Open game expected at Stade Gaston-Gérard: Dijon vs Caen preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 13.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Gaston-Gérard (16098 seats)

Dijon will challenge Caen in this Ligue 2 game. Everything you need to know about the match is found right here!

Both squads have had plenty of rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's aim for an active fixture!

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Dijon form and stats

The hosts won their first Ligue 2 game here at Stade Gaston-Gérard, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Dijon last season were 8 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses from 19 games.

Dijon travelled for their previous game, a trip to Pau that ended 0-0. Congré, defender, was given a rating of 7.8/10 in that game, top of the team. Congré won 6 of 7 duels.

Before that, Dijon had a home game versus Saint-Etienne which ended with a victory 2-1.

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 Dijon have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 3 and lost 1.

At Stade Gaston-Gérard, Dijon has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Caen form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Ligue 2, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 4 wins, 8 draws and 7 defeats from 19 matches.

180 minutes! That's how long the Caen goalkeeper Anthony Mandrea and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Caen had fun at their own home (Stade Gaston-Gérard) last time out, beating Metz 1-0. Diani scored. Mandrea was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.13. The agile goalkeeper Mandrea topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Nimes with the score of 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Caen in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Caen, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

It's early days yet, but Caen has scored 1 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

CaenD. Diani
D. Diani
1 goals

Dijon missing players

Caen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Dijon Caen
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 2 0 Scored S 0 1 2
1 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
50% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.5 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 3.5
6.5 9 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 3.5
4 5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.5 8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 16 13
4.5 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3
22% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 33%
 
8.5 11 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 3 9.5
3.5 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 4.5
Dijon Last season Caen
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
13 8   Won W   4 13
8 3   Drew D   8 11
17 8   Lost L   7 14
48 25   Scored S   21 51
53 26   Conceded C   24 42
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 95%
71% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 74%
53% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   32% 39%
29% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 24%
13% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 11%
53% 47%   BTTS BTTS   53% 50%
29% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 26%
24% 21%   Failed to Score F T   37% 29%
 
5.2 6.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.7
4.3 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4.2
1.7 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.8
3 1   Red cards R C   3 6
 
9.4 10.3   Shots (avg) S (   8.1 9.5
3.7 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.7
34% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 36%
 
8.9 8.5   Shots against (avg) S A   8.7 8.1
3.6 3.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 3.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Guingamp 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 6
2 Caen 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 Bordeaux 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
4 Dijon 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
5 Paris 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
6 Grenoble Foot 38 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
7 Valenciennes 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
8 Metz 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
9 Bastia 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 3
10 Laval 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
11 Niort 2 1 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 3
12 Amiens SC 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
13 Nimes 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
14 Quevilly Rouen 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
15 Le Havre 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
16 Sochaux 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
17 Rodez 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -3 1
18 Pau 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 1
19 Annecy 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
20 Saint-Etienne 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 -2
Last season 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 38 23 10 5 82 33 19 14 4 1 52 14 19 9 6 4 30 19 49 79
2 Ajaccio 38 22 9 7 39 19 19 13 3 3 21 8 19 9 6 4 18 11 20 75
3 Auxerre 38 21 11 6 61 39 19 11 4 4 33 19 19 10 7 2 28 20 22 74
4 Paris 38 20 10 8 54 35 19 11 7 1 30 13 19 9 3 7 24 22 19 70
5 Sochaux 38 19 11 8 47 34 19 10 6 3 22 14 19 9 5 5 25 20 13 68
6 Guingamp 38 15 13 10 52 48 19 9 6 4 31 24 19 6 7 6 21 24 4 58
7 Caen 38 13 11 14 51 42 19 9 3 7 30 18 19 4 8 7 21 24 9 50
8 Le Havre 38 13 11 14 38 41 19 6 5 8 17 20 19 7 6 6 21 21 -3 50
9 Nimes 38 14 7 17 44 51 19 6 4 9 22 28 19 8 3 8 22 23 -7 49
10 Pau 38 14 7 17 41 49 19 10 2 7 25 20 19 4 5 10 16 29 -8 49
11 Dijon 38 13 8 17 48 53 19 8 3 8 25 26 19 5 5 9 23 27 -5 47
12 Bastia 38 10 16 12 38 36 19 5 12 2 19 12 19 5 4 10 19 24 2 46
13 Niort 38 12 10 16 39 42 19 7 5 7 21 17 19 5 5 9 18 25 -3 46
14 Amiens SC 38 9 17 12 43 41 19 7 6 6 26 16 19 2 11 6 17 25 2 44
15 Grenoble Foot 38 38 12 8 18 32 44 19 7 5 7 21 21 19 5 3 11 11 23 -12 44
16 Valenciennes 38 10 14 14 34 47 19 5 5 9 19 28 19 5 9 5 15 19 -13 44
17 Rodez 38 10 13 15 32 42 19 5 9 5 16 16 19 5 4 10 16 26 -10 43
18 Quevilly Rouen 38 10 10 18 33 50 19 5 7 7 18 22 19 5 3 11 15 28 -17 40
19 Dunkerque 38 8 7 23 28 53 19 5 6 8 14 21 19 3 1 15 14 32 -25 31
20 Nancy 38 6 9 23 32 69 19 4 4 11 16 33 19 2 5 12 16 36 -37 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 Guingamp 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 6
2 Caen 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 Bordeaux 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
4 Dijon 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
5 Paris 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
6 Grenoble Foot 38 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
7 Valenciennes 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
8 Metz 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
9 Bastia 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 3
10 Laval 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
11 Niort 2 1 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 3
12 Amiens SC 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
13 Nimes 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
14 Quevilly Rouen 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
15 Le Havre 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
16 Sochaux 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
17 Rodez 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -3 1
18 Pau 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 1
19 Annecy 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
20 Saint-Etienne 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 -2

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