Week 10 brings us a match on Oct 7th, where Olympique Lyonnais hosts Toulouse at Parc Olympique Lyonnais in a clash of these two closely matched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, Olympique Lyonnais recorded a 0-1 loss against Lens. Florian Sotoca struck first for Lens in the 82nd minute on a penalty, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Olympique Lyonnais couldn’t muster any offence and Lens ran away with the shutout win. Olympique Lyonnais is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while 12th placed Toulouse is fresh off their 4-2 win against Montpellier. Nicolas Cozza struck first for Montpellier in the 7th minute, then Stijn Spierings tied it up for Toulouse in the 18th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 24th minute on a goal by Zakaria Aboukhlal. Toulouse is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Toulouse is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Chaibi and Zakaria Aboukhlal each having 2 goals in their last 5. Karl Toko Ekambi has been the most prolific scorer on Olympique Lyonnais in his last 5 matches with three goals
Olympique Lyonnais will be without Moussa Dembélé, Corentin Tolisso, Julian Pollersbeck, Romain Faivre, Malo Gusto and Lukeba, while Philippe Montanier’s Toulouse squad will be without Rhys Healey.