Clermont Foot vs RED Star FC 93 Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form: contrasting stories

Clermont have drawn six of their last seven Ligue 2 games, losing the other, and have managed just four goals across that run. It's a pattern built on not losing rather than winning.

Clermont Foot: 20 completed matches; RED Star FC 93: 20 completed matches.

Clermont Foot

20 matches

Win

20% 4 / 20

Draw

65% 13 / 20

Loss

15% 3 / 20

Scored

19

Conceded

17

Difference

+2

RED Star FC 93

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

35

Conceded

31

Difference

+4

Red Star, by contrast, have won four of their last seven, drawn two and lost one, with nine goals scored in that spell. That sample includes away wins at Guingamp, Laval and Nantes, so the form isn't just a home thing.

Red Star's away form looks solid, but Clermont's habit of drawing means goals could be hard to come by.

Comparative Team Statistics: Clermont Foot vs RED Star FC 93

Head-to-head: draws keep cropping up

The last four meetings between these two have produced three draws and just one win for either side, that being a 1-0 Red Star away victory back in March. Older results go back years and include some heavier scorelines, but those don't tell us much about either side's current form.

It's worth noting how often this fixture has ended level, which fits neatly with Clermont's season so far.

This fixture has a genuine habit of finishing level.

Where they stand

RED Star sit second in Ligue 2 with 14 points from seven games. Clermont are down in 16th with just six points and are still without a win this season.

Player watch

Red Star's D. Durand has scored four goals in seven appearances, a return that helps explain their climb up the table. K. Cabral has added two assists in the same period. Mahamadou Diawara has picked up a red card in just two matches this season, which is worth flagging even though it doesn't confirm anything about his availability here.

RED Star FC 93:

Best scorers:

D. Durand - 4

Best assist providers:

K. Cabral - 2

Penalty cards:

Mahamadou Diawara x 1 x 1

S. Khaoui x 2

There's no matching player data for Clermont in this set, so we can't put the two squads side by side.

How this one might play out

Given Clermont's tendency to draw and Red Star's knack for scoring on the road, a tight, low-event game wouldn't be a surprise. Red Star's greater firepower does give them a route to breaking the deadlock that Clermont haven't faced from every opponent this season.

Clermont's home draws have generally been low-scoring, which lines up with their modest goal tally overall.