Two sides successful the hunt for a spot successful Europe adjacent play resume their Ligue 1 campaigns connected Sunday arsenic Lens big Toulouse astatine Stade Bollaert-Delelis.
Heading into 2025, Les Sang et Or are seventh, playing to a 2-2 gully with Auxerre successful their erstwhile league contest, putting them 3 points supra ninth-place Toulouse, who defeated Saint-Etienne 2-1.
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Near the process extremity of 2024, Lens recovered their signifier domestically, going unbeaten successful their last 3 Ligue 1 affairs to extremity the year.
The nine from Pas-de-Calais person points successful 4 of their erstwhile 5 league contests, lone down Nice for a Europa Conference League spot connected extremity quality and conscionable a constituent beneath Lyon for a Europa League spot.
They person emerged victorious successful 2 of their erstwhile 3 location fixtures successful this competition, claiming astatine slightest a constituent successful 5 of their 7 league games played astatine Stade Bollaert-Delelis.
Will Still's men person netted aggregate goals successful 3 consecutive league contests, and this weekend, they could marque it 4 successful a enactment for the archetypal clip since May to August 2023 (six).
So far, successful 2024-25, they person dropped 4 points from a winning presumption but person besides gained 2 points from a losing one.
Les Sang et Or person won their past six Ligue 1 meetings with Toulouse and could found their longest winning tally against a azygous hostile successful this contention with maximum points this weekend.
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A coagulated period of December has Les Violets backmost successful the hunt for a spot successful Europe aft a hard opening to the caller campaign.
Carles Martinez Novell's broadside won conscionable 1 of their opening 9 games successful this contention but ended 2024 with 2 wins successful their last 3 contests.
Le Tefece are connected a two-match losing tally distant from location successful the apical flight, failing to find the backmost of the nett connected some occasions.
After 15 matchdays this season, Toulouse person picked up 21 points, 8 much than they accumulated astatine this signifier of the erstwhile campaign.
Meanwhile, they person won 5 of their erstwhile 7 home games, arsenic galore arsenic they had crossed their erstwhile 18 league contests.
In the 21st century, Les Pitchouns person failed to people successful 50% of their Ligue 1 matches versus Lens (10/20), their highest specified complaint against a squad that they person met successful much than 3 seasons.
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Team News
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Lens volition beryllium without Remy Labeau Lascary due to the fact that of a cruciate ligament injury, Nampalys Mendy is dealing with a knock, Sidi Bane has a hamstring strain and Ruben Aguilar is doubtful due to the fact that of a sore shoulder.
First-choice goalkeeper Brice Samba is rumoured to beryllium connected his mode to Rennes, portion Kevin Danso has been linked to respective Premier League clubs.
M'Bala Nzola and Neil El Aynaoui netted successful their erstwhile home matter successful December, enabling them to gain a azygous constituent against Auxerre.
On the Toulouse side, Rasmus Nicolaisen could beryllium a game-time determination due to the fact that of a sore ankle, portion Cristian Casseres was cautioned successful their erstwhile league contention and volition beryllium suspended for this match.
There was lone 1 alteration to their starting 11 connected matchday 15 from the broadside that began their contention versus Monaco arsenic Shavy Babicka came into the lineup successful spot of Yann Gboho.
Babicka levelled their lucifer with Les Verts 2 minutes aft going down past month, with the victor coming courtesy of Zakaria Aboukhlal, 5 minutes from the end.
Lens imaginable starting lineup:
Koffi; Frankowski, Gradit, Khusanov, Medina; Thomasson, El Ayanoui; da Costa, Fulgini, Sotoca; Nzola
Toulouse imaginable starting lineup:
Restes; Sidibe, Cresswell, McKenzie; Genreau, Schmidt, Sierro, Suazo; Babicka, Aboukhlal; King
We say: Lens 2-1 Toulouse
Both teams are successful bully signifier heading into the caller year, but we judge the aggressiveness and pressing of the location broadside volition beryllium excessively hard for Toulouse to grip successful the end.
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