Toulouse vs Lorient prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2023-12-02 14:00.
It’s incredibly tight at the bottom of the Ligue 1 table and two teams heavily involved in the relegation scrap will face off here, when 15th-placed Toulouse host 16th-placed Lorient with just a point separating them. The hosts find themselves in their precarious position thanks to winning only once in their 12 Ligue 1 games since the opening day (D6, L5), raising doubts over whether their two season stay in the top-flight will extend to three.
Toulouse will be hoping for a change in fortune when they bring Ligue 1 action back to the Stadium Municipal after two winless league games on the road (D1, L1). They’ll be thankful to return to more familiar surroundings too given their best work in recent times has been done at home, with only one defeat suffered in their last ten matches in front of their fans (W3, D6), which includes a memorable 3-2 European win over English giants Liverpool, although progression to the next round of European action is yet to be confirmed after a 0-0 midweek draw at home with Royale Union SG.
Lorient are coming off a 3-2 loss against Metz despite having led 2-1 at half-time, where positives can be taken in the form of having broken a three-game scoring drought prior. Despite that small positive, defeat stretched Lorient’s poor run to just one win in their last ten matches (D3, L6), form which has seen them progressively slide down the table since starting the campaign unbeaten in their opening three games (W1, D2).
It’ll be a hard sell by manager Régis Le Bris to convince his side that on the road is where their luck turns, since they’ve only won one of their last 16 Ligue 1 away matches (D5, L10). On top of their woeful record on their travels, they failed to beat Toulouse in either game last season (D1, L1), and haven’t been victorious against them in their last five league matches overall (D3, L2).
Players to watch: Toulouse’s Thijs Dallinga scored in three successive matches for his club prior to serving a suspension last weekend, with all three goals coming after half-time. Attempting to steal the headlines will be Lorient’s impressive teenager Eli Junior Kroupi, who has netted seven of his last eight goals in his travels.
Hot streak: Both teams have scored 2+ goals in each of the last four league H2Hs hosted by Toulouse.