Clermont vs Paris FC (Predictions, Preview, Picks, Tips, Odds)

✓ For second consecutive rounds Clermont will play at home. 2 weeks ago they host Nancy but unlucky they lost 1-2 after being in lead 1-0 till 10 mins to go. A pretty even game but Clermont made some mistakes in defense and Nancy took fully advantage of these errors. In this break they sold best striker from previous season Saadi – but he didn’t played at all this season; He will try to do a good job at Cardiff (let’s see if he will do better than Andy Delort at Wigan). So from now one they will rely pretty much on ex-Sochaux striker Diedhiou who scored 5 goals so far, doing an excellent job. They signed Reale ex Arles. Still they have problems in defense, 3 of central defenders being injured Salze, Laporte and Avinel.So far, Corine Diacre’s team performed over my expectation being 8th with 8 points and a single defeat in first 5 rounds even they met LeHavre, Sochaux, Evian and Nancy …   Surprisingly Paris FC is one of the 4 teams unbeaten so far. A single win at home (remember 3-0 against LeHavre but…) and 4 draws, away from home drew 2 times at Tours and Sochaux. And if we take a look at the team against they play.. we can conclude they had solid results. In last game they conceded a rapid goal in first minute at first Brest phase but with some good efforts they drew with 7 mins till go, They are a solid squad, hard to beat but from what I’ve saw in these rounds they have problems to score. They also made a good signing Fauvergue ex Ajaccio and ex Monco player Mills (loan) joined to the team. In return, Blade quit for a National team. For this game Glombard is suspended while striker Ayari is not recovered yet.   Two teams who performed well so far; Will Paris FC take full advantage of host missing? Perhaps will do, scoring here but we must keep in mind Clermont have a good offensive compartment so a 1-1 is in the cards, so back the draw. gl