Lyon vs Toulouse Prediction, Betting Tips & Preview

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Taimoor Khan Oct 20, 2015 @ 06:55 am

Lyon play hosts to Toulouse, a team struggling to find form this season, at Stade de Gerland this Friday in the gameweek 11 of the 2015-16 Ligue 1 campaign.

Olympique Lyonnais would not be happy with their performance this season despite sitting sixth in the league standings. Les Gones have collected 16 points out of a possible 30 after 10 games this season, winning 4 while losing 2 games in the process, while 4 times they have settled for a draw. The major worry for coach, Hubert Fournier is the lack of consistency by his side this time around.

The hosts will be entering this game with two wins and two defeats in their last 5 games. Lyon’s last game ended in a 1-1 draw against AS Monaco and the bosses at the club along with all the players are fully aware of the fact that a win is required on Friday in order to set their campaign back on track. Nabil Fekir has been the standout performer for Hubert Fournier this season with 4 goals to his name followed by Claudio Beauvue, who has scored 3 times for Lyon in all competitions. The duo needs to be at their best once again if Lyon are to collect three points at home against Toulouse.

Toulouse on the other hand, have endured a horrid start to the 2015-16 Ligue 1 season. They are currently battling their way to stay clear of the relegation zone at 17^th position with just 8 points on the table after 10 games. Les Pitchouns are coming in this game on the back of a poor run of form and are winless in the last 5 league games. Their last game ended in a 2-1 defeat at home to newly promoted Angers SCO. While their last away game ended in a 2-2 draw away to Ajaccio in gameweek 9.

With just one win this season, pressure is mounting on Dominique Arribagé to deliver. And the coach would be backing his star player, Martin Braithwaite to reproduce the kind of form he has been on this season. Despite his side’s overall performance, Braithwaite has been the sparkling light of the team and with 5 goals to his name in all competition this season, Toulouse will once again be heavily depending on the player to deliver and get his team out of a tight tough spot.

OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS

Stats: W-4 D-4 L-2

Recent form:DWLLW

TOULOUSE FC

Stats:W-1 D-5 L-4

Recent Form:LDLDD

Possible Line ups:

OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS –LOPES, YANGA-MBIWA, JALLET, RAFAEL, UMTITI, TOLISSO, DARDER, VALBUENA, GONALONS, BEAUVUE, LACAZETTE

TOULOUSE FC –AHAMADAKANA-BIYIK, YAGO, TISSERAND, MOUBANDJE, DOUMBIA, AKPA-AKPRO, DIDOT, REGATTIN, BRAITHWAITE, PESIC

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