Football betting preview: Olympique Lyonnais favourites when Dijon visits Can Dijon surprise Olympique Lyonnais in their own stadium?

Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Sat 06.April
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Groupama Stadium (59186 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and 20th place in the table will show on the pitch.

The hosts Olympique Lyonnais saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Coupe de France. Thankfully the previous game, versus Rennes, was also a home game here at Groupama Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Olympique Lyonnais form and stats

Olympique Lyonnais has performed well at Groupama Stadium so far this season with 10 wins from 15 matches. Points have also been lost, 3 after draws and 2 from defeats.

Olympique Lyonnais's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Rennes. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Rennes.

Olympique Lyonnais have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Groupama Stadium with 29 goals in 15 matches. Olympique Lyonnais have only conceded 13 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Dijon form and stats

The hunting on away grounds hasn’t been very fruitful for Dijon so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-10 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Dijon as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Croix Football IC. Three has not been a lucky number for Dijon as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Reims match.

Dijon failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Nice that ended with defeat 0-1. Prior to that match, the Dijon manager A. Kombouare faced defeat in their match when travelling to Guingamp and losing 0-1.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 15 away games, an average of less than one per game. Dijon have conceded 22 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Dijon - Olympique Lyonnais 0-3 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: 5 - 1 - 1 (Olympique Lyonnais wins - draws - Dijon wins).

Top Goalscorers

M. Dembélé
12 goals / 3 assists
N. Fekir
9 goals / 5 assists
H. Aouar
7 goals / 2 assists

Olympique Lyonnais missing players

Dijon missing players

Playername Goals Assist Starts % Started

Olympique Lyonnais Dijon
Total Home Statistic Away Total
30 15 Played 15 30
51 29 Scored 10 21
35 13 Conceded 22 47
100% 100% Over 0.5 93% 93%
80% 87% Over 1.5 60% 70%
50% 40% Over 2.5 40% 43%
30% 20% Over 3.5 20% 20%
17% 20% Over 4.5 0% 0%
53% 53% Both teams to score 20% 30%
27% 33% Clean Sheet 13% 17%
20% 13% Failed To Score 73% 60%
Key stats this season:
  • Olympique Lyonnais hasn'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 D P
1 PSG 29 26 2 1 87 16 15 15 0 0 53 6 14 11 2 1 34 10 71 80
2 Lille 30 18 6 6 48 26 15 9 4 2 26 10 15 9 2 4 22 16 22 60
3 Olympique Lyonnais 30 16 8 6 51 35 15 10 3 2 29 13 15 6 5 4 22 22 16 56
4 Saint-Étienne 30 14 7 9 43 35 15 10 2 3 26 13 15 4 5 6 17 22 8 49
5 Olympique Marseille 30 14 6 10 47 40 15 9 4 2 27 11 15 5 2 8 20 29 7 48
6 Reims 30 11 13 6 31 31 15 7 6 2 17 11 15 4 7 4 14 20 0 46
7 Montpellier 30 11 12 7 42 34 15 6 6 3 24 15 15 5 6 4 18 19 8 45
8 Nice 30 12 8 10 22 29 14 7 3 4 12 12 16 5 5 6 10 17 -7 44
9 Strasbourg 30 10 12 8 49 35 15 6 6 3 26 16 15 4 6 5 23 19 14 42
10 Rennes 29 11 8 10 39 37 15 7 4 4 21 14 14 4 4 6 18 23 2 41
11 Angers SCO 30 8 13 9 35 35 15 5 6 4 18 15 15 3 7 5 17 20 0 37
12 Nîmes 29 10 7 12 41 44 14 5 5 4 20 15 15 5 2 8 21 29 -3 37
13 Bordeaux 30 8 11 11 28 31 15 6 6 3 20 16 15 2 5 8 8 15 -3 35
14 Toulouse 30 7 11 12 28 44 15 3 7 5 15 19 15 4 4 7 13 25 -16 32
15 Nantes 29 8 7 14 33 38 14 5 4 5 24 18 15 3 3 9 9 20 -5 31
16 Monaco 30 7 9 14 30 45 16 3 5 8 15 26 14 4 4 6 15 19 -15 30
17 Amiens SC 30 8 6 16 24 43 15 6 2 7 16 19 15 2 4 9 8 24 -19 30
18 Caen 30 4 11 15 24 44 15 2 5 8 12 23 15 2 6 7 12 21 -20 23
19 Guingamp 30 5 7 18 19 53 15 3 4 8 12 21 15 2 3 10 7 32 -34 22
20 Dijon 30 5 6 19 21 47 15 3 3 9 11 25 15 2 3 10 10 22 -26 21