Lens vs Toulouse Prediction, 1/5/2025 Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Guy Bruhn - 12/30/2024

Game: Lens vs Toulouse

Date: Sunday, January 5, 2025

Location: Stade Bollaert-Delelis in Lens, France

TV: beIN Sports

Lens (6-6-3) welcomes Toulouse (6-3-6) at Stade Bollaert-Delelis in Lens, France on Sunday. Lens are priced at +150 while Les Pitchouns are priced at -182. The total comes in at 3. The expected starting goaltenders are Brice Samba for Lens and Guillaume Restes for Toulouse.

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RC Lens give up 14 goals while surrendering 0.93 goals per 90 min, and opposing clubs have tallied 54 SoT on them. They have accumulated 7 clean sheets, giving them a % of 46.7% on the season. Lens has earned 37 yellow cards this year and 3 red cards. The Blood and Gold sit at 41st in relation to expected goals with 24.1, and the squad's expected goals against are 17.1. On the season, the squad averages 1.60 points per contest (24 pts) and they also have a ranking of 90th in Big 5 soccer with 8 assists. Their goal differential is currently at 5 with the help of 19 goals scored and also 14 goals allowed. Lens has accounted for 40 saves and also have a SV percentage of 74.1% so far this year.

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Toulouse has accounted for 17 goals and their goals expected on the campaign is sitting at 21.5. Their goals against per 90 minutes is at 1.13 with 29 saves, and they have accounted for 6 clean sheets. This season, Toulouse FC has a save percentage of 62.2% (45 SoT against), and also have a ranking of 56th in European soccer with 21 pts. Toulouse has a ranking of 17th in the matter of goals against having 17, and their goal differential is sitting at 0. Toulouse FC has recorded a shut out percentage of 40.0% this year and 24 yellow card warnings. Les Pitchouns average 1.4 pts per fixture while accounting for 14 assists and 1 red card.

The guy who will defend the goal for Lens will be Brice Samba. Samba has seen the field for 11,455 mins and is sitting with 394 saves during his career. Samba (53-36-38 mark in his career) has accumulated 48 clean sheets, which has him sitting with a 37.7%% clean sheet percentage. The goalkeeper born in France has had 528 shots tried at him in 126 career starts. His goals against per 90 minutes is 1.06 (135 goals allowed) and he holds a save % of 74.6%.

Guillaume Restes will be looking after the net for Toulouse. In his pro soccer career, Restes has given up 63 goals and has accounted for 122 saves in 49 starts. He holds a save % of 66.3% and his clean sheet rate is currently at 22.5%%. He has surrendered 1.29 goals per 90 mins while he holds a mark of 17-13-19. Restes has racked up 11 shutouts and defended 184 shots attempted against him in 4,391 mins in his career.

M'Bala Nzola is a member of the team who can be a difference maker for Lens. The forward representing Angola has accumulated 45 goals in 11,404 professional minutes played. Nzola has been given a starting assignment in 118 games during his soccer career and scores 0.34 goals per 90 minutes. He has accounted for 12 assists while accumulating 102 pts in his career.

Toulouse features an attacker in Zakaria Aboukhlal, who the defense is sure to gameplan for in this matchup. He is averaging 0.45 G/90 and has been a starter in 100 outings so far in his career. The midfielder hailing from Morocco has totaled 9,446 minutes while scoring 50 goals. He has accounted for 116 pts during his pro soccer career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 16 times.

Who will win tonight's soccer game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lens (-182)

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