Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Toulouse
Match Time & Date:
15/03/2024
04:00 PM
Prediction: 1-2
Lyon
Toulouse will be aiming to bounce back from a 1-0 loss to Le Havre when they take on Olympique Lyon in the Ligue 1 round 26 curtain-raiser. Les Pitchouns defeated both Lille and Nice in the previous two home fixtures, which is certainly giving fans a reason for optimism ahead of the visit of Lyon. All Moussa Diarra, Mikkel Desler, Denis Genreau, and Zakaria Aboukhlal are sidelined with injuries, but there are no suspended players in the home team.
Les Gones, on the other hand, have been producing fine displays in the French top flight ever since their reinforced the squad in the January transfer window. Experienced midfielder Nemanja Matic plays a very important role in Pierre Sage’s team and given Lyon’s four-game winning run on the road in all competitions, we believe that there is a big value in betting on the visitors. To make things even better for the away team, Ainsley Maitland-Niles is back from suspension.
Highlighted Player (Saïd Benrahma):
Said Benrahma is an Algeria international who started his club career at Nice. The pacey winger made his Ligue 1 debut during the 2013/2014 season and after scoring 3 goals in 17 appearances for les Aiglons in the French top flight, he moved to the Championship team Brentford in the summer of 2018.
Said Benrahma was born in Ain Temouchent, Algeria on August 10, 1995 and it has to be noted that he played for the likes of Angers, Gazelec Ajaccio and Chateauroux on loan before joining the Griffin Park outfit. The Algerian footballer impressed in the 2018/2019 Championship season, scoring 10 goals and providing 15 assists for his teammates.
His main position is right winger, but he is used as a left winger as well. Speaking of his international career, Said Benrahma made his debut for the Algeria national team on October 13, 2015 in a 1-0 win over Senegal.
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.
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