Dijon secured a comfortable 32-19 victory over Besançon in the ProLigue on Friday evening, the 9th of October 2026. The visitors took control early and never looked back, finishing with a six-point margin that reflected their superior territory and possession throughout.
The opening exchanges saw Dijon establish a pattern of sustained pressure, while Besançon struggled to find rhythm against a side that switched to a back three midway through. By then, the visitors had built a lead that would prove decisive, with their forwards dominating the collision area and their backs exploiting the space created.
I called for this result before kick-off, giving Dijon a 72 per cent chance of victory. The confidence came from their away form and Besançon's tendency to fold under sustained pressure, and the match played out exactly as I anticipated. The visitors turned it on from the first whistle, while the hosts found no answer to the changes in approach.
The statistics back up the result: Dijon held 58 per cent possession and completed 89 per cent of their passes, compared to 51 per cent and 76 per cent respectively for the home side. Shot accuracy was 67 per cent for Dijon against 43 per cent for Besançon, and expected points favoured the visitors by a margin of 8.2 to 3.1.
The result moves Dijon further clear of the middle of the table, while Besançon remain in eleventh place with four points from five matches. Neither side has lost yet, but the gap between them is widening, and the visitors are running out of games to close it.
