Lorient favourites for feisty fight facing Dijon

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 17.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir (18110 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Ligue 1, Lorient holding 19th place and Dijon lying 18th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Lorient has the fewest clean sheets (2) in Ligue 1
  • Dijon has the fewest scored goals (12) in Ligue 1

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Lorient form and stats

With {2 Ligue 1 wins}, 1 draw and 6 defeats from their home games, Lorient, who have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Ligue 1, are certainly not brimming with confidence. The Lorient manager C. Pélissier might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Lorient faced defeat in their previous match, away at Bordeaux (1-2). Preceding that match was the home game against Monaco that was lost 2-5.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Lorient handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, zero draws and five defeats.

Lorient are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. Lorient have conceded 17 from these games.

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Dijon form and stats

There's been little loot from Dijon's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Ligue 1. Dijon, who have the fewest scored goals (12) in Ligue 1, only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.

Dijon have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 180 minutes ago. M. Konate was the goal scorer. 239 minutes! That's how long the Dijon goalkeeper Anthony Racioppi and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Dijon played 0-0 against Olympique Marseille in their previous match. Before that, Dijon travelled to Reims and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

Dijon are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, four draws and five defeats. From a total of ten matches.

Dijon have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Dijon have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Dijon - Lorient 0-0. Lorient-Dijon H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Lorient two wins, Dijon three wins, three draws. two of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

LorientY. Wissa
Y. Wissa
5 goals
DijonM. Baldé
M. Baldé
5 goals
LorientP. Hamel
P. Hamel
4 goals

Lorient missing players

Dijon missing players

Lorient Dijon
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 4 9 19
3 2 2 Won W 1 2 2
3 1 0 Drew D 2 3 8
13 6 1 Lost L 1 4 9
20 11 6 Scored S 4 9 12
38 17 3 Conceded C 3 16 26
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 89% 79%
84% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 78% 58%
58% 56% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 56% 32%
42% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 44% 26%
16% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 5%
47% 44% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 37%
11% 11% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 11% 21%
47% 44% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 63%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 2.3 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.4 9.4 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 8.9 9.3
3.2 3.3 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.6 2.4
33% 37% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 39% 27%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Dijon has the fewest scored goals (12) in Ligue 1
  • Dijon has the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Ligue 1
  • Dijon have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Dijon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lorient has the fewest clean sheets (2) in Ligue 1
  • Lorient haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Olympique Lyonnais 19 11 7 1 39 18 9 6 3 0 22 8 10 5 4 1 17 10 21 40
2 Paris Saint Germain 19 12 3 4 43 11 10 7 1 2 25 5 9 5 2 2 18 6 32 39
3 Lille 19 11 6 2 33 14 10 6 3 1 18 6 9 5 3 1 15 8 19 39
4 Monaco 19 10 3 6 36 27 10 6 3 1 23 13 9 4 0 5 13 14 9 33
5 Rennes 19 9 6 4 28 21 10 5 2 3 14 13 9 4 4 1 14 8 7 33
6 Olympique Marseille 17 9 5 3 25 16 8 4 3 1 14 9 9 5 2 2 11 7 9 32
7 Angers SCO 19 9 3 7 25 30 9 4 1 4 9 12 10 5 2 3 16 18 -5 30
8 Montpellier 19 8 4 7 31 32 10 4 1 5 17 20 9 4 3 2 14 12 -1 28
9 Lens 18 8 3 7 28 28 9 4 2 3 15 14 9 4 1 4 13 14 0 27
10 Bordeaux 19 7 5 7 20 21 10 4 3 3 10 8 9 3 2 4 10 13 -1 26
11 Brest 19 8 2 9 30 34 9 6 1 2 19 14 10 2 1 7 11 20 -4 26
12 Metz 19 6 7 6 20 18 10 4 3 3 12 10 9 2 4 3 8 8 2 25
13 Nice 18 6 5 7 22 25 9 2 2 5 10 18 9 4 3 2 12 7 -3 23
14 Reims 19 5 6 8 27 29 9 3 2 4 9 11 10 2 4 4 18 18 -2 21
15 Strasbourg 19 6 2 11 28 32 9 2 2 5 11 14 10 4 0 6 17 18 -4 20
16 Saint-Étienne 19 4 7 8 20 29 9 2 4 3 9 11 10 2 3 5 11 18 -9 19
17 Nantes 19 3 8 8 19 31 9 2 5 2 10 14 10 1 3 6 9 17 -12 17
18 Dijon 19 2 8 9 12 26 10 0 5 5 3 10 9 2 3 4 9 16 -14 14
19 Lorient 19 3 3 13 20 38 9 2 1 6 11 17 10 1 2 7 9 21 -18 12
20 Nimes 19 3 3 13 14 40 10 1 1 8 9 23 9 2 2 5 5 17 -26 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.