Struggling Dijon will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Montpellier in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Dijon form and stats
Dijon have played 7 Ligue 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The points were shared in Dijon's previous game, also at home. Visiting Montpellier (placed 6th) travelled back with a point after a 2-2 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at Lille.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Dijon here at Stade Gaston Gerard in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 7 games). Dijon have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Montpellier form and stats
Montpellier have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 0-4-3 (7 played). One point away has become something of a habit for Montpellier who have played out draws in their last three away games.
Montpellier are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Dijon (placed 18th). Before that, Montpellier secured a home win against Amiens SC with the score 4-2.
The attacking power of Montpellier when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 7 league matches away. Montpellier have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Dijon - Montpellier 2-2. Dijon-Montpellier H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Dijon 2 wins, Montpellier 2 wins, 6 draws. 7 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Delort 5 goals |  F. Mollet 4 goals |   Júlio Tavares 3 goals |
Dijon missing players
Montpellier missing players
| Dijon | Montpellier | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 20 |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 81% | 75% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 56% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 38% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 38% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 38% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 25% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 31% |
| 56% | 38% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 5.4 | 6.8 | 4.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| 5.9 | 4.8 | 5.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.9 | 4.6 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 207 | 114 | 38 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 81 | 218 |
| 61 | 34 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 25 | 76 |
| 18% | 24% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 24% | 26% |
- Dijon has the fewest scored goals (9)
- Dijon has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5)
- Dijon have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Dijon have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Montpellier have yet to win a 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 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 33 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 31 |
| 3 | Bordeaux | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Lille | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| 5 | Angers SCO | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | -2 | 24 |
| 6 | Montpellier | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| 7 | Nantes | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 23 |
| 8 | Olympique Lyonnais | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 22 |
| 9 | Saint-Étienne | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 22 |
| 10 | Rennes | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| 11 | Reims | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 |
| 12 | Brest | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 21 |
| 13 | Nice | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 20 |
| 14 | Monaco | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 18 |
| 16 | Amiens SC | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 16 |
| 17 | Metz | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 18 | Dijon | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 15 |
| 19 | Nîmes | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | -12 | 12 |
| 20 | Toulouse | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -13 | 12 |