6 5 24 19 9 55
10 Lorient 37 14 10 13 50 52 18 8 4 6 24 20 19 6 6 7 26 32 -2 52
11 Reims 37 12 15 10 44 42 18 8 6 4 27 20 19 4 9 6 17 22 2 51
12 Montpellier 37 14 5 18 62 61 19 7 3 9 29 29 18 7 2 9 33 32 1 47
13 Toulouse 37 12 9 16 49 56 19 6 6 7 27 27 18 6 3 9 22 29 -7 45
14 Brest 37 11 11 15 43 52 18 7 5 6 23 24 19 4 6 9 20 28 -9 44
15 Strasbourg 37 9 13 15 50 57 19 5 7 7 25 26 18 4 6 8 25 31 -7 40
16 Auxerre 37 8 11 18 34 60 18 5 7 6 17 25 19 3 4 12 17 35 -26 35
17 Nantes 37 6 15 16 36 55 18 4 8 6 19 26 19 2 7 10 17 29 -19 33
18 Troyes 37 4 11 22 44 80 18 1 10 7 18 29 19 3 1 15 26 51 -36 23
19 Ajaccio 37 6 5 26 22 74 18 3 3 12 9 30 19 3 2 14 13 44 -52 23
20 Angers SCO 37 4 6 27 33 80 19 3 3 13 20 36 18 1 3 14 13 44 -47 18

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