Lens vs Toulouse Prediction and Betting Tips | January 5th 2025

Lens face off with Toulouse in a Ligue 1 game at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis this Sunday. Lens are currently in seventh place in the table, but could climb as high as fourth with a win here depending on other results.

Toulouse are just two spots below them, though, and an away win could well elevate them above Lens.

So which of these sides will come out on top this weekend?

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Lens vs Toulouse Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• Lens' recent record against Toulouse is a spotless one. They have won their last six matches against this weekend's opponents, with games dating all the way back to 2014. Remarkably, this sequence has seen them concede just one goal.
• Lens signed off for the Christmas break with a run of three wins and a draw in five games in league action. They were eliminated from the Coupe de France in their final match of 2024, but in their defense, the loss came to Paris St. Germain, and the champions required a penalty shoot-out to win after a 1-1 draw.
• In contrast, Toulouse won their match in the Coupe de France, but if anything, their performance was less impressive than Lens'. They drew 0-0 with lowly Hauts Lyonnais and needed a penalty shoot-out to win.
• Lens have the joint-tightest defense in Ligue 1 right now, as they have only conceded 14 goals, tying them with league leaders Paris St. Germain. However, they have scored the second-fewest goals in the top half - just 19 to date - with this weekend's opponents on 17.
• Unsurprisingly, Lens goalkeeper Brice Samba has kept more clean sheets than any other Ligue 1 keeper this season with seven, but Toulouse's highly-rated Guillaume Restes is right behind him with six.

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Lens vs Toulouse Prediction

This should be a hard game to predict, as despite some patchy results, both of these teams are hard to break down and neither score that many goals, either.

Lens do have the home advantage this weekend, but they've also only won three of their home matches this season, while Toulouse have picked up a couple of impressive away wins.

With that said, on paper, Lens are the slightly stronger outfit, and their solid defense along with Toulouse's lack of firepower could be the difference.

The prediction, then, is a very tight home win.

Prediction: Lens 1-0 Toulouse

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Lens vs Toulouse Betting Tips

Tip 1: Result - Lens to win.

Tip 2: Game to feature fewer than 2.5 goals - Yes (Lens have seen under 2.5 goals in 17 of their last 19 meetings with Toulouse).

Tip 3: Lens to keep a clean sheet - Yes (Lens have kept seven clean sheets this season and have conceded just one goal to Toulouse in their last six meetings).