Le Mans vs Toulouse - prediction, team news, lineups

For the archetypal clip successful implicit 16 years, Toulouse volition look Le Mans successful the French apical flight, with that Ligue 1 clash occurring connected Friday astatine Stade Marie-Marvingt.

Heading into this match, these teams beryllium 14th and 15th, respectively successful the table, with Les Mucistes losing 3-1 to Paris Saint-Germain past weekend, putting them supra Toulouse connected extremity quality contempt the second drafting Monaco 2-2.

Match preview

The joyousness of the archetypal Ligue 1 triumph of the run for Le Mans earlier the planetary interruption was replaced by a world cheque connected matchday six.

Patrick Videira’s men saw a three-match unbeaten tally extremity successful the French capital, and connected Friday they volition anticipation to debar suffering successive defeats for the archetypal clip each season.

It has been implicit a twelvemonth since this nine were beaten astatine location successful a Ligue 1 oregon 2 outing, with the past 1 coming against Rodez successful September 2025.

While this recently promoted broadside person been close determination successful each of their top-flight games truthful far, they person besides dropped six points erstwhile starring successful the last 45 minutes.

Defensive subject has held them back, arsenic they pb the league successful penalties conceded (three) and are besides archetypal regarding cautions (14).

MUC 72 tin assertion their archetypal location triumph implicit Toulouse successful astir 20 years this weekend, past beating them 2-0 successful Le Mans backmost successful December of 2006.

They ne'er marque it casual connected themselves, but Toulouse were inactive capable to find a mode to get a effect erstwhile again past week.

In 2 of their past 3 league outings, they conceded the opening extremity but came backmost to gain a point, erasing a 2-0 shortage against the apical broadside Monaco past Saturday.

Jens Berthel Askou volition question his archetypal Ligue 1 distant triumph arsenic manager this week, arsenic the nine look to stay unbeaten connected the roadworthy this season.

Heading into this matchday, they beryllium 3rd successful the French apical formation for touches successful the oppositions container but 5th erstwhile it comes to large chances missed (14).

With a triumph oregon gully connected matchday seven, Toulouse volition adjacent their longest unbeaten tally domestically this year, earning points successful their last 4 encounters past season.

On Saturday, Le Tefece tin widen their winning tally against Le Mans to 5 matches successful this competition, having past defeated them 3-1 arsenic the visitors successful 2010.

Le Mans Ligue 1 form:

Toulouse Ligue 1 form:

Team News

An ankle wounded could support Adil Bourabaa retired of the Le Mans lineup connected Saturday, portion Martin Rossignol is questionable with a genu injury, Erwan Colas is besides doubtful owed to backmost symptom and erstwhile Toulouse defender Djibril Sidibe is eligible to instrumentality from suspension.

Louis Mafouta concisely drew his broadside level against PSG the past clip out, netting his team-leading 4th of the competition.

At Toulouse, Abu Francis is doubtful with a sore hamstring, Rasmus Nicolaisen has a sound and Aron Donnum is eligible to instrumentality from suspension.

Casper Tengstedt converted a 48th-minute punishment to gully his squad wrong 1 successful the Principality past Saturday, earlier Sion Oppong netted his archetypal of the run to springiness his broadside a point.

Le Mans imaginable starting lineup:

Kocik; Boisse, Sidibe, Voyer; Lauray; Gueye, Bretelle, Vercruysse, Caldodat; Diallo, Mafouta

Toulouse imaginable starting lineup:

Restes; Messali, Koumbassa, McKenzie, Tape; Casseres, Donnum; Tengstedt, Jorgensen, Oppong; Russell-Rowe

We say: Le Mans 2-2 Toulouse

These teams emotion to beryllium assertive and attack, but neither person shown the quality to unopen down a crippled erstwhile needed, truthful we expect to witnesser an breathtaking lucifer with nary decisive borderline connected either side.

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