Toulouse vs Marseille prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2024-04-20 17:00.
[p]In the relative safety of mid-table in Ligue 1, Toulouse are eyeing up a first top-half finish in the top-flight since 2013/14 and they boosted those chances with a 2-1 away win against fellow top-half hopefuls Rennes last weekend. That victory is part of a three-match unbeaten run for Les Violets (W2, D1), but they have been generally poor at the Stadium de Toulouse this season, having won only three times there in the league (D6, L5).[/p]
[p]Due to picking up six more points away from home however, Toulouse begin this weekend with a ten-point cushion over the bottom three, and with five games of the campaign to go, manager Carles MartĆnez Novell is on track to outperform the teamās 13th-placed finish of last season in his first season in charge.[/p]
[p]Marseille by contrast are on their fourth head coach of this term, and current boss Jean-Louis Gasset, who took on the role in February, has already overseen two remarkable sequences of form during his tenure. LāOM experienced the ānew manager bounceā as he won his first five games in charge, before proceeding to lose five in a row, a run which was only ended on Thursday evening with a 90 minute victory over Benfica in the UEFA Europa League (UEL) quarter-final second leg, before they advanced in the tie on penalties.[/p]
[p]A two-legged semi-final against Atalanta in May will now follow, and with Marseilleās league form seeing them out of contention for a top-four finish, winning the UEL looks like their best possible route into next seasonās UEFA Champions League. However, they will still qualify for some form of European competition if they achieve a top-six finish, and extending their unbeaten Ligue 1 run against Toulouse to 20 matches (W12, D7) this weekend would certainly help their chances.[/p]
[p]Key Battle: Toulouse goalkeeper Guillaume Restes has conceded just once in his last three appearances and also kept a clean sheet in Septemberās reverse fixture. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang got an assist on Thursday evening and has scored in Marseilleās last two away games, with both goals coming after the hour mark.Ā [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Toulouse have failed to score first in all seven of their home matches (W2, D2, L3) so far in 2024.[/p]