Lens vs Clermont Predictions

• Lens have failed to win six of their last eight home games
• Clermont have avoided defeat in two of their last three away matches
• Clermont have drawn four of their last nine Ligue 1 games, including meetings with three of the current top-five

Lens look too shaky to back at the moment

Rock-bottom Clermont can provide stiff opposition for an out-of-form Lens side on Saturday.

Le Sang et Or’s Champions League chances have evaporated over the last few weeks and their prospects of playing in any European competition may come under threat if they fail to win at Stade Bolaert-Delelis.

Lens’s slump began with a surprise 3-1 home reverse to inconsistent Nice and continued with a defeat to Lille in the Derby du Nord. Franck Haise’s claimed their only point in the last month at home to fourth-bottom le Havre before going down 2-1 to second-bottom Metz last weekend.

Clermont can grind out a draw

Those results will only encourage a Clermont side that has taken five points in their last four matches. The Lanciers were second-best against Montpellier last weekend, but held on for a 1-1 draw.

That was the same scoreline that Pascal Gastien’s side had held a much-changed Paris Saint-Germain side to at the Parc des Princes eight days before.

They are a team that rely on set pieces and counter-attacks for a high percentage of their goals, but might just be able to create enough opportunities to nick a point against a Lens team suffering a minor crisis.