Balanced ball game between Bastia and Dijon expected

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 19.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Armand-Césari (16078 seats)

Bastia - Dijon in Ligue 2: Numbers, team selections, tables, trends and news. Get our broad guide!

Insights:
  • Bastia have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Dijon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Dijon, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Bastia form and stats

3-9-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 2 numbers at home for Bastia so far this season. In general it's been a long time since Bastia tasted defeat here at Stade Armand-Césari, as they have taken at least one point from their last 13 home games in the league.

Bastia enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Le Havre's place. The match ended 4-2 with Magri, Robic, Schur and Vincent scoring. Midfield player Vincent got a match rating of 8.14 in that game, the max score being 10. Vincent scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 37 successful passes (of 42 total).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Bastia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won three, drawn two and lost one.

Bastia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 12 games. Bastia have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Dijon form and stats

4-0-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Dijon in their Ligue 2 matches away.

Dijon's previous game was their home loss versus Pau (0-1). Traoré was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.22. The defender Traoré hit one key pass and won 6 of 6 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting Toulouse's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Dijon playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were five Dijon wins, zero draws and six defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Dijon have scored 13 goals in 11 league games away. In the opposite end, Dijon have conceded 17 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Bastia and Dijon have faced each other already this season: Dijon - Bastia 2-1. Head to head data (for the last ten meetings): Bastia won one game, four matches ended with a draw and Dijon got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

DijonA. Scheidler
A. Scheidler
9 goals
BastiaB. Santelli
B. Santelli
8 goals
BastiaI. Saadi
I. Saadi
4 goals

Bastia missing players

Dijon missing players

Bastia Dijon
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 5 Played P 4 11 24
6 3 1 Won W 3 4 9
10 9 4 Drew D 0 0 2
8 0 0 Lost L 1 7 13
25 13 5 Scored S 8 13 29
24 6 3 Conceded C 3 17 34
79% 67% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 67% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 71%
33% 17% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 55% 50%
12% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 25%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 12%
46% 42% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 45% 50%
33% 58% 40% Clean Sheets C S 50% 27% 25%
42% 33% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 25%
 
4.1 4.1 3.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.7 5.3
4.5 3.7 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.6 4.1
2 1.9 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.4 9.2 9.4 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 8.7 9.8
3.5 4 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 3.7 3.7
29% 27% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 32% 33%
 
8.4 7.7 7.6 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9.5 9.2
3.3 2.9 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4 3.8
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Bastia have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Bastia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Dijon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dijon have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Dijon haven’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 +/- P
1 Toulouse 24 13 9 2 52 21 12 7 4 1 32 12 12 6 5 1 20 9 31 48
2 Paris 24 14 5 5 35 20 12 7 4 1 18 8 12 7 1 4 17 12 15 47
3 Sochaux 24 12 8 4 28 20 12 6 4 2 13 9 12 6 4 2 15 11 8 44
4 Ajaccio 24 12 6 6 21 13 12 7 3 2 11 3 12 5 3 4 10 10 8 42
5 Auxerre 24 10 9 5 36 27 12 5 4 3 22 13 12 5 5 2 14 14 9 39
6 Le Havre 24 8 11 5 24 20 13 4 5 4 11 11 11 4 6 1 13 9 4 35
7 Niort 24 10 5 9 28 25 11 6 2 3 15 8 13 4 3 6 13 17 3 35
8 Nîmes 24 9 5 10 29 31 12 4 3 5 13 15 12 5 2 5 16 16 -2 32
9 Pau 24 9 5 10 26 28 12 7 1 4 17 10 12 2 4 6 9 18 -2 32
10 Guingamp 24 7 9 8 26 32 11 4 4 3 16 15 13 3 5 5 10 17 -6 30
11 Amiens SC 24 6 11 7 30 23 13 5 4 4 20 11 11 1 7 3 10 12 7 29
12 Caen 24 7 8 9 31 27 13 5 1 7 18 13 11 2 7 2 13 14 4 29
13 Dijon 24 9 2 13 29 34 13 5 2 6 16 17 11 4 0 7 13 17 -5 29
14 Rodez 24 7 8 9 20 25 11 3 5 3 8 8 13 4 3 6 12 17 -5 29
15 Bastia 24 6 10 8 25 24 12 3 9 0 13 6 12 3 1 8 12 18 1 28
16 Quevilly Rouen 24 7 7 10 22 33 11 3 5 3 11 13 13 4 2 7 11 20 -11 28
17 Valenciennes 24 6 8 10 24 34 12 3 2 7 16 24 12 3 6 3 8 10 -10 26
18 Grenoble Foot 38 24 7 4 13 19 31 12 6 1 5 15 14 12 1 3 8 4 17 -12 25
19 Dunkerque 24 6 6 12 19 29 13 3 5 5 9 12 11 3 1 7 10 17 -10 24
20 Nancy 24 3 8 13 19 46 11 2 4 5 8 19 13 1 4 8 11 27 -27 17

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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.