Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Nantes
Match Time & Date:
13/08/2023
15:00
Prediction: 1-1
Toulouse
Sunday’s football game at Stade de la Beaujoire pits together Nantes and Toulouse, who face each other at the start of the new Ligue 1 camapign. Les Canaris aim to recover from back-to-back preseason defeates to Lorient and Koln and we are positive that they will go all guns blazing at Toulouse in the season opener. A man to keep an eye on in the home team will be Egypt attacker Mostafa Mohamed as the club chiefs have not been too active in the summer transfer window.
Meanwhile, les Pitchouns aim to build on a splendid 2-1 win over AS Roma, but beating Nantes on the road is easier said than done. Taking everything into account, we believe that both sides should be happy with one point from the match. This will be an ideal opportunity for summer recruit Ibrahim Cissoko to make his Toulouse debut in the French elite division.
Highlighted Player (Alban Lafont):
Alban Lafont is a French goalkeeper who plays for Ligue 1 side Toulouse. Born in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Lafont joined AS Lattoise youth school at the age of nine and he stayed at the academy until 2014 when he moved to Toulouse.
The 193-cm-tall goalkeeper has established himself as a first-choice goalkeeper at Toulouse and it has to be noted that he made 36 appearances for the club in the 2016/2017 season, keeping 10 clean sheets in the process. Due to his dual citizenship, Alban Lafont is eligible to represent both Burkina Faso and France on international stage, but he has yet to play for the African team.
Alban Lafont represented les Tricolores at youth level and, no doubt, there is a bright future ahead of the talented shoot-stopper who was born on January 23, 1999. The rising star has a contract with Toulouse which expires on June 30, 2020.
Highlighted Team (Toulouse):
Toulouse are a professional football club that compete in Ligue 1. Les Pitchouns are well known for their purple jerseys with white stripes and it has to be noted that they used to wear red and yellow jerseys in the past. Toulouse welcome their opponents at Stadium Municipal and the capacity of the team’s home ground is 33.150. Stadium Municipal was used as a venue for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
In 1982 the club secured promotion to the Ligue 1 for the first time ever and you should bear in mind that the likes of Jacques Santini and Daniel Jeandupeux were part of the team. A win over Napoli in the round 1 of the 1986/1987 UEFA Cup is considered one of the club’s biggest success as football legend Diego Maradona played for the Italian team back then, attacker Daniel Jeandupeux scored the winner for Toulouse in the penalty shoot-out. Bordeaux are regarded as the club’s fiercest rivals and the two teams face each other in Derby de la Garonne.
