Ligue 2 match preview: Clermont versus Nancy

Competition: France Ligue 2
Date: Fri 05.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Gabriel Montpied (11980 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Clermont are in the 8th position while the guests worry at 18th.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Clermont form and stats

The story so far for Clermont at their home stadium (Stade Gabriel Montpied) is 5 wins, 7 draws and 3 defeats.

Clermont manager P. Gastien and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Brest in the Ligue 2. In the preceding match a 4-0 victory visiting Red Star.

Clermont are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 17 goals in 15 matches. From these home matches, Clermont have conceded only 11 goals.

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Nancy form and stats

Nancy has only collected 15 points from their away games after 4-3-8 (15 played).

Nancy failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Valenciennes that ended with defeat 0-2. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Grenoble Foot 38 wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Nancy have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, 15 away games. As opposed to that, Nancy have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Nancy - Clermont 0-1 earlier this season. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's 4 Clermont victories, 1 draw and 4 Nancy wins.

Top Goalscorers

F. Aye
17 goals / 4 assists
Mathias Lage
5 goals / 3 assists
A. Bassi
5 goals / 2 assists

Clermont missing players

Nancy missing players

Clermont Nancy
Total Home Statistic Away Total
30 15 Played 15 30
35 17 Scored 15 26
23 11 Conceded 20 39
73% 73% Over 0.5 100% 97%
50% 53% Over 1.5 73% 63%
37% 27% Over 2.5 40% 37%
20% 20% Over 3.5 13% 13%
10% 13% Over 4.5 7% 7%
27% 33% Both teams to score 47% 40%
57% 53% Clean Sheet 20% 20%
43% 40% Failed To Score 33% 43%
Key stats this season:
  • Nancy hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Nancy is involved in more 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 D P
1 Metz 30 19 7 4 49 19 15 10 2 3 27 9 15 9 5 1 22 10 30 64
2 Brest 30 15 11 4 49 30 16 10 4 2 30 15 14 5 7 2 19 15 19 56
3 Paris 30 14 11 5 29 16 15 8 6 1 18 4 15 6 5 4 11 12 13 53
4 Lorient 30 14 8 8 38 29 15 7 6 2 20 13 15 7 2 6 18 16 9 50
5 Lens 30 14 7 9 39 23 15 9 4 2 24 6 15 5 3 7 15 17 16 49
6 Troyes 30 14 7 9 37 25 15 9 0 6 20 14 15 5 7 3 17 11 12 49
7 Orléans 30 13 6 11 42 41 16 6 4 6 19 19 14 7 2 5 23 22 1 45
8 Clermont 30 11 11 8 35 23 15 5 7 3 17 11 15 6 4 5 18 12 12 44
9 Le Havre 30 10 13 7 35 31 15 7 6 2 26 20 15 3 7 5 9 11 4 43
10 Grenoble Foot 38 30 11 9 10 35 33 15 7 4 4 15 10 15 4 5 6 20 23 2 42
11 Valenciennes 30 10 7 13 44 48 15 6 4 5 24 23 15 4 3 8 20 25 -4 37
12 Niort 30 9 10 11 27 32 15 5 6 4 15 14 15 4 4 7 12 18 -5 37
13 Ajaccio 30 8 11 11 27 37 15 5 7 3 16 13 15 3 4 8 11 24 -10 35
14 Gazélec Ajaccio 30 8 10 12 25 43 15 4 4 7 11 20 15 4 6 5 14 23 -18 34
15 Auxerre 30 9 6 15 29 30 14 5 4 5 14 11 16 4 2 10 15 19 -1 33
16 Châteauroux 30 7 12 11 27 35 15 3 6 6 15 19 15 4 6 5 12 16 -8 33
17 Sochaux 30 8 6 16 19 36 14 5 2 7 10 17 16 3 4 9 9 19 -17 30
18 Nancy 30 8 5 17 26 39 15 4 2 9 11 19 15 4 3 8 15 20 -13 29
19 Béziers 30 6 9 15 18 34 15 1 8 6 7 15 15 5 1 9 11 19 -16 27
20 Red Star 30 5 8 17 21 47 15 5 1 9 13 27 15 0 7 8 8 20 -26 23

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