Ligue 2 match prediction: Little separates Dijon and Bastia in quality

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 22.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Gaston-Gérard (16098 seats)

Striving Dijon cross their fingers to pull off an upset when they host high-flying Bastia in the next league round. It’s 18th vs 5th and the home supporters will have low expectations.

Insights:
  • Bastia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Bastia 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.

This should be an engaging game with lots of spark and excitement as both contenders are well refreshed since they last played a game. Bring it on!

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Dijon form and stats

Dijon have played 16 Ligue 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-5-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Dijon shared the glory with Quevilly Rouen in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Attacking player Bihan bettered all the other footballers in that fixture and managed a match rating of 8.03 out of 10. Bihan scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Ahead of that match, Dijon won a home game hosting Rodez (1-0).

It should be added that a glance at the 12 latest league games reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Dijon have only conceded 15 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Bastia form and stats

As the visiting team in Ligue 2 matches, Bastia have produced an overall stat of 5-4-6 so far.

Bastia had fun at their own home (Stade Gaston-Gérard) last time out, beating Annecy 3-0. Djoco, Magri and Santelli scored. It was a convincing performance from Bastia when Annecy were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 3-0 and the second half was comfortable. Djoco, Magri and Santelli scored their goals. The attacker Magri got a match rating of 8.13 in that game. Magri scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A 0-2 defeat away at Bordeaux before that.

Few goals the story here? 19 of this side's last 25 league rounds have had two or less goals.

Bastia find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. 22 goals have been conceded by Bastia in these games.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these parties get together this campaign, as the statistics show this recent fixture: Bastia - Dijon 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Dijon wins - draws - Bastia 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
9 goals
DijonA. Costa Silva
A. Costa Silva
6 goals

Dijon missing players

Bastia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Dijon Bastia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 16 5 Played P 4 15 31
7 6 0 Won W 2 5 15
9 5 3 Drew D 2 4 6
15 5 2 Lost L 0 6 10
28 16 2 Scored S 8 16 38
38 15 7 Conceded C 3 22 34
84% 81% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 93% 97%
65% 56% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 73% 65%
48% 38% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 32%
13% 12% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 23%
3% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 13% 13%
45% 31% 20% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 32%
26% 38% 40% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 42%
45% 50% 80% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 29%
 
4.6 4.6 3.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.4 5.4
4.7 4.4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 4 3.7
2.1 2 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.5 2.5
6 1 0 Red cards R C 2 4 7
 
8 8.4 7.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.7 10.9
3.3 3.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 3.9 4.4
27% 29% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 28% 28%
 
8.9 7.5 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10.4 8.5
3.8 3.2 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.3 3.5
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Bastia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bastia have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 31 17 13 1 41 14 15 9 6 0 21 7 16 8 7 1 20 7 27 64
2 Bordeaux 31 16 8 7 42 26 15 9 4 2 21 9 16 7 4 5 21 17 16 56
3 Metz 31 15 10 6 48 27 16 8 6 2 23 12 15 7 4 4 25 15 21 55
4 Sochaux 31 15 7 9 51 29 16 9 4 3 31 14 15 6 3 6 20 15 22 52
5 Bastia 31 15 6 10 38 34 16 10 2 4 22 12 15 5 4 6 16 22 4 51
6 Caen 31 13 10 8 40 33 16 10 5 1 26 11 15 3 5 7 14 22 7 49
7 Grenoble Foot 38 30 13 8 9 30 25 15 8 4 3 16 11 15 5 4 6 14 14 5 47
8 Quevilly Rouen 31 11 10 10 35 34 16 6 7 3 25 19 15 5 3 7 10 15 1 43
9 Guingamp 31 11 9 11 39 39 16 5 3 8 20 22 15 6 6 3 19 17 0 42
10 Paris 31 11 7 13 36 40 15 4 3 8 17 21 16 7 4 5 19 19 -4 40
11 Amiens SC 31 11 7 13 33 40 15 7 3 5 17 15 16 4 4 8 16 25 -7 40
12 Saint-Etienne 30 11 9 10 47 45 15 7 4 4 24 20 15 4 5 6 23 25 2 39
13 Rodez 31 9 10 12 31 38 16 4 5 7 15 23 15 5 5 5 16 15 -7 37
14 Pau 31 9 10 12 26 35 15 4 6 5 12 16 16 5 4 7 14 19 -9 37
15 Annecy 31 9 9 13 32 42 15 7 3 5 15 14 16 2 6 8 17 28 -10 36
16 Valenciennes 31 7 13 11 33 41 16 5 10 1 25 20 15 2 3 10 8 21 -8 34
17 Laval 31 9 4 18 33 46 15 5 2 8 19 21 16 4 2 10 14 25 -13 31
18 Dijon 31 7 9 15 28 38 16 6 5 5 16 15 15 1 4 10 12 23 -10 30
19 Nîmes 31 8 5 18 32 45 15 7 1 7 17 15 16 1 4 11 15 30 -13 29
20 Niort 31 7 6 18 27 51 15 5 2 8 17 26 16 2 4 10 10 25 -24 27

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 31 17 13 1 41 14 15 9 6 0 21 7 16 8 7 1 20 7 27 64
2 Bordeaux 31 16 8 7 42 26 15 9 4 2 21 9 16 7 4 5 21 17 16 56
3 Metz 31 15 10 6 48 27 16 8 6 2 23 12 15 7 4 4 25 15 21 55
4 Sochaux 31 15 7 9 51 29 16 9 4 3 31 14 15 6 3 6 20 15 22 52
5 Bastia 31 15 6 10 38 34 16 10 2 4 22 12 15 5 4 6 16 22 4 51
6 Caen 31 13 10 8 40 33 16 10 5 1 26 11 15 3 5 7 14 22 7 49
7 Grenoble Foot 38 30 13 8 9 30 25 15 8 4 3 16 11 15 5 4 6 14 14 5 47
8 Quevilly Rouen 31 11 10 10 35 34 16 6 7 3 25 19 15 5 3 7 10 15 1 43
9 Guingamp 31 11 9 11 39 39 16 5 3 8 20 22 15 6 6 3 19 17 0 42
10 Paris 31 11 7 13 36 40 15 4 3 8 17 21 16 7 4 5 19 19 -4 40
11 Amiens SC 31 11 7 13 33 40 15 7 3 5 17 15 16 4 4 8 16 25 -7 40
12 Saint-Etienne 30 11 9 10 47 45 15 7 4 4 24 20 15 4 5 6 23 25 2 39
13 Rodez 31 9 10 12 31 38 16 4 5 7 15 23 15 5 5 5 16 15 -7 37
14 Pau 31 9 10 12 26 35 15 4 6 5 12 16 16 5 4 7 14 19 -9 37
15 Annecy 31 9 9 13 32 42 15 7 3 5 15 14 16 2 6 8 17 28 -10 36
16 Valenciennes 31 7 13 11 33 41 16 5 10 1 25 20 15 2 3 10 8 21 -8 34
17 Laval 31 9 4 18 33 46 15 5 2 8 19 21 16 4 2 10 14 25 -13 31
18 Dijon 31 7 9 15 28 38 16 6 5 5 16 15 15 1 4 10 12 23 -10 30
19 Nîmes 31 8 5 18 32 45 15 7 1 7 17 15 16 1 4 11 15 30 -13 29
20 Niort 31 7 6 18 27 51 15 5 2 8 17 26 16 2 4 10 10 25 -24 27

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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.