Clermont Foot vs Nantes Prediction: It's difficult to separate both sides.

Clermont Foot have been lost so far in the season and their performance has been dreadful. They have lost 3 of their 4 opening games in this campaign and next is Nantes for fixture 5. Clermont were average in their last game that ended in a draw against Toulouse. They need a good result against Nantes to kick start their season.

Nantes are in a similar position as Clermont Foot as they have also failed to win any of their opening 4 matches this season. Nantes will also be eager to get a good result here.

Clermont Foot are searching for their first win of the season and they welcome fellow-strugglers Nantes to the Stade Gabriel Montpied. The previous meeting between these two had ended in a goalless draw last season, but neither side are interested in a draw considering their current position.

Clermont Foot lost their opening game against AS Monaco, then they lost to Reims and Metz until their last game which ended in a 2-2 draw against Toulouse.

Against Toulouse, Zakaria Abouklal got the opening goal for Toulouse in the 8th minute and then Franck Magri doubled their lead in the 14th minute. Clermont Foot were awarded a penalty in the 34th minute and Grejohn Kyei converted from the spot. And in the 96th minute Florent Ogier scored the equalizer to bring the game to 2-2 at full time.

Clermont Foot have just 1 point after 4 games and they are in 16th spot on the table with a goal difference of -5.

• Clermont Foot have not won their last 4 matches.
• Clermont Foot are without a clean sheet in 4 matches.
• They have seen less than 2.5 goals scored in 7/9 matches.
• There's been less than 4.5 cards shown in 9/9 matches.

Nantes need a quick response to save their season. It's been a bad opening to the campaign for this team after they had 2 defeats and 2 draws in 4 matches. They lost the opening match against Toulouse at home, then they lost to Lille LOSC away from home. They were able to hold AS Monaco to a 3-3 draw before playing another draw with Marseille in their last game.

Their last game against Marseille ended in a 1-1 draw at full time. Ismaila gave Marseille an early lead in just 4 minutes and in the 9th minute Bastien Meupiyou was sent off and Nantes played with 10 men. They fought back and grabbed the equalizer by Mostafa Mohammed in the 39th minute. Nantes held on tight till the end of the game.

• Nantes have not won in 7 matches.
• Nantes are without a clean sheet in 7 matches.
• Both teams scored in 5/7 of their matches.
• Nantes conceded first in 5/7 matches.
• Less than 4.5 cards were shown in 10/10 matches.

Nantes and Clermont Foot have played 13 matches against each other. Nantes won 6 matches, while Clermont Foot won 4 and 3 matches ended in a draw.

• Nantes have not lost the last 4 matches.
• Both teams scored in 4/5 matches.
• Less than 4.5 cards were shown in 9/10 matches.

• Analysis of Clermont foot shows they have scored 4 goals and conceded 9 goals in the Ligue 1. They scored an average of 1.0 goals per game, with a 7% conversion rate. They created an average of 1.5 chances per game and missed an average of 0.8. They also played an average of 8.5 corners per game. They conceded an average of 2.3 goals per game and they kept 0 clean sheets.
• Analysis of Nantes shows they have scored 5 goals and conceded 8 goals in the Ligue 1. They scored an average of 1.3 goals per game, with a 14% conversion rate. They created an average of 1.0 chances per game and missed an average of 0.5. They also played an average of 3.8 corners per game. They conceded an average of 2.0 goals per game and they kept 0 clean sheets.

• Clermont Foot to play more corners at 1.62 Odds
• 30 Minutes Over 0.5 Goals at 1.74 Odds
• Over 8 Corners at 1.61 Odds