Match details. Ligue 2, Regular Season - 10. Kick-off is Fri 23 Oct, 19:00 Lagos time. It is played at Stade Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand.
What's at stake. Clermont Foot are 16th on 7 points after 9 games, 1 point behind Grenoble, level on points with Rodez. A win would take them above Grenoble. EA Guingamp are 13th on 8 points after 9 games, 1 point behind Boulogne, level on points with Nantes. A win would take them above Boulogne.
Form. Clermont Foot have won one, drawn seven and lost two of their last ten, 1.0 points a game. Their last five, newest first: D L D D D. EA Guingamp have won two, drawn two and lost six of their last ten, 0.8 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L L L W D.
The numbers. Clermont Foot score 0.7 and concede 0.7 a game in their last six at home, with four clean sheets and three games without a goal. Clermont Foot average 7.5 shots (3.0 on target), 4.7 corners and 1.3 cards a game, with 49% of the ball. EA Guingamp score 0.6 and concede 1.4 a game in their last five away, with no clean sheets and three games without a goal. EA Guingamp average 12.6 shots (5.1 on target), 4.1 corners and 2.3 cards a game, with 53% of the ball.
Head to head. In the last nine meetings Clermont Foot have won five, drawn two and lost two. Five of the nine went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in four. In the last four, Clermont Foot won three and EA Guingamp won one. The last time they met, on 9 May 2026, it finished Clermont Foot 1-0 EA Guingamp: Clermont Foot had 19 shots to 17, 41% of the ball, one yellow card.
Where it pulls both ways. On goals, their goals for and against point to a tight game; their records put over 2.5 goals at 32%; five of the last nine meetings went over 2.5.
The read. Clermont Foot to win. Their goals for and against make Clermont Foot the likelier winners; Clermont Foot are the stronger side on form and the table; both teams' records favour Clermont Foot; the meetings favour Clermont Foot.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Clermont Foot Over 0.5 goals (Clermont Foot's own games don't back it (3 of 6)). Predicted score: Clermont Foot 1-0 EA Guingamp (10% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (the call).