RC Lens vs Clermont Foot 63 Prediction: RC Lens are fighting for their lives

RC Lens play their next game against Clermont Foot 63 at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis. Lens have been in terrible form and have failed to win any of their last 4 games in a row. While Clermont Foot ended their last 3 games with 2 draws and 1 loss. 

In the last 5 league games, RC Lens recorded 1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses while Clermont Foot recorded 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses.

According to the league table, RC Lens is ranked 6th with 43 points while Clermont Foot is ranked 18th with 22 points.

RC Lens

With the current situation of things, RC Lens are likely going to miss out on any European Competition for next season. They are on the brink of dropping off the 6th spot and their recent performances are terrible. RC Lens have failed to win in their last 4 league games in a row and they had 3 losses and 1 draw in those 4 games.

Their most recent game was against Metz FC away from home and they lost 2-1 at full time. Lens took an early lead through Florian Sotoca in the 13th minute. But in the 34th minute they conceded the equalizer and by the 45th minute they were behind on the scoreline. In the second half no goals were scored and RC Lens lost the game at the end. According to stats, Lens had 70% possession, 2 shots on target and 2 corner kicks. They also created 3 big chances and missed 2.

A lot of questions need to be raised about RC Lens' management after such a shocking turn of events. 

Clermont Foot

Clermont Foot have managed to avoid a defeat in back-to-back games and whether that is a calculated effort to help them escape getting relegated is yet unknown. But at the moment, they are 4 points away from any form of safety.

Clermont Foot drew their matches against PSG and Montpellier. 

Their most recent game was against Montpellier last weekend and they drew the game 1-1. Clermont took the lead on the brink of half time through Muhammad Cham-Saracevic and in the 56th minute they conceded the equalizer. After that, neither side found the net again and the game ended as a draw. According to stats, Clermont Foot had 51% possession, 2 shots on target and 3 corner kicks. They also created only 1 big chance throughout the game.

Clermont Foot seems to be building momentum slowly by picking up little points. They will most likely apply the same principle in the upcoming game.

Head to Head

In the last 20 meetings between RC Lens and Clermont Foot, Lens won 7 matches while Clermont won 3 and they drew 10 matches. 

Analysis and Predictions

The most probable result from this game is a draw. RC Lens are not at their strongest right now and Clermont Foot seem to just be fine with sharing a point and hoping they can crawl off the bottom of the table.

RC Lens won the last 5 meetings and are unbeaten in the last 11 while Clermont are without a clean sheet in the last 10. The last 6 meetings ended with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 7 of the last 9 meetings. RC Lens won the first half in 4 of the last 5 meetings and there were more than 10.5 corners in the last 9 meetings.

• Clermont Foot to Play More than 3 Corners at 1.666 Odds
• Under 3 Goals at 1.60 Odds
• Draw FT at 4.20 Odds