RC Lens vs Toulouse Prediction: RC Lens won’t recover anytime soon

RC Lens have suffered one of the worst possible starts to the league campaign in the last decade. The team were contending for the title last season and they were hoping to maintain that objective in the new season, but they have been nothing short of a disappointment. RC Lens lost their 3rd match last weekend against Metz FC at home and in this game, they welcome Toulouse for the 6th round of the league.

Toulouse have also not been impressive in the new league season. They won 1 of their opening 5 games and they recently played a goalless draw against Olympique Marseille last weekend. They are also eager to grab a win here, just like the hosts but which team will actually come out on top?

RC Lens are far from the team they were last season and drastic measures are needed to rescue this team. Lens started the season with a 3-2 defeat to Stade Brest on match day 1. Then they played a 1-1 draw with Stade Rennes in the next game, before losing 3-1 to PSG in the preceding game. Then they lost 3-0 to AS Monaco and lost to Metz FC in their last match. RC Lens played 2 of their 5 games at home and they had 1 defeat and 1 draw in those 2 matches.

RC Lens’ 1-0 defeat to Metz FC was their last game in the league. They conceded the only goal of the game in the 37th minute from Joel Asoro and that was enough to decide the game at full time.

After matchday 5, RC Lens are 18th on the league table, having 1 point and a goal aggregate of -7.

• RC Lens have lost their last 3 matches.
• RC Lens have not won their last 8 matches.
• They are without a clean sheet in their last 6 matches.

Toulouse have also had a difficult start to the campaign just like the hosts. They got their only win of the season in the first match against Nantes. After the win, they played a 1-1 draw against PSG in game 2 and then they lost to Strasbourg by 2 goals to nil. Then they played a 2-2 draw against Toulouse and then they had a goalless draw with Marseille in their last game. Toulouse played 3 of their 5 matches away from home and they had 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Against Marseille, the game was tight and chances were limited. At the end of full time, Toulouse had 40% possession, 3 shots on target and 1 corner kick.

Toulouse are currently 13th in the league, with 6 points from 5 matches and a goal aggregate of -1.

• Toulouse have no wins in their last 4 matches.
• 5/7 of their matches ended with both teams scoring.
• 8/9 of their matches ended with less than 4.5 cards.
• 6/7 of their matches ended with less than 10.5 corners.

RC Lens and Toulouse have played 20 matches against each other in the past. RC Lens won 10 matches, while Toulouse won 4 matches and 6 matches ended in a draw.

• RC Lens won the last 4 meetings.
• RC Lens did not concede in the last 4 meetings.
• Toulouse are without a clean sheet in 4 matches.
• 9/10 matches ended with less than 2.5 goals.
• RC Lens scored first in 4/5 matches.
• 10/10 of their matches ended with less than 4.5 cards.

RC Lens scored 4 goals and conceded 11 goals. They scored an average of 0.8 goals per game and they had a conversion rate of 5%. They created an average of 0.6 chances per game and missed an average of 0.4 chances per game. They took an average of 4.2 shots on target per game and an average of 7.0 corners per game. They conceded an average of 2.2 goals per game and they kept 0 clean sheets.

Toulouse scored 5 goals and conceded 6 goals. They scored an average of 1.0 goals per game and they had a conversion rate of 12%. They created an average of 1.6 chances per game and missed an average of 1.0 chances per game. They took an average of 3.2 shots on target per game and an average of 2.8 corners per game. They conceded an average of 1.2 goals per game and they kept 1 clean sheet.

• RC Lens to Play More Corners at 1.60 Odds
• Total Goals Odd at 1.89 Odds
• Both Teams to Score at 1.70 Odds