Clermont Foot vs Brest Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 23rd October 2022

The Ligue 1 clash at Stade Gabriel Montpied this coming Sunday sees Clermont Foot hosting opponents Brest. Brest celebrated a 2-0 win in their most recent meeting with their upcoming opponent. Are we in for something similar at Stade Gabriel Montpied on Sunday?

The hosts are currently eighth in the Ligue 1 standings with 17 points after 11 rounds. Brest are trailing behind them on six points, which makes them 20th in the rankings ahead of their next game.

Brest got hammered last time out and have no intention of letting that go by unnoticed. Clermont Foot need to strap up before the ride on Sunday, as the visitors look for revenge.

Clermont Foot go into their next Ligue 1 match, averaging a humble 1.5 goals per game in their last ten matches, in which they scored a mundane 15 times, while conceding 11 goals. That amounts to an average of 1.1 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring three times.

Brest travel to their next Ligue 1 match, averaging a lowly 0.9 goals per game in their last ten matches. They scored a disappointing total of nine goals, while also conceding 22 goals. That amounts to an average of 2.2 per game, in which they kept their opponents from scoring zero times.

Clermont Foot vs Brest Prediction

Clermont Foot form

Clermont Foot look well suited to take on any opponent presently, as their last 3 matches saw them gain 7 points. They ran out 1-3 and 2-1 against AC Ajaccio and Auxerre respectively. Their winning streak came to an end against Monaco, who claimed a point in a 1-1 draw. In their last six Ligue 1 home matches, Clermont Foot have three wins, while they've drawn zero and lost three. They scored seven and conceded 11 goals.

A top half finish seem very possibe for Clermont Foot who have been a surprise package with a string of good performances.

Brest Form

Brest got away with only one point from their previous three games, and they claimed it in a 1-1 draw with Auxerre. Then Lorient proved too strong in a 1-2 defeat, just like Nantes who won 4-1. Brest claimed just one win from the last six away games in the Ligue 1. They also drew one and were defeated four times, as they were outscored by 13 goals to eight.

The most optimistic experts had Brest down for a place around the lower part of the table. To achieve even that would require Brest to improve results soon.

Both Clermont Foot and visitors Brest seem to struggle just a wee bit much right now, with keeping a clean sheet. We go out on a limb here and suggest that, both teams will find the back of the net.

Clermont Foot took 13 points from their last six encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Ligue 1 table. This amounts to four wins after scoring 11 times and conceding seven. Brest claimed zero wins and one point from their last five encounters with teams in the top half of the Ligue 1, while scoring five goals to ten against.

Clermont Foot vs Brest Team News

Clermont Foot could have as few as two players on the injured and absent list for their next assignment on Sunday.

Mehdi Zeffane and Jeremie Bela are missing from the squad, Clermont Foot will field against Brestthis coming Sunday.

Apparently, Brest have just two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match this coming Sunday.

Brest need to do without Christophe Herelle and Steve Mounie, who are not fit enough to travel to Stade Gabriel Montpied.

Clermont Foot vs Brest H2H

The last time these two teams faced off against each other, Brest came away as 2-0 winners. No doubt they are planning a similar outcome on Sunday. Clermont Foot have a 0% win rate in the against Brest, who won one of these matches. The total record reads 0-1-1, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Clermont Foot vs Brest Results

In one of the previous two matches between Clermont Foot and Brest both teams scored.

Clermont Foot vs Brest Betting Tips

Grejohn Kyei found the target two times in his previous six matches, whereas Islam Slimani just scored once in a similar number of matches.

Stade Gabriel Montpied saw seven wins for Clermont Foot in their last 10 here across all tournaments. They also drew zero and lost three, while Brest won three of their 10 most recent outings on their travels, whilst drawing one and losing six. Goals are flowing freely for Clermont Foot on home soil currently, as both teams scored in seven of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target eight times in Brest''s last 10 league games away from home.

Clermont Foot witnessed over 2.5 goals in five of their previous ten matches across all tournaments in which they averaged 1.4 goals a game. Over 2.5 goals appeared in five of the last ten matches that Brest played across all tournaments this season. They scored 0.9 times on average in the process.