Match Report
The table gap was wide: 37 points between Rennes (6th, 58 pts) and Dijon (20th, 21 pts). Rennes ranked just 10th in the league on five-round form despite their 6th table position. Per game in the league, Rennes were scoring 1.37 and conceding 1.05, Dijon 0.66 and 1.92, against a competition average of 1.38 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Rennes in 5 games. The five-game form split read 13/15 points for Rennes against 3/15 for Dijon.
GioScore's database holds 10 meetings between the two: 3 for Rennes, 4 for Dijon and 3 drawn, at 3.5 goals per meeting. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 70% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 70%.
The match was played at Roazhon Park in Rennes (capacity 29,778). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 5-1.