Dijon FCO (home)
- Dijon have been the best team in the division this season with 62 points from 31 games while Orleans have had a competitive campaign with 51 points from the same amount of fixtures.
- Dijon’s form has been strong with three wins, one draw, and one defeat from their last five matches, although the defeat did come against fellow promotion hopefuls Chateauroux at home.
- Baptiste Ridira’s side bounced back from that setback with a 2-1 away victory over Le Puy last time out, with Mickael Barreto, who has scored two of Dijon’s last six goals in their previous five matches, on target.
Orleans US 45 (away)
- Orleans were emphatic 2-0 winners at home to struggling FC Fleury 91 last time out, although their form has been a mixed bag of two wins, two draws and a defeat from five.
- Orleans boss Hervé Della Maggiore prefers a 4-3-3 system in which he looks to dominate the midfield area by overloading the central areas and controlling the tempo through possession and patient build-up play.
Head-to-Head
Dijon FCO have won one and drawn one of the last two National 2025/2026 head-to-heads, including a 2-1 away win nine months ago .
Key Players
Fahd El Khoumisti has been the star of the show for Orleans this season with 18 goals in 30 National 2025/2026 matches .
Betting Insights
- There will be no lack of intensity in this match as both sides know the importance of the victory, so we could see a high-scoring affair here with odds of 1.62 for over 2.5 goals a little skinny.
- Dijon have conceded only 13 goals in 15 home matches in National 2025/2026 and Orleans have let in 18 in the same number of away matches, so I’m not expecting both teams to score here at odds of 2.13 for ‘No’.
Prediction
- El Khoumisti’s goals have been a large factor in keeping Orleans in the promotion race but I still fancy Dijon to win this one with the home advantage and odds of 1.65 for the win.
- Orleans are a very good side, but Dijon are a little better and it would be foolish to think otherwise.
