Nantes will hope to save their season as they head into the first leg of French Ligue 1 playoffs this Thursday against Toulouse at Stadium de Toulouse with kickoff at 21:25.
Toulouse have been impressive and more clinical in front of goal in the 2020-21 campaign finishing in the 3rd place in the Ligue 2 with 71 goals making them the top scorers of Ligue 2. Toulouse won 3-0 over Grenoble in a one-sided match that saw them qualify for Ligue 1 relegation-promotion playoffs.
Toulouse have also been in an impressive form lately as they have not lost in any of their five past matches with three wins and two draws scoring eight goals in the last three matches. However, they need more careful and more tactical defensively when facing Nantes as they have conceded five goals in that run.
Nantes on other hand failed to save their season as their winning steak of four matches was snatched away by Montpellier in their final Ligue 1 fixture last Sunday. The 2-1 defeat to Montpellier saw Nantes finish 3rd place from relegation zone hence condemned to playoff for their survival. However, prior to their home defeat Nantes were in an impressive form maintaining a four-game wining steak with 13 goals and only conceded two. Surely this gives some confidence of challenging for the win.
Toulouse vs Nantes head to head
Nantes have a good head to head record against Toulouse with recent results showing that Nantes have only lost once to Toulouse, back in April 2019, in their last eight meeting. Generally, the two sides have played in 33 matches against each other since 1993 with Nantes having 13 victories whereas Toulouse have 9 victories and they have drawn 11 times. Take a look at their past five encounters;
- Nantes 2-1 Toulouse Dec 1, 2019
- Toulouse 1-0 Nantes Apr 7, 2019
- Nantes 2-0 Toulouse Feb 5, 2019
- Nantes 4-0 Toulouse Oct 20, 2018
- Toulouse 1-1 Nantes Jan, 17, 2018
Home
- Toulouse 3-0 Grenoble
- Dunkerque 3-3 Toulouse
- Toulouse 2-2 Pau
- Toulouse 3-0 Caen
- Le Havre 0-1 Toulouse
Away
- Nantes 1-2 Montpellier
- Dijon 0-4 Nantes
- Nantes 3-0 Bordeaux
- Brestois 1-4 Nantes
- Strasbourg 1-2 Nantes
Toulouse team news
Toulouse have no reports of any major injuries at their camp. However, their defender Ruben Gabrielsen might miss the match two some minor injuries.
Nantes team news
Nantes will all their men available for the clash.
Prediction and odds
- Draw
- Under 2.5
- Correct score 1-1
