Another action-packed fixture in Ligue 2 as Nîmes welcome Dijon

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 31.July
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade des Costières (18482 seats)

Only the second game in the Ligue 2 for these teams and it's all to play for here at Stade des Costières as Nîmes welcomes Dijon. Check out this preview!

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

Last season, Nîmes's league statistics were 9 wins, 8 draws and 21 losses, resulting in a 19th position in the Ligue 1. Over these 38 matches they scored 40 goals and conceded 71. Playing at home last season Nîmes managed 3-5-11 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 39 conceded.

An away draw last time out for Nîmes, facing Bastia in a game that ended 1-1.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Rennes (0-2).

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

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Dijon form and stats

Let's have a look at how Dijon performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 20th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 9 draws and 25 defeats. In total they scored 25 and conceded 73 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 13 with 17/42 goals scored/conceded.

Dijon might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Sochaux proved too strong as Dijon slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Stade Gaston-Gérard. Christopher Rocchia was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.85. The defender Rocchia hit two key passes and won 14 of 19 duels.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Saint-Etienne.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Dijon in our archives, and the results are: one win for Dijon, zero draws and three defeats.

Head 2 Head

Nîmes-Dijon H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Nîmes six wins, Dijon two wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

NîmesL. Fomba
L. Fomba
1 goals
DijonR. Assalé Djapone
R. Assalé Djapone
1 goals

Nîmes missing players

Dijon missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nîmes Dijon
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
4 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 8
5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 1
20% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 100%
Nîmes Last season Dijon
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
9 3   Won W   3 4
8 5   Drew D   3 9
21 11   Lost L   13 25
40 22   Scored S   17 25
71 39   Conceded C   42 73
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 89%
84% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 68%
53% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   63% 45%
29% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   42% 34%
13% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 13%
47% 53%   BTTS BTTS   53% 39%
21% 16%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 16%
34% 32%   Failed to Score F T   42% 55%
 
4.2 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 3.8
5.3 5.1   Corners against (avg) C A   6.6 6.2
1.6 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2
5 4   Red cards R C   2 5
 
9.7 9.7   Shots (avg) S (   8.5 9.1
3.3 3.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.3 2.3
32% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 29%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Caen 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Paris 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
3 Sochaux 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Auxerre 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Pau 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Ajaccio 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
7 Toulouse 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Bastia 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Dunkerque 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Nîmes 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Quevilly Rouen 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Guingamp 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Le Havre 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Niort 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 Valenciennes 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Amiens SC 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Nancy 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
18 Dijon 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Grenoble Foot 38 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
20 Rodez 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lille 38 24 11 3 64 23 19 10 7 2 28 11 19 14 4 1 36 12 41 83
2 PSG 38 26 4 8 86 28 19 13 1 5 44 14 19 13 3 3 42 14 58 82
3 Monaco 38 24 6 8 76 42 19 12 5 2 43 21 19 12 1 6 33 21 34 78
4 Olympique Lyonnais 38 22 10 6 81 43 19 11 3 5 42 23 19 11 7 1 39 20 38 76
5 Olympique Marseille 38 16 12 10 54 47 19 10 5 4 32 23 19 6 7 6 22 24 7 60
6 Rennes 38 16 10 12 52 40 19 9 4 6 26 21 19 7 6 6 26 19 12 58
7 Lens 38 15 12 11 55 54 19 7 7 5 28 26 19 8 5 6 27 28 1 57
8 Montpellier 38 14 12 12 60 62 19 7 4 8 34 35 19 7 8 4 26 27 -2 54
9 Nice 38 15 7 16 50 53 19 7 3 9 25 30 19 8 4 7 25 23 -3 52
10 Metz 38 12 11 15 44 48 19 5 5 9 19 26 19 7 6 6 25 22 -4 47
11 Saint-Etienne 38 12 10 16 42 54 19 5 6 8 20 29 19 7 4 8 22 25 -12 46
12 Bordeaux 38 13 6 19 42 56 19 7 4 8 19 21 19 6 2 11 23 35 -14 45
13 Angers SCO 38 12 8 18 40 58 19 6 3 10 20 27 19 6 5 8 20 31 -18 44
14 Reims 38 9 15 14 42 50 19 4 8 7 16 21 19 5 7 7 26 29 -8 42
15 Strasbourg 38 11 9 18 49 58 19 4 5 10 21 29 19 7 4 8 28 29 -9 42
16 Lorient 38 11 9 18 50 68 19 10 2 7 31 29 19 1 7 11 19 39 -18 42
17 Brest 38 11 8 19 50 66 19 8 4 7 32 33 19 3 4 12 18 33 -16 41
18 Nantes 38 9 13 16 47 55 19 3 8 8 21 29 19 6 5 8 26 26 -8 40
19 Nîmes 38 9 8 21 40 71 19 3 5 11 22 39 19 6 3 10 18 32 -31 35
20 Dijon 38 4 9 25 25 73 19 1 6 12 8 31 19 3 3 13 17 42 -48 21

Nîmes:
Dijon:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Caen 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Paris 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
3 Sochaux 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Auxerre 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Pau 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Ajaccio 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
7 Toulouse 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Bastia 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Dunkerque 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Nîmes 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Quevilly Rouen 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Guingamp 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Le Havre 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Niort 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 Valenciennes 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Amiens SC 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Nancy 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
18 Dijon 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Grenoble Foot 38 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
20 Rodez 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0

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