Clermont vs Paris betting preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 19.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Gabriel Montpied (11980 seats)

Clermont and Paris are both riding high in the Ligue 2 with their 6th and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Clermont has the fewest conceded goals (8) in Ligue 2
  • Paris has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Ligue 2

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

Clermont, who have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Ligue 2, have played 7 Ligue 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Clermont bring valid hopes of a third.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Clermont, as their goalkeeper Arthur Desmas has completely shut out the opponents for 248 minutes in the Ligue 2.

Clermont manager P. Gastien and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Le Havre (placed 13th) in the Ligue 2. Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Pau.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Clermont handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, eleven draws and two defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Clermont as they are travelling to their away game against Chateauroux in the Ligue 2. That match is three days after this one.

Clermont are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. As for guarding their own goal, Clermont have only let in 3 goals at home.

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Paris form and stats

Paris have an excellent away record in the Ligue 2 so far with 4-2-1 from 7 games.

Paris delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Rodez (placed 19th) in their previous match; a Ligue 2 game. A 1-2 defeat away at Troyes before that.

We have checked recent matches where Paris have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were two victories, two draws and four defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Paris are hosting Guingamp in the Ligue 2 only three days away.

Paris are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Paris as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Clermont, five draws and two wins for Paris. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

ClermontM. Bayo
M. Bayo
8 goals
ClermontJ. Allevinah
J. Allevinah
4 goals
ParisJ. López Baila
J. López Baila
4 goals

Clermont missing players

Paris missing players

Clermont Paris
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 2 7 15
6 3 0 Won W 0 4 8
6 3 1 Drew D 1 2 4
3 1 0 Lost L 1 1 3
18 9 1 Scored S 1 11 20
8 3 1 Conceded C 2 6 13
80% 71% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 86% 87%
60% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 67%
27% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 71% 53%
7% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 13%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
27% 14% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 40%
53% 71% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 43% 47%
40% 43% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 14% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.6 2.4
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
11.3 11.7 13 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.3 9.1
4.9 5.9 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.3 3.7
24% 22% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 37% 36%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Clermont has the fewest conceded goals (8) in Ligue 2
  • Clermont has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Ligue 2
  • Clermont has the most clean sheets (8) in Ligue 2
  • Clermont have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Clermont have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Paris has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Ligue 2
  • Paris 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 Troyes 15 9 4 2 24 12 7 5 2 0 12 5 8 4 2 2 12 7 12 31
2 Grenoble Foot 38 15 9 3 3 22 9 7 6 1 0 16 4 8 3 2 3 6 5 13 30
3 Paris 15 8 4 3 20 13 8 4 2 2 9 7 7 4 2 1 11 6 7 28
4 Toulouse 15 7 5 3 27 18 8 3 3 2 14 10 7 4 2 1 13 8 9 26
5 Auxerre 15 7 4 4 31 18 8 5 1 2 20 7 7 2 3 2 11 11 13 25
6 Clermont 15 6 6 3 18 8 7 3 3 1 9 3 8 3 3 2 9 5 10 24
7 Niort 15 7 3 5 19 22 8 4 3 1 11 5 7 3 0 4 8 17 -3 24
8 Caen 15 6 5 4 13 12 8 4 4 0 7 3 7 2 1 4 6 9 1 23
9 Valenciennes 15 5 6 4 18 17 7 3 3 1 8 5 8 2 3 3 10 12 1 21
10 Sochaux 15 4 8 3 19 15 7 3 2 2 15 12 8 1 6 1 4 3 4 20
11 Dunkerque 15 6 2 7 13 16 7 3 2 2 7 5 8 3 0 5 6 11 -3 20
12 Amiens SC 15 5 4 6 12 12 8 3 3 2 6 5 7 2 1 4 6 7 0 19
13 Le Havre 15 5 4 6 12 18 7 2 3 2 5 5 8 3 1 4 7 13 -6 19
14 Guingamp 15 3 7 5 14 16 8 2 3 3 8 9 7 1 4 2 6 7 -2 16
15 Pau 15 3 5 7 12 18 7 2 3 2 7 6 8 1 2 5 5 12 -6 14
16 Ajaccio 15 3 5 7 10 21 7 1 3 3 3 8 8 2 2 4 7 13 -11 14
17 Nancy 15 3 4 8 16 22 7 2 2 3 11 13 8 1 2 5 5 9 -6 13
18 Chateauroux 15 3 3 9 11 21 8 2 1 5 6 12 7 1 2 4 5 9 -10 12
19 Rodez 15 2 6 7 12 23 8 2 2 4 7 11 7 0 4 3 5 12 -11 12
20 Chambly 15 2 6 7 12 24 8 2 1 5 6 13 7 0 5 2 6 11 -12 12

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.