Ligue 2 fixture research: Nîmes vs Dijon

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 20.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade des Costières (18482 seats)

Ligue 2: We're looking at an entertaining and very important fight involving Nîmes and Dijon at Stade des Costières. Both teams need the win!

Insights:
  • Nîmes have the most conceded goals in the second half (35) in Ligue 2
  • Dijon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Nîmes 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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Nîmes form and stats

8-2-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 2 numbers at home for Nîmes so far this season. When Nîmes hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Valenciennes, Niort, Annecy, Pau, Nîmes and Laval), they have won 4 of 5 matches!

The club members are hoping that Nîmes will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-4 away loss in the game against Caen (placed 5th). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Saïd has scored in three matches in a row. Badass! Vargas (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.1/10. Vargas scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

In the match before that, Nîmes hosted Valenciennes and drew the game 3-3.

The Nîmes fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 23 in 17 matches. On the other hand, Nîmes have conceded 20 goals.

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Dijon form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Dijon so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-10 (win-draw-lose).

Dijon won their last game, 3-0 versus Amiens SC played at home. Bihan, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.12. Bihan scored two goals, hit two key passes and had 18 successful passes (of 21 total).

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

The visitors have scored 15 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Dijon have conceded 24 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these teams meet this season, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Dijon - Nîmes 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - one - three (Nîmes wins - draws - Dijon wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

NîmesM. Tchokounté
M. Tchokounté
11 goals
NîmesR. Said Ahamada
R. Said Ahamada
7 goals

Nîmes missing players

Dijon missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nîmes Dijon
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 17 35
9 8 4 Won W 0 2 9
6 2 1 Drew D 3 5 11
20 7 0 Lost L 2 10 15
40 23 14 Scored S 4 15 35
57 20 7 Conceded C 6 24 40
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 88% 86%
69% 59% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 76% 69%
49% 41% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 53% 46%
34% 29% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 12% 11%
23% 24% 60% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
51% 35% 60% BTTS BTTS 60% 59% 46%
23% 41% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 18% 29%
31% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 35% 40%
 
3.5 3.5 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.4 4.8 4.8
4.8 4.5 2.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 5 4.5
1.6 1.5 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.1
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 5 6
 
10.2 10.9 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 8.3 8.8
3.9 4.4 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.4 3.6
30% 31% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 26% 28%
 
11.6 10.8 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 10.1 8.7
4.3 3.6 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.6 4.2 3.7
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Dijon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nîmes have the most conceded goals in the second half (35) 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 Le Havre 34 19 14 1 44 15 17 10 7 0 22 7 17 9 7 1 22 8 29 71
2 Bordeaux 35 19 9 7 48 26 17 11 4 2 25 9 18 8 5 5 23 17 22 66
3 Metz 35 18 11 6 56 30 18 9 7 2 25 13 17 9 4 4 31 17 26 65
4 Bastia 35 16 8 11 43 39 18 11 3 4 25 14 17 5 5 7 18 25 4 56
5 Caen 35 15 10 10 47 39 18 11 5 2 31 15 17 4 5 8 16 24 8 55
6 Sochaux 35 15 7 13 52 35 18 9 4 5 31 17 17 6 3 8 21 18 17 52
7 Grenoble Foot 38 35 14 8 13 32 32 17 9 4 4 18 13 18 5 4 9 14 19 0 50
8 Quevilly Rouen 35 12 13 10 41 39 18 6 9 3 27 21 17 6 4 7 14 18 2 49
9 Guingamp 35 13 9 13 46 45 17 6 3 8 23 23 18 7 6 5 23 22 1 48
10 Paris 35 13 9 13 41 41 17 6 3 8 21 21 18 7 6 5 20 20 0 48
11 Saint-Étienne 35 13 10 12 55 53 17 8 4 5 28 25 18 5 6 7 27 28 2 46
12 Amiens SC 35 12 8 15 35 46 17 8 3 6 18 17 18 4 5 9 17 29 -11 44
13 Rodez 35 10 12 13 35 40 18 4 7 7 16 24 17 6 5 6 19 16 -5 42
14 Pau 35 10 11 14 34 44 17 5 6 6 17 21 18 5 5 8 17 23 -10 41
15 Laval 35 12 4 19 40 52 18 8 2 8 25 24 17 4 2 11 15 28 -12 40
16 Valenciennes 35 8 15 12 39 47 18 5 11 2 26 23 17 3 4 10 13 24 -8 39
17 Dijon 35 9 11 15 35 40 18 7 6 5 20 16 17 2 5 10 15 24 -5 38
18 Annecy 34 9 11 14 35 48 17 7 4 6 16 18 17 2 7 8 19 30 -13 38
19 Nîmes 35 9 6 20 40 57 17 8 2 7 23 20 18 1 4 13 17 37 -17 33
20 Niort 35 7 6 22 30 60 17 5 2 10 19 31 18 2 4 12 11 29 -30 27

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  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 34 19 14 1 44 15 17 10 7 0 22 7 17 9 7 1 22 8 29 71
2 Bordeaux 35 19 9 7 48 26 17 11 4 2 25 9 18 8 5 5 23 17 22 66
3 Metz 35 18 11 6 56 30 18 9 7 2 25 13 17 9 4 4 31 17 26 65
4 Bastia 35 16 8 11 43 39 18 11 3 4 25 14 17 5 5 7 18 25 4 56
5 Caen 35 15 10 10 47 39 18 11 5 2 31 15 17 4 5 8 16 24 8 55
6 Sochaux 35 15 7 13 52 35 18 9 4 5 31 17 17 6 3 8 21 18 17 52
7 Grenoble Foot 38 35 14 8 13 32 32 17 9 4 4 18 13 18 5 4 9 14 19 0 50
8 Quevilly Rouen 35 12 13 10 41 39 18 6 9 3 27 21 17 6 4 7 14 18 2 49
9 Guingamp 35 13 9 13 46 45 17 6 3 8 23 23 18 7 6 5 23 22 1 48
10 Paris 35 13 9 13 41 41 17 6 3 8 21 21 18 7 6 5 20 20 0 48
11 Saint-Étienne 35 13 10 12 55 53 17 8 4 5 28 25 18 5 6 7 27 28 2 46
12 Amiens SC 35 12 8 15 35 46 17 8 3 6 18 17 18 4 5 9 17 29 -11 44
13 Rodez 35 10 12 13 35 40 18 4 7 7 16 24 17 6 5 6 19 16 -5 42
14 Pau 35 10 11 14 34 44 17 5 6 6 17 21 18 5 5 8 17 23 -10 41
15 Laval 35 12 4 19 40 52 18 8 2 8 25 24 17 4 2 11 15 28 -12 40
16 Valenciennes 35 8 15 12 39 47 18 5 11 2 26 23 17 3 4 10 13 24 -8 39
17 Dijon 35 9 11 15 35 40 18 7 6 5 20 16 17 2 5 10 15 24 -5 38
18 Annecy 34 9 11 14 35 48 17 7 4 6 16 18 17 2 7 8 19 30 -13 38
19 Nîmes 35 9 6 20 40 57 17 8 2 7 23 20 18 1 4 13 17 37 -17 33
20 Niort 35 7 6 22 30 60 17 5 2 10 19 31 18 2 4 12 11 29 -30 27

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