Nîmes vs Dijon Live Stream, Predictions

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Nîmes

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Nîmes will be wanting a better result here after the 4-2 Ligue 2 loss in their previous game against SM Caen.

For Nîmes, goals were scored by Thibaut Vargas (52') and Rafiki Saïd (84'). Alexandre Mendy (57', 83'), Hianga'a Mbock (69') and Godson Kyeremeh (93') scored for SM Caen.

Fixtures featuring Nîmes have usually been entertaining affairs of late with high scoring being the norm. Over their past six clashes alone, the sum total of 22 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 8 of those accredited to Nîmes.

Ahead of this clash, Nîmes have not been beaten in their last 2 league matches at home.

Dijon

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Dijon head into the clash following on from a 3-0 Ligue 2 win against Amiens SC in their previous match.

For Dijon, goals were scored by Mickaël Le Bihan (7', 45') and Marley Aké (74').

A succession of very capable showings from the Dijon defensive unit has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 4 from their last 6 clashes combined. During the same period of time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 10. That kind of trend might not be carried forward into this next game, though.

Going into this contest, Dijon are unbeaten in their previous 3 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their past head to head meetings dating back to 05/02/2020 shows that Nîmes have won 4 of these & Dijon 2, with the number of drawn games being 0.

In all, 17 goals were produced between them in these games, with 10 from Les Crocodiles and 7 coming from Dijon. The average goals per game has been 2.83.

The previous league game between these clubs was Ligue 2 match day 4 on 20/08/2022 and the score finished Dijon 2-1 Nîmes.

The referee was Faouzi Benchabane.

🗞️ Team News: Nîmes

Scotty Sadzoute (Knee Injury) and Mahamadou Doucouré (Hamstring Injury) won’t be able to feature for Nîmes boss Frédéric Bompard.

🗞️ Team News: Dijon

Thanks to a largely full-strength squad, there’s only the sole fitness problem for the Dijon boss Pascal Dupraz to contend with. Thomas Roche (Unknown Injury) misses out for this game.

⚡ Prediction

We believe that Nîmes could well find it tough to put one past this Dijon side who we reckon should get the vital goal that wins it.

We’re therefore expecting a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 0-1 advantage for Dijon when the referee blows for full-time.

Should be interesting.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 00:45 16/05/2023