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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Wed 16.December
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Gaston-Gérard (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 20th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Dijon has the fewest scored goals (9) in Ligue 1
  • Lille has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Ligue 1

It's no vacation for neither Dijon nor Lille as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Dijon form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Ligue 1 this season. Dijon, who have the fewest scored goals (9) in Ligue 1, have only managed 0 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses from their games here at Stade Gaston-Gérard. Dijon are slowly digging their own grave here at Stade Gaston-Gérard with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Angers SCO match.

Dijon travelled for their previous game, a trip to Nantes that ended 1-1. Before that, Dijon drew at home versus Saint-Etienne.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Monaco are coming to town in four days.

Dijon have scored 3 goals here in 7 league matches, a depressing statistic. 7 goals have been conceded.

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Lille form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Lille had fun at their own home (Stade Gaston-Gérard) last time out, beating Bordeaux 2-1. Jonathan Bamba and José Fonte scored. Prior to that match, the Lille manager C. Galtier faced defeat when travelling to Celtic and losing 2-3.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting PSG in just four days.

The travelling fans enjoy Lille's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. As opposed to that, Lille have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Dijon two wins, one draw and Lille seven victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LilleB. Yılmaz
B. Yılmaz
6 goals
LilleJ. Bamba
J. Bamba
5 goals
DijonM. Baldé
M. Baldé
4 goals

Dijon missing players

Lille missing players

Dijon Lille
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 3 6 14
1 0 0 Won W 2 2 8
6 4 1 Drew D 1 3 5
7 3 0 Lost L 0 1 1
9 3 2 Scored S 5 9 26
22 7 2 Conceded C 1 6 10
86% 71% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 43% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 83% 86%
36% 14% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 43%
29% 14% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 21%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 7%
43% 29% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 67% 57%
14% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 33% 43%
57% 71% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.5 1.9
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.5 10.7 15 Shots (avg) S ( 10 11.5 14.1
2.9 2.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 4.3 5.1
22% 15% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 35% 37%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Dijon has the fewest scored goals (9) in Ligue 1
  • Dijon has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Ligue 1
  • Dijon have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Dijon have yet to win a game at home.
  • Lille has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Ligue 1
  • Lille have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Lille have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Lille have scored more than double the goals of Dijon.
  • Lille haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lille 14 8 5 1 26 10 8 6 2 0 17 4 6 2 3 1 9 6 16 29
2 Olympique Lyonnais 14 8 5 1 25 11 6 4 2 0 14 4 8 4 3 1 11 7 14 29
3 PSG 14 9 1 4 33 10 7 4 1 2 16 5 7 5 0 2 17 5 23 28
4 Olympique Marseille 12 8 3 1 19 10 6 3 2 1 10 7 6 5 1 0 9 3 9 27
5 Montpellier 14 8 2 4 25 21 7 4 0 3 14 14 7 4 2 1 11 7 4 26
6 Monaco 14 7 2 5 25 20 7 5 2 0 18 8 7 2 0 5 7 12 5 23
7 Angers SCO 14 7 2 5 20 22 7 3 1 3 7 9 7 4 1 2 13 13 -2 23
8 Rennes 14 6 4 4 20 18 7 3 1 3 9 10 7 3 3 1 11 8 2 22
9 Lens 13 6 3 4 21 21 7 3 2 2 13 12 6 3 1 2 8 9 0 21
10 Brest 14 7 0 7 23 25 7 5 0 2 15 12 7 2 0 5 8 13 -2 21
11 Bordeaux 14 5 4 5 14 15 7 3 3 1 6 2 7 2 1 4 8 13 -1 19
12 Nice 13 5 3 5 16 16 7 2 1 4 7 12 6 3 2 1 9 4 0 18
13 Metz 14 4 5 5 15 16 7 3 1 3 9 9 7 1 4 2 6 7 -1 17
14 Nantes 14 3 5 6 15 23 7 2 3 2 9 13 7 1 2 4 6 10 -8 14
15 Saint-Etienne 14 3 4 7 12 20 7 2 2 3 6 8 7 1 2 4 6 12 -8 13
16 Strasbourg 14 3 2 9 20 26 7 1 2 4 6 12 7 2 0 5 14 14 -6 11
17 Lorient 14 3 2 9 15 24 7 2 1 4 9 9 7 1 1 5 6 15 -9 11
18 Nimes 14 3 2 9 11 27 7 1 1 5 8 17 7 2 1 4 3 10 -16 11
19 Reims 14 2 4 8 17 24 6 1 1 4 3 8 8 1 3 4 14 16 -7 10
20 Dijon 14 1 6 7 9 22 7 0 4 3 3 7 7 1 2 4 6 15 -13 9

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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.