H2H: Monaco vs. Dijon – Prediction (Ligue 1

Preview and Teams Comparison.

Monaco are winless in their last two games against Dijon in Ligue 1 (D1 L1), after winning each of their previous three.

Monaco’s 3-2 victory versus Rennes in their last Ligue 1 (L1) home outing bore some significance, with that result making it five straight league games at the Stade Louis II producing over 3.5 goals. Unsurprisingly then, Monaco’s L1 matches this campaign have averaged a league-high 3.42 goals per game. Monaco’s Wissam Ben Yedder leads the L1 scoring charts with nine goals so far – seven of which came at the Stade Louis II. ‘Les Monégasques’ will be looking to build on their outstanding historical top-flight H2H home record against Dijon (W2, D1, L0), although worryingly, they remain one of just two L1 sides yet to register a clean sheet at home this league campaign.

Monaco’s L1 home games have averaged a league-high 2.0 first-half goals per fixture this term. Each of the three top-flight H2Hs held here produced over 2.5 goals. Dijon are yet to score a goal after the hour mark this L1 campaign.

Dijon travel here after recording just two victories across their last 23 L1 road trips (W2, D4, L17 – regular season only). Significantly, 12 of those games saw them concede at least two goals, and they also failed to find the net on 16 occasions. Júlio Tavares (DIJ) has scored three goals this L1 campaign, all of which came before half-time. Moreover, if they fall to defeat here it will likely be ‘to nil’, as Dijon have failed to score in all but one of their last 17 away losses in the league. To avoid such a result, ‘Les Dijonnais’ will look to keep things tight in the 15 minutes following the break, as that’s a period in which they have conceded five of their eight away goals this L1 campaign.