Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Toulouse
Match Time & Date:
14/05/2023
15:00
Prediction: 2-2
Nantes
Toulouse and Nantes go head to head at Stadium Municipal in the replay of the Coupe de France final. Nantes are hungry for revenge, but keep in mind that they failed to win the previous eleven league matches. Both Moussa Sissoko and Pedro Chirivella are out of contention with injuries for the away team.
Les Pitchouns, on the other hand, are ten points clear of the relegation zone. Toulouse will represent France in European competitions next term and seeing that they have little to play for in the season finale, the share of spoils is on the horizon. Forward Rhys Healey remains on the sidelines with an ACL injury, but he should be the only absentee in the home team. It has to be noted that over 2.5 goals have been netted in four of the previous five meetings between the two sides in all competitions.
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 (Nantes):
Founded on April 21, 1943 Nantes is a professional football club that compete in French Ligue 1. Les Canaris are considered one of the most famous French clubs and they had a lot of success during the sixties and the seventies. Nantes won their first Ligue 1 title in the 1964/1965 season and 36 years later (2000/2001) they clinched their eighth (last) domestic trophy.
Speaking of the club’s European success, les Canaris did well to make it to the Champions League semis in 1996, but Italian giants Juventus proved to be a big catch for the French outfit. Nantes welcome their rivals at La Beaujoire-Louis Fonteneau and the capacity of the stadium is 38.004.
The likes of Vahid Halilhodzic, Adel Selimi, Michel Der Zakarian, Viorel Moldovan, Mario Yepes, Marcel Desailly, Didier Deschamps, Claude Makelele, Christian Karembeu and Dimitri Payet are the notable footballers who played for the club in the past. Nantes are well known for their yellow jerseys and that is the reason why they are nicknamed the Canaries (les Canaris).
