Grenoble vs Clermont — Ligue 2 result and pre-match forecast, Friday, 18 September 2026

Ligue 2·Friday, 18 September 2026

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Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 57.6 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Grenoble

43%

top pick

Draw

29%

result

Clermont

28%

Final score

1–1

Top pick missed

Metis gave the draw 28.9% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Grenoble win. Expected goals 1.27–1.02 against 1–1 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals40%2 scored
Both teams score47%yes
Grenoble clean sheet36%no
Clermont clean sheet28%no
Grenoble score 2+37%no
Clermont score 2+27%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1315
1X2 Brier score0.7686
Probability on the result28.9%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (13.5%), 1–0 (12.8%), 0–0 (10.7%). It finished 1–1 — one of them.

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Grenoble

8 AugAvs Dunkerque2–4L
14 AugHvs Metz0–0D
22 AugAvs St Etienne0–4L
28 AugAvs Laval3–0W
4 SeptHvs Annecy1–2L

Clermont

8 AugHvs Reims0–0D
14 AugAvs St Etienne1–3L
21 AugHvs Dijon1–1D
28 AugHvs Sochaux0–0D
4 SeptAvs Dunkerque1–1D

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatGrenoble
(Home · 5 matches)
Clermont
(Away · 5 matches)
BTTS rate60.0%100.0%
Over 2.5 rate40.0%40.0%
Clean sheet20.0%0.0%
Avg goals2.203.20

Home stats use Grenoble's home record; away stats use Clermont's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.