Ligue 1 preview: Can Toulouse edge out victory against Dijon?

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Sat 17.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium de Toulouse (33150 seats)

With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Ligue 1 game of the season. Toulouse look forward to welcoming Dijon in front of their home support.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Toulouse form and stats

The home team returns to Stadium de Toulouse after sharing the points with Brest on their last time out; the Ligue 1 game ended 1-1. Heartbreak before that as Toulouse lost 1-2 at Dijon's place.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Toulouse have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won 1 time, drawn 3 and lost 2.

Last season, Toulouse's league statistics were 8 wins, 14 draws and 16 losses, resulting in a 16th position in the Ligue 1. Over these 38 matches they scored 35 goals and conceded 57. Playing at home last season Toulouse managed 4-9-6 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 26 conceded.

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Dijon form and stats

The manager S. Jobard was unhappy after their last game, a Ligue 1 match played at their home ground Stadium de Toulouse. Dijon suffered a 1-2 loss to Saint-Etienne. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Toulouse.

We have checked recent matches where Dijon have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were W1-D1-L8.

Let's have a look at how Dijon performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 18th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 7 draws and 22 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded 60 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 13 with 13/31 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: 1 - 3 - 4 (Toulouse wins - draws - Dijon wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

E. Koulouris
1 goals
Júlio Tavares
1 goals

Toulouse missing players

Dijon missing players

Toulouse Dijon
Total Home Home vs no_table Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 1
1 0 0 Scored 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
7 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 12
4 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 5
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Toulouse Last season Dijon
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
38 19   Played   19 38
8 4   Won   3 9
14 9   Drew   3 7
16 6   Lost   13 22
35 20   Scored   13 31
57 26   Conceded   31 60
89% 89%   Over 0.5   95% 92%
68% 63%   Over 1.5   63% 71%
47% 42%   Over 2.5   47% 50%
21% 26%   Over 3.5   26% 24%
8% 11%   Over 4.5   0% 3%
58% 58%   BTTS   21% 34%
24% 26%   Clean Sheets   11% 16%
29% 26%   Failed To Score   74% 58%
 
4.2 4.5   Corners For (avg)   3.7 4.4
5.1 4.3   Corners Against (avg)   5.2 5.3
2 1.8   Yellow Cards (avg)   2.2 2.1
5 1   Red Cards   3 7
Key stats last season:
  • Dijon have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Toulouse
All Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Club Friendlies
All Home Away
09-07-19 CF Beziers 0 - 0 Toulouse
13-07-19 CF Toulouse 1 - 0 Ajaccio
24-07-19 CF Toulouse 3 - 2 Al Arabi
03-08-19 CF Norwich City 1 - 0 Toulouse
10-08-19 L1 Brest 1 - 1 Toulouse
17-08-19 L1 Toulouse 18:00 Dijon
25-08-19 L1 PSG 19:00 Toulouse
31-08-19 L1 Toulouse 18:00 Amiens SC
14-09-19 L1 Saint-Etienne - Toulouse
21-09-19 L1 Nîmes - Toulouse
Dijon
All Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Club Friendlies
All Home Away
18-05-19 L1 PSG 4 - 0 Dijon
24-05-19 L1 Dijon 2 - 1 Toulouse
20-07-19 CF Nancy 2 - 2 Dijon
27-07-19 CF Dijon 1 - 3 Reims
10-08-19 L1 Dijon 1 - 2 Saint-Etienne
17-08-19 L1 Toulouse 18:00 Dijon
24-08-19 L1 Dijon 18:00 Bordeaux
31-08-19 L1 Angers SCO 18:00 Dijon
14-09-19 L1 Dijon - Nîmes
21-09-19 L1 Nice - Dijon

  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 Olympique Lyonnais 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Angers SCO 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Reims 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Nice 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Rennes 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Saint-Étienne 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Brest 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Toulouse 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
15 Amiens SC 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Dijon 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Montpellier 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Bordeaux 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
19 Olympique Marseille 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Monaco 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

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