Paris Saint-Germain vs Dijon FCO Preview

Paris Saint-Germain vs Dijon FCO

Competition – France Ligue 1

Stadium – Parc des Princes

Date: 17th January 2018

Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT

PSG are in a good position to wrestle back the Ligue 1 title they lost to AS Monaco last season and this game gives them another chance to increase their points gap on the chasing pack.

They have lost only once to Dijon in their last seven meetings and the visitors who are down in mid table look likely to be their next victims as they continue to build a winning run.

These sides met for the first time this season in October and PSG had to survive a major scare to win the game 1-2 thanks to a pair of Thomas Meunier goals in the 70th minute and in added time.

That was a tougher test than many expected Dijon to give the star-studded PSG and when Dijon equalized with 3 minutes of regular time remaining, everyone expected the game to end in a draw and in truth that would have been the fairer result.

PSG are the team with the best form heading into this game as they have won their last six competitive games.

Dijon meanwhile are not on the best run of form with 3 losses, 2 wins and a draw in their last 6.

They will still look to put on a stubborn resistance in this game and hopefully get the point their first leg performance deserved.

Neymar is still struggling with a rib injury and this should be good news for Dijon as PSG tend to struggle creatively when the Brazilian is not playing.

Cavani remains a serious goal threat and the Uruguayan will be looking for his 20th goal of the season when he takes to the pitch for this match.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Paris Saint-Germain

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Stade Rennes 1-6 Paris Saint-Germain 7 Jan, 2018 French Coupe de France
W Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 Caen 20 Dec, 2017 French Ligue 1
W Stade Rennes 1-4 Paris Saint-Germain 16 Dec, 2017 French Ligue 1
W Strasbourg 2-4 Paris Saint-Germain 13 Dec, 2017 French Coupe de la Ligue
W Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 Lille 9 Dec, 2017 French Ligue 1

Dijon FCO

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
L Strasbourg 3-2 Dijon FCO 7 Jan, 2018 French Coupe de France
L Angers 2-1 Dijon FCO 20 Dec, 2017 French Ligue 1
W Dijon FCO 3-0 Lille 16 Dec, 2017 French Ligue 1
L Guingamp 4-0 Dijon FCO 9 Dec, 2017 French Ligue 1
W Dijon FCO 3-2 Bordeaux 1 Dec, 2017 French Ligue 1


H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Dijon FCO 1-2 Paris Saint-Germain 14 Oct, 2017 French Ligue 1
Dijon FCO 1-3 Paris Saint-Germain 4 Feb, 2017 French Ligue 1
Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 Dijon FCO 20 Sep, 2016 French Ligue 1
Dijon FCO 1-2 Paris Saint-Germain 11 Mar, 2012 French Ligue 1
Dijon FCO 0-1 Paris Saint-Germain 15 Feb, 2012 French Coupe de France

Other fixtures taking place this week in France Ligue 1:

May 10, 2024
OGC Nice 20:00 Le Havre
Brest 20:00 Stade de Reims
May 12, 2024
Paris Saint-Germain 20:00 Toulouse
Strasbourg 20:00 Metz
Stade Rennais FC 20:00 Lens
Marseille 20:00 Lorient
Clermont 20:00 Lyon
Nantes 20:00 LOSC Lille Métropole
Montpellier Hérault SC 20:00 Monaco
May 15, 2024
Stade de Reims 20:00 Marseille
OGC Nice 20:00 Paris Saint-Germain
May 19, 2024
Toulouse 20:00 Brest
Lorient 20:00 Clermont
Monaco 20:00 Nantes
LOSC Lille Métropole 20:00 OGC Nice
Lyon 20:00 Strasbourg
Stade de Reims 20:00 Stade Rennais FC
Lens 20:00 Montpellier Hérault SC
Le Havre 20:00 Marseille
Metz 20:00 Paris Saint-Germain

France Ligue 1 Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Paris Saint-Germain 31 20 10 1 76 29 +47 70
2 Monaco 32 18 7 7 62 42 +20 61
3 Brest 32 16 9 7 49 33 +16 57
4 LOSC Lille Métropole 32 15 10 7 48 31 +17 55
5 OGC Nice 31 14 9 8 36 25 +11 51
6 Lens 32 14 7 11 42 34 +8 49
7 Lyon 32 14 5 13 46 54 -8 47
8 Stade Rennais FC 32 12 9 11 51 43 +8 45
9 Marseille 31 11 11 9 47 38 +9 44
10 Montpellier Hérault SC 32 10 11 11 41 44 -3 40
11 Toulouse 32 10 10 12 39 42 -3 40
12 Stade de Reims 31 11 7 13 38 45 -7 40
13 Strasbourg 32 9 9 14 35 47 -12 36
14 Nantes 32 9 6 17 29 49 -20 33
15 Le Havre 32 7 11 14 33 42 -9 32
16 Metz 32 8 5 19 34 54 -20 29
17 Lorient 32 6 8 18 37 63 -26 26
18 Clermont 32 5 10 17 26 54 -28 25

France Ligue 1 Results

May 6, 2024
LOSC Lille Métropole 3 - 4 Lyon
May 4, 2024
Brest 0 - 0 Nantes
Metz 2 - 3 Stade Rennais FC
Monaco 4 - 1 Clermont
Le Havre 3 - 1 Strasbourg
May 3, 2024
Lens 2 - 0 Lorient
Toulouse 1 - 2 Montpellier Hérault SC
April 28, 2024
Marseille 2 - 1 Lens
Lyon 3 - 2 Monaco
Stade Rennais FC 4 - 5 Brest
Clermont 4 - 1 Stade de Reims
Lorient 1 - 2 Toulouse
Strasbourg 1 - 3 OGC Nice
Metz 1 - 2 LOSC Lille Métropole
April 27, 2024
Paris Saint-Germain 3 - 3 Le Havre
April 26, 2024
Montpellier Hérault SC 1 - 1 Nantes
April 24, 2024
Marseille 2 - 2 OGC Nice
Monaco 1 - 0 LOSC Lille Métropole
Lorient 1 - 4 Paris Saint-Germain

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