Although they face a tough test and come into the weekend on the back of a continental thrashing, we ultimately back Monaco's quality to shine through and see them scraping out of Sunday's contest with a sixth straight league victory.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Monaco win with a probability of 64.74%. A draw had a probability of 20.4% and a win for Clermont had a probability of 14.83%.
The most likely scoreline for a Monaco win was 2-0 with a probability of 11.59%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (11.46%) and 2-1 (9.83%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.72%), while for a Clermont win it was 0-1 (4.8%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 9.7% likelihood.