Week 20 brings us a match on Jan 29th where Strasbourg hosts Toulouse in a Ligue 1 match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 0 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Strasbourg sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Olympique Lyonnais. Jean-Eudes Aholou struck first for Strasbourg in the 29th minute, then Habib Diallo added another in the 32nd minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while 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 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 earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
Toulouse and Strasbourg last played eachother at the Stadium De Toulouse (toulouse) on Oct 23rd. Toulouse and Strasbourg battled to a 2-2 draw in front of almost 22000. Anthony Rouault struck first for Toulouse in the 44th minute on a feed from Rasmus Nicolaisen, then Brecht Dejaegere added another in the 55th minute on a feed from Mikkel Desler.
Toulouse is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Thijs Dallinga and Zakaria Aboukhlal each having 3 goals in their last 5. Habib Diallo has been the most prolific scorer on Strasbourg in his last 5 matches with two goals
Gerzino Nyamsi, Colin Dagba, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, Dimitri Liénard, Eiji Kawashima and Kandil are unavailable to play for Strasbourg, while Philippe Montanier’s squad will be without Brecht Dejaegere and Rhys Healey.