AS Monaco go face Toulouse for Ligue 1 inside Stade Louis-II this Saturday by 20:45. Na di 68th time di two teams dey meet for di top flight. Monaco dey top after five league games, and dem wan continue di run wey dem start before international break.
Before kickoff, Opta stats show say Monaco don score against Toulouse for each of dia last 20 Ligue 1 meetings, total 40 goals. Di only longer run Monaco get against one opponent na Nancy, 22 games between 1976 and 1990.
Monaco na di only team wey get four wins for Ligue 1 plus one draw after first five matchdays. Dem don do this for third season in a row, and na first time for dia history inside di top flight. Toulouse on dia own win only one of dia five Ligue 1 games, with two draws and two losses. But dat only win na dia last match against Le Havre, 3-2.
Last season, all 12 Toulouse wins for Ligue 1 come in series of two.
Filipe Luís talk say di match against Toulouse go hard well well because dem dey play good despite dia results. E talk say Toulouse deserve better, especially against Lille. E add say dem dey set high pressing, dem aggressive, and dem still good with ball, so you can see di style wey dia coach want.
For home, Monaco lose only one of dia last nine Ligue 1 matches for Stade Louis-II, with seven wins and one draw. Before dat run, dem lose four of dia previous five, only one win. Toulouse draw each of dia last three away matches for Ligue 1, but dem never get longer run like dat since October–November 1992, when dem reach four.
Monaco na di team wey do most high-intensity pressing inside opponent half for Ligue 1 this season. Dia absolute value na 956, di highest, and dia ratio on balls touched by opponents na 46.4%, also di highest. Filipe Luís men still be di only team among di five major European leagues wey never concede goal from open play this season. Di three goals dem concede, each one come from set piece.
Toulouse na di team wey concede most fouls for Ligue 1 in 2026, with 333. Only Marseille get more cards than TFC since January. Marseille collect 55, while TFC collect 51, na 47 yellow plus 4 red.
Filipe Luís talk say now dem must bring same energy, make sacrifice, stay humble, and run for each other so dem go close to victory. E talk say if dem do dat, di players go feel good and confidence go grow.
Lamine Camara and Cristian Cásseres na di two players wey recover most balls inside Top 5 European leagues this season. Camara get 46, Cásseres get 45. Dem also get most tackles for Ligue 1: 18 for di Toulouse midfielder and 17 for di Senegal international.
Toulouse last five goals come from Casper Tengstedt and Thomas Jørgensen. Tengstedt score three, Jørgensen score two. TFC na di club with most Danish scorers for Ligue 1 for 21st century, five in total, including Martin Braithwaite, Mikkel Desler and Rasmus Nicolaisen. Dem also get most goals scored by Danish players for Ligue 1 inside dat period, 44 goals.
