Mohamed Bayo: Clermont Foot's Breakout Sensation in Attack

Clermont Foot have managed to fill 76% of their available stadium capacity across the 21/22 season. That’s the sixth-best attendance in Ligue 1 but in all honesty, if it wasn’t for striker Mohamed Bayo, the attendance (and Clermont’s place in Ligue 1) would sink.

The 23-year-old Guinea forward is responsible for ten league goals this season, or 38.5% of Pascal Gastien’s side’s total output.

This isn’t anything Clermont fans will be too concerned by, as this is their first season in the French top flight in their 111 year history. There’s an acceptance that Bayo is probably too good for the club on current form, in a city more famed for its history and volcanoes.

He is sitting in the top 40 across Europe’s big five leagues for goals scored minus penalty kicks (8), and is one of only a handful of players to be hitting high in that list who aren’t fighting in relegation sides.