International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Toulouse and LASK Linz are looking forward to this Europa League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
These teams have little in common geographically as LASK Linz have to travel 1500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
The hosts Toulouse saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Ligue 1. Thankfully the previous game, versus Metz, was also a home game here at Stadium de Toulouse. The away team is better rested.
Toulouse form and stats
Toulouse have less points than they have played home games in the Ligue 1 so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 2 points.
Toulouse's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Metz. The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfielder Dønnum was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.85 (out of ten) in that game. Dønnum served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 26 successful passes (of 31 total).
Heartbreak before that as Toulouse lost 1-2 at Lens's place.There will be little rest for Toulouse after this match as they are travelling to Brest for a Ligue 1 game in only three days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Toulouse at home in the league. 3 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
LASK Linz form and stats
As the visiting team in Tipico Bundesliga matches, LASK Linz have produced an overall stat of 1-1-2 so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss both home and away.
Two away games in a row for LASK Linz, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Wolfsberger AC. Žulj, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.55. Žulj hit one key pass.
Previously, the Austrian Cup win away at Imst.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Rheindorf Altach in just three days.
LASK Linz have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. LASK have conceded 6 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Z. Aboukhlal 3 goals |   R. Zulj 3 goals |  F. Magri 2 goals |
Toulouse missing players
LASK Linz missing players
| Toulouse | LASK Linz | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 32 | 12 | Scored | S | 26 | 57 | ||
| 30 | 9 | Conceded | C | 11 | 28 | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 10% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 64% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.6 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.7 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 11.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.5 | ||
| 27% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 47% | ||
| 12.1 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 8.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Toulouse | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | LASK Linz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Monaco | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 14 |
| 2 | Brest | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Nice | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Paris Saint Germain | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 5 | Reims | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Strasbourg | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 7 | Le Havre | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | Olympique Marseille | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 9 |
| 9 | Rennes | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | Lille | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | Metz | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 12 | Nantes | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Lens | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 14 | Montpellier | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 15 | Lorient | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 6 |
| 16 | Toulouse | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 17 | Clermont | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 2 |
| 18 | Olympique Lyonnais | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -8 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Salzburg | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 22 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Austria Klagenfurt | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Wolfsberger AC | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 13 |
| 6 | Hartberg | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | -2 | 13 |
| 7 | Rheindorf Altach | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 8 | Rapid Wien | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 9 | Blau-Wei Linz | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 9 |
| 10 | Austria Wien | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 11 | Wattens | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 5 |
| 12 | Austria Lustenau | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -14 | 2 |
