Evenly matched teams: Grenoble Foot 38 vs Dijon match preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 23.October
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade des Alpes (20068 seats)

A total of twelve games have been played and Grenoble Foot 38 are 2 points in front of Dijon. How will it turn out?

Insights:
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Dijon have the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Ligue 2

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Grenoble Foot 38 form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade des Alpes as Grenoble Foot 38 have scored 10 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Ligue 2 are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). After failing to beat Guingamp here at Stade des Alpes, Grenoble has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Brice Maubleu not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.

An away draw last time out for Grenoble, facing Bastia in a game that ended 0-0. Defender Adrien Monfray got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.5/10. Monfray won 9 of 10 duels.

Before that, Grenoble had a home game versus Pau which ended with a victory 2-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Grenoble Foot 38 perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Grenoble as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Grenoble Foot 38 has won six of these, drawn five and lost zero.

The Grenoble Foot 38 fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. Grenoble's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Dijon form and stats

1 win, 0 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Dijon playing as the away team in the Ligue 2 this season.

Dijon go into this game after a win, the home game against Amiens SC that ended 1-0. Dijon made it very difficult for themselves in their last game, Ahmad Toure Ngouyamsa receiving a red card in the 45th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Dijon won the match 1-0! Attacker Mihai Alexandru Dobre got a player rating of 8.03 in the game. "Man of the match" Dobre scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Le Havre's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Dijon playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were two Dijon wins, zero draws and five defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Dijon as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. As for defending, Dijon rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 8 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two sides are: three wins for Grenoble, five draws and two wins for Dijon. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

DijonA. Scheidler
A. Scheidler
4 goals
Grenoble Foot 38Y. Ravet
Y. Ravet
3 goals
GrenobleM. Diallo
M. Diallo
2 goals

Grenoble Foot 38 missing players

Dijon missing players

Grenoble Foot 38 Dijon
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 4 5 12
4 4 1 Won W 1 1 4
3 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
5 1 0 Lost L 3 4 7
12 10 4 Scored S 3 3 12
16 6 1 Conceded C 6 8 18
83% 83% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 83% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 80% 75%
42% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 42%
25% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
17% 17% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
33% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 50%
33% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 20% 25%
50% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 40% 25%
 
4.1 5.3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.6 4.6
4.8 4.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4 3.4
1.4 1.5 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.8 2.1
2 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
7.1 8.2 8 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 7.4 9.1
2.5 3.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.2 3.5
40% 53% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 19% 29%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Dijon have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Dijon have the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Ligue 2
  • Dijon have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Dijon haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dijon have scored away.
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have won significantly more corners at home than 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 12 8 3 1 28 9 6 4 1 1 16 6 6 4 2 0 12 3 19 27
2 Sochaux 12 8 2 2 13 6 6 4 1 1 5 2 6 4 1 1 8 4 7 26
3 Le Havre 12 5 6 1 13 7 6 3 2 1 7 4 6 2 4 0 6 3 6 21
4 Auxerre 12 5 5 2 18 13 6 3 2 1 11 4 6 2 3 1 7 9 5 20
5 Ajaccio 11 5 4 2 12 7 6 4 1 1 7 2 5 1 3 1 5 5 5 19
6 Niort 12 5 3 4 13 10 5 3 1 1 7 2 7 2 2 3 6 8 3 18
7 Pau 12 5 3 4 13 11 7 4 1 2 9 5 5 1 2 2 4 6 2 18
8 Paris 12 5 2 5 14 13 5 2 2 1 6 4 7 3 0 4 8 9 1 17
9 Caen 12 4 3 5 15 14 7 2 1 4 10 9 5 2 2 1 5 5 1 15
10 Quevilly Rouen 12 4 3 5 12 15 6 1 2 3 5 9 6 3 1 2 7 6 -3 15
11 Grenoble Foot 38 12 4 3 5 12 16 6 4 1 1 10 6 6 0 2 4 2 10 -4 15
12 Valenciennes 12 4 3 5 11 17 6 1 1 4 5 13 6 3 2 1 6 4 -6 15
13 Nimes 11 3 5 3 14 12 5 1 3 1 5 5 6 2 2 2 9 7 2 14
14 Guingamp 12 3 5 4 11 14 5 1 2 2 5 7 7 2 3 2 6 7 -3 14
15 Rodez 12 3 4 5 11 15 6 1 3 2 4 6 6 2 1 3 7 9 -4 13
16 Dijon 12 4 1 7 12 18 7 3 1 3 9 10 5 1 0 4 3 8 -6 13
17 Dunkerque 12 3 3 6 12 16 6 1 2 3 4 7 6 2 1 3 8 9 -4 12
18 Bastia 12 2 5 5 9 13 6 1 5 0 5 3 6 1 0 5 4 10 -4 11
19 Amiens SC 12 1 6 5 11 16 6 0 3 3 4 8 6 1 3 2 7 8 -5 9
20 Nancy 12 1 5 6 9 21 6 1 2 3 5 12 6 0 3 3 4 9 -12 8

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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.