The visiting Clermont side should be favourites in this visit to Châteauroux, as the away team holds a 14 point advantage from their 16 league games this season.
- Châteauroux has the fewest points (7) at home in Ligue 2
- Clermont have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
It's no vacation for neither Châteauroux nor Clermont as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Châteauroux form and stats
With {2 Ligue 2 wins}, 1 draw and 5 defeats from their home games, Châteauroux, who have the fewest points (7) at home in Ligue 2, are certainly not brimming with confidence. The Châteauroux manager N. Usaï might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The home team returns to Stade Gaston Petit after being equal after 90 minutes with Rodez (placed 20th) on their last time out; the Ligue 2 game ended 1-1. Preceding that match was the home game against Toulouse that was lost 0-3.
Razak Boukari was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Rodez after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
Châteauroux aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Gaston Petit in the league, with only 6 goals from 8 games. Châteauroux have conceded 12 from these games.
Clermont form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Clermont playing as the away team in the Ligue 2 this season.
Clermont won their last game, 3-2 versus Paris played at home. Before that, Clermont travelled to Le Havre and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
Clermont find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Clermont as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Châteauroux victories, five draws and five Clermont wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Bayo 8 goals | J. Allevinah 4 goals |  J. Dossou 4 goals |
Châteauroux missing players
Clermont missing players
| Châteauroux | Clermont | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 22 | 12 | 8 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 81% |
| 75% | 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 44% | 62% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 25% | 31% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 50% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 31% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 38% | 50% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.2 | 10.4 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 10.9 | 11.1 |
| 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
| 22% | 19% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 27% | 27% |
- Châteauroux has the fewest points (7) at home in Ligue 2
- Châteauroux has the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Ligue 2
- Châteauroux have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Clermont have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Troyes | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
| 2 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 31 |
| 3 | Toulouse | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 29 |
| 4 | Auxerre | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 28 |
| 5 | Paris | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Clermont | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 27 |
| 7 | Caen | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 26 |
| 8 | Niort | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -4 | 24 |
| 9 | Amiens SC | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
| 10 | Sochaux | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| 11 | Valenciennes | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 21 |
| 12 | Dunkerque | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 20 |
| 13 | Le Havre | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 19 |
| 14 | Ajaccio | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 17 |
| 15 | Guingamp | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 16 | Chambly | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 15 |
| 17 | Pau | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 14 |
| 18 | Nancy | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 13 |
| 19 | Châteauroux | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -10 | 13 |
| 20 | Rodez | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -11 | 13 |