Ligue 2 MISSED 2–3
Mon, Aug 31 · 20:45
Dijon Home
VS
Saint Etienne Away
Dijon vs Saint Etienne — Ligue 2
Tipster's pick Under 3.5 Goals
Value Fair · 2/5
Odds 1.30 Odds via Bet365
Our estimate76%
This price needs77%
Expert analysis

Dijon Defense Likely to Limit Saint Etienne Output

Dijon enters this game with a low scoring record at home where they have produced almost no attacks in recent outings. Saint Etienne shows strong defensive organization that keeps most opponents from breaking through repeatedly. Their head to head history includes several controlled encounters that did not turn into goal fests. Current Dijon results feature draws and narrow losses rather than high scoring affairs. Saint Etienne wins come from steady pressure without needing to chase large margins against compact sides. Ligue 2 matches between mid table teams often reward caution over all out attack. These patterns combine to suggest a match that stays below a high goal count.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 72.8% win rate
Result
2–3 MISSED

Our pick “Under 3.5 Goals” at odds 1.30 didn’t land — final score 2–3.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. T. Ballo assist I. Cardona 21'
  3. S. Chouchane assist P. Bellon 39'
  4. P. Bellon 44'
  5. Z. Davitashvili 45+2'
  6. Second half
  7. S. Chouchane 55'
  8. T. Ballo 64'
  9. Y. Barka ↓ J. Tavares 65'
  10. A. Ntamack ↓ T. Dong 65'
  11. J. Duffus ↓ T. Ballo 65'
  12. B. Old ↓ T. Svetlin 66'
  13. Y. Aka ↓ P. Bellon 73'
  14. J. Marie ↓ A. Lembezat 73'
  15. A. Boakye assist Z. Davitashvili 80'
  16. M. Barreto ↓ M. Faty 82'
  17. A. Baallal ↓ A. Boakye 84'
  18. N. El Jamali ↓ Z. Davitashvili 90+3'
This season
Dijon Saint Etienne
Over 2.5 goals 0% 100%
Clean sheet 0% 67%
Failed to score 33% 0%
Scored per game 0.7 3.3
Conceded per game 1.0 0.3
Scored home / away 0.0 / 1.0 3.5 / 3.0

Across 3 and 3 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
1 SAI Saint Etienne ▲ 3 3 0 0 9
2 REI Reims 4 2 2 0 8
3 MON Montpellier 4 2 2 0 8
4 ROD Rodez 4 2 1 1 7
5 NAN Nancy 4 2 1 1 7
6 ANN Annecy 4 2 1 1 7
7 MET Metz 4 1 3 0 6
8 RED RED Star FC 93 4 1 2 1 5
9 SOC Sochaux 4 1 2 1 5
10 DUN Dunkerque 4 1 1 2 4
11 GUI Guingamp 4 1 1 2 4
12 PAU PAU 4 1 1 2 4
13 GRE Grenoble 4 1 1 2 4
14 LAV Laval 4 1 1 2 4
15 BOU Boulogne 4 0 3 1 3
16 CLE Clermont Foot 4 0 3 1 3
17 DIJ Dijon ▲ 3 0 2 1 2
18 NAN Nantes 4 0 1 3 1
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Dijon WDDLD
W @ Sochaux 3–0 Jul 25
D @ Nancy 2–2 Aug 1
D @ Montpellier 1–1 Aug 8
L vs PAU 0–1 Aug 14
D @ Clermont Foot 1–1 Aug 21
Saint Etienne WWWWW
W vs Lausanne 4–0 Jul 29
W vs Venezia 4–3 Aug 1
W @ Sochaux 3–0 Aug 8
W vs Clermont Foot 3–1 Aug 14
W vs Grenoble 4–0 Aug 22
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Dijon
Scored 1.4 avg
3 2 1 0 1
Conceded 1.0 avg
0 2 1 1 1
Saint Etienne
Scored 3.6 avg
4 4 3 3 4
Conceded 0.8 avg
0 3 0 1 0
Head-to-head · last meetings
3 Dijon
2 Draws
4 Saint Etienne
Feb 2023 Saint Etienne 2–0 Dijon Saint Etienne
Jul 2022 Dijon 2–1 Saint Etienne Dijon
May 2021 Saint Etienne 0–1 Dijon Dijon
Dec 2020 Dijon 0–0 Saint Etienne Draw
Aug 2019 Dijon 1–2 Saint Etienne Saint Etienne

Over 2.5 goals in 5 of the last 9 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Dijon 4-1-3-2
  • 16 Paul Delecroix G
  • 93 Ismail Bouleghcha D
  • 23 Lenny Lacroix D
  • 5 Quentin Bernard D
  • 31 Moussa Faty D
  • 8 Paul Bellon M
  • 9 Tyris Dong M
  • 17 Adel Lembezat M
  • 18 Brandon Ndezi M
  • 11 Júlio Tavares F
  • 21 Samy Chouchane F
Bench Ylann Marie-Rose, Waly Diouf, Hugo Vargas-Ríos, Ben-Chayeel Hamada, Jordan Marié, Ylan Aka, Mickaël Barreto, Yanis Barka, Alexis Ntamack

Baptiste Ridira

Saint Etienne 4-2-3-1
  • 30 Gautier Larsonneur G
  • 23 Kevin Pedro D
  • 26 Julien Le Cardinal D
  • 18 Sohaib Nair D
  • 6 Maxime Bernauer D
  • 16 Tamar Svetlin M
  • 14 Áron Csongvai M
  • 20 Augustine Boakye M
  • 22 Zuriko Davitashvili M
  • 8 Thierno Ballo M
  • 7 Irvin Cardona F
Bench Mamour Ndiaye, Lucas Lavallée, Nathan Kasia Nkondo, Adam Baallal, Nadir El Jamali, Modibo Sissoko, Benjamin Old, Joshua Duffus

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