Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
After failing to spoil Nice’s party at Allianz Stadium, Toulouse will be looking to return to winning ways in the Ligue 1 when they face Lorient on Matchday 14. The good news for the hosts is that both Thijs Dallinga and Niklas Schmidt are back from suspension, while Zakaria Aboukhlal and Oliver Zanden remain on the sidelines with injuries.
Meanwhile, les Merlus failed to impress in back-to-back defeats to Clermont (0-1) and Metz (2-3) and given their shaky defence, we predict that the hosts are going to pick up all three points from Sunday’s encounter. All Igor Silva, Ayman Kari, Aiyegun Tosin, Loris Mouyokolo, Dembo Sylla, and Quentin Boisgard are out of contention with injuries, speaking of the away team. In their last meeting in the French top flight Toulouse defeated Lorient thanks to Zakaria Aboukhlal’s goal and we predict that history is going to repeat itself.
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.