📏 Form Guide

Clermont Foot

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Clermont Foot go into this fixture following on from a 1-1 Ligue 1 drawn game versus Paris Saint-Germain.

In that match, Clermont Foot had 27% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Clermont Foot was Habib Keïta (32'). Paris Saint-Germain had 23 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Gonçalo Ramos (85') scored for Paris Saint-Germain.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games where Clermont Foot have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that Clermont Foot have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, letting in 11 goals during that time. Such a pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward here, of course.

Coming into this contest, Clermont Foot have left without a victory over Montpellier in their last 3 league games.

Montpellier

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Montpellier go into this match following on from a 2-0 Ligue 1 win to beat FC Lorient in their previous fixture.

In that game, Montpellier managed 45% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 5 on target. For Montpellier, the scorers were Téji Savanier (55') and Yann Karamoh (90'). For their opponents, Lorient had 18 shots on goal with 5 on target.

In their previous half-dozen clashes, Montpellier have helped themselves to the sum of 11 goals. Montpellier have additionally got on the scoresheet on each one of those occasions. During that period, their defenders have had 13 goals scored by their opponents.

Their previous form shows that Montpellier:

• have not won against Clermont Foot when they have played them away from home in the previous 4 league games. They really have not been travelling well at all.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 03/04/2009 shows that Clermont Foot have won 1 of these and Montpellier 3, with the tally of drawn matches being 2.

In all, 14 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 6 for Clermont and 8 belonging to La Paillade. The average goals per game has been 2.33.

The last league clash featuring the two was Ligue 1 match day 8 on 29/11/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Montpellier 1-1 Clermont Foot.

That day, Montpellier had 62% possession and 32 shots at goal with 10 on target. The scorer was Téji Savanier (87').

Clermont Foot had 5 attempts on goal with 1 on target. Maxime Gonalons (7') scored.

The referee was Mathieu Vernice.

📋 Team News: Clermont Foot

The Clermont Foot boss Pascal Gastien doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of before this match with a completely injury-free squad available for selection.

In all likelihood, Clermont Foot will probably go for a 5-3-2 formation this time, utilising Massamba Ndiaye, Chrislain Matsima, Andy Pelmard, Florent Ogier, Jim Allevinah, Neto Borges, Habib Keita, Yohann Magnin, Johan Gastien, M. Saracevic and Alan Virginius.

🗞️ Team News: Montpellier

Due to a fully healthy squad available to choose from, the Montpellier manager Michel Der Zakarian has zero fitness worries to speak of coming into this match.

It’s our belief that La Paillade could decide to play in a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting Benjamin Lecomte, Enzo Tchato, Modibo Sagnan, Becir Omeragic, Joris Chotard, L. Mincarelli Davin, Jordan Ferri, Teji Savanier, Tanguy Coulibaly, Arnaud Nordin and Akor Adams.

🧠 Prediction

Clermont Foot could well find it tough to see themselves scoring against this Montpellier outfit who we think might manage to score & go ahead.

That’s why we have predicted a very competitive encounter with a 0-1 winning margin for Montpellier at the end of the 90.

Let’s see how it plays out.

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Peter Guest, 12:04 14/04/2024