On Feb 1st, Toulouse hosts Troyes in a meeting of these two Ligue 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 12th placed Toulouse is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Ajaccio. Zakaria Aboukhlal struck first for Toulouse in the 66th minute, then Rafael Ratão added another in the 69th minute on a feed from W. Kamanzi At the end of 90 a dissapointed Ajaccio couldn’t manage to score, and Toulouse took the shutout win. Toulouse is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 14th placed Troyes, recorded a 1-1 draw against Lens. Yasser Larouci scored the first goal for Troyes in the 50th minute, but Adrien Thomasson got the equalizer for Lens in the 88th minute earning Lens at least a draw. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
Toulouse and Troyes last played eachother at the Stade De L’aube on Sun Aug 14th. Toulouse was victorious by a score of 3 to 0. Yasser Larouci scored the first goal for Toulouse on an own goal in the 36th minute, then Rafael Ratão added another in the 54th minute on a feed from Zakaria Aboukhlal At the end of 90 a dissapointed Troyes couldn’t manage to score, and Toulouse took the shutout win.
Xavier Chavalerin and Rony Lopes are the top scorers for Troyes in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Toulouse is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Thijs Dallinga and Zakaria Aboukhlal each having 3 goals in their last 5
Philippe Montanier’s Toulouse squad will be without Brecht Dejaegere, Rhys Healey, Branco van den Boomen and , while Patrick Kisnorbo’s squad will be without Ante Palaversa and Tardieu.