[4] On 1 July 2021, Pelmard joined Basel's first team for their 2021–22 season under head coach Patrick Rahmen on a one-year loan.
Pelmard played his debut for his new club in the second qualifying round of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League, a home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 22 July 2021 as Basel won 3–0 against Partizani Tirana.
[7] In Basel's 2022–23 season, under new head coach Alexander Frei and later Heiko Vogel, Pelmard was again a regular in the starting eleven, playing 34 of the 36 league games.
[9] On 12 July 2023, Pelmard returned to France to sign for Ligue 1 club Clermont on a four-year deal.
[11] In December that year, he was fined and had his driver's license suspended after driving the wrong way in the city and testing positive for alcohol following the club's Christmas dinner.