Stade Gabriel Montpied: Clermont vs Rodez Ligue 2 preview

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

With their 3 point advantage in the league table, Clermont fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Rodez.

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

Overall Ligue 2 stats at home this season for Clermont are 1-3-1 (wins-draw-losses).

In their previous game, the manager P. Gastien led his Clermont to a defeat in the Ligue 2 match away at Sochaux. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade Gabriel Montpied. In the match before that, Clermont hosted Nancy and drew the game 2-2.

The Clermont fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. On the other hand, Clermont have conceded 6 goals.

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Rodez form and stats

The visitors are W0-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 2. Recent form does not give Rodez much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Clermont will be a tough nut to crack. Rodez has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Rodez play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-4 to Guingamp (placed 8th). Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Sochaux.

The attacking power of Rodez when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 5 league matches away. Rodez have conceded 8 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Clermont 1 win, 1 draw and Rodez 0 victories. As for goals, 0 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

A. Grbic
7 goals
U. Bonnet
5 goals / 1 assists
P. Ruffaut
3 goals / 2 assists

Clermont missing players

Rodez missing players

Clermont Rodez
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 3 5 10
4 1 1 Won W 0 0 3
3 3 0 Drew D 1 2 3
3 1 0 Lost L 2 3 4
12 7 3 Scored S 2 3 14
12 6 0 Conceded C 6 8 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 90%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 60% 80%
40% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 50%
20% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 30%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 30%
40% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 60%
30% 20% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 20%
30% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 30%
 
5.4 6.2 8 Corners For (avg) C F 4 4.6 4.4
3.1 2.2 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.3 5.2 4.5
1.6 1.4 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 2
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
Key stats This season:
  • All of Clermont's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Clermont have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Rodez have scored away.
  • Clermont have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Clermont haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Rodez have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Rodez have yet to win a game away.

Clermont
All Coupe de la Ligue Coupe de France Ligue 2 Club Friendlies
All Home Away
30-08-19 L2 Valenciennes 1 - 0 Clermont
14-09-19 L2 Clermont 0 - 2 Lorient
20-09-19 L2 Paris 0 - 2 Clermont
27-09-19 L2 Clermont 2 - 2 Nancy
04-10-19 L2 Sochaux 4 - 0 Clermont
18-10-19 L2 Clermont 18:00 Rodez
25-10-19 L2 Guingamp 18:00 Clermont
02-11-19 L2 Clermont 14:00 Le Mans
08-11-19 L2 Chambly - Clermont
22-11-19 L2 Ajaccio - Clermont
Rodez
All Coupe de la Ligue Coupe de France Ligue 2 National CFA Group D Club Friendlies
All Home Away
30-08-19 L2 Nancy 1 - 1 Rodez
13-09-19 L2 Rodez 4 - 1 Le Mans
23-09-19 L2 Lorient 2 - 1 Rodez
27-09-19 L2 Rodez 0 - 2 Sochaux
04-10-19 L2 Guingamp 4 - 1 Rodez
18-10-19 L2 Clermont 18:00 Rodez
25-10-19 L2 Rodez 18:00 Chambly
01-11-19 L2 Ajaccio 19:00 Rodez
08-11-19 L2 Rodez - Lens
22-11-19 L2 Niort - Rodez

  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 10 7 2 1 14 5 5 3 1 1 6 2 5 4 1 0 8 3 9 23
2 Lens 10 6 2 2 17 11 4 3 0 1 6 4 6 3 2 1 11 7 6 20
3 Sochaux 10 5 3 2 14 5 6 4 2 0 11 1 4 1 1 2 3 4 9 18
4 Ajaccio 10 5 3 2 13 9 5 2 2 1 6 4 5 3 1 1 7 5 4 18
5 Le Havre 10 4 4 2 16 11 4 1 2 1 4 3 6 3 2 1 12 8 5 16
6 Troyes 10 5 1 4 13 10 5 2 0 3 7 7 5 3 1 1 6 3 3 16
7 Auxerre 10 4 3 3 17 12 5 3 1 1 10 5 5 1 2 2 7 7 5 15
8 Guingamp 10 4 3 3 16 13 6 3 2 1 12 6 4 1 1 2 4 7 3 15
9 Nancy 10 3 6 1 13 11 6 3 3 0 9 4 4 0 3 1 4 7 2 15
10 Clermont 10 4 3 3 12 12 5 1 3 1 7 6 5 3 0 2 5 6 0 15
11 Valenciennes 10 4 3 3 7 8 5 2 2 1 4 4 5 2 1 2 3 4 -1 15
12 Grenoble Foot 38 10 3 5 2 12 11 4 1 2 1 4 4 6 2 3 1 8 7 1 14
13 Niort 10 3 4 3 11 10 5 1 2 2 6 6 5 2 2 1 5 4 1 13
14 Rodez 10 3 3 4 14 15 5 3 1 1 11 7 5 0 2 3 3 8 -1 12
15 Chambly 10 3 3 4 6 9 5 1 2 2 2 5 5 2 1 2 4 4 -3 12
16 Orléans 10 1 4 5 8 14 5 0 1 4 3 9 5 1 3 1 5 5 -6 7
17 Caen 10 1 4 5 6 13 5 0 2 3 2 8 5 1 2 2 4 5 -7 7
18 Châteauroux 10 1 4 5 3 11 4 0 2 2 1 3 6 1 2 3 2 8 -8 7
19 Le Mans 10 2 0 8 10 21 6 2 0 4 8 10 4 0 0 4 2 11 -11 6
20 Paris 10 1 2 7 4 15 5 1 1 3 2 7 5 0 1 4 2 8 -11 5

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