H2H: Dijon vs. Paris SG – Prediction (Ligue 1

Preview and Teams Comparison.

Dijon’s 1-0 win over Strasbourg in their last Ligue 1 (L1) home outing made it three straight home clean sheets in the division for the first time in the club’s history. However, across all venues, Dijon have conceded first in each of their eight L1 meetings with Paris Saint-Germain, and losing on each occasion. Dijon top league scorer Júlio Tavares has scored three goals this campaign, all of which came before half-time. The fact that the hosts have won just one of their five L1 home fixtures to date (W1, D2, L2), suggests that the wait for a first home victory over ‘Les Parisiens’ will continue. Additionally, they currently hold the division’s worst offensive record on home soil after scoring an average of 0.40 goals per home match.

Dijon have been leading 1-0 at half-time in nine of their previous ten L1 regular season home wins. Don’t expect a draw – it’s not yet happened in 11 previous competitive H2Hs. The last four competitive H2Hs (all venues) saw PSG score the opener within ten minutes.

Once again big pre-match favourites, PSG come into this game looking to complete a run of seven straight competitive wins on the road. Impressively, Thomas Tuchel’s men also arrive here after failing to score in just one of their last 40 away fixtures in L1 (W26, D6, L8). Mauro Icardi and Kylian Mbappé have netted PSG’s last 11 competitive goals between them, scoring five and six respectively. A high-scoring away win could be on the cards then, especially as each of PSG’s four L1 victories at Dijon have featured 3.5 goals on average. Sticking with a potentially high-scoring theme, PSG stand as the division’s top scorers on the road, averaging 1.80 goals per away the game this L1 campaign.