Dijon contests Paris in Ligue 2 face-off

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Fri 26.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Gaston-Gérard (16098 seats)

Dijon - Paris in Ligue 2: Data, team selections, fixtures, the latest developments and headlines. Check out our complete guide!

Dijon are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. For Paris most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Dijon form and stats

The overall Ligue 2 stats at home this season for Dijon are 7-6-5 (wins-draws-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Dijon, who won 2-1 against Nîmes (placed 19th). Manager Dupraz felt very clever after Marié scored the winning goal against Nîmes, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 46th minute. Marié (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.3/10. Marié scored one goal.

Before that, Dijon had a home game versus Amiens SC which ended with a victory 3-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Dijon handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats.

Dijon has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. Dijon have only conceded 16 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Paris form and stats

As the visiting team in Ligue 2 matches, Paris have produced an overall stat of 7-6-5 so far. Two points from the last two away games for Paris, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Paris won their last game, 2-1 versus Sochaux played at home. Guilavogui, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.42. Guilavogui scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Paris travelled to Rodez and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

We have checked recent matches where Paris have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

The visiting Paris have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 20 goals from 18 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Paris have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved faced each other earlier on this match year: Paris - Dijon 2-1. Previous seven meetings between these participants: Dijon won three, Paris were winners in two and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ParisM. Guilavogui
M. Guilavogui
15 goals

Dijon missing players

Paris missing players

Dijon Paris
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 6 18 36
10 7 4 Won W 4 7 14
11 6 2 Drew D 0 6 9
15 5 0 Lost L 2 5 13
37 20 8 Scored S 10 20 43
41 16 2 Conceded C 9 20 42
86% 83% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 78% 83%
69% 61% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 61% 64%
47% 39% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 39% 50%
11% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 17% 17%
3% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 6% 8%
47% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 50%
28% 39% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 44% 39%
39% 44% 17% Failed to Score F T 17% 28% 28%
 
4.8 4.8 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 3.7 4.2
4.5 4.1 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.4 4.8
2.1 1.9 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.9 1.6
6 1 0 Red cards R C 0 4 6
 
9 9.3 9 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 8.9 9.7
3.7 3.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.5 4
28% 29% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 32% 30%
 
8.8 7.5 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 7.2 8.3 8.7
3.7 3.1 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.2 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 Le Havre 35 19 14 2 44 16 17 10 7 0 22 7 18 9 7 2 22 9 28 71
2 Bordeaux 36 20 9 7 51 26 18 12 4 2 28 9 18 8 5 5 23 17 25 69
3 Metz 36 18 12 6 57 31 18 9 7 2 25 13 18 9 5 4 32 18 26 66
4 Bastia 36 17 8 11 49 41 18 11 3 4 25 14 18 6 5 7 24 27 8 59
5 Caen 36 16 10 10 50 40 18 11 5 2 31 15 18 5 5 8 19 25 10 58
6 Sochaux 36 15 7 14 53 37 18 9 4 5 31 17 18 6 3 9 22 20 16 52
7 Paris 36 14 9 13 43 42 18 7 3 8 23 22 18 7 6 5 20 20 1 51
8 Grenoble Foot 38 36 14 9 13 33 33 18 9 5 4 19 14 18 5 4 9 14 19 0 51
9 Saint-Étienne 36 14 10 12 59 55 18 9 4 5 32 27 18 5 6 7 27 28 4 49
10 Guingamp 36 13 10 13 47 46 18 6 4 8 24 24 18 7 6 5 23 22 1 49
11 Quevilly Rouen 36 12 13 11 43 43 18 6 9 3 27 21 18 6 4 8 16 22 0 49
12 Amiens SC 36 12 8 16 36 49 18 8 3 7 19 20 18 4 5 9 17 29 -13 44
13 Rodez 36 10 13 13 36 41 18 4 7 7 16 24 18 6 6 6 20 17 -5 43
14 Annecy 36 10 12 14 38 50 18 8 4 6 17 18 18 2 8 8 21 32 -12 42
15 Dijon 36 10 11 15 37 41 18 7 6 5 20 16 18 3 5 10 17 25 -4 41
16 Pau 36 10 11 15 36 50 18 5 6 7 19 27 18 5 5 8 17 23 -14 41
17 Laval 36 12 4 20 40 55 18 8 2 8 25 24 18 4 2 12 15 31 -15 40
18 Valenciennes 35 8 15 12 39 47 18 5 11 2 26 23 17 3 4 10 13 24 -8 39
19 Nîmes 36 9 6 21 41 59 18 8 2 8 24 22 18 1 4 13 17 37 -18 33
20 Niort 36 7 7 22 32 62 18 5 3 10 21 33 18 2 4 12 11 29 -30 28

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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.