Toulouse vs Strasbourg prediction
Toulouse
Carles Martinez's team is in eighth place in the table after 16 matches, with 24 points. The Purple Ones are within reach of the European Cup zone, from which the club from the city of the same name is separated by three points.
Toulouse, not without adventures, achieved passage to the next round of the French Cup in the game against Houts Lyon (0:0, 4:2 on penalties). But in the national championship, the "kids" have been feeling more confident in recent weeks. In the last eight rounds, Martinez's team defeated all opponents, with the exception of PSG (0:3) and Monaco (0:2), against whom they had to play on the road. In the last game, the Purple Team defeated Lens (1-0) due to an 11-meter shot from Zahariya Abukhlal.
Strasbourg
Liam Rosenior's players complete the top 10 of Ligue 1 with 20 points after 16 rounds. At the moment, the Alsatians have a four-point lead over the transition zone.
Strasbourg is approaching the trip to Toulouse in a great mood, because after a long streak of failures, they managed to get three wins in a row. In the French Cup, Calais was defeated (3:0). In the national championship, first there was an away triumph over Le Havre (3:0), and then the Alsatians scored three points in their own field in the confrontation with Auxerre (3:1). Strasbourg scores just under two goals per match on average, but Rosenor's team is far from flawless in defense. In terms of the total number of goals conceded (28), Alsatians are among the five worst teams in the tournament after the trio of outsiders (Saint-Etienne, Le Havre and Montpellier) and Brest.
Prediction
Last season, Strasbourg scored four points in Ligue 1 matches against the Purple (2-0 at home, 0-0 away). It is also worth noting that the Alsatians have not lost in Toulouse since 2005 (four wins, three draws in seven matches). Nevertheless, the chances of the home team in the upcoming game look higher. Martinez's players have suffered only one defeat in six home games since the beginning of September, and the guests from Alsace have only one away victory in the championship since the beginning of the season.
It is also worth noting that the match can be productive. The matches with the participation of Strasbourg away are distinguished by a 2.5 TB pass, which was observed in six of the seven games, and an increase (in eight of the 10 meetings, taking into account the results of last season).
