Ligue 2 fixture forecast and match guide for the Dijon vs Pau battle

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

Life has been a bit difficult for Dijon so far, and the same description fits Pau. These hardened teams eye some much needed points here.

Insights:
  • Pau have the fewest scored goals (21) in Ligue 2

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Pau, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.

This should be an appealing fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both participants are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!

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Dijon form and stats

Dijon have collected 20 points from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 5-5-4. When Dijon hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Niort, Annecy, Rodez, Nîmes, Laval and Dijon), they have won 2 of 4 matches!

The supporters are hoping that Dijon will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the match against Guingamp (placed 10th). The first setback in the shape of a loss after collecting points in three league matches. N'Dong was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.2 out of 10. The defender N'Dong won 8 of 8 duels.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Grenoble Foot 38.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Dijon handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

Dijon has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

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Pau form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Pau so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-7 (win-draw-lose). When Pau is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Niort, Annecy, Rodez, Pau, Nîmes and Laval is teams we like to compare Dijon with. Pau has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Pau go into this game after a win, the home game against Niort that ended 1-0. That win felt good as this side had gone five league rounds without winning. Midfield player Saivet was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.62/10. Saivet served one assist, hit five key passes and had 37 successful passes (of 43 total).

Prior to that match, the Pau manager Tholot faced defeat when travelling to Amiens SC and losing 0-1.

We have checked recent matches where Pau have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were 6 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 9 of this team's latest 10 league rounds have contained two or less goals.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 17 goals have been conceded by Pau in these games.

Head 2 Head

The latest head to head meeting ended Pau - Dijon 0-0, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - one - two (Dijon wins - draws - Pau wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

DijonA. Costa Silva
A. Costa Silva
6 goals
PauM. Bassouamina
M. Bassouamina
5 goals

Dijon missing players

Pau missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Dijon Pau
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 14 4 Played P 3 14 27
6 5 2 Won W 2 3 7
8 5 0 Drew D 0 4 9
13 4 2 Lost L 1 7 11
24 15 7 Scored S 4 10 21
33 14 4 Conceded C 2 17 31
81% 79% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
67% 64% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 64% 56%
48% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 21% 30%
11% 14% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 15%
4% 7% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
44% 36% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 43% 37%
26% 36% 25% Clean Sheets C S 67% 21% 30%
48% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 36% 41%
 
4.3 3.9 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6.7 3.6 4.4
4.9 4.5 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.4 4.6
2.2 2.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.1 2
5 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.9 8.1 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 7 8.7
3.2 3.4 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.8 3.4
28% 32% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 26% 23%
 
8.9 7.6 6.2 Shots against (avg) S A 9.7 12.8 10.6
3.8 3.4 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 5.3 4.4
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Pau have the fewest scored goals (21) in Ligue 2
  • Pau have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Pau 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 26 15 10 1 36 11 13 9 4 0 19 5 13 6 6 1 17 6 25 55
2 Bordeaux 27 13 8 6 38 23 13 7 4 2 18 9 14 6 4 4 20 14 15 47
3 Sochaux 27 13 7 7 43 23 14 8 4 2 28 11 13 5 3 5 15 12 20 46
4 Metz 26 12 8 6 40 24 13 6 5 2 18 11 13 6 3 4 22 13 16 44
5 Bastia 27 12 6 9 31 30 14 8 2 4 16 10 13 4 4 5 15 20 1 42
6 Grenoble Foot 38 27 11 8 8 27 23 14 7 4 3 14 10 13 4 4 5 13 13 4 41
7 Caen 27 10 10 7 32 28 13 7 5 1 19 8 14 3 5 6 13 20 4 40
8 Quevilly Rouen 27 10 9 8 30 28 13 5 6 2 20 14 14 5 3 6 10 14 2 39
9 Amiens SC 26 10 7 9 29 29 13 6 3 4 15 12 13 4 4 5 14 17 0 37
10 Guingamp 27 10 7 10 35 36 14 4 3 7 17 20 13 6 4 3 18 16 -1 37
11 Paris 26 9 7 10 25 28 12 3 3 6 12 16 14 6 4 4 13 12 -3 34
12 Valenciennes 27 7 12 8 27 32 14 5 9 0 21 15 13 2 3 8 6 17 -5 33
13 Saint-Etienne 27 9 8 10 39 41 14 6 4 4 22 20 13 3 4 6 17 21 -2 32
14 Annecy 27 8 8 11 29 33 13 6 2 5 12 12 14 2 6 6 17 21 -4 32
15 Laval 27 9 4 14 31 40 14 5 2 7 19 20 13 4 2 7 12 20 -9 31
16 Pau 27 7 9 11 21 31 13 4 5 4 11 14 14 3 4 7 10 17 -10 30
17 Rodez 27 6 10 11 26 36 14 2 5 7 13 23 13 4 5 4 13 13 -10 28
18 Dijon 27 6 8 13 24 33 14 5 5 4 15 14 13 1 3 9 9 19 -9 26
19 Nîmes 27 7 5 15 28 42 13 6 1 6 13 14 14 1 4 9 15 28 -14 26
20 Niort 27 6 5 16 24 44 13 4 2 7 14 21 14 2 3 9 10 23 -20 23

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 Le Havre 26 15 10 1 36 11 13 9 4 0 19 5 13 6 6 1 17 6 25 55
2 Bordeaux 27 13 8 6 38 23 13 7 4 2 18 9 14 6 4 4 20 14 15 47
3 Sochaux 27 13 7 7 43 23 14 8 4 2 28 11 13 5 3 5 15 12 20 46
4 Metz 26 12 8 6 40 24 13 6 5 2 18 11 13 6 3 4 22 13 16 44
5 Bastia 27 12 6 9 31 30 14 8 2 4 16 10 13 4 4 5 15 20 1 42
6 Grenoble Foot 38 27 11 8 8 27 23 14 7 4 3 14 10 13 4 4 5 13 13 4 41
7 Caen 27 10 10 7 32 28 13 7 5 1 19 8 14 3 5 6 13 20 4 40
8 Quevilly Rouen 27 10 9 8 30 28 13 5 6 2 20 14 14 5 3 6 10 14 2 39
9 Amiens SC 26 10 7 9 29 29 13 6 3 4 15 12 13 4 4 5 14 17 0 37
10 Guingamp 27 10 7 10 35 36 14 4 3 7 17 20 13 6 4 3 18 16 -1 37
11 Paris 26 9 7 10 25 28 12 3 3 6 12 16 14 6 4 4 13 12 -3 34
12 Valenciennes 27 7 12 8 27 32 14 5 9 0 21 15 13 2 3 8 6 17 -5 33
13 Saint-Etienne 27 9 8 10 39 41 14 6 4 4 22 20 13 3 4 6 17 21 -2 32
14 Annecy 27 8 8 11 29 33 13 6 2 5 12 12 14 2 6 6 17 21 -4 32
15 Laval 27 9 4 14 31 40 14 5 2 7 19 20 13 4 2 7 12 20 -9 31
16 Pau 27 7 9 11 21 31 13 4 5 4 11 14 14 3 4 7 10 17 -10 30
17 Rodez 27 6 10 11 26 36 14 2 5 7 13 23 13 4 5 4 13 13 -10 28
18 Dijon 27 6 8 13 24 33 14 5 5 4 15 14 13 1 3 9 9 19 -9 26
19 Nîmes 27 7 5 15 28 42 13 6 1 6 13 14 14 1 4 9 15 28 -14 26
20 Niort 27 6 5 16 24 44 13 4 2 7 14 21 14 2 3 9 10 23 -20 23

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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.