Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Rennes welcomes Dijon

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 25.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Roazhon Park (29778 seats)

With their 33 point advantage in the league table, Rennes fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Dijon.

Insights:
  • Rennes haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Dijon have the fewest scored goals (22) in Ligue 1

Rennes and Dijon should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Dijon are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Rennes form and stats

Rennes have played 16 Ligue 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-3-6 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Rennes bring valid hopes of a third.

Rennes are confident in defense, having played 189 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

It's back home for Rennes, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Angers SCO away with the result 3-0. Sehrou Guirassy, Martin Terrier and Jeremy Doku found the net in that victory. Before that, Rennes had a home game versus Nantes which ended with a victory 1-0.

The Rennes fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 16 matches. 19 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Dijon form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Dijon, who have the fewest scored goals (22) in Ligue 1, so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-11 (win-draw-lose). A depressing seven defeats in a row for Dijon in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Reims.

Dijon won their last game, 2-0 versus Nice played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Monaco's place.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Dijon played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected two times.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Dijon as they have only managed to score 15 times from 16 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Dijon have conceded 34 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Dijon - Rennes 1-1 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Rennes won three, Dijon won four and three draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

RennesS. Guirassy
S. Guirassy
8 goals
RennesM. Terrier
M. Terrier
7 goals
DijonM. Baldé
M. Baldé
6 goals

Rennes missing players

Dijon missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rennes Dijon
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 4 16 33
14 7 3 Won W 1 2 3
9 3 1 Drew D 2 3 9
10 6 1 Lost L 1 11 21
43 18 5 Scored S 6 15 22
35 19 3 Conceded C 6 34 56
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 94% 88%
70% 69% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 81% 67%
52% 50% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 39%
15% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 44% 30%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 19% 9%
52% 56% 40% BTTS BTTS 75% 56% 39%
27% 19% 40% Clean Sheets C S 25% 6% 15%
27% 25% 20% Failed to Score F T 25% 44% 58%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.1 2.2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
12.8 13.2 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8.8 9.2
3.7 3.6 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.4 2.4
35% 31% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 38% 28%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • 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.
  • Dijon have the fewest scored goals (22) in Ligue 1
  • Dijon have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Ligue 1
  • Dijon have the most matches under the total-line (21) in Ligue 1
  • Dijon have the the worst goal difference (-19) away in Ligue 1
  • Dijon have the the worst goal difference (-34) in Ligue 1
  • Rennes 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 Lille 33 20 10 3 54 20 17 9 6 2 26 11 16 11 4 1 28 9 34 70
2 Paris Saint Germain 33 22 3 8 74 25 17 11 1 5 38 13 16 11 2 3 36 12 49 69
3 Monaco 33 21 5 7 70 38 17 11 5 1 39 17 16 10 0 6 31 21 32 68
4 Olympique Lyonnais 32 18 10 4 63 31 16 10 3 3 34 16 16 8 7 1 29 15 32 64
5 Lens 33 14 11 8 52 45 16 6 6 4 26 22 17 8 5 4 26 23 7 53
6 Olympique Marseille 33 14 10 9 46 41 17 9 4 4 28 20 16 5 6 5 18 21 5 52
7 Rennes 33 14 9 10 43 35 16 7 3 6 18 19 17 7 6 4 25 16 8 51
8 Montpellier 33 12 11 10 53 54 17 7 3 7 33 33 16 5 8 3 20 21 -1 47
9 Metz 33 11 10 12 36 38 16 5 4 7 17 19 17 6 6 5 19 19 -2 43
10 Nice 33 12 7 14 41 44 16 5 3 8 19 25 17 7 4 6 22 19 -3 43
11 Reims 33 9 14 10 38 38 16 4 8 4 14 15 17 5 6 6 24 23 0 41
12 Angers SCO 33 11 8 14 34 50 16 5 3 8 16 24 17 6 5 6 18 26 -16 41
13 Saint-Étienne 33 10 9 14 38 50 16 4 6 6 18 26 17 6 3 8 20 24 -12 39
14 Strasbourg 33 10 7 16 42 51 16 4 4 8 17 23 17 6 3 8 25 28 -9 37
15 Brest 33 10 7 16 45 56 17 8 4 5 31 27 16 2 3 11 14 29 -11 37
16 Bordeaux 33 10 6 17 35 48 17 5 4 8 15 21 16 5 2 9 20 27 -13 36
17 Lorient 33 8 8 17 40 61 16 7 2 7 23 27 17 1 6 10 17 34 -21 32
18 Nîmes 33 8 7 18 32 60 17 3 4 10 18 32 16 5 3 8 14 28 -28 31
19 Nantes 32 5 13 14 32 49 16 2 8 6 16 25 16 3 5 8 16 24 -17 28
20 Dijon 33 3 9 21 22 56 17 1 6 10 7 22 16 2 3 11 15 34 -34 18

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Table
  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 33 20 10 3 54 20 17 9 6 2 26 11 16 11 4 1 28 9 34 70
2 Paris Saint Germain 33 22 3 8 74 25 17 11 1 5 38 13 16 11 2 3 36 12 49 69
3 Monaco 33 21 5 7 70 38 17 11 5 1 39 17 16 10 0 6 31 21 32 68
4 Olympique Lyonnais 32 18 10 4 63 31 16 10 3 3 34 16 16 8 7 1 29 15 32 64
5 Lens 33 14 11 8 52 45 16 6 6 4 26 22 17 8 5 4 26 23 7 53
6 Olympique Marseille 33 14 10 9 46 41 17 9 4 4 28 20 16 5 6 5 18 21 5 52
7 Rennes 33 14 9 10 43 35 16 7 3 6 18 19 17 7 6 4 25 16 8 51
8 Montpellier 33 12 11 10 53 54 17 7 3 7 33 33 16 5 8 3 20 21 -1 47
9 Metz 33 11 10 12 36 38 16 5 4 7 17 19 17 6 6 5 19 19 -2 43
10 Nice 33 12 7 14 41 44 16 5 3 8 19 25 17 7 4 6 22 19 -3 43
11 Reims 33 9 14 10 38 38 16 4 8 4 14 15 17 5 6 6 24 23 0 41
12 Angers SCO 33 11 8 14 34 50 16 5 3 8 16 24 17 6 5 6 18 26 -16 41
13 Saint-Étienne 33 10 9 14 38 50 16 4 6 6 18 26 17 6 3 8 20 24 -12 39
14 Strasbourg 33 10 7 16 42 51 16 4 4 8 17 23 17 6 3 8 25 28 -9 37
15 Brest 33 10 7 16 45 56 17 8 4 5 31 27 16 2 3 11 14 29 -11 37
16 Bordeaux 33 10 6 17 35 48 17 5 4 8 15 21 16 5 2 9 20 27 -13 36
17 Lorient 33 8 8 17 40 61 16 7 2 7 23 27 17 1 6 10 17 34 -21 32
18 Nîmes 33 8 7 18 32 60 17 3 4 10 18 32 16 5 3 8 14 28 -28 31
19 Nantes 32 5 13 14 32 49 16 2 8 6 16 25 16 3 5 8 16 24 -17 28
20 Dijon 33 3 9 21 22 56 17 1 6 10 7 22 16 2 3 11 15 34 -34 18

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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.