Clermont fights Guingamp in Ligue 2 battle

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Fri 20.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Gabriel Montpied (11980 seats)

Clermont perform at a high level so far being 5th in the table. Guingamp can look both up and down from their 8th position.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Clermont form and stats

7 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Clermont have to build on here at Stade Gabriel Montpied in the Ligue 2.

The Clermont supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Sochaux in Ligue 2 and win 2-0. In the game before, an away victory match versus Nancy with a 2-1 scoreline.

The Clermont fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 14 league matches. Clermont's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Guingamp form and stats

As the visiting team in Ligue 2 matches, Guingamp have produced an overall stat of 5-3-6 so far. Guingamp has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Guingamp are travelling again after losing away to Rodez in their previous match (1-2). Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Le Mans's place.

Guingamp are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 14 games (in the league). Guingamp have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Guingamp - Clermont 1-2 earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Clermont, four draws and four wins for Guingamp. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

ClermontA. Grbic
A. Grbic
17 goals
GuingampF. Pierrot
F. Pierrot
8 goals
GuingampB. Pelé
B. Pelé
7 goals

Clermont missing players

Guingamp missing players

Clermont Guingamp
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 3 14 28
14 7 1 Won W 1 5 10
8 3 2 Drew D 0 3 9
6 4 0 Lost L 2 6 9
35 21 6 Scored S 1 20 40
25 14 4 Conceded C 6 19 33
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
64% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 71%
36% 43% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 57% 46%
18% 29% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 25%
4% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 14%
46% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 54%
32% 21% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 36% 29%
29% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 36% 25%
 
4.9 5.5 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 8.3 5.8 6
4.2 3.1 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 5.2 4.5
1.9 1.6 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.5 1.7
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
295 158 34 Total Shots T S 33 163 359
112 63 10 Shots on Target S O 12 70 141
31% 33% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 29% 28%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Clermont have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Clermont haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Guingamp have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Lorient 28 17 3 8 45 25 14 9 1 4 22 12 14 8 2 4 23 13 20 54
2 Lens 28 15 8 5 39 24 14 9 3 2 19 9 14 6 5 3 20 15 15 53
3 Ajaccio 28 15 7 6 38 22 14 6 4 4 17 12 14 9 3 2 21 10 16 52
4 Troyes 28 16 3 9 34 25 14 8 1 5 20 17 14 8 2 4 14 8 9 51
5 Clermont 28 14 8 6 35 25 14 7 3 4 21 14 14 7 5 2 14 11 10 50
6 Le Havre 28 11 11 6 38 25 14 5 7 2 18 10 14 6 4 4 20 15 13 44
7 Valenciennes 28 11 9 8 24 20 14 7 5 2 14 7 14 4 4 6 10 13 4 42
8 Guingamp 28 10 9 9 40 33 14 5 6 3 20 14 14 5 3 6 20 19 7 39
9 Grenoble Foot 38 28 7 14 7 27 29 14 3 8 3 13 13 14 4 6 4 14 16 -2 35
10 Chambly 28 9 8 11 26 32 15 4 4 7 12 21 13 5 4 4 14 11 -6 35
11 Auxerre 28 8 10 10 31 30 14 5 7 2 19 12 14 3 3 8 12 18 1 34
12 Nancy 28 6 16 6 27 26 14 6 6 2 16 9 14 0 10 4 11 17 1 34
13 Caen 28 8 10 10 33 34 14 4 5 5 14 17 14 4 5 5 19 17 -1 34
14 Sochaux 28 8 10 10 28 30 14 6 5 3 17 11 14 2 5 7 11 19 -2 34
15 Châteauroux 28 9 7 12 22 38 14 3 4 7 11 23 14 6 3 5 11 15 -16 34
16 Rodez 28 8 8 12 31 34 14 6 3 5 22 18 14 2 5 7 9 16 -3 32
17 Paris 28 7 7 14 22 40 13 3 2 8 9 22 15 4 5 6 13 18 -18 28
18 Niort 28 6 8 14 30 41 14 4 5 5 16 16 14 2 3 9 14 25 -11 26
19 Le Mans 28 7 5 16 30 45 14 5 3 6 16 17 14 2 2 10 14 28 -15 26
20 Orléans 28 4 7 17 21 43 14 2 2 10 8 23 14 2 5 7 13 20 -22 19

Read more about Ligue 2

Ligue 2 is the second highest division in French football. Most games are played at Fridays and Mondays, allowing the top league Ligue 1 “ownership” of the weekend days. 20 teams play 380 fixtures in total, creating a league table where the top three teams promote and the bottom three relegate.