Clermont Foot v Nice

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There's also action from the French top flight on Friday night and this Ligue 1 clash between second from bottom club, Clermont, and their second placed visitors, Nice, when the two teams lock horns at the Stade Gabriel Montpied with a precious three points at stake for both sides at the respective ends of the Ligue 1 table.

Clermont finally got off the mark in Ligue 1 last time out when they registered what seemed to be an unlikely 2-1 win away from home at Lyon and that victory has helped the hosts lift themselves off the bottom of the Ligue 1 table with the hosts looking to build upon that result here on Friday night.

Friday night's hosts had previously stumbled to seven matches without a win in the early stages of this new French top flight campaign, being handed five defeats in the process while picking up points in draws with Toulouse and most impressive of all, holding PSG to a 0-0 draw.

Clermont had finished last season's campaign in impressive form as the hosts racked up five wins on the trot to finish the season with a flourish but having lost three out of their opening four games on home soil at their Stade Gabriel Montpied, it may be best to opt for the goals market on Friday night.

Nice sit in second place in the Ligue 1 standings but just a point behind the league leaders, Monaco, so the visitors will have plenty of incentive to go out and grab all three points against lowly Clermont in order to move top of the division prior to this weekend's action.

Nice have produced a solid start to this campaign as the visitors still remain unbeaten and they are the only side yet to taste defeat so far this season, so they will be confident that they can add to their points tally at the Stade Gabriel Montpied especially as Nice have won five out of their last six matches overall in Ligue 1.

Recent victories against the likes of Strasbourg, third placed PSG, league leaders Monaco, Metz and Marseille underlines the great start that Francesco Farioli's side have made so far this season, and three of these five wins have also been achieved away from home as well.

Clermont v Nice Verdict

When looking at the previous meetings between Clermont and Nice it's perhaps a little surprising that Clermont have had the better of the exchanges between the two sides as Clermont have won each of the last three encounters but current form suggests this trend could come to an end on Friday night with Nice in solid form right now.

Goals for both teams though looks likely as three of the previous five meetings have seen both teams hit the back of the net.

Therefore, our main bet will be Both Teams To Score YES @ 1.95 Other side bets worth considering:

Draw @ 3.50

Correct score: 1-1 @ 6.50