Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Nice (5th, 55 pts) held a 30-point advantage over Clermont (18th, 25 pts). Clermont had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 14th in the league over the last five rounds against 18th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Nice 1.18 scored and 0.85 conceded per game, Clermont 0.76 and 1.76, with the league averaging 1.35.
A win had eluded Clermont for 5 matches.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 2 Nice wins, 3 for Clermont, 0 draws, at 1.8 goals per meeting. Only 20% of these meetings ended in a home win.
Allianz Riviera in Nice staged the fixture, a ground that holds 36,178. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.