Caen look to Stade Michel d'Ornano supporters for inspiration before Dijon match

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 01.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Michel d'Ornano (21215 seats)

Caen anticipate the arrival of Dijon with belief in picking up all three points. Can they? Check our match preview!

Insights:
  • Caen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Dijon have the fewest points (6) away in Ligue 2

Both participants have had ample time to rest since their previous competitive action. Let's aim for an active match!

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Caen form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade Michel d'Ornano as Caen have scored 21 goals to get 29 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the Ligue 2 are 8-5-1 (wins-draws-losses).

A nice win for Caen last time playing, versus Valenciennes. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Mendy and Brahimi scoring for the victors. Thomas, defender, was given a rating of 7.44/10 in that game, top of the team. Thomas won 9 of 11 duels.

A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Rodez.

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 Caen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 1 and lost 4.

The Caen fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 14 league matches. From these home matches, Caen have conceded only 9 goals.

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Dijon form and stats

Dijon have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Ligue 2, after 1-3-9 (13 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.

The attacking players of Dijon have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 249 minutes.

This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Pau with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Joly was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.24. The defender Joly hit two key passes and won 10 of 14 duels.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Guingamp's place.

We have checked recent matches where Dijon have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

Observe: 8 of the last 10 league games involving this team have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 19 goals have been conceded by Dijon in these games. Dijon has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Caen and Dijon have faced off previously this season: Dijon - Caen 2-2. Caen-Dijon H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Caen three wins, Dijon five wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

CaenA. Mendy
A. Mendy
12 goals
DijonA. Costa Silva
A. Costa Silva
6 goals

Caen missing players

Dijon missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Caen Dijon
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 3 13 28
11 8 3 Won W 1 1 6
10 5 2 Drew D 0 3 8
7 1 0 Lost L 2 9 14
34 21 6 Scored S 3 9 24
29 9 2 Conceded C 4 19 34
86% 79% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 82%
64% 57% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 69% 64%
43% 43% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 54% 46%
25% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 11%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
54% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 67% 54% 43%
29% 43% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 25%
32% 29% 20% Failed to Score F T 33% 46% 50%
 
4.8 5.6 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 4.8 4.6
3.5 3 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 5.2 4.8
2 2.2 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.4 2.2
2 2 1 Red cards R C 2 5 6
 
10.8 13.1 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.5 8
3.7 4.9 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.1 3.3
33% 30% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 22% 26%
 
8.2 6.9 5.4 Shots against (avg) S A 12 10.3 8.8
3.1 2.6 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.3 3.8
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Caen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Caen have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dijon have scored away.
  • Dijon have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Dijon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dijon have the fewest points (6) away in Ligue 2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Le Havre 28 15 12 1 39 14 14 9 5 0 21 7 14 6 7 1 18 7 25 57
2 Bordeaux 28 14 8 6 39 23 14 8 4 2 19 9 14 6 4 4 20 14 16 50
3 Sochaux 28 14 7 7 44 23 15 9 4 2 29 11 13 5 3 5 15 12 21 49
4 Metz 28 13 9 6 43 26 14 6 6 2 19 12 14 7 3 4 24 14 17 48
5 Bastia 28 13 6 9 32 30 14 8 2 4 16 10 14 5 4 5 16 20 2 45
6 Caen 28 11 10 7 34 29 14 8 5 1 21 9 14 3 5 6 13 20 5 43
7 Grenoble Foot 38 28 11 8 9 27 24 14 7 4 3 14 10 14 4 4 6 13 14 3 41
8 Quevilly Rouen 28 10 9 9 31 30 14 5 6 3 21 16 14 5 3 6 10 14 1 39
9 Guingamp 28 10 8 10 36 37 14 4 3 7 17 20 14 6 5 3 19 17 -1 38
10 Paris 28 10 7 11 28 29 14 4 3 7 15 17 14 6 4 4 13 12 -1 37
11 Amiens SC 28 10 7 11 30 35 14 6 3 5 16 15 14 4 4 6 14 20 -5 37
12 Saint-Étienne 28 9 9 10 41 43 14 6 4 4 22 20 14 3 5 6 19 23 -2 33
13 Annecy 28 8 9 11 30 34 14 6 3 5 13 13 14 2 6 6 17 21 -4 33
14 Valenciennes 28 7 12 9 28 34 14 5 9 0 21 15 14 2 3 9 7 19 -6 33
15 Pau 28 8 9 11 22 31 13 4 5 4 11 14 15 4 4 7 11 17 -9 33
16 Rodez 28 7 10 11 29 37 14 2 5 7 13 23 14 5 5 4 16 14 -8 31
17 Laval 28 9 4 15 33 43 14 5 2 7 19 20 14 4 2 8 14 23 -10 31
18 Dijon 28 6 8 14 24 34 15 5 5 5 15 15 13 1 3 9 9 19 -10 26
19 Nîmes 28 7 5 16 28 43 13 6 1 6 13 14 15 1 4 10 15 29 -15 26
20 Niort 28 7 5 16 27 46 14 5 2 7 17 23 14 2 3 9 10 23 -19 26

Dijon:
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 Le Havre 28 15 12 1 39 14 14 9 5 0 21 7 14 6 7 1 18 7 25 57
2 Bordeaux 28 14 8 6 39 23 14 8 4 2 19 9 14 6 4 4 20 14 16 50
3 Sochaux 28 14 7 7 44 23 15 9 4 2 29 11 13 5 3 5 15 12 21 49
4 Metz 28 13 9 6 43 26 14 6 6 2 19 12 14 7 3 4 24 14 17 48
5 Bastia 28 13 6 9 32 30 14 8 2 4 16 10 14 5 4 5 16 20 2 45
6 Caen 28 11 10 7 34 29 14 8 5 1 21 9 14 3 5 6 13 20 5 43
7 Grenoble Foot 38 28 11 8 9 27 24 14 7 4 3 14 10 14 4 4 6 13 14 3 41
8 Quevilly Rouen 28 10 9 9 31 30 14 5 6 3 21 16 14 5 3 6 10 14 1 39
9 Guingamp 28 10 8 10 36 37 14 4 3 7 17 20 14 6 5 3 19 17 -1 38
10 Paris 28 10 7 11 28 29 14 4 3 7 15 17 14 6 4 4 13 12 -1 37
11 Amiens SC 28 10 7 11 30 35 14 6 3 5 16 15 14 4 4 6 14 20 -5 37
12 Saint-Étienne 28 9 9 10 41 43 14 6 4 4 22 20 14 3 5 6 19 23 -2 33
13 Annecy 28 8 9 11 30 34 14 6 3 5 13 13 14 2 6 6 17 21 -4 33
14 Valenciennes 28 7 12 9 28 34 14 5 9 0 21 15 14 2 3 9 7 19 -6 33
15 Pau 28 8 9 11 22 31 13 4 5 4 11 14 15 4 4 7 11 17 -9 33
16 Rodez 28 7 10 11 29 37 14 2 5 7 13 23 14 5 5 4 16 14 -8 31
17 Laval 28 9 4 15 33 43 14 5 2 7 19 20 14 4 2 8 14 23 -10 31
18 Dijon 28 6 8 14 24 34 15 5 5 5 15 15 13 1 3 9 9 19 -10 26
19 Nîmes 28 7 5 16 28 43 13 6 1 6 13 14 15 1 4 10 15 29 -15 26
20 Niort 28 7 5 16 27 46 14 5 2 7 17 23 14 2 3 9 10 23 -19 26

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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.