This is the fifth victory in its last six league games and Racing thus obtains its best ranking this season.
The Alsatian club has never been so well ranked for fifteen years.
The match was to be played on December 22 but had been postponed due to fog over Clermont-Ferrand and in particular at the Gabriel-Montpied stadium.
For its part, Clermont foot, which lost for the second time in a row and which remains in three matches without scoring, drops to 17th place in the standings.
The Strasbourgers waited until the end of the first period to make the difference on the scoreboard with a goal from Kevin Gameiro.
Well launched by Jean-Eudes Aholou behind the CF63 defence, the striker cheated goalkeeper Ouparine Djoco with a stung ball in the 44th minute.
This goal rewarded the domination of the Alsatians, during a first half where they called on the Clermont goalkeeper several times (3rd, 17th).
Strasbourg midfielder Adrien Thomasson, during the late match of the 19th day of Ligue 1 against Clermont, January 19, 2022 at the Stade Gabriel-Montpied THIERRY ZOCCOLAN AFP
Before scoring, Gameiro also missed the target (40th), playing with a struggling Auvergne defense.
But the center-forward of Racing also passed very close to 2-0 in the 52nd.
He missed his target when he only had to push the ball with his head, after a corner.
Against a little more enterprising Clermontois, Julien Stéphan's players made the break in the 77th minute, thanks to a goal against his camp by Hountondji, after a strike from Bellegarde (2-0).
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