Nantes vs Clermont Foot Prediction

Draws for Clermont, goals both ways for Nantes

Clermont's wider sample, which mixes league games with some pre-season friendlies, shows just four wins from twenty matches and a striking thirteen draws in there. That's a side that's hard to break down but also struggles to force a result either way.

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

Nantes

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

50% 10 / 20

Scored

27

Conceded

27

Difference

0

Clermont Foot

20 matches

Win

20% 4 / 20

Draw

60% 12 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

22

Conceded

21

Difference

+1

Nantes' broader run, covering last season's Ligue 1 games and this Ligue 2 campaign, shows five wins and ten losses from twenty outings, with an even 27-27 goal split. That points to a team that can score but leaks goals just as easily at the other end.

Comparative Team Statistics: Nantes vs Clermont Foot

History goes back further than it helps

These two have met plenty of times down the years, stretching from Ligue 2 meetings back in 2010 through to Ligue 1 clashes as recently as January 2024, when Nantes lost 1-2 at home to Clermont.

Given how much both squads and circumstances have changed since then, and with this now a Ligue 2 fixture for both, that long history doesn't tell us much about how this one will go.

Two sides scrapping in the bottom half

Nantes sit 15th with seven points from seven games, having won twice, drawn once and lost four times, scoring nine and conceding thirteen.

Clermont are just below them in 16th on six points, still without a win this season, built on six draws and a single defeat, with only four goals scored and six conceded.

That draw-heavy record for Clermont backs up what the longer form sample already suggested.

Younoussa has been Nantes' main threat

Among the limited player data available, W. Younoussa stands out as Nantes' top scorer with two goals in five matches, while F. Guilbert has picked up three yellow cards in six games without any reds.

Nantes:

Best scorers:

W. Younoussa - 2

Penalty cards:

F. Guilbert x 3

There's no comparable information for Clermont here, so it's hard to point to who's been carrying their attacking load this season.

What kind of game this could be

Clermont's defence has been tight but their attack has barely fired, with only four goals in their recent sample. Nantes, by contrast, have goals in them at both ends given their even scoring and conceding record.

That combination suggests Nantes might carry the better chance of finding the net, but their leaky defence this season means they could easily give something back too.