Lille vs Toulouse Prediction & Betting Tips (5 October)

It's difficult to gauge what this Lille team is really worth, which has alternated between good runs and periods of slumps since the start of the season. Quickly in form to qualify for the Champions League, the Mastiffs then dropped their flag by stringing together 4 defeats in a row in all competitions. Beaten by Saint-Etienne in the championship 1-0 then by Sporting 2-0 in the Champions League, the Northerners were then held to a draw by Strasbourg 3-3 before recovering against Le Havre last week 0-3. On Wednesday, Lille achieved one of the greatest feats in their history by winning against Real Madrid, the reigning European champion, on the second day of the Champions League 1-0. face, Toulouse FC would undoubtedly have liked to get off to a better start to this new exercise which it finished with flying colors last May.

The Ville Rose club has in fact only taken 5 points during the first 6 days and it is already struggling at the bottom of the ranking, in 15th position, with only one point ahead of the play-off, Montpellier. Proof of their poor form, the Violets have suffered 3 defeats over the last 4 days. Beaten by OM 1-3, Toulouse were able to recover against Le Havre 2-0 before suffering two new losses against Brest 2-0 and Lyon 1-2 last week.

Suspended against Real Madrid this week in the Champions League, Angel Gomes (ex-Manchester United) will make his return in the same way as Andre Gomes who was not allowed to play on Wednesday since he was not registered with UEFA lists. For his part, the unfortunate Bentaleb has still not recovered while Ethan Mbappé has returned to the infirmary where the 2018 world champion Umtiti, and potential starters Ismaily, Haraldsson and Mukau were already located. Up front, Canadian Jonathan David (5 goals in L1) remains on a hat-trick scored against Le Havre on Saturday and on a penalty transformed into C1 this week against Real. With Zhegrova (3 goals in 3 league games), they remain the two main offensive weapons of this team.

The Toulouse group should once again be complete for this poster even if Danish left winger Donnum is doubtful after being injured last weekend against OL. Arriving this summer, Norwegian international Joshua King is clearly struggling to assert himself in this team and he is no longer even a starter, having still not scored since his arrival. Against OL, former Rennais Gboho was able to score his 2nd goal of the season but he still remains behind Gabonese supersub Babicka (3 goals) in the team's scorers rankings.