Clermont vs Laval betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Ligue 2 match on January 18th, 2025

Clermont and Laval will meet each other in a football match counting for Ligue 2 on January 18th, 2025, Saturday at 13:00h (UTC), in France, check the Clermont vs Laval betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Clermont vs Laval will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Stade Gabriel Montpied stadium, in the city of Clermont-Ferrand, with a capacity for 11980 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all the information to help you with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Clermont vs Laval betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the Ligue 2 has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.47 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.46 goals per game of the last championship.

Clermont last match

Clermont comes from a win recorded in the last match played. The opponent was Martigues, in a match valid for Ligue 2, and the two teams finished the match with a score of 0-1. On the field, L. Batlles' team lined up with a 4-2-3-1.

The positive result confirmed that the team's favoritism before the start of the match was certain, making the odds 1.67.

With an outstanding performance, Maïdine Douane was the big name in the team's victory. Responsible for his best moments, and with excellent passing performance, the midfield was a real executioner of the rival in the duel.

Laval last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for Ligue 2, Laval, who used a 5-3-2 formation, faced the Red Star team with a final score of 1-1.

A very balanced game was expected, so a draw was somewhat anticipated, with odds around 3.20.

Clermont vs Laval h2h

Clermont was in 14th place when they last played Laval who was 9th place in Ligue 2. Clermont played using the 4-4-2 formation while Laval responded with a 4-2-3-1 arrangement.

The last time these two teams clashed was on 29-10-2024, in a match of the 2024/2025 season of the Ligue 2, and the match ended with a 1-2 win for Clermont.

The last encounter between these two it was a close fight.

The Laval team has accomplished more consistent results in the past five games, than Clermont its counterpart.

Clermont

Ligue 2 leaderboard now

Clermont enters into this match occupying 12th place in the Ligue 2 with a negative balance. The team has scored 23 points, winning only 6 games, losing 7, and scoring 5 draws.

In the 19th round the team ranks over the Amiens SC team with the same score which is just below the scoreboard in position 13, and the same points that the Rodez team that is in the 11th place.

Clermont analysis

After 18 rounds, Clermont has conceded more goals than has scored. They conceded a total of 19 goals so far and scored 16 times.

Clermont seems to be facing a problem in scoring goals, as they have recorded a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This could be an indication that they are struggling to generate good scoring opportunities and need to improve their attacking performance.

With an average of 3.89 shots on goal per match, Clermont certainly cannot call itself a fearsome, or particularly prolific, attack, and this is another very good indicator to take into account in evaluations.

Best goalscorer from Clermont

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Yadaly Diaby. Clermont owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 2 goals in this season.

Laval

Ligue 2 leaderboard now

Laval arrives in this game with 29 points, and in 6th place in the Ligue 2, having won 8 games in total and lost 5 times, making a total of 5 draws.

Which means that the team has the same score, in the 19th round, with the Guingamp team in hot pursuit at 7th place.

Laval analysis

Laval goal quotient is definitely positive, with 28 down scored and 18 conceded after 18 rounds played.

Best goalscorer from Laval

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Malik Tchokounte. He has scored 7 times in the current season and has helped Laval come out with a positive result on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 2 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

For punters some entries may be interesting for this match, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

75-90 minutes into the game is a good time to bet with most goals being made in this period.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Clermont 1.22 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Laval 1.56 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

At the bookmaker Bet365, the market of Total Goals Under 2.5 is with great odds.

Corners Top Betting Tips

The number of corners of both teams when combine gives an average of 5.03 corners per game, something to explore to gain good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.56 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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