Caen vs Dijon FCO, 2016-17 French Ligue 1, Regular Season

· French Ligue 1

Caen

24': Ivan Santini
37': Ivan Santini
43': Yann Karamoh

FT
3 - 3

Dijon FCO

26': Pierre Lees-Melou
31': Arnold Bouka-Moutou
59': Loïs Diony
80': Vincent Bessat (OG)

Ten-man Dijon strike back to claim point from thriller with Caen

Dijon claimed an unlikely point from their trip to fellow strugglers Caen despite trailing 3-1 at half-time and playing for almost an hour a man down.

Match Timeline

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
2': Foul by Yunis Abdelhamid (Dijon).
2': Yann Karamoh (Caen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
3': Foul by Pierre Lees-Melou (Dijon).
3': Julien Féret (Caen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
4': Cedric Varrault (Dijon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
4': Foul by Ivan Santini (Caen).
8': Foul by Jordan Marié (Dijon).
8': Julien Féret (Caen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
9': Attempt missed. Ronny Rodelin (Caen) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a set piece situation.
13': Attempt missed. Lois Diony (Dijon) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the left. Assisted by Jordan Marié.
13': Foul by Yunis Abdelhamid (Dijon).
13': Ivan Santini (Caen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
14': Attempt blocked. Jonathan Delaplace (Caen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ronny Rodelin.
14': Corner, Caen. Conceded by Yunis Abdelhamid.
15': Foul by Mehdi Abeid (Dijon).
15': Ronny Rodelin (Caen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
20': Attempt blocked. Vincent Bessat (Caen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
20': Foul by Jordan Adeoti (Caen).
20': Lois Diony (Dijon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
22': Foul by Alaeddine Yahia (Caen).
22': Júlio Tavares (Dijon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
23': Foul by Damien Da Silva (Caen).
23': Júlio Tavares (Dijon) wins a free kick on the left wing.
24': Goal! Caen 1, Dijon 0. Ivan Santini (Caen) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Yann Karamoh with a cross.
25': Attempt blocked. Jordan Marié (Dijon) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lois Diony.
26': Attempt saved. Mehdi Abeid (Dijon) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lois Diony.
26': Goal! Caen 1, Dijon 1. Pierre Lees-Melou (Dijon) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Júlio Tavares.
28': Ronny Rodelin (Caen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
29': Foul by Arnold Bouka Moutou (Dijon).
29': Yann Karamoh (Caen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
29': Arnold Bouka Moutou (Dijon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
31': Foul by Arnold Bouka Moutou (Dijon).
31': Frederic Guilbert (Caen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
31': Second yellow card to Arnold Bouka Moutou (Dijon) for a bad foul.
32': Delay in match Frederic Guilbert (Caen) because of an injury.
33': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
33': Attempt missed. Vincent Bessat (Caen) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
34': Cedric Varrault (Dijon) wins a free kick on the left wing.
34': Foul by Damien Da Silva (Caen).
37': Goal! Caen 2, Dijon 1. Ivan Santini (Caen) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ronny Rodelin.
39': Foul by Pierre Lees-Melou (Dijon).
39': Julien Féret (Caen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
39': Attempt missed. Ronny Rodelin (Caen) right footed shot from long range on the left is too high from a direct free kick.
41': Corner, Caen. Conceded by Cedric Varrault.
43': Goal! Caen 3, Dijon 1. Yann Karamoh (Caen) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jonathan Delaplace.
44': Attempt saved. Yann Karamoh (Caen) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Julien Féret.
45'+1': Attempt saved. Ivan Santini (Caen) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jonathan Delaplace with a cross.
45'+1': First Half ends, Caen 3, Dijon 1.
90'+4': Match ends, Caen 3, Dijon 3.
45': Second Half begins Caen 3, Dijon 1.
45': Substitution, Dijon. Vincent Rüfli replaces Yunis Abdelhamid.
46': Hand ball by Damien Da Silva (Caen).
47': Attempt blocked. Mehdi Abeid (Dijon) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
47': Attempt missed. Mehdi Abeid (Dijon) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
47': Corner, Caen. Conceded by Vincent Rüfli.
48': Attempt missed. Alaeddine Yahia (Caen) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Julien Féret with a cross following a corner.
48': Foul by Alaeddine Yahia (Caen).
48': Júlio Tavares (Dijon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
48': Alaeddine Yahia (Caen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
51': Foul by Vincent Rüfli (Dijon).
51': Yann Karamoh (Caen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
51': Vincent Rüfli (Dijon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
52': Attempt saved. Ivan Santini (Caen) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Julien Féret with a cross.
52': Foul by Ivan Santini (Caen).
52': Jordan Marié (Dijon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
53': Attempt blocked. Ivan Santini (Caen) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yann Karamoh with a cross.
55': Hand ball by Júlio Tavares (Dijon).
56': Foul by Mehdi Abeid (Dijon).
56': Julien Féret (Caen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
56': Mehdi Abeid (Dijon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
58': Foul by Ronny Rodelin (Caen).
58': Mehdi Abeid (Dijon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
59': Goal! Caen 3, Dijon 2. Lois Diony (Dijon) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Júlio Tavares.
59': Ivan Santini (Caen) is shown the yellow card.
60': Corner, Caen. Conceded by Vincent Rüfli.
60': Attempt blocked. Ivan Santini (Caen) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Julien Féret with a cross.
61': Foul by Lois Diony (Dijon).
61': Vincent Bessat (Caen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
62': Cedric Varrault (Dijon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
62': Foul by Ivan Santini (Caen).
63': Attempt saved. Júlio Tavares (Dijon) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lois Diony with a cross.
63': Corner, Dijon. Conceded by Paul Reulet.
64': Attempt missed. Lois Diony (Dijon) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Jordan Loties with a headed pass following a corner.
65': Foul by Jordan Adeoti (Caen).
65': Júlio Tavares (Dijon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
66': Foul by Jordan Loties (Dijon).
66': Ivan Santini (Caen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
70': Foul by Júlio Tavares (Dijon).
70': Paul Reulet (Caen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
71': Attempt saved. Ronny Rodelin (Caen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
73': Attempt missed. Júlio Tavares (Dijon) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jordan Marié with a cross.
74': Substitution, Dijon. Frederic Sammaritano replaces Pierre Lees-Melou.
76': Attempt blocked. Vincent Rüfli (Dijon) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lois Diony.
76': Corner, Caen. Conceded by Jordan Loties.
77': Foul by Jonathan Delaplace (Caen).
77': Lois Diony (Dijon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
77': Jonathan Delaplace (Caen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
78': Substitution, Caen. Nicolas Seube replaces Frederic Guilbert because of an injury.
79': Foul by Ivan Santini (Caen).
79': Mehdi Abeid (Dijon) wins a free kick on the left wing.
79': Substitution, Caen. Herve Bazile replaces Yann Karamoh.
80': Substitution, Caen. Jean-Victor Makengo replaces Ivan Santini.
80': Own Goal by Vincent Bessat, Caen. Caen 3, Dijon 3.
82': Alaeddine Yahia (Caen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
82': Foul by Júlio Tavares (Dijon).
82': Damien Da Silva (Caen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
82': Foul by Lois Diony (Dijon).
84': Júlio Tavares (Dijon) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Jordan Marié.
86': Attempt saved. Herve Bazile (Caen) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ronny Rodelin with a cross.
86': Corner, Caen. Conceded by Baptiste Reynet.
86': Cedric Varrault (Dijon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
86': Dangerous play by Alaeddine Yahia (Caen).
87': Substitution, Dijon. Johan Gastien replaces Lois Diony.
89': Attempt saved. Herve Bazile (Caen) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jonathan Delaplace.
89': Foul by Jean-Victor Makengo (Caen).
89': Frederic Sammaritano (Dijon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+1': Attempt missed. Vincent Rüfli (Dijon) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Frederic Sammaritano.
90'+4': Attempt missed. Herve Bazile (Caen) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Vincent Bessat with a cross.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Caen 3, Dijon 3.

