Football Previews
Toulouse travel to the Stade Louis II Stadium to play Monaco this Friday evening where Monaco will be aiming to make it 3 wins from 3 matches in France Ligue 1.
Monaco started their season away to Bordeaux where they managed to win 2:0 – they followed that victory up with an impressive 4:1 win at home against Montpellier.
Toulouse lost 3:0 to Valenciennes in their opening game and managed to draw 1:1 with Bordeaux last time out.
Recent form:
Monaco – W W W W W L L
Toulouse – D L D D W W L
Monaco have lost 2 in 7 while Toulouse have lost just 1 game in their last 7.
Head-to-head
These two sides have met 27 times in recent years and Monaco have come out on top most often (Monaco 10 wins, Toulouse 6 wins, 11 Draws).
Bookmakers side strongly with Monaco in this tie.
Current betting odds: Monaco (4/11) Draw (7/2) Toulouse (8/1)
Gamingtips Prediction – Monaco 3:0 Toulouse
The last 5 meetings between these two sides finished 0:2, 0:0, 0:0, 1:0 and 3:2.
Although it is still very early in the season, Monaco are joint top while Toulouse are 19th.
Monaco were promoted from Ligue 2 last season where they managed to score 64 goals in 38 matches and conceded just 33.
Toulouse finished 10th in Ligue 1 last season – they scored 49 goals in 38 matches and conceded 47.
Monaco have spent over £100 million during the transfer window bringing in world class players such as João Moutinho and James Rodríguez from FC Porto and most notably Radamel Falcao from Atletico Madrid.
Toulouse spent less than £10 million during the transfer window and lost one of their most influential players, Étienne Capoue to Tottenham.
Ultimately Monaco should win this match comfortably given their much improved squad and their impressive defensive record from last season (conceded 33 goals in 38 matches).
Toulouse generally score as many as they concede and this will be their biggest problem when facing a Monaco side who pose a massive goal threat while maintaining a solid back line.
From a betting perspective over 2.5 goals at odds of 17/20 appears to offer value – French matches are generally low-scoring but Monaco do have Falcao, Moutinho and Rodríguez who are sure to have chances during the game.
This match gets underway at 19:30 GMT+1
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Falcao is simply to good and can rescue any game with a simple hat trick. His big bag of tricks will come to his disposal and will be promptly unleashed Toulouse. After all its its their destiniy “Tou” “louse” against Monaco in this game.