Dijon have not won many points this league season. Will they get some sugar when Metz visit Stade Gaston-Gérard?
- Metz have the most scored goals (19) away in Ligue 2
Both teams have had plentiful rest since their last match. Let's look for an animated match!
Dijon form and stats
Dijon have collected 16 points from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 4-4-4. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Dijon with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Valenciennes game, 35 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 375 minutes without scoring a league goal. Camara was the last player to find the net.
Dijon are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Saint-Etienne. Midfield player Joly got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, the max score being 10. Joly hit one key pass.
Preceding that match was the home game against Niort that was lost 0-1.Dijon has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Dijon's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Metz form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. In general it has been a productive period now for Metz as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Metz goalkeeper Alexandre Oukidja is eager to challenge this, with his 191 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Metz's last game was the home draw against Caen (0-0). Midfielder Maïga was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.35. Maïga dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 55 successful passes (of 68 total).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Amiens SC with the score of 2-0.Low on goals? 12 of this team's latest 15 league fixtures have had two or less goals.
Metz has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 11 games. As opposed to that, Metz have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The latest logged history between these squads is the Metz - Dijon 1-2 played not long ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Dijon three wins, four draws and Metz three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less. The matches between these sides have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 8 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Mikautadze 11 goals |   A. Costa Silva 5 goals |
Dijon missing players
Metz missing players
| Dijon | Metz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 21 | 14 | 0 | Scored | S | 11 | 19 | 35 |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 24 |
| 83% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 70% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 65% |
| 52% | 50% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 36% | 35% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 36% | 26% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 36% | 26% |
| 48% | 42% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 45% | 39% |
| 22% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 43% |
| 48% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 35% |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
| 5 | 4.3 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 7.8 | 8.1 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 10.5 | 11.1 |
| 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 28% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 69% | 41% | 38% |
| 8.7 | 7.2 | 5.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 8.6 | 9.3 |
| 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
- Metz have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Metz have the most scored goals (19) away in Ligue 2
- Metz have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Metz haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 23 | 48 |
| 2 | Sochaux | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 40 |
| 3 | Bordeaux | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 39 |
| 4 | Metz | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 37 |
| 5 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 37 |
| 6 | Quevilly Rouen | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 34 |
| 7 | Bastia | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -3 | 34 |
| 8 | Caen | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 33 |
| 9 | Amiens SC | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 33 |
| 10 | Guingamp | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -3 | 30 |
| 11 | Annecy | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 29 |
| 12 | Valenciennes | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 16 | -5 | 29 |
| 13 | Paris | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -5 | 28 |
| 14 | Laval | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -7 | 28 |
| 15 | Pau | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -7 | 27 |
| 16 | Saint-Etienne | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -5 | 24 |
| 17 | Nimes | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -11 | 23 |
| 18 | Niort | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -14 | 23 |
| 19 | Dijon | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 21 |
| 20 | Rodez | 23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -10 | 21 |
