Nancy v Dijon betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Tue 21.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Marcel-Picot (20087 seats)

Points have been hard to come by for Nancy so far, and the same description fits Dijon. These brave battlers hope for some vital points here.

Insights:
  • Nancy have the most conceded goals (30) in Ligue 2
  • Dijon have won significantly less corners away then at home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Nancy and Dijon.

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Nancy form and stats

Nancy's results here at Stade Marcel-Picot in the Ligue 2 have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 4 defeats. When Nancy hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Nancy, Dunkerque, Valenciennes, Guingamp, Bastia and Grenoble Foot 38), they have won 1 of 2 matches! With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Nancy to get some points in this home game.

Nancy shared the glory with Troyes (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Goalkeeper Valette got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.03 out of ten. Valette stopped the opponent with five saves.

Heartbreak before that as Nancy lost 1-2 at Nimes's place.

Nancy aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Marcel-Picot in the league, with only 5 goals from 8 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Nancy defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Dijon form and stats

Dijon have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Ligue 2, after 2-0-6 (8 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Dijon are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Dijon are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Cannes (after extra-time, 3-2 on penalties).

A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Niort in the Ligue 2.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Dijon as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Dijon rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 13 goals from these away matches. When Dijon is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Dunkerque, Valenciennes, Guingamp, Bastia, Grenoble Foot 38 and Dijon.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Nancy victories, three draws and two Dijon wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

DijonA. Scheidler
A. Scheidler
7 goals
NancyM. Thiam
M. Thiam
4 goals
DijonY. Benzia
Y. Benzia
4 goals

Nancy missing players

Dijon missing players

Nancy Dijon
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 8 2 Played P 2 8 18
2 1 1 Won W 1 2 6
6 3 0 Drew D 0 0 2
10 4 1 Lost L 1 6 10
14 5 2 Scored S 4 7 21
30 14 2 Conceded C 4 13 27
89% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 72%
44% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 50%
22% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 12% 28%
11% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 12% 11%
61% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 56%
11% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 17%
39% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 28%
 
4.6 6 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.8 5.3
4.6 4.1 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.6 4.1
1.8 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.4 2.3
7 3 2 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.2 12 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 8.8 9.8
3.4 3.9 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.5 3.8
23% 16% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 25% 31%
 
10 9.9 9 Shots against (avg) S A 5.5 8.6 9.2
4.8 5.1 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.1 4.1
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Dijon have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Dijon haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Nancy have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Nancy have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the fewest points (6) at home in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the most conceded goals (30) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the the worst goal difference (-16) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy 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 Ajaccio 18 10 5 3 19 8 9 6 2 1 10 2 9 4 3 2 9 6 11 35
2 Toulouse 18 9 7 2 38 17 9 5 3 1 23 10 9 4 4 1 15 7 21 34
3 Auxerre 18 9 6 3 30 20 9 5 3 1 18 7 9 4 3 2 12 13 10 33
4 Paris 18 10 3 5 24 16 8 4 3 1 10 6 10 6 0 4 14 10 8 33
5 Sochaux 18 9 5 4 19 15 9 5 2 2 8 5 9 4 3 2 11 10 4 32
6 Le Havre 18 7 8 3 17 11 10 4 4 2 9 6 8 3 4 1 8 5 6 29
7 Rodez 18 7 5 6 20 17 8 3 3 2 8 6 10 4 2 4 12 11 3 26
8 Niort 18 7 4 7 20 21 8 4 1 3 10 8 10 3 3 4 10 13 -1 25
9 Pau 18 7 3 8 19 20 10 6 1 3 13 7 8 1 2 5 6 13 -1 24
10 Nimes 18 6 5 7 21 22 9 3 3 3 10 11 9 3 2 4 11 11 -1 23
11 Quevilly Rouen 18 6 5 7 18 23 8 2 3 3 7 10 10 4 2 4 11 13 -5 23
12 Amiens SC 18 4 9 5 22 18 10 3 4 3 14 9 8 1 5 2 8 9 4 21
13 Caen 18 5 6 7 20 19 10 3 1 6 12 11 8 2 5 1 8 8 1 21
14 Guingamp 18 5 6 7 21 26 8 3 2 3 13 13 10 2 4 4 8 13 -5 21
15 Grenoble Foot 38 18 6 3 9 17 25 9 5 1 3 13 10 9 1 2 6 4 15 -8 21
16 Dijon 18 6 2 10 21 27 10 4 2 4 14 14 8 2 0 6 7 13 -6 20
17 Valenciennes 18 5 5 8 14 26 9 2 1 6 8 19 9 3 4 2 6 7 -12 20
18 Bastia 18 4 7 7 16 19 9 2 7 0 9 5 9 2 0 7 7 14 -3 19
19 Dunkerque 18 4 4 10 14 24 10 2 3 5 6 11 8 2 1 5 8 13 -10 16
20 Nancy 18 2 6 10 14 30 8 1 3 4 5 14 10 1 3 6 9 16 -16 12

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