Amiens (home)
- Amiens have won only one, tied one and lost three of their last five matches in all competitions, including back-to-back losses.
- Amiens have won just once in 10 Ligue 2 home matches this season, with three ties and six defeats.
- Omar Daf has made his team disciplined and well-organized, but somewhat negative in Ligue 2 this season.
Clermont (away)
- Clermont have won one and lost four of their last five Ligue 2 games, including three consecutive defeats.
- Clermont have picked up no points from their last three Ligue 2 away games.
- Clermont, currently 14th in Ligue 2 with 22 points from 21 games, are only three points ahead of 16th-placed SC Amiens, who have played the same number of matches.
- Batlles has begun to adopt a more positive approach since taking charge, using a 3-5-2/3-4-1-2 hybrid to stretch the game with wing-backs and overload midfields.
- The result has been more goals and more defeats, however, as Clermont have scored 0.82 goals per away game in Ligue 2 and conceded 1.45.
Head-to-Head
In their previous meeting three months ago, Clermont edged Amiens 2-1 at home, but they have never won at Amiens in recent clashes, each side having won one and drawn one of the last three meetings between the two in all competitions.
Key Players
Amiens’s Yvan Ikia Dimi has scored four times in 20 Ligue 2 games this term and is their leading scorer, but Clermont’s Abdoul Kader Bamba ( 7 goals in 19 Ligue 2 appearances ) could be their best hope for an away goal.
Betting Insights
- With both sides in poor form, this is a difficult game to predict, but the odds do seem to have it about right, with Amiens and Clermont both 2.7 to win the match.
- There’s simply no momentum with either side at the moment, and the result could go either way.
Prediction
A tense, cagey draw or narrow win seems more likely, with under 2.5 goals our main selection at 1.7 .
