Dijon favourites for feisty fight facing Rodez

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 08.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Gaston-Gérard (16098 seats)

Here's all you should learn, and then some, before watching the Dijon - Rodez fixture!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Dijon form and stats

Dijon have played 15 Ligue 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-5-5 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Dijon to get some points in this home game.

In their previous game, the manager Daf led his Dijon to a defeat away at Caen. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade Gaston-Gérard. Joly was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.13 out of 10. The defender Joly hit one key pass and won 5 of 8 duels.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Pau (0-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Dijon handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats.

It should be added that a glance at the 10 latest league fixtures shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).

Early season league goal statistics from Dijon's 15 home games: {15 goals}, 15 conceded.

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Rodez form and stats

Playing away, Rodez have won 5 games, drawn 5 and suffered 4 defeats in the Ligue 2 this season. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Rodez hope to make it five in this match.

Impressive finishing from Boissier secured the home win 1-0 against Quevilly Rouen in their previous game. Boma was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.33. The defender Boma won 14 of 16 duels.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Amiens SC.

Rodez are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

Rodez find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league.

Head 2 Head

This was the result when the participants played each other previously this campaign; Rodez - Dijon 2-1. Dijon-Rodez H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Dijon one win, Rodez one win, one draw. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

DijonA. Costa Silva
A. Costa Silva
6 goals

Dijon missing players

Rodez missing players

Dijon Rodez
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 15 4 Played P 5 14 29
6 5 2 Won W 1 5 8
8 5 2 Drew D 2 5 10
15 5 0 Lost L 2 4 11
25 15 4 Scored S 6 16 30
36 15 2 Conceded C 8 14 37
83% 80% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 79% 90%
66% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 64% 69%
48% 40% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 36% 38%
10% 13% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 29% 24%
3% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 7% 10%
45% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 43% 52%
24% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 36% 21%
48% 53% 25% Failed to Score F T 40% 43% 38%
 
4.6 4.5 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.4 4.2
4.8 4.5 7.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.4 4.8 4.6
2.2 2.1 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.3 2.2
6 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
7.9 8.3 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8.6 8.8
3.2 3.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3 3.2
27% 29% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 38% 33%
 
9 7.5 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11.4 11.2 10
3.8 3.3 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.6 4.2 3.5

  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 29 16 12 1 40 14 14 9 5 0 21 7 15 7 7 1 19 7 26 60
2 Metz 29 14 9 6 44 26 15 7 6 2 20 12 14 7 3 4 24 14 18 51
3 Bordeaux 28 14 8 6 39 23 14 8 4 2 19 9 14 6 4 4 20 14 16 50
4 Sochaux 29 14 7 8 46 26 15 9 4 2 29 11 14 5 3 6 17 15 20 49
5 Bastia 29 14 6 9 35 32 15 9 2 4 19 12 14 5 4 5 16 20 3 48
6 Caen 29 12 10 7 36 30 15 9 5 1 23 10 14 3 5 6 13 20 6 46
7 Grenoble Foot 38 29 12 8 9 29 25 15 8 4 3 16 11 14 4 4 6 13 14 4 44
8 Paris 29 11 7 11 33 33 14 4 3 7 15 17 15 7 4 4 18 16 0 40
9 Quevilly Rouen 29 10 9 10 31 31 14 5 6 3 21 16 15 5 3 7 10 15 0 39
10 Guingamp 28 10 8 10 36 37 14 4 3 7 17 20 14 6 5 3 19 17 -1 38
11 Amiens SC 29 10 7 12 31 37 14 6 3 5 16 15 15 4 4 7 15 22 -6 37
12 Saint-Étienne 29 10 9 10 43 43 15 7 4 4 24 20 14 3 5 6 19 23 0 36
13 Rodez 29 8 10 11 30 37 15 3 5 7 14 23 14 5 5 4 16 14 -7 34
14 Valenciennes 29 7 12 10 32 39 15 5 9 1 25 20 14 2 3 9 7 19 -7 33
15 Annecy 29 8 9 12 30 38 14 6 3 5 13 13 15 2 6 7 17 25 -8 33
16 Pau 29 8 9 12 22 32 14 4 5 5 11 15 15 4 4 7 11 17 -10 33
17 Laval 29 9 4 16 33 44 14 5 2 7 19 20 15 4 2 9 14 24 -11 31
18 Nîmes 29 8 5 16 32 43 14 7 1 6 17 14 15 1 4 10 15 29 -11 29
19 Dijon 29 6 8 15 25 36 15 5 5 5 15 15 14 1 3 10 10 21 -11 26
20 Niort 29 7 5 17 27 48 14 5 2 7 17 23 15 2 3 10 10 25 -21 26

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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.