Monaco vs Toulouse - prediction, team news, lineups

Seeking to support their slender pb astatine the apical of the Ligue 1 table, Monaco instrumentality to enactment connected Saturday erstwhile they big Toulouse astatine Stade Louis II.

Les Monegasques are 1 of 3 unbeaten sides successful this contention truthful far, beating Lens earlier the planetary interruption 2-1, portion Toulouse beryllium 13th, winning their past outing astatine location versus Le Havre 3-2.

Match preview

Early on, it has been creaseless sailing for Filipe Luis, who has gotten the champion retired of this Monaco clump that endured a hard 2025-26 campaign.

The antheral who guided Flamengo to a Copa Libertadores rubric has the Principality nine connected 13 points successful the league truthful far, 1 much than they had aft 5 matchdays a play ago.

With a triumph oregon gully connected Saturday, Monaco would spell unbeaten successful their archetypal six Ligue 1 affairs for lone the 2nd clip since the 2013-14 season.

As things stand, they are supra Lyon and Paris FC for first, having mislaid conscionable 1 of their past 9 league outings astatine Stade Louis II.

Monaco person not mislaid a apical formation matter connected location ungraded successful October this decade, winning those past 3 specified outings.

At the aforesaid time, Les Monegasques tin agelong their location winning tally against Toulouse to 3 matches this weekend, without a extremity conceded the past 2 times that they hosted them successful the Principality.

It was acold from pretty, but Toulouse got the occupation done connected matchday five, which indispensable person been a monolithic alleviation for Jens Berthel Askou.

That triumph implicit Le Havre was his archetypal arsenic a Ligue 1 manager, and connected Saturday helium tin stay unbeaten distant from location successful this contention since taking complaint this past summer.

Dating backmost to the past apical formation campaign, this squad person failed to triumph their past 2 league matches distant from location erstwhile netting archetypal but person points successful their past 2 specified games arsenic the visitors aft conceding the opener.

Toulouse person won the astir possessions among Ligue 1 sides successful the oppositions container this season, averaging 6.8 per 90 minutes, but are besides tied for 4th successful large chances missed (13).

In lone 1 of their past 12 Ligue 1 affairs person they gone a afloat 90 minutes without conceding, thing they person yet to bash nether Askou.

Les Violets person points successful 2 of their past 3 meetings with Monaco, but person not beaten them astatine Stade Louis II since 2024 (2-1).

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Team News

Heading into this match, Monaco could beryllium without Aleksandr Golovin, who has a limb injury, portion Jordan Teze, Mamadou Coulibaly, Mika Biereth and Paris Brunner are each hoping to instrumentality from insignificant knocks.

Groin strains whitethorn support Stanis Idumbo and Denis Zakaria out, portion Ansu Fati remains doubtful due to the fact that a calf strain.

Brunner netted his 4th of the run connected matchday five, putting him successful the associated pb successful Ligue 1 with four, portion a Jonathan Gradit ain extremity successful the second stages gave them maximum points against Lens.

Over astatine Toulouse, Ismail Diallo volition beryllium questionable this play owed to a knock, arsenic volition Rasmus Nicolaisen, with some players missing their triumph implicit Le Havre.

Also unavailable could beryllium Abu Francis, who is struggling to retrieve from a sore hamstring which has held him backmost successful caller times.

Casper Tengstedt is up to 3 goals to pb the team, netting a brace connected matchday five, portion Thomas Jorgensen scored his 2nd of the Ligue 1 run connected that occasion.

Monaco imaginable starting lineup:

Hradecky; Sane, Nibombe, Dier; Vanderson, Camara, Diop, Nazinho; Abline, Detourbet; Balogun

Toulouse imaginable starting lineup:

Restes; Messali, Koumbassa, Odogu, Tape; Sigur, Casseres; Tengstedt, Jorgensen, Hidalgo; Russell-Rowe

We say: Monaco 3-2 Toulouse

Monaco whitethorn beryllium shorthanded for this clash, but we spot that their depth, and Luis’s tactical encephalon volition find a mode done an inconsistent and unstable Toulouse backline.

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