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Stat pack : Nice v Dijon

Here are some of the key facts and numbers ahead of Nice's game against Dijon (Sunday 18 December at 15:00 CET).

Head to head :

In the 2011-12 season, Dijon FCO took 4 points in two Ligue 1 games against OGC Nice (1W, 1D) and lost on the penalties in the Coupe de la Ligue. 

OGC Nice :

- OGC Nice had not won 12 of their first 17 games in a Ligue 1 season since the 1972-73 season (12 wins in the first 17 games). Their 12 wins match the most they’ve ever had in the first 17 matches of a Ligue 1 season.

- OGC Nice have scored in their last 14 home matches in Ligue 1, their longest streak since the 1988-89 campaign (17 matches from July 16, 1988, to April 12, 1989).

- OGC Nice are unbeaten in their last 14 home Ligue 1 games, their longest unbeaten streak since 2007-08 (20 games without a defeat at home February 3, 2007, to January 20, 2008).

- OGC Nice have opened the scoring in 15 of their 17 league games this season, more than any other team across the five major European leagues.

- Alassane PLEA (10 goals) is the first OGC Nice player to score at least 10 goals after 17 weeks in Ligue 1 since Robby LANGERS during the 1989-90 season (12 goals after 17 weeks).

- OGC Nice have scored 9 goals in the first 15 minutes of league matches, the highest total in the five major European leagues this season.

Dijon :

- Dijon FCO have won only 3 of their 27 away games in Ligue 1 (3W, 8D, 16L)

- Dijon FCO have not won any of their last 13 away games in Ligue 1 (5D, 8L), including 8 this season (3D, 5L).

- Dijon FCO are on their second longest winless run in Ligue 1 (7 games). They finished their previous Ligue 1 season (2011-12) with a run of 9 games without a win.

- Since week 7, Dijon (18 goals) has the third best attack of Ligue 1, on par with Montpellier Hérault SC.

COMMON STATISTICS : 

- Dijon FCO concede 13.6 shots per game, only OGC Nice (13.8) and FC Metz (16.9) allow more in Ligue 1 this season.

- Dijon have succeeded with 48.2% of their dribbles, only Nice (48.9%) have a higher success rate in Ligue 1 this season.

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