Lens – Clermont BETTING TIPS (13.02.2017)
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PREVIEW & TIPS FOR Lens – Clermont
Lens and Clermont Foot meet at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis in a match for the 25th round of Ligue 2. The two teams drew 1-1 on 16-09-2016 the last time they faced each other in this edition of the league . The history of direct confrontations played at this stadium indicates a balance between these two teams, since there have been 3 draws in the last 3 matches. Indeed, the last time they met at this stadium was on 11-03-2016, in a match for Ligue 2 that ended in a draw for (1-1). The goals of the match were scored by P. Chavarría (52 ‘) for Lens and G. Laborde (55′) for Clermont Foot. The home / away condition deserves special attention, since although this is a match between 5th and 13th of the overall standings, in fact this is a confrontation between the 13th ranked home games and the 9th as a visitor.
After 9 wins, 10 draws and 5 losses, the home team is in 5th place, having won 37 points. In the last match they drew with Bourg en Bresse out (0-0), after having drawn at home in a game against Troyes (0-0). This is a team that normally achieves more positive results as a visitor than at home, having scored 20 points, scoring 15 goals and 13, and 17 points at the stadium with 15 goals scored and 12 conceded. For the championship, the Lens won 16 points out of 30, after 4 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses in their last 10 games at their stadium. In their home league games the most frequent marker in the break was 0-0 (5 out of 11 matches). His attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 games in this competition. In 24 games in this competition, he only managed 1 turn on the scoreboard in the 6 games in which he conceded the first goal. In the last 11 home games in this competition there are 1 highlights: you have 5 of your 12 goals between minutes (31’-45 ‘).
After drawing his second game in a row, Lens left a little bit of the fight and went from fourth to fifth, but could return to second place exactly in this round, where he must win anyway not to distance himself further from the leader and Of the third party.
His high draws surprise (ten in twenty-four matches) and that’s probably the explanation for so many draws. His attack has worked well, but the defense is who does not help as much. In the last six matches they had two wins, two draws and two defeats.
At home he does not make a campaign worthy of the fourth place, but he has won four wins, five draws and two losses in ten matches, which does not make the team neither as a host to put so much fear in the opponents, Team in your home.
After 7 wins, 9 draws and 8 losses, the visiting team is in 13th place, having won 30 points. In the last match, they drew with Brestois at home for (1-1), after their previous match had lost out in a game against Ajaccio by (2-1). This is a team little affected by the house factor, since it has achieved similar results at home and abroad. In the league, Clermont Foot clinched 10 points in 30 chances, after 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses in their last 10 away games. The team has conceded goals in 8 of their last 10 games, so they have not shown great defensive solidity, but their attack has been regular, since they managed to achieve in 7 of the last 10 games in this competition. In 24 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 14 times and only got 2 turns on the scoreboard.
Clermont went into free fall after tying their last game and getting fourth without winning, now having as challenge not to let the relegation zone approach and who knows, with much work and improvement, to be able to return to the fight for the first places in the current Ligue 2 so disputed at the top of the table.
The team has an average of little more than a goal per game and a defense that is far from being one of the best, sign that the imbalance of the team has a great responsibility that is the technical quality itself. In his last five matches he won two, lost two and drew two.
Even with a reasonable and very unstable campaign, the team has been playing reasonably well away from home with only five losses, four draws and three wins in twelve matches, being a team that brings problems to some opponents of similar quality outside their stadium.
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