Nîmes 2-1 Dijon: result and report

Ligue 2 · Saturday 31 July 2021

Result

Nîmes 2-1 Dijon

Ligue 2 · Saturday 31 July 2021, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Nîmes 2-1 Dijon: match report

Nîmes beat Dijon 2-1 in Ligue 2 on Saturday 31 July 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

Yassine Benrahou opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Nîmes's goals came from Yassine Benrahou (28', penalty) and Lamine Fomba (80'). Dijon scored through Roger Assalé (79').

Discipline: Nîmes received 2 yellow cards; Dijon received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Nîmes went on to finish that season 9th with 49 points, and Dijon 11th with 47.

Nîmes lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Dijon in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Yassine Benrahou of Nîmes (9.2), ahead of Lamine Fomba (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Nîmes wins, 1 draw and 1 for Dijon.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Red card · Cheick TraoréDijon
  • 28'Penalty goal · Yassine BenrahouNîmes · 1-0
  • 35'Yellow card · A. NgouyamsaDijon
  • 37'Yellow card · A. CubasNîmes
  • 45+1'Yellow card · S. CoulibalyDijon
  • 45+1'Yellow card · P. MartínezNîmes
  • 79'Goal · Roger AssaléDijon · 1-1
  • 80'Goal · Lamine FombaNîmes · 2-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Nîmes 4, draws 1, Dijon 1.

Team news

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Nîmes line-up (4-1-4-1)

Per Kristian Bråtveit, Patrick Burner, Naomichi Ueda, Pablo Martinez, Théo Sainte-Luce, Andrés Cubas, Yassine Benrahou, Lamine Fomba, Antoine Valério, Julien Ponceau, Elías Már Ómarsson

Dijon line-up (4-2-3-1)

Baptiste Reynet, Cheick Traoré, Daniel Congré, Senou Coulibaly, Christopher Rocchia, Mattéo Ahlinvi, Jessy Pi, Bryan Soumaré, Roger Assalé, Valentin Jacob, Aurélien Scheidler