Europa League: Toulouse vs Benfica – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Europa League round of 32 match between Toulouse and Benfica and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Toulouse enjoy home advantage, when visitors Benfica swing by this coming Thursday for a clash in the Europa League. This is the second leg of their knockout round play-off tie. Benfica hold a 2-1 aggregate lead in this fixture after winning last week’s opening leg.

Team form: Toulouse vs Benfica

Toulouse Form

Toulouse suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches, as they were run over by Nantes in a 1-2 defeat. Benfica also proved too hard to handle, as they won 2-1, before Toulouse were able to strike back last time out in a 1-2 win against Monaco. In their last six Europa League home matches, Toulouse have three wins, while they’ve drawn two and lost one. They scored seven and conceded six goals.

Benfica Form

Benfica look well suited to take on any opponent with seven points to show off from three matches. They started off drawing 2-2 with Vitoria de Guimaraes, before downing first Toulouse by 2-1, then Vizela in a 6-1 win. The Eagles managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Europa League. On top of winning once they also drew two as well as losing three, while scoring 13 times and letting in 11.

Betting facts for Toulouse and Benfica

Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Toulouse and Benfica. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.

Interesting players: Toulouse vs Benfica

Angel Di Maria scored two goals in his last game. He will be eager to add to his total, when Benfica take aim at Toulouse. This could be a good opportunity for him to improve his tally, and siding with him in the betting market looks like a decent prospect.

Popular betting markets: Toulouse vs Benfica

Full-time result

Toulouse claimed a modest two wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in four of the games, whilst losing four. Benfica won seven of their last 10 games away, drew two and lost one of the games in this run. In their previous six outings, Benfica remained undefeated.

Both teams to score

Toulouse scored the first goal of the match in five of their previous ten games. Benfica scored the opening goal in seven of the last ten away from home. Both teams have scored in the last four Toulouse games, as well as Benfica’s past four outings. Toulouse and Benfica managed only two clean sheets in their previous 10 matches.

Total goals

Toulouse conceded a goal in their previous 6 matches. They scored an average of 1.5 goals in their last ten matches in which over 2.5 goals happened seven times. Over 2.5 goals came up in eight of Benfica’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 2.9 goals in these matches. The Eagles are on a fine streak of scoring at least one goal in their last 16 matches.

Recommended tip: Toulouse vs Benfica

The match between Toulouse and Benfica should be an interesting one to watch and play some bets on, too. Therefore, we have come up with a free betting tip for this Europa League game.

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