Clermont Foot 63 vs Olympique Marseille Prediction: Clermont Foot will settle for a draw

Olympique de Marseille pulled off a major upset in the French cup a few days ago by kicking off French Giants PSG from the competition in the round of 16 stage. Next they travel to the Stade Gabriel Montpied to face Clermont Foot 63, who are not in their best form at the moment. Olympique de Marseille will be full of confidence coming into this match and will be looking to grab all 3 points to trim the gap between them and the French Giants on the Ligue 1 table.

Clermont Foot 63 are quite unfortunately to face such an opposition when they are struggling to return back to winning ways. They lost the last match 2-0 against AS Monaco at home and didn't win their previous game either. Clermont Foot 63 have no wins in 3 matches and have not registered a goal in those matches. In 8/10 matches, they have seen Less than 2.5 goals and in 7/7 matches, they have seen less than 4.5 cards. And in ⅚ matches, they have played less than 4.5 corners.

Clermont Foot 63 are mid-table (11th) on the Ligue 1 table, with 30 points from 22 matches. They have won 8 matches, drawn 6 and lost 8 matches. At home, they are ranked 13th with 14 points from 11 matches. They won 4 matches, drew 2 and lost 5 matches at home.

Frankly, there's no reason why Olympique Marseille shouldn't grab a win in this match. They are not only better in terms of form but they are riding with full confidence into this match. Olympique Marseille did well to advance to the next round of the Coup de France, after edging out PSG by 2-1 in the round of 16. In the Ligue 1, they lost their last match 3-1 at home to OGC Nice and are desperate to turn things around. In their last 5 Ligue 1 matches, they have 1 loss, 1 draw and 2 wins. With the difference between them and PSG currently 8 points, Marseille will fight to grab a win and hope PSG slip up. And Lens, who are directly behind Marseille and same points will provide extra motivation for the Marseille team to go all out for the win here. In ⅚ matches, Marseille has seen less than 4.5 cards and played less than 10.5 corners in ⅚ matches.

These two teams have not faced each other too many times. In total, they have played 4 matches against each other and Marseille have 3 wins while Clermont Foot 63 have just 1 win.

Marseille won the last match 1-0 and both teams have played less than 2.5 goals in all 4 meetings.

Marseille are the huge favorites because they are better in form and it's basically unthinkable to lose to a lower team right after defeating a giant. 

So Marseille should have total control over the game and dictate the flow of the match. However, one thing worries me and that's Clermont Foot's style of play. They are conservative and allow few chances at goal. They will play carefully to earn atleast a draw or snatch a goal and go on the defensive. Marseille clearly needs to go for goals and make sure not to give away any.

• Bet on Away Win or Draw and Under 4.5 Goals at 1.60 Odds
• Bet on Both Teams to Score No at 1.88 Odds
• Bet on Correct Score 0-1 at 5.6 Odds