📊 Form Guide

Clermont Foot

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Clermont Foot will be wanting a better result here after a 1-0 Ligue 1 losing effort in their last game against RC Lens.

In that match, Clermont Foot managed 52% possession and 8 shots on goal with 1 on target. At the other end, Lens had 17 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Florian Sotoca (3') scored for RC Lens.

Clermont Foot have really struggled up front in more recent games. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 4 vs opposition teams over their last six matches. In those meetings, Clermont Foot have also seen the number of goals that have gone against them total 8. That kind of trend isn’t assured to be carried forward into this game, though.

Heading into this contest, Clermont Foot haven’t won at home in the past 2 matches in the league.

Reims

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After a loss in their previous game against Montpellier in Ligue 1 action, Reims and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Reims managed 53% possession and 22 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Reims was Emmanuel Agbadou (66'). For their opponents, Montpellier got 12 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Modibo Sagnan (26') and Mousa Tamari (87') scored for Montpellier.

Reims have been a threat going forward leading up to this encounter, scoring 7 goals in their last 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that Reims have been somewhat leaky at the back, having also been scored against in 5 of those same clashes.

Their past results show that Reims:

• have not beaten Clermont Foot when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league games.
• are without a win away from home in their last 3 league matches.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 02/03/2018 shows that Clermont Foot have won 3 of them and Reims 2, with the number of draws being 1.

An aggregate of 13 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 7 for Clermont and 6 created by Les rouges et blancs. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.17.

The previous league fixture featuring the two was Ligue 1 match day 2 on 20/08/2023 which ended up with the score at Reims 2-0 Clermont Foot.

In that match, Reims managed 46% possession and 8 shots on goal with 4 on target. The goals were scored by Marshall Munetsi (17') and Mohammed Daramy (84').

At the other end, Clermont Foot had 11 shots on goal with 4 on target.

The referee was Romain Lissorgue.

📰 Team News: Clermont Foot

The Clermont Foot manager Pascal Gastien has no fitness worries at all coming into this clash with a fully healthy squad available for selection.

In our view, Clermont Foot look set to employ a 4-3-3 system for this one, handing starts to Mory Diaw, Maximiliano Caufriez, Chrislain Matsima, Andy Pelmard, Neto Borges, Habib Keita, Johan Gastien, Yohann Magnin, M. Saracevic, Alan Virginius and Elbasan Rashani.

📰 Team News: Reims

From a largely available group of players, there’s just a single fitness problem for the Reims gaffer Will Still to be concerned with. Joseph Okumu (Groin injury) won’t be in action.

We reckon that Les rouges et blancs could decide to play in a 4-3-3 lineup, choosing Yehvann Diouf, Thomas Foket, Emmanuel Agbadou, Yunis Abdelhamid, Sergio Akieme, Reda Khadra, Marshall Munetsi, Amir Richardson, Junya Ito, Oumar Diakite and Keito Nakamura.

✨ Prediction

Here is a game where Clermont Foot will have a tough ask to register a score against this Reims team who we think will likely manage to get a goal of their own in a winning performance.

Therefore, we predict a very even match with a 0-1 advantage for Reims at the conclusion of the game.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 12:01 28/04/2024