Another enjoyable match in Ligue 2 as Dijon entertain Nîmes

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 08.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Gaston-Gérard (16098 seats)

Dijon are ready for a new challenge after their 3-0 against Nancy last time. Nîmes are coming to town!

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

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Dijon form and stats

4-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 2 numbers at home for Dijon so far this season.

Dijon enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Nancy's place. The match ended 3-0 with Jacob, Philippoteaux and Dobre scoring. Reynet loved the game against Nancy. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-0 victory. Reynet, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.63 out of 10 in that game. Reynet stopped the opponent with six saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Dijon played out a Coupe de France draw 1-1 when visiting Cannes (after extra-time, 3-2 on penalties).

Dijon has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 10 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.

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Nîmes form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

The manager Plancque was unhappy after their last game, a Ligue 2 match played at their home ground Stade des Costières. Nîmes suffered a 1-2 loss to Toulouse (placed 2nd). Midfield player Cubas was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.62/10. Cubas scored one goal.

It was a Coupe de France defeat before that one as the away game against Toulouse wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.

Nîmes have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. 11 goals have been conceded by Nîmes in these games.

Head 2 Head

Nîmes - Dijon 2-1 was the score in these participants' previous h2h match, earlier this season. Dijon-Nîmes H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Dijon two wins, Nîmes six wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

DijonA. Scheidler
A. Scheidler
7 goals
NîmesY. Benrahou
Y. Benrahou
6 goals
NîmesM. Koné
M. Koné
5 goals

Dijon missing players

Nîmes missing players

Dijon Nîmes
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 10 2 Played P 2 9 19
7 4 0 Won W 0 3 6
2 2 2 Drew D 0 2 5
10 4 0 Lost L 2 4 8
24 14 3 Scored S 1 11 22
27 14 3 Conceded C 4 11 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
74% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 78% 74%
53% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 53%
26% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 22% 16%
11% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
53% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 53%
21% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 26%
26% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 22% 32%
 
5.2 6.6 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 3.4 4.8
4.1 3.6 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.2 4.4
2.3 2.2 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 2.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.8 10.6 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.1 8.4
3.9 4 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 3.3 3.7
32% 35% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 37% 31%
 
9.3 9.7 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 17 12.1 11.3
4.2 4 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.5 4.9 4.3
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.
  • Nîmes have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Nîmes 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 Ajaccio 19 11 5 3 20 8 10 7 2 1 11 2 9 4 3 2 9 6 12 38
2 Toulouse 19 10 7 2 40 18 9 5 3 1 23 10 10 5 4 1 17 8 22 37
3 Paris 19 11 3 5 25 16 9 5 3 1 11 6 10 6 0 4 14 10 9 36
4 Auxerre 19 9 6 4 32 23 10 5 3 2 20 10 9 4 3 2 12 13 9 33
5 Sochaux 19 9 6 4 20 16 10 5 3 2 9 6 9 4 3 2 11 10 4 33
6 Le Havre 19 8 8 3 20 13 10 4 4 2 9 6 9 4 4 1 11 7 7 32
7 Niort 19 8 4 7 23 21 9 5 1 3 13 8 10 3 3 4 10 13 2 28
8 Rodez 19 7 6 6 20 17 9 3 4 2 8 6 10 4 2 4 12 11 3 27
9 Guingamp 19 6 6 7 23 27 9 4 2 3 15 14 10 2 4 4 8 13 -4 24
10 Pau 19 7 3 9 19 23 10 6 1 3 13 7 9 1 2 6 6 16 -4 24
11 Quevilly Rouen 19 6 6 7 20 25 9 2 4 3 9 12 10 4 2 4 11 13 -5 24
12 Nîmes 19 6 5 8 22 24 10 3 3 4 11 13 9 3 2 4 11 11 -2 23
13 Dijon 19 7 2 10 24 27 10 4 2 4 14 14 9 3 0 6 10 13 -3 23
14 Caen 19 5 7 7 22 21 10 3 1 6 12 11 9 2 6 1 10 10 1 22
15 Amiens SC 19 4 9 6 22 19 10 3 4 3 14 9 9 1 5 3 8 10 3 21
16 Grenoble Foot 38 19 6 3 10 17 26 9 5 1 3 13 10 10 1 2 7 4 16 -9 21
17 Valenciennes 19 5 6 8 15 27 9 2 1 6 8 19 10 3 5 2 7 8 -12 21
18 Bastia 19 4 8 7 16 19 9 2 7 0 9 5 10 2 1 7 7 14 -3 20
19 Dunkerque 19 4 4 11 15 26 10 2 3 5 6 11 9 2 1 6 9 15 -11 16
20 Nancy 19 2 6 11 14 33 9 1 3 5 5 17 10 1 3 6 9 16 -19 12

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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.