📏 Form Guide

Toulouse

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Toulouse will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 1-2 Coupe De France triumph versus AS Lyon Duchère.

In that game, Toulouse managed 67% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 5 on target. For Toulouse, the goals were scored by Emersonn (51') and Aron Dønnum (56'). Lyon La Duchère got 3 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.

Carles Martínez Novell's Toulouse have celebrated scoring 9 times in their last half-dozen outings. The comparative number of goals that have been scored against them in those games is 5.

Ahead of this clash, Toulouse haven't been beaten in the league by RC Lens in their last 2 games.

RC Lens

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RC Lens will go into this meeting following on from a 3-1 Coupe De France win with the eclipse of Entente Feignies Aulnoye in their last outing.

In that game, RC Lens managed 77% possession and 23 shots at goal with 9 on target. For RC Lens, goals were scored by Rayan Fofana (17'), Saud Abdulhamid (45') and Andrija Bulatović (68'). For their opponents, Entente Feignies Aulnoye had 5 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

In their previous 6 outings, RC Lens have helped themselves to the sum of 14 goals. RC Lens have additionally got on the scoresheet on each one of those occasions. Over that period, they’ve seen 4 goals go into their own net.

Their past results show that RC Lens:

• are undefeated by Toulouse in games played away from home for the previous 5 league matches. A very decent away record against them.
• have not been beaten in their last 3 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 28/10/2022 shows that Toulouse have won 1 of them and RC Lens 4, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

A combined sum of 12 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 3 of them for Toulouse and 9 netted by Les Artésiens. That’s an average goals per game of 2.

The previous league contest between these sides was Ligue 1 match day 33 on 10/05/2025 which ended up with the score at Toulouse 1-1 RC Lens.

That day, Toulouse had 40% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Their only player to score was Yann Gboho (47').

For their opponents, RC Lens got 12 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Neil El Aynaoui (61') was the scorer.

The referee was Bastien Dechepy.

📋 Team News: Toulouse

There is just the sole fitness concern for the Toulouse gaffer Carles Martínez Novell to be concerned about from a near full-strength set of players. Abu Francis (Tibia and fibula fracture) will miss out.

It seems likely that Toulouse should kick off with a 3-4-2-1 formation this time, beginning the first half with Guillaume Restes, Mark McKenzie, Charlie Cresswell, Rasmus Nicolaisen, Djibril Sidibe, Alexis Vossah, C. Casseres Jr., Aron Doennum, Yann Gboho, Rafik Messali and Emersonn.

📰 Team News: RC Lens

RC Lens manager Pierre Sage has multiple availability issues to deal with. Jonathan Gradit (Lower leg fracture) and Jhoanner Chávez (Dead leg) miss out here.

It’s our belief that Les Artésiens will likely utilise a 3-4-2-1 formation, choosing Robin Risser, Pierre Ganiou, Samson Baidoo, Malang Sarr, Saud Abdulhamid, Adrien Thomasson, Andrija Bulatovic, Matthieu Udol, Florian Thauvin, Wesley Said and Odsonne Edouard.

💭 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that RC Lens and Toulouse could well cancel each other out, with goals at a real premium.

A scoreless draw looks like a real possibility, but we’ll see what happens. We’re therefore anticipating a very competitive game with a 0-0 score by the conclusion of this game.

Andre Moura, 19:08 02/01/2026