Nantes vs Clermont Foot Prediction

Form pulling in opposite directions

Nantes have won five, drawn four and lost 11 of their last 20 matches across all competitions, and that includes back-to-back league defeats, away to Saint Etienne and then at home to Dunkerque. They've shown flashes of quality too, like successive home wins over Sochaux and Nancy, but the inconsistency is clear.

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Nantes: 20 completed matches; Clermont Foot: 20 completed matches.

Nantes

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

55% 11 / 20

Scored

27

Conceded

28

Difference

-1

Clermont Foot

20 matches

Win

20% 4 / 20

Draw

55% 11 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

23

Conceded

24

Difference

-1

Clermont's picture looks almost the opposite. They've won just four of their last 20 games in all competitions, and in their last ten Ligue 2 matches they haven't won a single one. Seven of those ten finished level, including four draws in their last five league outings. It's a side that keeps scrapping but can't find a way to turn draws into wins.

Clermont's habit of drawing games suggests they're hard to beat even without winning.

Comparative Team Statistics: Nantes vs Clermont Foot

History favours Nantes, but it's from a different era

The recorded meetings stretch back over a decade, including spells when both clubs played in Ligue 1 rather than Ligue 2. Nantes have the better overall record in that set, but Clermont won the most recent meeting back in January 2024, and several of the games before that finished level or by a single goal. None of that really tells us much about two sides now fighting it out in Ligue 2's lower half.

A single point separates two struggling sides

Nantes sit 14th with eight points from nine games, Clermont 16th with seven. The table shows how close things are at the bottom, even though Nantes have actually won two games to Clermont's none. Clermont have simply ground out more draws, which has kept them within touching distance.

Limited team news, one Nantes name to watch

There isn't much player-level detail to go on here, and what we do have only covers Nantes. Wilson Younoussa has scored twice in his last five appearances, making him their most notable attacking reference point from the data available. Defender Florentin Guilbert has picked up three yellow cards in his last six games, which is a discipline note rather than anything that changes selection. There's no comparable information for Clermont's squad, so we can't draw conclusions there.

Nantes:

Best scorers:

W. Younoussa - 2

Penalty cards:

F. Guilbert x 3

What sort of game this could be

Clermont's season has been built on tight, low-scoring draws, and they've only lost once by more than a single goal in their recent run. Nantes, meanwhile, have conceded 16 goals in nine league games, more than most sides in this part of the table, even though they've scored a reasonable amount themselves. Put those two tendencies together and a tight, cagey finish wouldn't be a surprise, even with Nantes at home.

Clermont's resistance could make this closer than the recent results suggest.