Dijon and Caen supporters eagerly anticipate Ligue 2 meeting at Stade Gaston-Gérard

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Gaston-Gérard (16098 seats)

Ligue 2: The middle-of-the-table placements tell a story of the journey Dijon and Caen have undertaken so far. Both squads are ready for the match; let's go!

Insights:
  • Dijon have won significantly more corners at home than away.

This should be an engaging game with lots of fun and excitement as both contenders are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!

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Dijon form and stats

5 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Dijon have to build on here at Stade Gaston-Gérard in the Ligue 2.

Dijon faced defeat in their previous match, away at Dunkerque (1-2). The attacker Scheidler was announced as "man of the match" for Dijon with a rating of 7.42/10. Scheidler hit the woodwork once and hit one key pass.

Before that, Dijon played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Bastia.

Dijon has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. On the other hand, Dijon have conceded 17 goals.

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Caen form and stats

Playing away, Caen have won 2 games, drawn 7 and suffered 3 defeats in the Ligue 2 this season.

Caen had fun at their own home (Stade Gaston-Gérard) last time out, beating Bastia 2-1. Costa (2) scored. Costa, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.42. Costa scored two goals and hit the woodwork once.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Pau's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Caen in our archives, and the results are: one win for Caen, three draws and four defeats.

Caen have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. 15 goals have been conceded by Caen in these games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides face each other this campaign, as the results database show this recent match: Caen - Dijon 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Dijon victories, two draws and three Caen wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

CaenA. Mendy
A. Mendy
13 goals
DijonA. Scheidler
A. Scheidler
9 goals
CaenN. da Costa Jóia
N. da Costa Jóia
6 goals

Dijon missing players

Caen missing players

Dijon Caen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 12 26
9 5 1 Won W 1 2 8
3 2 1 Drew D 2 7 8
14 6 2 Lost L 1 3 10
30 16 4 Scored S 1 13 33
36 17 5 Conceded C 1 15 29
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 83% 92%
69% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 69%
50% 46% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 42%
23% 31% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 27%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 8%
50% 54% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 58% 46%
27% 23% 25% Clean Sheets C S 75% 25% 31%
27% 23% 25% Failed to Score F T 75% 33% 31%
 
5.3 6.7 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.4 5
4.2 3.6 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.5 4.1
2.1 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.1 1.6
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 3 6
 
9.8 10.7 10 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8.2 9.5
3.7 3.7 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.4 3.3
32% 33% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 45% 38%
 
8.8 8.9 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 4.8 8.4 8.3
3.6 3.6 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.8 3.8 3.5
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Dijon have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Dijon haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Toulouse 26 15 9 2 58 21 13 8 4 1 36 12 13 7 5 1 22 9 37 54
2 Paris 26 15 6 5 39 22 13 8 4 1 21 9 13 7 2 4 18 13 17 51
3 Ajaccio 26 14 6 6 24 14 13 8 3 2 13 4 13 6 3 4 11 10 10 48
4 Auxerre 26 12 9 5 38 27 13 6 4 3 23 13 13 6 5 2 15 14 11 45
5 Sochaux 26 12 8 6 29 24 13 6 4 3 13 10 13 6 4 3 16 14 5 44
6 Le Havre 26 9 11 6 25 24 14 5 5 4 12 11 12 4 6 2 13 13 1 38
7 Niort 26 10 5 11 28 27 12 6 2 4 15 9 14 4 3 7 13 18 1 35
8 Pau 26 10 5 11 27 29 13 8 1 4 18 10 13 2 4 7 9 19 -2 35
9 Nîmes 26 10 5 11 32 35 13 5 3 5 16 16 13 5 2 6 16 19 -3 35
10 Guingamp 26 8 10 8 28 33 13 5 5 3 18 16 13 3 5 5 10 17 -5 34
11 Amiens SC 26 7 12 7 34 24 14 6 4 4 23 11 12 1 8 3 11 13 10 33
12 Caen 26 8 8 10 33 29 14 6 1 7 20 14 12 2 7 3 13 15 4 32
13 Dijon 26 9 3 14 30 36 13 5 2 6 16 17 13 4 1 8 14 19 -6 30
14 Rodez 26 7 9 10 22 28 12 3 6 3 9 9 14 4 3 7 13 19 -6 30
15 Valenciennes 26 7 9 10 26 35 13 4 2 7 17 24 13 3 7 3 9 11 -9 30
16 Bastia 26 6 11 9 26 26 13 3 10 0 13 6 13 3 1 9 13 20 0 29
17 Quevilly Rouen 26 7 8 11 23 35 12 3 6 3 12 14 14 4 2 8 11 21 -12 29
18 Dunkerque 26 7 6 13 21 32 14 4 5 5 11 13 12 3 1 8 10 19 -11 27
19 Grenoble Foot 38 26 7 4 15 20 36 13 6 1 6 15 16 13 1 3 9 5 20 -16 25
20 Nancy 26 4 8 14 21 47 12 3 4 5 10 19 14 1 4 9 11 28 -26 20

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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.