Clermont Foot vs Montpellier Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 6th November 2022

Clermont Foot take on visitors Montpellier at Stade Gabriel Montpied in a Ligue 1 tie on Sunday. Clermont Foot beat Montpellier by 2-1 in their most recent match, while Montpellier claimed a 1-0 win in the match prior to that.

The hosts are currently ninth in the Ligue 1 standings with 18 points after 13 rounds. Montpellier are trailing behind them on 12 points, which makes them 14th in the rankings ahead of their next game.

Montpellier got hammered in their latest outing, and could still be rattled on Sunday. If so, Clermont Foot are in with a good chance of lashing out yet another defeat for the visitors.

Clermont Foot are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They claimed a steady 12 goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of 1.2 goals per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents 13 goals, or an average of 1.3 goals a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to two clean sheets in this run.

Montpellier scored 16 goals, conceded 18 and kept their opponents from scoring two times in their last ten matches.

Clermont Foot vs Montpellier Prediction

Clermont Foot form

Clermont Foot have been too mediocre in their last three matches, where a win has failed to come their way. Against Monaco, they gained a point in a 1-1 draw, before coming up short against Brest, who ran out 1-3 winners. Lately, they managed to steal a point in a 1-1 draw with Nantes. 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 12 goals.

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

Montpellier Form

Montpellier endured a tough spell in their last three matches, from which they have nothing to show. They were beaten 1-0 by Lens, before Lyon ran out 1-2 winners. A third defeat on the trot followed against Rennes, who came out 3-0 winners. Montpellier claimed just one win from the last six away games in the Ligue 1. They also drew zero and were defeated five times, as they were outscored by 15 goals to 12.

Few people saw Montpellier at the fun end of the table this season, but they are displaying a great form right now.

Both Clermont Foot and visitors Montpellier 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 14 points from their last eight encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Ligue 1 table. This amounts to four wins after scoring 14 times and conceding 11. Montpellier scored four goals and conceded 16 in their last six encounters with teams in the top half of the Ligue 1. This lead to zero wins and zero points. Clermont Foot have a record of five wins , three draws and five defeats in the Ligue 1 this season. Montpellier are looking at four wins, zero draws and nine defeats in the Ligue 1.

Clermont Foot vs Montpellier Team News

Clermont Foot might be looking at three missing players for their upcoming assignment against Montpellier.

Maxime Gonalons, Brandon Baiye and Mehdi Zeffane are missing from the squad, Clermont Foot will field against Montpellieron Sunday.

Montpellier are juggling with four absent players on this coming Sunday when travelling to Clermont Foot.

Names like Jonas Omlin, Theo Sainte-Luce, Dimitry Bertaud and Pedro Mendes most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Clermont Foot.

Clermont Foot vs Montpellier H2H

Montpellier were knocked out cold when Clermont Foot took a 2-1 win in their latest encounter. It served as pay back for the 1-0 defeat, Montpellier handed out in the game before. Clermont Foot claimed one win, while Montpellier picked up one win in the previous ten matches, while the rest had no winner. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 3.50.

Clermont Foot vs Montpellier Results

Both teams scored one time in the last two matches between Clermont Foot and Montpellier.

Clermont Foot vs Montpellier Betting Tips

Look no further than Grejohn Kyei, when searching for a marksman currently in good shape. He hit the target twice lately for Clermont Foot in the Ligue 1, while Elye Wahi managed two goals in the last half dozen matches for Montpellier in this tournament. No doubt, both are looking to add to their total once again.

In their last 10 matches at Stade Gabriel Montpied across all tournaments Clermont Foot won seven times, drew zero and lost three times. Montpellier claimed one wins, zero draw and nine defeats in their last 10 games away. Goals should be on the menu at Stade Gabriel Montpied, with both teams scoring in seven of the last 10 matches at home for Clermont Foot. The same outcome paid dividends in five of the last 10 away games for Montpellier.

In the last two encounters between Clermont Foot and Montpellier over 2.5 goals came out one time, as Clermont Foot averaged one goal a game. Montpellier scored an average of one goal in these, while both teams scored one time. Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the ten matches across the tournaments for Clermont Foot, who scored an average of 1.4 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals appeared in seven of the last ten matches that Montpellier played across all tournaments this season. They scored 1.6 times on average in the process.