February 19th features a match where Toulouse will host Olympique Marseille in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Ligue 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which is great football weather. Toulouse is fresh off their 3-1 win against Rennes. Rafael Ratão scored the first goal for Toulouse in the 27th minute, then Zakaria Aboukhlal added another in the 28th minute. Toulouse is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 2nd placed Olympique Marseille, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Clermont. Alexis Sánchez scored the first goal for Olympique Marseille in the 44th minute on a penalty shot, then Alexis Sánchez added another in the 81st minute In the end, Clermont was frustrated by Olympique Marseille’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Olympique Marseille ended the match with the shutout victory. Olympique Marseille looks to continue their winning ways, having 8 wins in their last 10 matches.
On Thursday Dec 29th, Olympique Marseille hosted Toulouse at the Orange Vélodrome in their last match together. Olympique Marseille was victorious by a score of 6 to 1 in front of just over 61000 spectators. Valentin Rongier struck first for Olympique Marseille in the 13th minute on a feed from Samuel Gigot, then Rasmus Nicolaisen added another on an own goal in the 41st minute.
Alexis Sánchez has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored five goals for Olympique Marseille. Toulouse is glad to have Thijs Dallinga in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals
Rhys Healey is unavailable to play for Philippe Montanier’s team, while Igor Tudor’s squad will be without Amine Harit and Nuno Tavares.