Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Dijon (4th, 47 pts) held a 19-point advantage over Nîmes (17th, 28 pts). Recent form told a different story for Dijon: only 9th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 4th. Scoring rates set the scale: Nîmes 0.75 scored and 1.28 conceded per game, Dijon 1.16 and 1.09, with the league averaging 1.2.
12 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Nîmes 4, draws 4, Dijon 4, at 2.25 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 42% of the wins in this fixture. 1.4 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a drop from the historical 2.25.
The referee was R. Perpinan, with 53 matches in our database and 2.1 yellows per game on average. The match was played at Stade des Costières in Nimes (capacity 18,482). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.