Statistics

DIJO		CAN
16	Fouls	15
2	Yellow Cards	4
1	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
1	Corner Kicks	6
6	Saves	2
46.1	Possession	53.9
13	SHOTS	18
4	ON GOAL	9
0.3	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
271	Accurate Passes	325
380	Passes	419
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.8
3	Accurate Crosses	11
8	Crosses	40
0.4	Cross %	0.3
81	Long Balls	62
35	Accurate Long Balls	35
0.4	Long Balls %	0.6
3	Blocked Shots	4
17	Effective Tackles	16
24	Tackles	21
0.7	Tackle %	0.8
0	Interceptions	0
40	Effective Clearances	22
40	Clearances	22

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Stade Michel-d'Ornano
Location: Caen, France
Attendance: 13,243

Ligue 1 Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Lille	4	+5	10
2	AS Monaco	4	+4	10
3	Stade Rennais	4	+3	10
4	Lyon	4	+4	8

Full Table

Line-Ups

Caen (5-4-1)

No.	Name
30	Paul Reulet (GK)
5	Alaeddine Yahia
18	Jordan Adéoti
28	Damien Da Silva
11	Vincent Bessat
24	Frédéric Guilbert
25	Julien Féret
6	Jonathan Delaplace
12	Ronny Rodelin
7	Yann Karamoh
26	Ivan Santini

Caen Substitutes:

Steed Malbranque, Mathieu Dreyer, Pape Sane, Romain Genevois, Jean-Victor Makengo, Hervé Bazile, Nicolas Seube.

Dijon FCO (5-3-2)

No.	Name
30	Baptiste Reynet (GK)
27	Cedric Varrault
21	Yunis Abdelhamid
4	Jordan Loties
25	Arnold Bouka-Moutou
26	Fouad Chafik
17	Mehdi Abeid
14	Jordan Marié
8	Pierre Lees-Melou
11	Júlio Tavares
9	Loïs Diony

Dijon FCO Substitutes:

Vincent Rüfli, Benjamin Leroy, Ádám Lang, Dylan Bahamboula, Johan Gastien, Quentin Bernard, Frédéric Samaritano.

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