Nice vs Dijon Ligue 1 Match Preview or Key Statistics 📶
Nice and Dijon have not drawn in a Ligue 1 game since their first one on 24th September 2011 (1-1 at Nice). Since then, Nice have won five encounters to Dijon’s three.
Nice have lost only once in their last six Ligue 1 games (W3 D2) but it was in the most recent fixture against Monaco on 8th November (1-2).
Dijon are winless in their last 11 Ligue 1 games (D4 L7), the longest current drought in the French top-flight.
Dijon have picked up only four points in 11 Ligue 1 games in 2020/21, their fewest tally ever at this stage. Only Nantes in 2001/02 have avoided relegation with four points or fewer at this stage of the competition in the three points for a win era – the other eight have all been relegated.
Nice have conceded in each of their last 10 home Ligue 1 games (16 overall), the longest current streak in this season’s French top-flight.
Dijon are winless in their last 15 away Ligue 1 games (D4 L11), the longest current drought among the current top-flight teams and their joint-longest ever with March 2012-January 2017. In 2020, no team has picked up fewer points than DFCO away from home in the top-flight among teams present over the whole spell (2 in 9 games).
Dijon have conceded in each of their last 14 away Ligue 1 games, the longest current streak among the current top-flight teams. Their last clean sheet away from home in the top-flight came on 19th October 2019 at Lyon (0-0).
Dijon’s five goals in Ligue 1 2020/21 have been scored in the first 15 minutes of the first half (3) or in the first 15 of the second (2).
Pierre Lees-Melou has been involved in three of Nice’s last five goals against Dijon in Ligue 1 (2 goals, 1 assist). He began his L1 career with the Burgundy team, scoring seven goals in 2016/17, still his highest tally in a single season.
Bruno Ecuele Manga has made 57 clearances in Ligue 1 this season, more than any other player from the Top Five European leagues. Dijon have made the most clearances in the Top Five European Leagues this season (233).
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