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This Sunday, January 5, the Violets travel to Pas-de-Calais, to Lens, as part of the 16th day of Ligue 1. Winners of Saint-Étienne before the winter break, the Toulouse residents hope to start 2025 on the same bases .
After the holidays, Ligue 1 returns to French football this weekend. To resume the season, Toulouse will travel to Lens this Sunday, January 5. Currently 10th in the championship, TFC wants to continue its comeback, and continue after its victory against ASSE at home (2-1) just before the winter break.
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The Lensois, 7th in Ligue 1 with 24 points, are only 3 units ahead of their opponent of the day. The “Blood and Gold” will try to relaunch their good momentum, they who remained on two consecutive successes before a draw against Auxerre (2-2) before the break and an elimination on penalties in the 32nd final of the Coupe de France against PSG (1-1 ap, 4-3 on penalties).
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The Toulouse team qualified for the round of 16 of the competition by beating the Hauts Lyonnais (0-0 ap, 4-2 on penalties) and will look to continue their series. In the event of a victory, the Violets would return to the level of Lens, not imperial at home this year (4 wins, 2 draws, 3 defeats in all competitions).
Lens-TFC, match of the 16th day of Ligue 1, to follow live on the DAZN channel from 3 p.m., and with live commentary on ladepeche.fr.
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