Match preview Ligue 1: Dijon - Lille at Stade Gaston Gerard

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Sun 12.January
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Gaston Gerard (16098 seats)

Struggling Dijon will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Lille in the upcoming league round. It's 16th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Lille could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Coupe de la Ligue game only four sleeps ago.

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Dijon form and stats

3 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Dijon have to build on here at Stade Gaston Gerard in the Ligue 1. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Dijon are returning here after visiting Valenciennes in a Coupe de France game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. In the match before that, Dijon hosted Metz and drew the Ligue 1 game 2-2.

Dijon are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 9 games. Dijon have conceded 10 in these home matches.

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Lille form and stats

There's been little loot from Lille's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 9 away games in the Ligue 1. Lille only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws.

Lille are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Coupe de la Ligue against Amiens SC (placed 18th). Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Raon l'Etape.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Lille have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Lille - Dijon 1-0 played earlier this season. Dijon-Lille H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Dijon 1 win, Lille 7 wins, 1 draw. 3 of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

LilleV. Osimhen
V. Osimhen
10 goals
DijonJ. Tavares
J. Tavares
3 goals
LilleL. Rémy
L. Rémy
3 goals

Dijon missing players

Lille missing players

Dijon Lille
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 2 9 19
4 3 2 Won W 0 1 9
6 4 1 Drew D 0 2 4
9 2 0 Lost L 2 6 6
14 10 4 Scored S 1 6 24
22 10 2 Conceded C 3 16 21
84% 78% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
58% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 78% 74%
37% 56% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 47%
11% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 5%
42% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 47%
21% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 37%
53% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 21%
 
4.9 6.3 5 Corners For (avg) C F 7 4.9 5.4
6 4.8 4.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 3 5 4.5
1.6 2 2.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.8 1.5
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 2 2
 
240 132 44 Total Shots T S 19 97 228
71 38 16 Shots on Target S O 2 35 88
20% 26% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 17% 27%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Dijon has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5)
  • Dijon has the most points from losing position (11)
  • Dijon have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Dijon have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Lille have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Lille haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 18 15 0 3 43 10 9 8 0 1 24 3 9 7 0 2 19 7 33 45
2 Olympique Marseille 20 12 5 3 30 21 10 7 2 1 17 9 10 5 3 2 13 12 9 41
3 Rennes 19 10 3 6 24 18 10 6 1 3 15 11 9 4 2 3 9 7 6 33
4 Lille 19 9 4 6 24 21 10 8 2 0 18 5 9 1 2 6 6 16 3 31
5 Nantes 19 9 2 8 17 18 10 6 1 3 10 7 9 3 1 5 7 11 -1 29
6 Reims 18 7 7 4 16 10 10 3 6 1 9 5 8 4 1 3 7 5 6 28
7 Monaco 18 8 4 6 31 26 9 6 1 2 24 14 9 2 3 4 7 12 5 28
8 Angers SCO 19 8 4 7 22 24 10 6 2 2 15 6 9 2 2 5 7 18 -2 28
9 Montpellier 19 7 6 6 26 19 10 7 1 2 19 8 9 0 5 4 7 11 7 27
10 Nice 19 8 3 8 28 27 10 6 2 2 20 12 9 2 1 6 8 15 1 27
11 Strasbourg 19 8 3 8 23 24 10 6 2 2 18 12 9 2 1 6 5 12 -1 27
12 Olympique Lyonnais 19 7 5 7 29 18 9 3 2 4 11 6 10 4 3 3 18 12 11 26
13 Bordeaux 19 7 5 7 28 22 9 4 2 3 15 7 10 3 3 4 13 15 6 26
14 Saint-Étienne 19 7 4 8 22 29 9 3 4 2 11 11 10 4 0 6 11 18 -7 25
15 Brest 19 5 7 7 21 24 10 4 5 1 15 6 9 1 2 6 6 18 -3 22
16 Dijon 19 4 6 9 14 22 9 3 4 2 10 10 10 1 2 7 4 12 -8 18
17 Metz 19 3 8 8 17 28 9 2 4 3 11 11 10 1 4 5 6 17 -11 17
18 Amiens SC 18 4 5 9 21 36 8 3 2 3 10 13 10 1 3 6 11 23 -15 17
19 Nîmes 18 2 6 10 13 32 8 2 2 4 7 10 10 0 4 6 6 22 -19 12
20 Toulouse 19 3 3 13 19 39 9 3 0 6 9 14 10 0 3 7 10 25 -20 12

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.