Ligue 2 prediction and guide: Dijon modest front runner to get the better of Nîmes

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 20.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Gaston-Gérard (16098 seats)

Dijon prepare to challenge Nîmes in this Ligue 2 game. All you can know about the game is found right here!

Insights:
  • Dijon have the most conceded goals in the second half (3) in Ligue 2

This could be an action-packed match with lots of fun and excitement as both teams are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!

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Dijon form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Dijon's two home games in the Ligue 2 so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Stade Gaston-Gérard.

The spoils were shared in Dijon's previous game, also at home. Visiting Caen (placed 3rd) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Soumaré (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.72/10. Soumaré scored one goal, served one assist and hit four key passes.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Pau that finished 0-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Dijon handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Dijon at home in the league. 4 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Nîmes form and stats

One match played away so far in the Ligue 2 for Nîmes and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 8 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses from 19 games.

Impressive finishing from Ómarsson secured the home win 1-0 against Rodez in their previous game. Vargas, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.15. Vargas hit five key passes and won 3 of 5 duels.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Saint-Etienne that ended 1-1.

Nîmes are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 7 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

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

Head 2 Head

Data for the previous ten meetings featuring these two participants are: two wins for Dijon, one draw and seven wins for Nîmes. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

DijonA. Costa Silva
A. Costa Silva
1 goals

Dijon missing players

Nîmes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Dijon Nîmes
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 2 0 Played P 0 1 3
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
4 4 0 Scored S 0 1 2
3 3 0 Conceded C 0 1 2
67% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 33%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 33%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
5.3 5.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 2.3
5.3 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 12 7.3
3.7 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.3 11.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 5 7
4.7 4.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 3.3
29% 44% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 20%
 
9.7 11.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14 13.7
4 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 7 4
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Dijon have the most conceded goals in the second half (3) in Ligue 2
Dijon Last season Nîmes
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
13 8   Won W   8 14
8 3   Drew D   3 7
17 8   Lost L   8 17
48 25   Scored S   22 44
53 26   Conceded C   23 51
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 92%
71% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 74%
53% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 55%
29% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 21%
13% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 5%
53% 47%   BTTS BTTS   37% 50%
29% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   37% 24%
24% 21%   Failed to Score F T   32% 34%
 
5.2 6.7   Corners for (avg) C F   3.5 4.4
4.3 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   6.5 5.4
1.7 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2
3 1   Red cards R C   2 3
 
9.4 10.3   Shots (avg) S (   6.6 7.4
3.7 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 3.7
34% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 32%
 
8.9 8.5   Shots against (avg) S A   14.1 11.9
3.6 3.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.7 4.7

  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 3 2 1 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 7
2 Bordeaux 3 2 1 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 7
3 Caen 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 7
4 Bastia 3 2 0 1 7 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 4 6
5 Metz 3 2 0 1 5 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 6
6 Laval 3 2 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 6
7 Amiens SC 3 2 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 3 -1 6
8 Dijon 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
9 Paris 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 5
10 Nîmes 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
11 Valenciennes 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 -1 4
12 Grenoble Foot 38 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 -2 4
13 Niort 3 1 0 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 -3 3
14 Le Havre 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 2
15 Pau 3 0 2 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 5 -4 2
16 Quevilly Rouen 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
17 Sochaux 3 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 1
18 Rodez 3 0 1 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 -4 1
19 Annecy 3 0 0 3 1 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 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 Nîmes 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:
Nîmes:
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 3 2 1 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 7
2 Bordeaux 3 2 1 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 7
3 Caen 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 7
4 Bastia 3 2 0 1 7 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 4 6
5 Metz 3 2 0 1 5 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 6
6 Laval 3 2 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 6
7 Amiens SC 3 2 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 3 -1 6
8 Dijon 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
9 Paris 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 5
10 Nîmes 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
11 Valenciennes 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 -1 4
12 Grenoble Foot 38 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 -2 4
13 Niort 3 1 0 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 -3 3
14 Le Havre 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 2
15 Pau 3 0 2 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 5 -4 2
16 Quevilly Rouen 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
17 Sochaux 3 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 1
18 Rodez 3 0 1 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 -4 1
19 Annecy 3 0 0 3 1 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 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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