Dijon – St Etienne SOCCER PICKS
Dijon FCO and Saint-Étienne meet at Stade Gaston Gérard, in a match for the 26 th round of League 1. Saint-Étienne won at home by (3-0) the last time they met in this edition of the league , on 12-22-2018. The record of direct confrontations of the last 3 years is favorable to the visiting team, which in the last 7 matches won 4, drew 2 and lost 1. The last direct confrontation between these two teams, on 23-01-2019, ended with the Dijon FCO victory by (3-6). The condition home / away deserves particular attention, because despite this being a match between 18 th and 5 th of the league table, it is really a match between the 18 th best team in home matches and the 14 th best in away matches.
Dijon FCO:
After 5 wins, 5 draws and 14 losses, the home team is currently in the 18 th position, with 20 points won. In the last match, they lost in an away match against Nîmes by (2-0), after in the previous match they lost (1-2) at home, against Olympique Marseille. This is a team little affected by the house factor, since it conquered similar results at home and abroad. For the championship, Dijon FCO won 8 points out of 30 possible, after 2 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses in the last 10 home matches. In their home league matches the most frequent final result at halftime was 1-0 (4 out of 11 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 10 of the last 11 matches for this competition have ended with Over 1,5 goals. In 24 matches in the competition, they suffered the first goal 14 times and only managed 1 comeback. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 11 home matches for this competition: they have suffered 7 of their 18 goals between minutes (16′-30 ‘).
The Dijon enters this unmotivated day, after a foreign snub, by 2-0, in the displacement to the land of Nimes. The home club usually acts in a tactical system in 4-4-2, favoring a more defensive and organized style of play, channeling its attacks, preferably, through the lateral corridors. The Dijon knows that it will have a more complicated match, considering that it will play against a very well organized team. One of the great gaps in the home team is the lack of quality in the completion. For this game, the local coach should not be able to count on Alphonse and Lautoa, the first one injured and the second suspended.
Saint-Étienne:
The away team is currently in the 5 th position of the league, with 40 points won, after 11 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in a home match against Strasbourg, by (2-1). In the last match, they lost in a home match against PSG, by (0-1). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 11 points in away matches and 29 at their stadium, with 11 goals scored and 20 conceded at home, against 24 goals scored and 11 conceded at home. In the last away game in this competition, they lost for (3-0) against Rennes. In the last 10 away matches for the championship, Saint-Étienne has 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses, so they have won 9 points out of 30 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (5 out of 12 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 25 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 9 times, but have turned the score around in 3. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 12 away matches for this competition: they have suffered 8 of their 20 goals between minutes (76′- 90 ‘).
Saint-Étienne enters this game unmotivated, after a defeat at home, by 0-1, at the PSG reception. The foreign team may act in a tactical system in 5-3-2, being that they must adopt a more defensive posture, with the objective of not trying to suffer the first goal. The Frenchman Khazri is responsible for making sense of the rival defense, his best quality being the aerial game. The foreign trainer should not be able to count on Vada, because he is injured.
