Betting preview: Bastia vs Dijon should be interesting

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Fri 02.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Armand-Césari (16078 seats)

Bastia will hope that their home comfort is enough to get at least a point from this demanding dispute, vs high-octane Dijon.

Insights:
  • All of Bastia's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Dijon have not yet lost a game away.

Dijon have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Bastia form and stats

Three Ligue 2 home games done for Bastia, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Bastia to get some points in this home game.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 253 minutes without scoring a league goal. Alfarela was the last player to find the net.

No payout for Bastia in their previous match, an away game at Saint-Etienne that ended in defeat 0-5. Bastia were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Defender Guidi got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 6.65/10. Guidi won 3 of 3 duels.

Preceding that match was the home game against Rodez that was lost 0-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with Bastia perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bastia as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Bastia has won 1 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.

Bastia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Dijon form and stats

Four points from two away games for Dijon, meaning one draw and one victory in the Ligue 2 so far.

The manager Daf was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Stade Gaston-Gérard. Dijon suffered a 0-2 loss to Annecy (placed 17th). That defeat was their first after five consecutive league rounds winning points. Coulibaly was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.15. The defender Coulibaly hit one key pass and won 3 of 6 duels.

Prior to that result Dijon won their away game at Metz. The scoreline was 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Dijon in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Dijon, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

It's early days yet, but Dijon has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - four - five (Bastia wins - draws - Dijon wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BastiaF. Magri
F. Magri
3 goals

Bastia missing players

Dijon missing players

Bastia Dijon
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
6 3 0 Played P 1 2 6
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 3
0 0 0 Drew D 1 1 2
4 2 0 Lost L 0 0 1
8 3 0 Scored S 0 2 8
13 4 0 Conceded C 0 1 7
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 83%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 83%
67% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 67%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 67%
17% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 17%
50% 67% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 33%
 
4.3 3.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.5 4.2
5 3.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5 4.5
2.5 2.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 4 3.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.8 12.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11 8.5 9.5
4.7 4.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.5 4
29% 21% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 33%
 
9.5 6.7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 6 10 9.2
5 3.3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3 4
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • All of Bastia's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bastia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Dijon have not yet lost a game 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 Caen 6 3 3 0 10 5 3 2 1 0 6 2 3 1 2 0 4 3 5 12
2 Bordeaux 6 3 2 1 8 1 4 2 1 1 5 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 7 11
3 Dijon 6 3 2 1 8 7 4 2 1 1 6 6 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 11
4 Amiens SC 6 3 2 1 7 6 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 1 1 1 2 4 1 11
5 Metz 6 3 1 2 13 7 3 2 0 1 6 2 3 1 1 1 7 5 6 10
6 Sochaux 6 3 1 2 8 3 3 1 1 1 3 1 3 2 0 1 5 2 5 10
7 Guingamp 6 3 1 2 9 7 3 1 1 1 5 2 3 2 0 1 4 5 2 10
8 Le Havre 6 2 3 1 11 4 3 0 3 0 2 2 3 2 0 1 9 2 7 9
9 Valenciennes 6 2 3 1 4 4 3 1 2 0 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 0 9
10 Grenoble Foot 38 6 2 3 1 4 5 3 2 1 0 4 2 3 0 2 1 0 3 -1 9
11 Paris 6 1 4 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 0 3 1 2 3 0 7
12 Laval 6 2 1 3 8 9 3 0 1 2 5 8 3 2 0 1 3 1 -1 7
13 Nîmes 6 2 1 3 6 7 3 2 0 1 2 1 3 0 1 2 4 6 -1 7
14 Quevilly Rouen 6 1 3 2 5 9 3 1 2 0 4 3 3 0 1 2 1 6 -4 6
15 Bastia 6 2 0 4 8 13 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 1 0 2 5 9 -5 6
16 Niort 6 2 0 4 5 11 3 1 0 2 3 6 3 1 0 2 2 5 -6 6
17 Annecy 6 1 2 3 5 6 3 0 1 2 1 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 -1 5
18 Rodez 6 1 2 3 5 10 3 0 1 2 3 9 3 1 1 1 2 1 -5 5
19 Saint-Etienne 6 1 3 2 11 13 3 1 1 1 6 7 3 0 2 1 5 6 -2 3
20 Pau 6 0 3 3 3 11 2 0 1 1 0 3 4 0 2 2 3 8 -8 3

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Read more about Ligue 2

Ligue 2 is the second highest division in French football. Most games are played at Fridays and Mondays, allowing the top league Ligue 1 “ownership” of the weekend days. 20 teams play 380 fixtures in total, creating a league table where the top three teams promote and the bottom three relegate.