Clermont Foot vs RED Star FC 93 Prediction

Clermont Foot are at home on 10 October to face RED Star FC 93 in Ligue 2, and if you've been keeping an eye on the form books, this one's got a shape to it that's hard to argue with.

Let's start with the visitors, because they've been flying. RED Star FC 93 have won their last three — 3–1 at Guingamp, 1–0 at home to Metz, and 2–1 at Laval — and in those three they've scored six and conceded just two. Over their last ten games they've picked up 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, averaging 1.7 points per game and 1.5 goals a match. Their away record over 20 games tells a similar tale: 8 wins, 4 draws, 8 losses, scoring 1.35 per game. This is a side that's in the business of winning.

Now look at Clermont Foot. Their last five? Four draws and a loss. Four draws. They've gone 0–0 at home to Boulogne, 0–0 at home to Sochaux, 1–1 at Dunkerque, 1–1 at Grenoble, and then lost 3–4 at Auxerre on 2 October. Over ten games they've won... zero. Seven draws, three losses. 0.7 points per game. That's not a team in the business of winning; that's a team that's happy to park the bus and pray for a point.

The head-to-head backs the visitors up. In March this year, RED Star FC 93 came to Clermont's ground and won 1–0. The meeting before that, at RED Star's place, was a 2–2. So the recent history at this venue is all RED Star's. The older meetings — a 1–1 in 2024, a 1–1 in 2025 — are historical and don't really tell you where things are now.

The counter-argument? Clermont's home defence is tidy. Over 20 home games they've conceded 0.8 per game and kept six clean sheets. They've drawn nine of those 20. And the full head-to-head over ten meetings is 2 wins, 5 draws, 3 losses — it's been a tight affair historically. Plus, RED Star did lose 1–4 at home to Reims on 29 August, so they're not untouchable. And Clermont's home record does include 6 wins, so they can turn it on when it matters.

But the form gap here is hard to ignore. RED Star are scoring at 1.5 per game over ten, Clermont at 0.8. RED Star have failed to score in just one of their last ten; Clermont in four. The visitors are on a roll, the hosts are in a rut, and the recent meeting at this ground went the visitors' way. The market's pricing RED Star at 2.1, which implies about 47.62% — I'd put their chances a touch higher than that, closer to 52%, given the form and the venue history.

Key Points:

• RED Star FC 93 have won their last three, scoring 6 and conceding 2

• Clermont Foot have won zero of their last ten, with seven draws

• RED Star won the recent head-to-head at this venue 1–0 in March 2026

• Clermont's home defence is solid (0.8 conceded per game over 20) but their attack is flat

• RED Star's away record: 8 wins in 20, scoring 1.35 per game

My pick: the away win — RED Star FC 93 to beat Clermont Foot.