Clermont Foot vs PSG Prediction and Betting Odds | French Ligue 1 April 9
Clermont Foot vs PSG Betting Preview
WagerTalk soccer handicapper Kevin Dolan offers his Clermont Foot vs PSG betting preview for Saturday, April 9 in French Ligue 1. PSG sits first in the French Ligue 1 standings while Clermont Foot has lost four of their past five games sitting 17th in the standings.
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| Saturday, April 9 | French Ligue 1 Betting Notes |
|---|---|
| PSG: | -293 |
| Clermont Foot: | +739 |
| Draw: | +449 |
| Total: | 3 Goals (Odds Above Courtesy of DraftKings) |
| Game Time: | 3:00pm ET / 12:00pm PT |
Clermont Foot vs PSG Analysis
French Ligue 1 champions in waiting PSG travel to Clermont on Saturday to take on a team desperately trying to stave off relegation.
The home side have lost four straight games entering Saturday’s matchup and sit perilously close to the drop zone with just one point separating them from 18th placed Saint-Etienne.
PSG ran out easy 4-0 winners over in Parc des Princes back in the reverse fixture in September, but have been poor themselves on the road of late, losing four straight games away from home between domestic and European action.
Paris’ Road Form Leaves A Lot To Be Desired
The Parisians have been alternating wins and losses now for the better part of two months as the gulf between their home and road performances continues to widen.
A 5-1 trouncing at home against Lorient has been offset by a 3-0 loss against Monaco and while PSG holds a commanding double-digit lead at the top of the French Ligue 1 table, their road form alone actually has them outside of the Champions League automatic qualification spots this season down in third.
Clermont Running Out Of Steam To Close Out The Year
After a solid early start to the campaign which saw the newly promoted Clermont run unbeaten over their first four games of the season, it’s been largely downhill for the ‘The Lancers’ since then, especially at home, where they’ve won just one of their last ten games in Stade Gabriel Montpied.
That win did come against third placed Rennes however so perhaps there’s a little room for optimism ahead of this one.
Clermont Foot vs PSG Prediction
If PSG suffer yet another setback on the road here on Saturday against Clermont, it would mark the first time since their Qatari backed takeover in 2011/12 that the Parisians would have lost four straight top flight games, so expect manager Mauricio Pochettino to be cognizant of that fact here on Saturday.
While PSG haven’t exactly been consistent on the road this season, they have been consistently finding the back of the net with no team scoring more goals on the road this season than Paris have.
Add on top of that the fact that PSG own the league’s best offensive xG rating this season on the road and they rank 10th on opponent goals allowed also and we should see some fireworks in this one come Saturday.
PSG have scored 25 goals on the road this season, 21 of which came from open play. They’re also averaging 13.5 shots per game on the road this year along with 4.9 on target as well.
All of those stats rank #1 in the league this season and with Clermont allowing 3.0 goals per game over their last four starts, we envision this one getting over the total here on Saturday.
Take the Over 3 goals between PSG and Clermont on Saturday over in French Ligue 1.
Prediction: Over 3 Goals (-125)
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‘The sharpest sports mind in Ireland’ is how one prominent newspaper dubbed Kevin Dolan after he became the first foreigner ever to win the World Series of Handicapping tournament back in 2015. “The Irishman” made his start wagering on GAA, football, soccer and boxing, all to immense success. Since becoming a professional bettor, he has since lit up the sports betting scene in the U.S. and abroad, winning two handicapping awards and writing a best-selling book on sports handicapping named ‘The Complete Guide to Sports Betting’.
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