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:

November 22, 2024
Monaco 19:00 Brest
Paris Saint-Germain 21:00 Toulouse
November 23, 2024
Lens 17:00 Marseille
Saint-Etienne 19:00 Montpellier Hérault SC
Stade de Reims 21:00 Lyon
November 24, 2024
LOSC Lille Métropole 15:00 Stade Rennais FC
Nantes 17:00 Le Havre
Auxerre 17:00 Angers
OGC Nice 20:45 Strasbourg
November 29, 2024
Stade de Reims 20:45 Lens
November 30, 2024
Stade Rennais FC 17:00 Saint-Etienne
Brest 19:00 Strasbourg
Paris Saint-Germain 21:00 Nantes
December 1, 2024
Montpellier Hérault SC 15:00 LOSC Lille Métropole
Le Havre 17:00 Angers
Toulouse 17:00 Auxerre
Lyon 17:00 OGC Nice
Marseille 20:45 Monaco
December 6, 2024
LOSC Lille Métropole 19:00 Brest
Auxerre 21:00 Paris Saint-Germain

France Ligue 1 Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Paris Saint-Germain 11 9 2 0 33 10 +23 29
2 Monaco 11 7 2 2 18 8 +10 23
3 Marseille 11 6 2 3 24 15 +9 20
4 LOSC Lille Métropole 11 5 4 2 18 11 +7 19
5 Lyon 11 5 3 3 18 15 +3 18
6 OGC Nice 11 4 5 2 21 11 +10 17
7 Stade de Reims 11 5 2 4 19 15 +4 17
8 Lens 11 4 5 2 12 9 +3 17
9 Auxerre 11 5 1 5 20 19 +1 16
10 Toulouse 11 4 3 4 13 11 +2 15
11 Strasbourg 11 3 4 4 20 22 -2 13
12 Brest 11 4 1 6 14 19 -5 13
13 Stade Rennais FC 11 3 2 6 13 18 -5 11
14 Nantes 11 2 4 5 14 17 -3 10
15 Angers 11 2 4 5 13 20 -7 10
16 Saint-Etienne 11 3 1 7 10 25 -15 10
17 Le Havre 11 3 0 8 8 23 -15 9
18 Montpellier Hérault SC 11 2 1 8 11 31 -20 7

France Ligue 1 Results

November 10, 2024
Lyon 1 - 0 Saint-Etienne
Stade Rennais FC 0 - 2 Toulouse
Le Havre 0 - 3 Stade de Reims
Montpellier Hérault SC 3 - 1 Brest
OGC Nice 2 - 2 LOSC Lille Métropole
November 9, 2024
Angers 2 - 4 Paris Saint-Germain
Lens 3 - 2 Nantes
Strasbourg 1 - 3 Monaco
November 8, 2024
Marseille 1 - 3 Auxerre
November 3, 2024
Nantes 1 - 2 Marseille
Auxerre 4 - 0 Stade Rennais FC
Le Havre 1 - 0 Montpellier Hérault SC
Toulouse 1 - 0 Stade de Reims
November 2, 2024
Saint-Etienne 2 - 0 Strasbourg
Brest 0 - 1 OGC Nice
Paris Saint-Germain 1 - 0 Lens
November 1, 2024
LOSC Lille Métropole 1 - 1 Lyon
Monaco 0 - 1 Angers

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