Toulouse vs Lens Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 2nd May 2023

The Ligue 1 clash at Stadium Municipal on Tuesday sees Toulouse hosting opponents Lens.

Two places behind the league-leaders, Lens claimed 66 points from 32 rounds, while Toulouse amassed 41 points. They now rank as number 12 in the Ligue 1 standings.

Toulouse are chasing revenge after succumbing to a disappointing defeat in the latest encounter against Lens. However, judging by prices from the bookmakers, they are in for a tough assignment on Tuesday.

Toulouse are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady 12 goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of 1.2 per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents 16 goals, or an average of 1.6 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to two clean sheets in this run.

Lens scored 20 times in their previous ten matches, an average of two per game. They also conceded nine goals for an average of 0.9 a game, pulling off four clean sheets in these.

The last three times Toulouse faced in the Ligue 1, Lens didn't concede a single goal, as they won 3-0, 1-0 and 2-0.

Toulouse vs Lens Prediction

Toulouse Form

Toulouse look back on their last three matches with six points to show for their efforts. Against Lyon, they were left empty-handed in a 1-2 defeat, but they avenged themselves by beating Lorient in a 0-1 win. They followed that up with a 1-5 win against Nantes in their most recent outing. Toulouse claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Ligue 1. They also drew zero and lost four, scored ten goals and conceded ten.

Lens Form

Their past three matches saw Lens beating Strasbourg 2-1, losing 3-1 against PSG, and beating Monaco by 3-0. In their last six away matches in the Ligue 1, Lens won twice, while also recording two draws. They endured two defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying seven goals conceded and nine scored.

With the results that Lens have picked up lately, we favour them to grab another win, when going up against Toulouse at Stadium Municipal.

Toulouse enjoy a record of 12 wins, five draws and 15 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season. Lens have a record of 19 wins, nine draws and four defeats in the Ligue 1.

Toulouse vs Lens Stats

Toulouse vs Lens Squads

Toulouse Squad

The 52-year-old Debeve will select the starting eleven against Lens from this squad. The statistics represent goals scored and matches played in the Ligue 1 this season:

Kjetil Haug (0/0), Maxime Dupe (0/32), Thomas Himeur (0/0), Anthony Rouault (2/32), Christian Mawissa (0/2), Gabriel Suazo (0/13), Kevin Keben (0/10), Logan Costa (0/3), Mikkel Desler (1/23), Moussa Diarra (0/21), Oliver Zanden (0/5), Rasmus Nicolaisen (0/30), Waren Kamanzi (0/7), Branco van den Boomen (5/30), Brecht Dejaeghere (4/25), Denis Genreau (0/16), Fares Chaibi (5/30), Stijn Spierings (2/32), Theocharis Tsingaras (0/0), Vincent Sierro (0/9), Ado Onaiwu (2/29), Rafael Ratao (5/24), Rhys Healey (1/3), Said Hamulic (0/4), Thijs Dallinga (12/31), Veljko Birmancevic (0/21), Zakaria Aboukhlal (8/32).

Lens Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 52 year-old Lens manager Haise will select his starting XI from these players:

Brice Samba (0/32), Jean-Louis Leca (0/0), Wuilker Farinez (0/0), Adrien Louveau (0/0), Facundo Medina (2/27), Ismael Boura (0/9), Jimmy Cabot (0/11), Jonathan Gradit (1/27), Kevin Danso (1/32), Massadio Haidara (0/30), Steven Fortes (0/1), Adam Oudjani (0/0), Adrien Thomasson (3/29), Angelo Fulgini (1/11), David Costa (1/29), Deiver Machado (3/28), Fode Sylla (0/0), Jean Onana (0/16), Julien Le Cardinal (0/6), Lukasz Poreba (0/8), Mamadou Camara (0/0), Przemyslaw Frankowski (4/32), Salis Abdul Samed (1/29), Seko Fofana (4/30), Yacouba Barry (0/0), Adam Buksa (0/5), Alexis Claude (3/19), Florian Sotoca (6/32), Ikoma Lois Openda (17/32), Remy Lascary (0/9), Wesley Said (5/19).

Toulouse vs Lens Team News

At the time of writing, Toulouse have three players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Lens this coming Tuesday.

Denis Genreau, Mikkel Desler and Rhys Healey are all absent from the Toulouse squad that faces Lens at Stadium Municipal.

Lens are juggling with four absent players on on Tuesday when travelling to Toulouse. Brice Samba is ineligible for selection in the Lens squad, as he is suspended.

Names like Adam Buksa, Jimmy Cabot and Wuilker Farinez most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Toulouse.

Toulouse vs Lens Lineups

Toulouse vs Lens H2H

Betting on Lens winning to nil in their latest meetings with Toulouse would have been a sound choice. They ended up winning 3-0 in October 2022 and 1-0 in March 2015, respectively. Despite a 3-0 win to Lens in their recent match, the last ten encounters have seen the two teams equally paired with Toulouse winning three and Lens taking four wins. The bookies best betting odds on an away win at full-time are at 8/11.

Toulouse vs Lens Results

Don't go expecting a feast of goals at Stadium Municipal this coming Tuesday. In the previous ten matches between Toulouse and Lens over 2.5 goals only happened once.

Toulouse vs Lens Betting Tips

He banged in 17 goals so far this season, and Ikoma Lois Openda also hammered in eight goals in his last six games in this tournament. No doubt, he will be hungry for more, when travelling to face Toulouse.

Stadium Municipal saw five wins for Toulouse in their last 10 here across all tournaments. They also drew one and lost four, while Lens won three of their 10 most recent outings on their travels, whilst drawing four and losing three. Strap yourselves up for a goals at Stadium Municipal since both teams scored in seven of the last 10 home matches for Toulouse. The same occurred in eight of the last 10 league games away from home for Lens.

Under 2.5 goals paid up nine times in the ten encounters most recent meetings between Lens and Toulouse. Both teams to not score was a winning punt seven times. Toulouse managed an average of 0.7 goals, with Lens averaging 1.1 goals in these. Toulouse performed an average of two goals a game in their previous ten matches in which over 2.5 goals came out six times. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Lens, who scored two times on average in those matches.