Match Report
21 points separated the sides: Rodez 5th on 58, Clermont 13th on 37. Clermont's recent output outran their position: 7th on form over five rounds, 13th in the table. Per game in the league, Clermont were scoring 1.12 and conceding 1.29, Rodez 1.32 and 1.15, against a competition average of 1.27 goals per team per game.
Clermont entered with four losses in a row. Rodez carried a 7-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 7 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Clermont 3/15, Rodez 9/15.
5 meetings are on record — 1 won by Clermont, 0 by Rodez, 4 drawn, at 1 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 0% of the meetings went to the host. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 0% of meetings.
Stade Gabriel Montpied, capacity 11,980, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-2.
Goal scorers
Clermont: Famara Diédhiou (6') · Rodez: Taïryk Arconte (45'), Kenny Nagera (90')
Key stats
Possession: Clermont 51% · Rodez 49% · Total shots: 15-7 · On target: 7-2 · Corners: 3-5