Clermont vs Toulouse prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2022-09-03 13:00.
A change in system failed to bring about a change in results for Clermont, whose switch to a back three wasn’t enough to avoid a 1-0 loss against Marseille. That result rounded off back-to-back away league defeats for Clermont, who would ordinarily be glad of a return to home comforts, but a return of three home league wins in 2022 (D3, L7) suggests that getting back on track here will be no easy task.
One of those three wins at the Stade Gabriel Montpied did come in their last outing here and the chance to now record successive Ligue 1 home wins for the first time ever could be enough to spur Clermont on, but a winless league H2H run against Toulouse threatens to spoil the party. It may not take much for that H2H run to flip on its head though, with only fine margins separating the three defeats, with each being decided by a single goal after a level half-time score.
Toulouse’s return to Ligue 1 has been solid if not spectacular (W1, D2, L2), with back-to-back defeats in which they conceded three goals bringing Philippe Montanier’s side down to earth with a bang. Those results may have played a part in Montanier dipping into the transfer market on deadline day, with Theocharis Tsingaras acquired on loan to reinforce his midfield, who by his own admission is a defensive-minded midfielder.
Perhaps that type of player is exactly what Toulouse need having kept just one clean sheet from their five league games so far this term. Montanier himself can only boast three clean sheets in his ten personal H2Hs against Clermont, though his 90% unbeaten rate across those games (W5, D4, L1) suggests that Toulouse could be primed to snap their losing run.
Players to watch: Both of Muhammed Cham Saračević’s Clermont goals this season have come in the final 30 minutes of the game, while both of Toulouse’s Thijs Dallinga’s goals this season have come in draws.
Hot stat: Clermont have kept just one clean sheet in their last 12 Ligue 1 home games.