Laval vs Clermont betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Ligue 2 match on October 29th, 2024

A football match between Laval and Clermont of the Ligue 2 will take place in France on Tuesday, October 29th, 2024, at 19:30h (UTC), check the Laval vs Clermont betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Laval vs Clermont will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Stade Francis Le Basser stadium, in the city of Laval, with a capacity for 18467 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Laval vs Clermont betting tip 2024/2025

In the current edition of the Ligue 2, we can see a growth in the average goals. While last season the tournament had an average of 2.46 goals per match, now the competition has an average of 2.67 goals per match.

Laval last match

Laval come from a defeat in the last match. The game against Annecy, valid for the Ligue 2, ended with a 2-0. The team coached by O. Frapolli lined up in the last match with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

Before the kick-off the home team's defeat had odds of 2.20, which explains why it was considered a fairly even match.

This was certainly not the best performance of the season for the defense. Owen Kouassi leads the departmental disaster: with his late interventions and bad passes he allowed many chances to the opposing team's attacks.

Clermont last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for Ligue 2, Clermont, who used a 4-4-2 formation, faced the Martigues team with a final score of 0-1.

This defeat was not expected at all. They were favorites and were still beaten, in a scenario that counted with odds of 4.33.

Laval vs Clermont h2h

It was on 14-08-2018 when these two teams last clashed on the field. That match, which ended with the 0-3 win for Clermont, was valid for the 2018/2019 season of the Coupe de la Ligue.

Laval

Ligue 2 leaderboard now

Considering the home team Laval, standing in 9th place with 14 points in the Ligue 2 competition in France. Their performance statistics have been such as 4 wins, 4 losses and, 2 draws.

Which means that in the 11th round, the team has no advantage, over Bastia team who is in the position 10.

With no great ambitions or relegation concerns, Laval, ranked in the middle of the league table in the France Ligue 2, will try to use the home factor to get a win.

Laval analysis

The ratio of goals scored to goals conceded for Laval is positive: after 10 rounds the team has scored 15 goals, conceding only 12.

The Laval team comes from a defeat in the Ligue 2, and its coach Olivier Frapolli wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

Laval appears to be using a tactical approach in their defensive play, as they have been conceding a high number of fouls in recent matches, above the league average. However, despite this, they have only received a low number of yellow cards, below the league average of 3.87. This suggests that Laval is committing fouls in strategic areas of the pitch, with the aim of disrupting the opposition's attacking play and preventing them from building momentum.

Laval is certainly not the team that has totaled the most danger to opposing goalkeepers this year, but when it creates some it knows how to hurt. The team has averaged so far 3.3 shots per game, with an average goal of 1.5 per match: as many as 40 percent of the total shots have gone in.

his average possession rate in the league is 40%, which means that the team usually can't take the initiative in the game and has a more reactive style of play. Therefore, for this match Laval vs Clermont 2024/2025, the team should make an effort to keep the possession and be able to attack the opponent.

The adaptation of Mamadou Camara with the new jersey has not been the best. He had another disappointing performance in Laval last game of the season, against Annecy. In the clash, the midfielder failed to be effective and did little for the team. Despite the good expectations for the player, his performance is starting to worry.

Best goalscorer from Laval

In this season, the individual highlight is Malik Sellouki that has dominated the offensive side. The Midfielder has already scored 5 times this season, becoming crucial in the positive results that Laval achieved in several matches.

Clermont

Ligue 2 leaderboard now

Clermont arrives in this game with 9 points, and in 14th place in the Ligue 2, having won twice in total and lost 5 times, making a total of 3 draws.

Clermont analysis

Currently, in the Ligue 2, Clermont sums 8 goals for and a total of 11 goals against, after 10 rounds played.

Recent performances have shown that Clermont is having trouble scoring goals, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This could indicate that they need to improve their attacking play by creating better chances and being more efficient in front of goal.

The team is not scoring many goals, averaging 0.8 goals per game. Moreover, it will be going to play on a difficult field, so the outcome of the match may seem one-sided. But soccer, you know, is unpredictable.

Best goalscorer from Clermont

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Ousmane Diop. The Attacker has scored 2 times in the current season and has helped Clermont come out with a positive result on several occasions.

For bettors some entries may be relevant for this match, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

A good bet could be made between 75-90 minutes of the game as this is the time most goals are scored.

Taking into consideration that Clermont scores an average of 0.25 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

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

Corners Top Betting Tips

One should consider that the combined number of corners of both teams will give an average of 4.75 corners per game if one would like to have good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.3 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

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