Toulouse vs Lyon - prediction, team news, lineups

Mid-table Toulouse volition look to play spoiler successful the UEFA Champions League contention erstwhile they invited Lyon to Stadium de Toulouse connected Sunday evening successful Ligue 1.

While the hosts are finishing the run with small unit aft securing their top-flight status, OL  arrive knowing triumph could determination them 1 measurement person to sealing automatic Champions League qualification heading into the last weekend.

Match preview

Toulouse look to beryllium ending the play connected a much affirmative enactment aft enduring a hard outpouring play that threatened to resistance them into the bottom-half battle.

Carles Martinez Novell's broadside produced an impressive comeback triumph distant to Strasbourg past weekend, recovering from down to triumph 2-1 and widen their unbeaten tally to 2 matches pursuing a 2-2 gully with Monaco.

That caller betterment has eased unit astir the club, particularly aft a hard series wherever Toulouse suffered dense defeats to Lille, Lens and Paris Saint-Germain crossed league and cupful competitions.

However, location signifier remains a interest for Les Violets, having won conscionable 1 of their past 5 Ligue 1 matches astatine Stadium de Toulouse, struggling severely for attacking consistency aft failing to people successful six of their erstwhile 11 location league fixtures.

Still, Toulouse tin instrumentality assurance from the reverse fixture earlier this season, erstwhile they stunned Lyon with a 2-1 distant victory, and they are present aiming to implicit a archetypal league treble implicit Les Gones since the 1965-66 campaign.

Lyon, meanwhile, person rediscovered signifier astatine precisely the close infinitesimal successful the season, arsenic Paulo Fonseca's men made it 4 consecutive Ligue 1 victories aft defeating Rennes 4-2 past weekend, pursuing erstwhile wins implicit Auxerre, Paris Saint-Germain and Lorient.

That resurgence has lifted Les Gones into the automatic Champions League qualification places heading into the penultimate round, putting them successful power of their ain destiny successful the contention for a top-three finish.

The attacking betterment has been peculiarly notable, with Lyon scoring 11 goals crossed their past 4 league matches, arsenic Endrick has go progressively influential successful onslaught aft different standout show against Rennes.

Despite their beardown momentum, distant signifier inactive presents a flimsy concern, with OL managing conscionable 1 triumph crossed their past six competitory distant matches, though that sole occurrence came successful an awesome 2-1 triumph distant to Paris Saint-Germain.

The visitors volition besides beryllium wary of complacency against a Toulouse broadside susceptible of causing problems successful transition, particularly considering they mislaid the archetypal leg, but they could besides gully assurance from their grounds successful this fixture, having mislaid conscionable doubly since 2014.

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Team News

Toulouse person respective wounded concerns heading into the lucifer aft Alexis Vossah and Romain Faivre were some forced disconnected during the triumph implicit Strasbourg.

Mario Sauer is suspended, Abu Francis and Rafik Messali stay sidelined with ankle injuries, portion Frank Magri is unavailable owed to a genu issue, and Fredrik Oppegard volition beryllium assessed up of kickoff.

Lyon, meanwhile, stay without Remi Himbert due to the fact that of an ankle injury, portion Orel Mangala is besides sidelined with a knock.

Khalis Merah and Tyler Morton are some doubts aft picking up injuries successful the triumph against Rennes, though Fonseca is hopeful astatine slightest 1 of the brace could retrieve successful time.

Pavel Sulc has emerged arsenic Lyon's apical scorer this play with 11 league goals but could commencement from the seat again, portion Endrick is expected to support his spot successful onslaught pursuing his caller beardown performances.

Toulouse imaginable starting lineup:

Restes; Nicolaisen, Cresswell, McKenzie; Methalie, Casseres, Vossah, Donnum; Gboho, Hidalgo; Russell-Rowe

Lyon imaginable starting lineup:

Greif; Maitland-Niles, Mata, Niakhate, Abner; Tolisso, Morton; Moreira, Endrick, Moreira; Yaremchuk

We say: Toulouse 1-2 Lyon

Toulouse person shown signs of betterment successful caller weeks and could inactive marque beingness uncomfortable for Lyon, particularly fixed the visitors' mixed distant form.

However, Lyon get with momentum, assurance and acold greater information arsenic they pursuit automatic Champions League qualification. With their onslaught firing again astatine the cleanable time, Les Gones should person capable prime to borderline a competitory contention successful confederate France.

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