On the 12th of February, Dijon plays host to Pau in a meeting of these two evenly matched Ligue 2 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 3 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Dijon is fresh off their 1-4 loss against Toulouse. Nathan Ngoumou struck first for Toulouse in the 24th minute on a feed from Branco van den Boomen, but Aurelien Scheidler got the equalizer for Dijon in the 33rd minute. Dijon is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while 9th placed Pau is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Bastia. Benjamin Santelli struck first for Bastia in the 50th minute, but Samuel Essende got the equalizer for Pau in the 56th minute earning Pau at least a draw. Pau is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Saturday Aug 28th, Pau hosted Dijon at the Stade Du Hameau Idron 1 in their last match together. Pau was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Ebenezer Assifuah scored the first goal for Pau in the 45th minute, then Samuel Essende added another in the 82nd minute on a feed from Jean Lambert Evan’s In the end, Dijon was frustrated by Pau’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Pau ended the match with the shutout victory.
Jovan Nišić has been the most prolific scorer on Pau in his last five matches with 2 goals. Both Romain Philippoteaux and Mihai Alexandru Dobre have been the hottest scorers for Dijon in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.