Match preview Ligue 1: Strasbourg - Toulouse at Stade de la Meinau

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Sat 07.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Meinau (29200 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Ligue 1, Strasbourg holding 15th place and Toulouse lying 20th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Strasbourg and Toulouse.

Toulouse have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Strasbourg form and stats

4 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Strasbourg have to build on here at Stade de la Meinau in the Ligue 1.

Strasbourg lost their last game at Brest (placed 12th) after a 0-5 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Olympique Lyonnais with the scoreline 1-2.

Strasbourg were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Strasbourg's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won 2 matches, drawn 0 and lost 0.

A decent goal production from Strasbourg in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. Strasbourg have conceded 9 in these home matches.

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Toulouse form and stats

Toulouse, who have the most conceded goals (31) in Ligue 1, have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 0-3-5 (8 played). It's looking increasingly bleak for Toulouse who now has to deal with a six game losing streak. Lille was the last time a defeat was avoided. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Toulouse are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

The manager A. Kombouare was unhappy after their last game, a Ligue 1 match played at their home ground Stade Paul Lignon. Toulouse suffered a 1-2 loss to Monaco (placed 13th). A 1-2 defeat away at Nantes before that.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Toulouse playing away, we found six games. Results were 1 away win, 0 draws and 5 home wins.

Toulouse find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 8 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. The Toulouse manager A. Kombouare has some worries about the defense as 18 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: 5 - 2 - 1 (Strasbourg wins - draws - Toulouse wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

StrasbourgL. Ajorque
L. Ajorque
4 goals
ToulouseE. Koulouris
E. Koulouris
4 goals
StrasbourgA. Thomasson
A. Thomasson
3 goals

Strasbourg missing players

Toulouse missing players

Strasbourg Toulouse
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 2 8 16
5 4 2 Won W 0 0 3
3 2 1 Drew D 1 3 3
8 2 0 Lost L 1 5 10
16 12 6 Scored S 2 8 17
21 9 2 Conceded C 3 18 31
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 88% 88%
38% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 75% 62%
25% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 38%
12% 12% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
31% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 56%
25% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
50% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 31%
 
4.9 4.2 3 Corners For (avg) C F 6.5 5 4.5
3.6 3.2 4.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 6.4 6
1.9 2.5 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.7
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 2 3
 
192 123 55 Total Shots T S 23 77 178
57 36 18 Shots on Target S O 9 28 60
28% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 29% 28%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Strasbourg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Strasbourg haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Toulouse has the fewest points (3) away
  • Toulouse has the most conceded goals (31)
  • Toulouse has the most conceded goals in the second half (19)
  • Toulouse has the the worst goal difference (-14)
  • Toulouse have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Toulouse have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Toulouse have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Toulouse have yet to win a game away.
  • Toulouse haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Toulouse is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 15 12 0 3 32 8 8 7 0 1 20 2 7 5 0 2 12 6 24 36
2 Olympique Marseille 16 9 4 3 22 18 8 5 2 1 11 7 8 4 2 2 11 11 4 31
3 Bordeaux 16 7 5 4 27 17 8 4 2 2 15 6 8 3 3 2 12 11 10 26
4 Lille 16 7 4 5 20 15 8 6 2 0 15 4 8 1 2 5 5 11 5 25
5 Saint-Étienne 16 7 4 5 20 20 8 3 4 1 11 7 8 4 0 4 9 13 0 25
6 Montpellier 16 6 6 4 20 14 8 6 1 1 14 5 8 0 5 3 6 9 6 24
7 Rennes 15 7 3 5 20 16 7 4 1 2 12 9 8 3 2 3 8 7 4 24
8 Angers SCO 16 7 3 6 19 21 9 6 1 2 15 6 7 1 2 4 4 15 -2 24
9 Nantes 16 7 2 7 14 16 8 5 1 2 8 5 8 2 1 5 6 11 -2 23
10 Olympique Lyonnais 16 6 4 6 24 16 8 3 2 3 11 5 8 3 2 3 13 11 8 22
11 Reims 15 5 6 4 11 8 8 2 5 1 5 3 7 3 1 3 6 5 3 21
12 Brest 16 5 6 5 21 19 9 4 4 1 15 6 7 1 2 4 6 13 2 21
13 Monaco 15 6 3 6 23 25 7 4 1 2 16 13 8 2 2 4 7 12 -2 21
14 Nice 16 6 2 8 21 26 8 4 2 2 13 11 8 2 0 6 8 15 -5 20
15 Strasbourg 16 5 3 8 16 21 8 4 2 2 12 9 8 1 1 6 4 12 -5 18
16 Dijon 16 4 4 8 11 18 8 3 3 2 8 8 8 1 1 6 3 10 -7 16
17 Amiens SC 15 4 4 7 19 28 7 3 1 3 9 12 8 1 3 4 10 16 -9 16
18 Metz 16 3 6 7 13 21 8 2 3 3 10 10 8 1 3 4 3 11 -8 15
19 Nîmes 15 2 6 7 12 24 6 2 2 2 7 5 9 0 4 5 5 19 -12 12
20 Toulouse 16 3 3 10 17 31 8 3 0 5 9 13 8 0 3 5 8 18 -14 12

Read more about Ligue 1

Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.