Delightful dogfight as daring Strasbourg duels with determined Dijon

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 14.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Meinau (29200 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Strasbourg are in the 11th position while the guesting Dijon worry at 16th.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Strasbourg form and stats

Strasbourg have collected 24 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 7-3-3.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 228 minutes without scoring a league goal. K. Zohi was the last player to find the net.

Strasbourg lost their last game at Montpellier (placed 8th) after a 0-3 scoreline. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Amiens SC that ended 0-0.

Matz Sels had a busy but productive day in the Montpellier match. Despite making eight saves the loss could not be prevented.

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

The Strasbourg fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 22 goals in 13 league matches. Strasbourg's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Dijon form and stats

Dijon have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 1-3-10 (14 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.

Dijon are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Ligue 1 against Toulouse (placed 20th). Prior to that match, the Dijon manager S. Jobard faced defeat when travelling to PSG and losing 0-4.

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, two draws and five defeats. From a total of eight matches.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Dijon's away games in the league this season with only 7 goals from 14 matches. Dijon have conceded 22 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Dijon - Strasbourg 1-0. Strasbourg-Dijon H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Strasbourg five wins, Dijon two wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

StrasbourgL. Ajorque
L. Ajorque
8 goals
StrasbourgA. Thomasson
A. Thomasson
7 goals
Dijon
M. Baldé
6 goals

Strasbourg missing players

Dijon missing players

Strasbourg Dijon
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 6 14 28
11 7 3 Won W 0 1 7
5 3 2 Drew D 2 3 9
11 3 0 Lost L 4 10 12
32 22 11 Scored S 3 7 27
32 14 5 Conceded C 8 22 37
93% 92% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 93% 89%
63% 77% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 68%
44% 62% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 36% 46%
22% 23% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 14% 18%
11% 15% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
37% 62% 80% BTTS BTTS 33% 36% 46%
30% 31% 20% Clean Sheets C S 17% 7% 21%
41% 15% 20% Failed to Score F T 67% 64% 43%
 
4.8 4.3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 2.9 4.3
4.2 4.5 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 6.9 5.8
1.7 2.1 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.4 1.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
327 188 71 Total Shots T S 46 141 342
107 56 23 Shots on Target S O 14 46 107
30% 39% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 15% 25%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Dijon has the fewest scored goals (7) away
  • Dijon has the fewest scored goals in the second half (12)
  • Dijon have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Dijon have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Dijon have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Strasbourg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Strasbourg have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dijon have scored 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 PSG 27 22 2 3 75 24 14 12 1 1 44 11 13 10 1 2 31 13 51 68
2 Olympique Marseille 28 16 8 4 41 29 14 8 4 2 21 14 14 8 4 2 20 15 12 56
3 Rennes 28 15 5 8 38 24 14 9 2 3 25 14 14 6 3 5 13 10 14 50
4 Lille 28 15 4 9 35 27 15 11 2 2 24 9 13 4 2 7 11 18 8 49
5 Reims 28 10 11 7 26 21 14 5 7 2 12 7 14 5 4 5 14 14 5 41
6 Nice 28 11 8 9 41 38 15 8 4 3 28 20 13 3 4 6 13 18 3 41
7 Olympique Lyonnais 28 11 7 10 42 27 13 5 4 4 17 7 15 6 3 6 25 20 15 40
8 Montpellier 28 11 7 10 35 34 14 10 2 2 26 10 14 1 5 8 9 24 1 40
9 Monaco 28 11 7 10 44 44 14 8 2 4 29 22 14 3 5 6 15 22 0 40
10 Angers SCO 28 11 6 11 28 33 15 8 3 4 20 13 13 3 3 7 8 20 -5 39
11 Strasbourg 27 11 5 11 32 32 13 7 3 3 22 14 14 4 2 8 10 18 0 38
12 Bordeaux 28 9 10 9 40 34 13 4 5 4 19 12 15 5 5 5 21 22 6 37
13 Nantes 28 11 4 13 28 31 14 6 2 6 11 11 14 5 2 7 17 20 -3 37
14 Brest 28 8 10 10 34 37 14 6 6 2 21 11 14 2 4 8 13 26 -3 34
15 Metz 28 8 10 10 27 35 14 5 4 5 18 17 14 3 6 5 9 18 -8 34
16 Dijon 28 7 9 12 27 37 14 6 6 2 20 15 14 1 3 10 7 22 -10 30
17 Saint-Étienne 28 8 6 14 29 45 14 4 6 4 15 18 14 4 0 10 14 27 -16 30
18 Nîmes 28 7 6 15 29 44 14 6 2 6 17 15 14 1 4 9 12 29 -15 27
19 Amiens SC 28 4 11 13 31 50 14 3 5 6 17 23 14 1 6 7 14 27 -19 23
20 Toulouse 28 3 4 21 22 58 13 3 0 10 11 24 15 0 4 11 11 34 -36 13

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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.