Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Toulouse
Match Time & Date:
29/09/2024
15:00
Prediction: 2-1
Lyon
Stadium Municipal will host Sunday’s football game between Toulouse and Olympique Lyon. Les Pitchouns aim to recover from a 2-0 loss to Brest and they are surely capable of making life difficult for the struggling visitors. Summer signing Miha Zajc is pushing for his full Ligue 1 debut, while there are no fresh injury worries in the home team. Lyon, on the other hand, suffered a heart-breaking 3-2 loss to ten-man Marseille at the weekend.
As Alexandre Lacazette and Co. are not regarded as good travellers, we are tempted to put our money on Toulouse this time out. Even though Pierre Sage has a full squad to choose from, summer recruit Georges Mikautadze is widely expected to return to the starting XI. Toulouse have not defeated Lyon in the French top flight since August 2014 and, no doubt, they are eager to put an end to the negative trend.
Highlighted Player (Alexandre Lacazette):
Alexandre Lacazette is a hometown boy of Lyon, a powerful striker who went through the youth ranks of the French side to become one of the most important players for Les Gones. The 25-year-old forward was also a member of all France national team selections becoming a European champion at the age of 19 by scoring the winner in the final against Spain.
This goal gave him a reputation of a big game player, one he went on to uphold on various occasions at his club. Lacazette is a hard working forward an accomplished finisher of the ball able to score from different positions. The most prolific striker in his side and among the top ones in the Ligue 1, Alexandre Lacazette scored more than 20 league goals last two seasons on a trot.
Constantly linked with a move away from Lyon, Alexandre Lacazette refuses to speak about anything other than his football and is leaving all the talk to the football pitch.
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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