Toulouse vs Montpellier Prediction & Betting Tips (26 January)

A 0-1 victory on January 5 in Lens, a 1-2 defeat on January 12 in front of Strasbourg and a 0-0 draw last weekend in Lyon fill the Toulouse results grid at the start of the year. Performances which place the Violets in 8th position in the Ligue 1 standings. They also managed to qualify for the round of 16 of the Coupe de France, to the detriment of Laval Ligue 2; 2-1. In the next round, Carles Martinez's TFC will host another second division resident, Guingamp.  Montpellier HSC remains on a very good run.

Winner to the general surprise of Monaco 2-1 during the final day, the last of the ranking did not abandon its detrimental position certainly but came back to within a point of Le Havre, penultimate, and 5 lengths from Saint- Etienne, virtual roadblock operator. The Hérault team has now signed 3 victories this season in Ligue 1 and will have to improve this statistic more often than in the first part of the season to hope to save itself by spring. Before taming ASM, the worst defense in the elite remained with defeats against Lyon 1-0 and Angers 1-3. 

As against Lyon, Toulouse could deploy without the senior defender Nicolaisen who has been absent for several months, the midfielder Schmidt (substitute) whose season is over and the holders Sidibé (central defender) and Sierro (midfielder). In the current transfer window, replacement goalkeeper Dominguez has joined Eibar, in Spain. In the same position, Haug has returned from a loan spell at Norwegian club Odd. He thus becomes number 2 in the cage, behind Remains. Aboukhlal (6 goals), King (4 goals) and Gboho (2 goals) should once again form the attacking trio in the immutable 3-4-3 of Carles Martinez. The Montpellier squad sees the return of defender Kouyaté but is once again without the starting midfielder Ferri, who is serving the second of his three suspension matches this Sunday. At the same time, Jean-Louis Gasset should still deplore the withdrawals of defenders Jullien (no match) and Maksimovic (starter, end of season), the unused Ngosso and the attacker Ndiaye in the 79 minutes of play accumulated on the current season.

The experienced midfielder B. Touré could still stay away. Tamari had yet to score this season. It is now done after his decisive double against Monaco, allowing Montpellier to snatch the victory. Number 1 goalkeeper Lecomte is still at the club but is reportedly attracting interest from Al-Shabab in Saudi Arabia. 

• Summary: Toulouse is going head to head with Montpellier starting on 26 Jan 2025 at 16:15 UTC at Stadium de Toulouse stadium, Toulouse city, France. The match is a part of the Ligue 1 .
• Referee: Clement Turpin
• Toulouse Feedinco Rating: 6.88
• Montpellier Feedinco Rating: 6.73