Clermont Foot 63 vs. Olympique de Marseille 10/31/21 Ligue 1 Soccer Pick, Odds, and Prediction

Clermont Foot is welcoming Olympique de Marseille to Stade Gabriel Montpied in round 12 of the French Ligue 1. Clermont has had an epic start to the season, but that is now long gone, and they are just an average team. Marseille is undefeated in their last 4 games, but they haven’t won any of their last 3 games.

Clermont is now closer to the relegation zone than they are to the Europa League or the Champions League zone, and this is where they will spend most of the season if they are lucky. Clermont has conceded 22 goals already, and that is not good, but they are solid in the attacking end with 14 scored goals so far. With 13 points, Clermont is in 14^th place. In their last game against Nantes, Clermont has had 54% of ball possession, 1 shot on goal, 3 corner kicks, 1 big chance created, and 85% of the correct passes. First, Clermont conceded a red card in the 30^th minute, and then a goal in the 38^th minute. In the 49^th minute, Clermont has tied the score because Nantes has conceded a red card as well. Unfortunately for Clermont, they conceded another goal in the 61^st minute, and they lost this game 2-1. Bayo has scored 6 goals and added 2 assists for Clermont so far this season. the injury list is quite long for Clermont, and that will certainly reduce their quality and depth. As I’ve said, Clermont will need to be lucky to avoid relegation because they are certainly not good enough to do it.

Marseille is doing a solid job so far this season in Ligue 1, and they are now in 4^th place with 19 points. Offensively, Marseille can do a lot better than the 19 goals they have scored so far, but their defense is solid with only 12 conceded goals, and that game against PSG last week is the proof of that. Payet is Marseille’s leading goalscorer with 6 goals and 2 assists. Earlier this week Marseille was playing a make-up game against Nice, and they were decent with 55% of ball possession, 1 shot on goal, 5 corner kicks, 0 big chances created, and 86% of the correct passes. Marseille conceded in the 6^th minute, but they tied the score in the 42^nd minute. The result hasn’t changed again, and this game ended in a 1-1 draw. The title is out of the question for Marseille, but they are still playing for the Champions League, and they are still playing in the Europa League this season.

These two teams have played only once against each other, and Marseille has won that game 1-2. If this was Clermont from the start of the season, I would take a look at them, but now, Marseille is the only play here.