Toulouse winger Jimmy Durmaz. (Photo : Getty Images)
Europa League qualifiers Lille OSC (1-3-1, 4 points) and last season's 17th-ranked squad Toulouse FC (2-1-2, 8 points) are set to face each other this Tuesday, Sep. 20 at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy as the 2016-2017 Ligue 1 season continues.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 1:00 p.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Lille and Toulouse are at the 17th and sixth spots of the French top flight table respectively at this point of the new season as they began their respective campaigns in opposite directions.
Les Dogues are on a three-game winless spell at the moment with two losses and a draw in their last three games while TFC is unbeaten in four of their first five matches in the term to land in their respective places in the overall standings.
Lille succumbed to an embarrassing 0-1 upset loss to bottom-dwelling squad FC Lorient on the road at the Stade du Moustoir last Saturday for their second consecutive loss, ESPN reported.
Cameroonian striker Benjamin Moukandjo netted the one goal of the contest at the 76th minute to hand head coach Frédéric Antonetti's side their third defeat this season.
The team entered the season as one of the favorites to challenge the Laurent Blanc-less and Zlatan Ibrahimović-less Paris Saint-Germain for the title, but their poor start to the start has currently settled them to where Toulouse ended theirs last term.
Meanwhile, head coach Pascal Dupraz's squad began their campaign strongly as they are now at the sixth place in the overall standings, just five points behind league leaders AS Monaco after five weeks of competitions.
Toulouse defeated Guingamp, 2-1, last Saturday at their home turf of Stadium Municipal de Toulouse for their second victory this term, as per SkySports.
Les Pitchouns took advantage of their 10-man opponents by scoring the last two goals of the match at the 63rd and 65th minutes, courtesy of team captain Martin Braithwaite and midfielder Jimmy Durmaz, after Guingamp skipper Jimmy Briand opened the scoring at the 54th.
The visitors went a man down in the first half of the match onwards when goalkeeper Karl-Johan Johnsson was sent off at the 39th.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a tough 2-1 win by Toulouse.
Lille starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Enyeama; Corchia, Civelli, Basa, Beria; Mavuba, Amadou, Sankhare; Lopes, Eder, Amalfitano
Toulouse starting lineup (4-4-2 formation): Lafont; Yago, Diop, Jullien, Moubandje; Durmaz, Bodiger, Blin, Sylla; Toivonen, Braithwaite
