Toulouse vs Lens: Lineups, Predictions & Betting Tips

Toulouse vs Lens: Lineups, Predictions & Betting Tips

Match Details: January 2 2026 | Stadium de Toulouse | Ligue 1 - Round 17 | 19:45 GMT

Second half of the season starts and both teams very much have something to play for. Toulouse currently sit in 8th only 4 points behind a UECL place that they will be hoping they can make happen come the end of the season, and that starts with 3 points from this game. That won’t be easy though as they face unlucky leaders of the league Lens who currently sit one point above the champions of the league and Europe PSG. Our advanced algorithm has predicted that Lens will win 2-1 and stay top.

Key Betting Tip: Lens to win this game at 2.55 odds – this represents excellent value based on tips provided to us by our team of in-house tipsters.

Toulouse vs Lens Predicted Lineups

Toulouse predicted lineup (3-4-2-1): Haug, Vossah, Koumbassa, McKenzie, Massali, Sauer, Casseres Jr., Kamanzi, Donnum, Gboho, Emersonn

Lens predicted lineup (3-4-2-1): Gurtner, Sarr, Baidoo, Ganiou, Bermont, Balatovic, Sotoca, Abdulhamid, Sima, Guilavogui, Fofana

Toulouse vs Lens Head-to-Head

Toulouse 1-1 Lens Lens 0-1 Toulouse Toulouse 0-2 Lens Lens 2-1 Toulouse Toulouse 0-1 Lens

There has been some even games between the 2 sides however, Toulouse has been on the end of 3 losses however, they will take a positive that the last 2 matches, they haven’t seen a loss after 3 straight losses. This also includes a game where they managed to win 0-1 away. The biggest issue and where they will be losing confidence is that they haven’t managed to win at home and only scored a single goal in the last 3 home matches against Lens. This will knock their confidence as the home advantage doesn’t seem to effect Lens as much as they might hope and with the confidence, they will have been sat top of the league, they could be facing another loss at home.

Lens have been the better team in the last 5 matches only losing 1 and winning 3. The main confidence boost of them is that they have scored every time they have faced Toulouse away and only conceded a single goal in the last visit that ended as a draw. Only conceding 1 goal while scoring 4 in the last 3 games will give them a massive boost of confidence going into this game hoping they can go back to winning ways after failing to win in the last 2 matches.

Recent Toulouse and Lens Match Analysis

Last 5 Toulouse matches: Toulouse 0-1 Angers (H) Ligue 1 Marseille 2-2 Toulouse (A) Ligue 1 Toulouse 1-0 Strasbourg (H) Ligue 1 Paris FC 0-3 Toulouse (A) Ligue 1 Lyon La Duchere 1-2 Toulouse (A) Coupe De France

Toulouse has managed to find a really strong run of form recently with 3 straight wins including against the team they are now sat on equal points with. They have started to look more secure at both ends scoring 8 goals in the last 5 matches and only conceding 4 in the last 5. They have been much strong. This will give them a massive boost in confidence especially after coming off 3 straight wins. They will be hoping that they can make it 4 straight wins and with their current defensive and offensive records, they could cause a lot of issues for Rens especially with the home fans behind them.

Last 5 Lens matches: Lens 1-0 Strasbourg (H) Ligue 1 Angers 1-2 Lens (A) Ligue 1 Nantes 1-2 Lens (A) Ligue 1 Lens 2-0 Nice (H) Ligue 1 Lens 3-1 Feignies Aulnoye (H) Coupe De France

Literally perfect form for Lens going into this, 5 straight wins in the last 5 matches extending to 7 straight wins previously. There is a reason for why they are top, and this is why, very strong home and away difficult to break down and hard to stop scoring. They have kept 2 clean sheets and only conceded 3 goals in the last 5 matches never conceding more than 1 goal in a game. To add onto this, they have scored 10 goals in these last 5 matches, they have been monsters at both ends of the pitch and will cause a lot of issues at both ends for Toulouse. They will be going into this very confident that they can end Toulouse 3 game win streak and make their own 8 straight wins.

Toulouse vs Lens Predictions

Our advanced algorithm has analysed over 200 pieces of data and predicted with a 58.30% confidence that Lens will win this match. The key factors are players available, current form, recent head-to-head and tactical matchups.

Best Toulouse vs Lens Betting Tip

Football Park’s Best Bet: Lens to win this game @ 2.55 odd. This is based off predictions made to us by our team of in-house tipsters as a result of Lens superior head-to-head form and current form.

Key Players to Watch: Toulouse vs Lens

Yann Gboho (Toulouse): The creative midfielders has been one of the focus points for Toulouse when going forward having picked up 5 goals and 1 assist in his first 15 matches this season. He has been very clinical for them almost out doing his Xg by 2 and to add onto this his creativity has also been very strong having made 28 chances this season. He will be the player who makes something happen either with his ability to make chances or to finish them off, expect him to be the player causing issues for Lens defence.

Odsonne Edouard (Lens): 9 goal contributions in 13 matches, he has been able to find himself again after his struggles in England. The striker has been one of the inform players for Lens this season having contributed 7 goals with an Xg of just 4.73. The thing that allows him to be the biggest threat is that he is able to score with both feet and his head with 2 goals per foot and 3 from his head, he can cause issues for Toulouse from any situation as a result of this. He will be the man most likely to put one in for Lens this game.

Toulouse vs Lens Match Facts

Referee: Mathieu Vernice Stadium Details: Stadium de Toulouse capacity 33,150 surface grass