FC Lorient vs Toulouse Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

FC Lorient

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FC Lorient will be looking to improve on their last outing here following a 1-4 Ligue 1 loss in their previous game against Paris Saint-Germain.

In that match, FC Lorient had 41% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for FC Lorient was Mohamed Bamba (73'). Paris Saint-Germain got 15 attempts 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 match with Marseille.

In that game, Toulouse had 46% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. For Toulouse, the goals were scored by Rasmus Nicolaisen (45') and Yann Gboho (82'). On the other side, Marseille had 11 shots at goal with 3 of them 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

A review of their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 16/04/2016 shows that FC Lorient have won 0 of these games and Toulouse 2, with the tally of drawn games being 4.

16 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 7 for Les Merlus and 9 coming from Toulouse. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.

The last league fixture between these clubs was Ligue 1 match day 14 on 03/12/2023 and the score finished Toulouse 1-1 FC Lorient.

That day, Toulouse had 52% possession and 11 shots at goal with 6 on target. The scorer was Thijs Dallinga (72').

On the other side, FC Lorient got 11 shots on goal with 5 on target. Bamba Dieng (91') was the scorer.

The referee was Thomas Leonard.

📰 Team News: FC Lorient

Regarding absentees, there’s just the sole 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 out of contention.

It seems likely that Les Merlus look set to line up in a 3-4-2-1 system for this one featuring Yvon Mvogo, Julien Laporte, Nathaniel Adjei, Isaak Toure, Gédéon Kalulu, Tiemoué Bakayoko, Imran Louza, Darline Yongwa, Ayman Kari, Julien Ponceau and Mohamed Bamba.

📰 Team News: Toulouse

Due to a fully injury-free squad available to select from, the Toulouse boss Carles Martínez Novell has zero fitness worries to speak of ahead of this clash.

There’s a good chance that Toulouse will likely play in a 3-4-2-1 formation, choosing Guillaume Restes, Logan Costa, Rasmus Nicolaisen, Moussa Diarra, Warren Kamanzi, Stijn Spierings, Vincent Sierro, Gabriel Suazo, 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 under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 08:05 26/04/2024