Toulon vs La Rochelle Predictions - Toulon to prevail against La Rochelle

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Toulon won 3 of last 5 at home vs La Rochelle.
La Rochelle won 3 of last 4 overall meetings.
Toulon predicted to cover the -5.5 handicap.

Toulon have been in solid form at home (Getty Images)

Toulon vs La Rochelle Predictions

Toulon vs La Rochelle Predictions
Head to Head
Toulon Form
Toulon Team News & Injuries
La Rochelle Form
La Rochelle Team News & Injuries

Toulon are undefeated this season and have solid form at home. La Rochelle have lacked consistency playing away from home, but have achieved success against Toulon in recent clashes.

Toulon have won 3 consecutive fixtures.
Toulon have won 4 of their last 5 home matches.
Toulon have won 3 of their last 5 home games against La Rochelle.
La Rochelle have won 2 of their last 5 away fixtures.
La Rochelle have defeated Toulon in 3 of their 4 meetings.

Head to Head

La Rochelle have a slight edge with 14 victories to 11 against Toulon, including one draw in 26 meetings.

Toulon Form

Toulon kicked over two penalties in the first half against Castres last weekend but trailed 9-6 at half-time.

Toulon added a converted try and a drop goal in the second half to edge Castres 16-12 at home.

Before that, Toulon lost 21-18 to Toulouse, defeated Clermont 31-24, and lost 50-16 to Toulouse before beating Bordeaux 27-10 and Castres 52-23 in their last five home fixtures last season.

Toulon have been getting results at home recently, and have defeated La Rochelle in three of their last five meetings on their home turf.

Toulon Team News & Injuries

Gael Drean scored the only try for his club last weekend.

Marius Domon slotted two penalties in the match, while Melvyn Jaminet kicked over a conversion and a drop goal.

La Rochelle Form

La Rochelle scored a converted try and two penalties in the first half against Clermont last weekend to lead 13-8 at the break.

La Rochelle played well in the second half, scoring three converted tries to beat Clermont 34-16 at home.

La Rochelle lost 33-19 to Clermont, beat Bordeaux 21-10, and Vannes 30-29 before losing 32-18 to Pau, and 23-18 to Bordeaux in their last five away fixtures.

La Rochelle have recorded victories against Toulon in recent matches but are prone to inconsistent performances away from home.

La Rochelle Team News & Injuries

Antoine Hastoy was in great touch against Clermont last weekend. He kicked over four conversions and two penalties, including dotting down over the try line.

Suliasi Vunivalu, Davit Niniashvili, and Nolann Le Garrec each scored a try in the match.

Verdict

Toulon v La Rochelle

Toulon will use their home-ground advantage to get the result against La Rochelle and are tipped to cover the -5.5 handicap.

Toulon -5.5

Handicap

$1.91 - 3 Units

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