Football preview: Dijon vs Valenciennes - predictions and statistics

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Fri 24.September
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Gaston-Gérard (16098 seats)

Dijon are receiving Valenciennes for another very important fixture following their 1-0 result vs 11th-placed Caen.

Insights:
  • Dijon have the most conceded goals in the second half (11) in Ligue 2
  • Dijon have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Valenciennes have scored away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Dijon form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 2 for Dijon at their home stadium (Stade Gaston-Gérard) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stade Gaston-Gérard.

The Dijon goalkeeper Baptiste Reynet is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 200 minutes without conceding a goal in the Ligue 2.

A strong away win for Dijon against Caen the last match, as Aurelien Scheidler were on target. Goalkeeper Baptiste Reynet got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.31 out of ten. Reynet stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Dunkerque.

Dijon have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Gaston-Gérard with 8 goals in 5 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Dijon defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Valenciennes form and stats

1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Valenciennes playing as the away team in the Ligue 2 this season.

Impressive finishing from Joffrey Cuffaut and Gaëtan Robail secured the home win 2-1 against Bastia in their previous game. Midfield player Mathieu Debuchy was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.45/10. Debuchy hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A 1-1 draw at Pau's stadium before that.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the previous ten meetings between these two contenders are: six wins for Dijon, one draw and three wins for Valenciennes. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

DijonA. Scheidler
A. Scheidler
4 goals
ValenciennesG. Robail
G. Robail
3 goals
DijonY. Benzia
Y. Benzia
2 goals

Dijon missing players

Valenciennes missing players

Dijon Valenciennes
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 5 2 Played P 1 4 9
3 2 2 Won W 1 1 2
1 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
5 2 0 Lost L 0 1 4
11 8 4 Scored S 1 3 7
15 9 1 Conceded C 0 3 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 67%
56% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 44%
22% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 11%
11% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
67% 80% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 56%
22% 20% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 25% 22%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 33%
 
4.1 4.6 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.5 4.8
3.8 3.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.5 5.6
2.4 2.6 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.8 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.3 9.6 10 Shots (avg) S ( 12 8.2 9
3.3 3.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.5 2.6
37% 47% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 30% 30%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • All of Dijon's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Dijon have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Dijon have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Valenciennes have scored away.
  • Dijon have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Dijon have the most conceded goals in the second half (11) in Ligue 2
  • Dijon haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Valenciennes 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 Toulouse 9 7 2 0 20 6 4 3 1 0 8 3 5 4 1 0 12 3 14 23
2 Ajaccio 9 5 4 0 12 4 5 4 1 0 7 1 4 1 3 0 5 3 8 19
3 Sochaux 9 6 1 2 11 6 4 3 0 1 4 2 5 3 1 1 7 4 5 19
4 Auxerre 9 5 3 1 16 5 5 3 1 1 9 2 4 2 2 0 7 3 11 18
5 Paris 9 5 1 3 12 7 4 2 1 1 5 3 5 3 0 2 7 4 5 16
6 Pau 9 4 3 2 11 7 5 3 1 1 7 3 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 15
7 Le Havre 9 3 5 1 8 5 5 2 2 1 5 4 4 1 3 0 3 1 3 14
8 Nîmes 9 3 4 2 12 9 4 1 3 0 5 4 5 2 1 2 7 5 3 13
9 Rodez 9 3 3 3 9 11 4 1 2 1 3 4 5 2 1 2 6 7 -2 12
10 Niort 9 3 3 3 6 8 4 2 1 1 3 1 5 1 2 2 3 7 -2 12
11 Caen 9 3 2 4 9 8 5 2 0 3 7 5 4 1 2 1 2 3 1 11
12 Quevilly Rouen 9 3 2 4 9 10 4 1 1 2 3 4 5 2 1 2 6 6 -1 11
13 Guingamp 9 2 4 3 6 9 4 0 2 2 3 6 5 2 2 1 3 3 -3 10
14 Dijon 9 3 1 5 11 15 5 2 1 2 8 9 4 1 0 3 3 6 -4 10
15 Grenoble Foot 38 9 3 1 5 9 15 5 3 1 1 8 6 4 0 0 4 1 9 -6 10
16 Valenciennes 9 2 3 4 7 13 5 1 1 3 4 10 4 1 2 1 3 3 -6 9
17 Amiens SC 9 1 4 4 10 14 5 0 2 3 4 8 4 1 2 1 6 6 -4 7
18 Bastia 9 1 4 4 7 11 4 0 4 0 3 3 5 1 0 4 4 8 -4 7
19 Dunkerque 9 0 3 6 5 14 5 0 2 3 2 7 4 0 1 3 3 7 -9 3
20 Nancy 9 0 3 6 5 18 4 0 1 3 2 10 5 0 2 3 3 8 -13 3

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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.