Lyon vs Clermont Foot: predictions and betting tips on the French Ligue 1 match on January 1, 2023

Prediction on game W1(-1.5)

Odds: 2.12

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On January 1, the Parc Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon) will host the match of the 17th round of French Ligue, in which Lyon will compete with Clermont Foot. The battle will start at 17:00 CET.

Lyon

It goes without saying that the club is ambitious – everyone still remembers a powerful performance with a series of championship titles. But nowadays, the current reality is that the task here is down-to-earth – to be in the top 3 to return to the Champions League. The case was assigned to Peter Bosz, moreover, the Dutchman was even forgiven for the failure of the previous season with the final 8th place. It seemed that patience and trust were justified: “the Weavers” started a new season in a pretty powerful way, winning a lot, but then were noticeably blown away. As a result, Laurent Blanc was invited to be a coach in early October. Even with “the President” it was not possible to add in the game sufficiently, and the autumn part of the season ended in the 8th place. One way or another, the victory in the match with Brest sets up optimism.

Clermont Foot

The team has been recently able to debut in Ligue 1 – for 110 years all that “the Lancers” could boast of was the only pass to the cup semi-final, but that was back in the middle of the previous century. Having finally come to the elite division, the newcomer was able to cling to the 17th place, gaining enough points to survive. Moreover, now the wards of Pascal Gastien have been added in the game. Starting from August, the points have been taken quite actively – the team even managed to beat Reims and Nice in a row. In total, 19 significant points in 15 matches have been achieved by the winter. Maybe that's the reason why the team did not set up on the fight against Lille, losing a 0-2 score.

The statistics of head-to-head matches

In 2005, Clermont Foot managed to beat Lyon on penalties in the cup “at the height of their golden time”. “The Weavers” were able to take revenge only in the previous season of Ligue 1, but that was rather conditional: a 3-3 draw in the home match and only the away one gave a 2-1 victory.

Predictions

Bookmakers are waiting for the victory of Lyon; the only question is how confident it will be. It is worth having a closer look at the option of “a -1.5 goal handicap” (odd: 2.12).

Prediction on game W1(-1.5)

Odds: 2.12

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