📊 Form Guide

FC Lorient

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FC Lorient will be hoping for a better result after the 1-4 Ligue 1 defeat in their last game at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain.

In that match, FC Lorient had 41% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The only player to score for FC Lorient was Mohamed Bamba (73'). For their opponents, Paris Saint-Germain had 15 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Ousmane Dembélé (19', 60') and Kylian Mbappé (22', 90') scored for Paris Saint-Germain.

It’s been seldom in recent games that FC Lorient haven’t conceded. The reality is that FC Lorient have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 games, leaking 12 goals in the process.

Coming into this fixture, FC Lorient haven't won against Toulouse in their last 6 matches in the league.

Toulouse

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In their previous game, Toulouse drew 2-2 in the Ligue 1 tie with Marseille.

In that game, Toulouse managed 46% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 on target. For Toulouse, the goalscorers were Rasmus Nicolaisen (45') and Yann Gboho (82'). On the other side, Marseille had 11 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Jean Onana (38') and Faris Moumbagna (96') scored for Marseille.

Throughout their six latest matches, Carles Martínez Novell's Toulouse have fired home a total of 9 times therefore earning them a goals scored per game average of 1.5.

Analysis of their past results shows that Toulouse:

• haven't been beaten by FC Lorient when they've played them away from home in the last 5 league games. A solid away record against them.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 16/04/2016 shows us that FC Lorient have won 0 of them & Toulouse 2, with the number of draws being 4.

A combined total of 16 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 7 of them for Les Merlus and 9 created by Toulouse. The average goals per game has been 2.67.

The last league clash featuring these sides was Ligue 1 match day 14 on 03/12/2023 when it finished Toulouse 1-1 FC Lorient.

On that occasion, Toulouse had 52% possession and 11 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. The scorer was Thijs Dallinga (72').

On the other side, FC Lorient had 11 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Bamba Dieng (91') scored.

The referee was Thomas Leonard.

🗞️ Team News: FC Lorient

Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just one fitness concern for the FC Lorient manager Régis Le Bris to contend with from a near full-strength set of players. Quentin Boisgard (Metatarsal fracture) is sidelined.

In our view, Les Merlus look set to use a 3-4-3 system for this one and select Yvon Mvogo, Formose Mendy, Nathaniel Adjei, Souleymane Toure, Panos Katseris, Imran Louza, Tiemoue Bakayoko, Darline Yongwa, Ayman Kari, Mohamed Bamba and Julien Ponceau.

🗞️ Team News: Toulouse

Owing to a fully injury-free squad to choose from, the Toulouse manager Carles Martínez Novell doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of before this game.

We reckon that Toulouse seem likely to begin the game with a 3-4-2-1 formation with a starting lineup of Guillaume Restes, Logan Costa, Rasmus Nicolaisen, Moussa Diarra, Warren Kamanzi, Gabriel Suazo, Stijn Spierings, Vincent Sierro, Zakaria Aboukhlal, Yann Gboho and Thijs Dallinga.

💭 Prediction

Our feeling is that Toulouse and FC Lorient should both get enough opportunities to score, although it’s hard to separate the two.

Shouldn’t be much in it, and a draw looks quite a realistic result. We’re therefore expecting a tight encounter, finishing with a 1-1 score draw at the conclusion of the game.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 12:01 28/04/2024