Ligue 2 fixture prediction and game guide for the Dunkerque vs Dijon battle

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Marcel-Tribut (4200 seats)

Match-goers at Stade Marcel-Tribut haven’t seen many wins this season, with Dunkerque struggling in the 19th spot. The visiting Dijon will attempt to guard their higher league spot in this fixture.

Insights:
  • Dunkerque have the fewest scored goals (19) in Ligue 2
  • Dijon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Dunkerque and Dijon should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Dunkerque form and stats

3 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Dunkerque have to build on here at Stade Marcel-Tribut in the Ligue 2.

Dunkerque faced defeat in their previous match, away at Nancy (0-2).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Rodez in a game that was won 2-0.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Dunkerque here at Stade Marcel-Tribut in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 13 games). Dunkerque have only conceded 12 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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Dijon form and stats

As the visiting team in Ligue 2 matches, Dijon have produced an overall stat of 4-1-7 so far.

The attacking players of Dijon have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 237 minutes.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Bastia (placed 15th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Traoré was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.42. The defender Traoré hit two key passes and won 4 of 10 duels.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Pau.

Dijon have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 13 goals have been scored. 17 goals have been conceded by Dijon in these games.

Head 2 Head

Dijon - Dunkerque 2-0 was the outcome when this pair of teams last met, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

DijonA. Scheidler
A. Scheidler
9 goals
DunkerqueM. Tchokounté
M. Tchokounté
7 goals
DunkerqueK. Rocheteau
K. Rocheteau
5 goals

Dunkerque missing players

Dijon missing players

Dunkerque Dijon
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 13 3 Played P 5 12 25
6 3 1 Won W 3 4 9
6 5 0 Drew D 1 1 3
13 5 2 Lost L 1 7 13
19 9 3 Scored S 7 13 29
31 12 4 Conceded C 3 17 34
92% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 92% 96%
72% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 75% 68%
28% 8% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 48%
8% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 24%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 12%
36% 31% 33% BTTS BTTS 40% 42% 48%
24% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 60% 33% 28%
48% 46% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 33% 28%
 
3.7 3.8 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.8 5.3
4.5 3 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 4.9 4.2
2.3 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
7.2 8 7.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 8.4 9.6
2.7 2.9 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 3.6 3.6
28% 24% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 30% 32%
 
9.8 8.7 7.7 Shots against (avg) S A 7.6 8.8 8.9
4.7 3.9 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.7 3.6
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Dijon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dijon have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Dunkerque have the fewest scored goals (19) in Ligue 2
  • Dunkerque have the most conceded goals in the second half (24) in Ligue 2

  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 24 13 9 2 52 21 12 7 4 1 32 12 12 6 5 1 20 9 31 48
2 Paris 25 14 6 5 36 21 12 7 4 1 18 8 13 7 2 4 18 13 15 48
3 Ajaccio 25 13 6 6 22 13 12 7 3 2 11 3 13 6 3 4 11 10 9 45
4 Sochaux 25 12 8 5 28 21 13 6 4 3 13 10 12 6 4 2 15 11 7 44
5 Auxerre 25 11 9 5 37 27 12 5 4 3 22 13 13 6 5 2 15 14 10 42
6 Le Havre 24 8 11 5 24 20 13 4 5 4 11 11 11 4 6 1 13 9 4 35
7 Niort 25 10 5 10 28 26 12 6 2 4 15 9 13 4 3 6 13 17 2 35
8 Nîmes 25 10 5 10 32 32 13 5 3 5 16 16 12 5 2 5 16 16 0 35
9 Pau 25 10 5 10 27 28 13 8 1 4 18 10 12 2 4 6 9 18 -1 35
10 Guingamp 25 7 10 8 27 33 12 4 5 3 17 16 13 3 5 5 10 17 -6 31
11 Amiens SC 25 6 12 7 31 24 13 5 4 4 20 11 12 1 8 3 11 13 7 30
12 Dijon 25 9 3 13 29 34 13 5 2 6 16 17 12 4 1 7 13 17 -5 30
13 Rodez 25 7 9 9 21 26 12 3 6 3 9 9 13 4 3 6 12 17 -5 30
14 Caen 25 7 8 10 31 28 13 5 1 7 18 13 12 2 7 3 13 15 3 29
15 Bastia 25 6 11 8 25 24 13 3 10 0 13 6 12 3 1 8 12 18 1 29
16 Quevilly Rouen 25 7 8 10 23 34 12 3 6 3 12 14 13 4 2 7 11 20 -11 29
17 Valenciennes 25 6 9 10 25 35 12 3 2 7 16 24 13 3 7 3 9 11 -10 27
18 Grenoble Foot 38 25 7 4 14 20 34 12 6 1 5 15 14 13 1 3 9 5 20 -14 25
19 Dunkerque 25 6 6 13 19 31 13 3 5 5 9 12 12 3 1 8 10 19 -12 24
20 Nancy 25 4 8 13 21 46 12 3 4 5 10 19 13 1 4 8 11 27 -25 20

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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.