📏 Form Guide

Toulouse

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Toulouse, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 2-1 Ligue 1 success against Rennes.

In that game, Toulouse had 38% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. For Toulouse, the scorers were Yann Gboho (28') and Aron Dønnum (82'). At the other end, Rennes got 15 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Arnaud Kalimuendo (65') scored for Rennes.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent games where Toulouse have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Toulouse have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 11 goals in the process. It will be interesting to see whether or not that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

RC Lens

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RC Lens head into the clash after a 1-2 Ligue 1 win as they beat Lyon in their previous outing.

In that game, RC Lens had 31% possession and 8 shots at goal with 3 on target. For RC Lens, the scorers were Goduine Koyalipou (21') and Anass Zaroury (85'). Lyon got 18 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Georges Mikautadze (79') scored for Lyon.

The stats tell the story, and RC Lens have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 9 goals overall. At the back, RC Lens have some weaknesses to address.

Taking a look at their past results, RC Lens:

• haven't been defeated by Toulouse when having played them away from home in the previous 4 matches in the league. A very decent away record against them.
• have not been beaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their past head-to-head meetings going back to 14/03/2015 shows that Toulouse have won 1 of these games & RC Lens 5, with the number of draws being 0.

A total of 11 goals were produced between them in these games, with 2 from Toulouse and 9 created by Les Artésiens. That’s an average goals per game of 1.83.

The last league clash between these clubs was Ligue 1 match day 16 on 05/01/2025 when it finished RC Lens 0-1 Toulouse.

In that match, RC Lens managed 66% possession and 14 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.

Toulouse got 8 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Zakaria Aboukhlal (73') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Hakim Ben El Hadj.

ℹ️ Team News: Toulouse

Niklas Schmidt (Cruciate ligament tear) and Rasmus Nicolaisen (Injury to the ankle) won’t be playing for Toulouse manager Carles Martínez Novell.

We are thinking that Toulouse will possibly line up in a 3-4-3 system for this one with Guillaume Restes, Djibril Sidibe, Umit Akdag, Jaydee Canvot, Warren Kamanzi, C. Casseres Jr., Vincent Sierro, Aron Doennum, Yann Gboho, Joshua King and Frank Magri.

ℹ️ Team News: RC Lens

RC Lens manager Will Still has not got a full squad to pick from. M'Bala Nzola (Knee injury), Hervé Koffi (Ill), Ruben Aguilar (Hamstring injury), Denis Petric (Back injury), Jhoanner Chávez (ankle sprain) and Rémy Labeau Lascary (Cruciate ligament tear) will not be playing here.

We reckon that Les Artésiens seem likely to begin the game with a 3-5-2 lineup, going with Mathew Ryan, Jonathan Gradit, Juma Bah, Facundo Medina, Tom Pouilly, Nampalys Mendy, Neil El Aynaoui, Adrien Thomasson, Deiver Machado, Goduine Koyalipou and Andy Diouf.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that RC Lens may not find it easy to hit the back of the net against this Toulouse lineup who will likely get the vital goal that wins it.

We’re therefore anticipating a very competitive game with a 1-0 victory for Toulouse at the end of the 90.

Should be interesting.

Victor Martins, 18:07 10/05/2025