Toulouse – Nantes, Prediction – Ligue 1

⏩ Failure in defense costs direct promotion to Toulouse

Toulouse had a very strong season in Ligue 2 overall. The team has undoubtedly the strongest and most constant attack in the championship after scoring 71 goals in 38 games, which is an average of 1.87 goals per game. In the last two rounds, however, the attack was not enough to save the problems in defense. Toulouse made spectacular draws with teams struggling to survive and thus remained 2 points from 2nd place, although Clermont lost in the last round.

😵 Nantes was 15 minutes from direct survival

In a case of a draw in the last round with Montpellier, Nantes would have collected 41 points and passed Brest, against who they won in direct matches and thus could have survived, but Nantes conceded another ridiculous goal, which led to 1-2 and a loss for the team. The strange thing is that Nantes made a great breakthrough to get there so close to survival, as in the last 4 rounds there were 4 victories with many goals and a dominant game. Just for comparison, Nantes had 5 wins to the 33rd round in total for the season in the league.

Both teams make too many mistakes in defense

 Expert view: Toulouse had another playoff before that. He had to beat Grenoble, which he did easily 3-0. Toulouse is without a doubt one of the strongest hosts in Ligue 2 with only 2 losses at home and missed to score only 3 times, but all at the beginning of the season, and is now in a series of 12 wins and 2 draws in the last 14 home matches. Nantes, on the other hand, scores a lot of goals as a guest and for this reason, we expect the two teams to exchange one goal. In fact, the odds are high due to the nature of French club football and because the match is extremely important. It’s a lot of money and it’s about participation in Ligue 1, but still, our forecast is BTTS at 1.90.