Clermont Foot vs Lens Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 12th March 2023

Lens will visit Stade Gabriel Montpied on Sunday for a Ligue 1 fixture with home side Clermont Foot.

A look at the Ligue 1 standings shows that 17 points and seven places currently separate the two teams.

On the back of their current form, Lens are favoured to keep their momentum going against Clermont Foot. They have been able to string together a series of good results and will be eager not to let that slip away.

Clermont Foot are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net seven times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just 0.7 goals per game, as they conceded nine goals. They managed four clean sheets in these matches.

Lens scored 14 goals, conceded 11 and managed one clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Lens celebrated two wins against Clermont Foot in their most recent meetings, outclassing their next opponent by 2-1 and 3-1.

Clermont Foot vs Lens Prediction

Clermont Foot Form

In their last three matches, Clermont Foot lost 2-0 against Rennes, drew 1-1 against Strasbourg, before winning 0-1 against Toulouse. Clermont Foot only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at Stade Gabriel Montpied in the Ligue 1. They also drew two and lost three of these six encounters, in which they scored three and conceded eight goals.

Lens Form

Lens have been a tad mediocre in their last three matches where a win has failed to come their way. Against Montpellier, they gained a point in a 1-1 draw, before coming up short against Nantes, who ran out 2-1 winners. Lately, they managed to steal a point in a 1-1 with Lille. Lens are winless in their last six away games in the Ligue 1, in which they drew five and lost one. They conceded seven goals while scoring six themselves.

Clermont Foot and Lens are struggling to keep opponents at bay, which makes both teams to score look like the value bet atStade Gabriel Montpied

Clermont Foot show off a record of nine wins, seven draws and ten defeats in the Ligue 1 this season. Lens put 14 wins, nine draws and three defeats on the board in the Ligue 1.

Clermont Foot vs Lens Squads

Clermont Foot Squad

Pascal Gastien will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Lens from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Ligue 1 this season):

Lucas Margueron (0/0), Mory Diaw (0/26), Ouparine Djoco (0/0), Alidu Seidu (0/20), Baila Diallo (0/4), Baptiste Martin (0/0), Cheick Oumar Konate (0/3), Florent Ogier (0/17), Mateusz Wieteska (0/25), Maximiliano Caufriez (0/16), Mehdi Zeffane (0/8), Neto Borges (2/23), Oliver Kamdem (0/0), Souleymane Cisse (0/2), Elbasan Rashani (3/22), Fred Gnalega (0/0), Giovani Versini (0/0), Jacques Salze (0/0), Jeremie Bela (1/14), Jim Allevinah (1/24), Johan Gastien (2/19), Maxime Gonalons (1/14), Muhammed-Cham Saracevic (4/26), Nael Jaby (0/0), Saif-Eddine Khaoui (3/24), Yanis Massolin (0/6), Yohann Magnin (0/26), Aiman Maurer (0/4), Grejohn Kyei (3/25), Komnen Andric (4/26).

Lens Squad

Here is the full team squad of Lens. The 51 year-old Franck Haise will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Brice Samba (0/26), Jean-Louis Leca (0/0), Wuilker Farinez (0/0), Adrien Louveau (0/0), Facundo Medina (1/23), Ismael Boura (0/9), Jimmy Cabot (0/11), Jonathan Gradit (1/21), Kevin Danso (1/26), Massadio Haidara (0/24), Steven Fortes (0/1), Adam Oudjani (0/0), Adrien Thomasson (2/23), Angelo Fulgini (1/5), David Costa (1/24), Deiver Machado (3/23), Fode Sylla (0/0), Jean Onana (0/12), Julien Le Cardinal (0/5), Lukasz Poreba (0/7), Mamadou Camara (0/0), Przemyslaw Frankowski (2/26), Salis Abdul Samed (1/24), Seko Fofana (3/24), Yacouba Barry (0/0), Adam Buksa (0/4), Alexis Claude (2/15), Florian Sotoca (6/26), Ikoma Lois Openda (9/26), Remy Lascary (0/7), Wesley Said (5/17).

Clermont Foot vs Lens Team News

Lens face a list of four absentees from the squad ahead of their next match this coming Sunday against Clermont Foot. For instance, Lens won't be able to field Brice Samba as he serves out a ban following too many cards.

Adam Buksa, Jimmy Cabot and Wuilker Farinez all face a spell on the sidelines for Lens due to various injuries.

Clermont Foot vs Lens Lineups

Clermont Foot vs Lens H2H

Lens won 2-1 and 3-1 in the two most recent meetings with Clermont Foot, and go into their upcoming match with a psychological advantage. Clermont Foot claimed zero wins, while Lens picked up two wins in the previous ten matches, while the rest had no winner. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 12/5.

Clermont Foot vs Lens Results

Both teams found the back of the net three times in the last three matches between Clermont Foot and Lens.

Clermont Foot vs Lens Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the Ligue 1, Elbasan Rashani will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Lens hope Deiver Machado can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of two Ligue 1 goals in his last six Ligue 1 games.

Clermont Foot claimed one wins in the previous 10 matches at home across all tournaments, as well as drawing three and losing six. Lens won three of their last 10 away games, as they also drew five and lost two of these matches. Both teams scored in six of the last 10 home matches for Clermont Foot and in six of the previous 10 away games for Lens.

Over 2.5 goals came up three times in the previous three encounters between Clermont Foot and Lens, as Clermont Foot scored 1.33 goals on average per game and Lens averaging 2.34 goals. Both teams scored in three times of these matches. Clermont Foot saw over 2.5 goals in three of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 0.9 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Lens's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.7 goals in these matches.