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Clermont Foot

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Clermont Foot will be hoping for a better result after the 5-0 Ligue 1 losing effort in their last game against FC Lorient.

In that match, Clermont Foot managed 55% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For their opponents, Lorient had 32 shots on goal with 10 on target. Laurent Abergel (38'), Mohamed Bamba (42'), Badredine Bouanani (54') and Bamba Dieng (63', 90') scored for FC Lorient.

It’s not been often in recent games where Clermont Foot have shown defensive steel. In fact, Clermont Foot have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 games, letting in 13 goals on the way.

Pau FC

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Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Girondins de Bordeaux in Ligue 2 action, Pau FC and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

For Pau FC, the scorers were Iyad Mohamed (46') and Moussa Sylla (93'). Gaëtan Weissbeck (7'), Jérémy Livolant (16') and Zuriko Davitashvili (51') scored for Girondins de Bordeaux.

The stats don’t lie, and Pau FC have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 11 goals in total. At the back, Pau FC could really do with shoring things up. That trend isn’t assured to follow through into this match, however.

👥 Head to head

The last league encounter featuring these sides was Ligue 2 match day 32 on 10/04/2021 which ended up with the score at Pau FC 2-1 Clermont Foot.

On that day, Pau FC managed 34% possession and 13 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Goals were scored by Mayron George (53') and Steve Beusnard (91').

On the other side, Clermont Foot got 16 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Jason Berthomier (30') scored.

The match was refereed by Mathieu Vernice.

ℹ️ Team News: Pau FC

Owing to an otherwise full-strength squad, there’s just a single fitness issue for the Pau FC manager Nicolas Usaï to contend with. Jean Lambert Evan's (Cruciate ligament tear) misses out for this game.

⚡ Prediction

Our thinking is that Clermont Foot have it within them to see a lot of the ball and convert quite a few goal-scoring opportunities.

At the same time, Pau FC might well find it a difficult task to score themselves although we do think it’s probable that they will be scoring.

We’re therefore anticipating a fairly comfortable 3-1 winning score for Clermont Foot at the end of the match.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 17:07 16/08/2024