Toulouse. Vitré, still heavy for Toulouse residents
> The essential
More effective away from home (4 wins in 5 games) than at home (3 losses in 4 games), the Toulousains welcome a new top-of-the-table team, Vitré, who must forget their home defeat against Challans on Tuesday.
> Lorient confused
Back on the beautiful victory (71-75) of Toulouse in Lorient, Tuesday. Despite the absence of Yangué (Stéphane Dao preferred to leave him at rest than to risk aggravating a small injury) and the rapid exit of Sahraoui (a small muscle problem felt during the warm-up which did not disappear after the in-between), they retained the Bretons from the start of the meeting. Never led to the score, they had a 19-point lead (27-46, 26th), still had 17 to 4 minutes from the final (52-69) and resisted until the buzzer the opposing bursts. The last basket of the meeting of the former Toulousain, Mondésir, giving the final result an illusion of a balanced match while the TBC, never better than a commando expedition, was really the master of the game.
> Vitré is doing well outdoors
Since October 23, the Vitreans have won on the outside and lost at home. These results, like those of many teams with this current rhythm of two meetings per week and trips, often distant, to manage, are very difficult to analyze. No logic emerges, the tactical choices of the coaches taking on a lot of importance.
Stéphane Dao must this evening set up a defense responsible for annihilating a polymorphous offensive collective. Vitré aligned 8 players between 6 (for the former Toulouse Pothion absent for two meetings) and 12 points (for the US pivot Tresnak) on average per game.
> The Bobos of Toulouse
Nothing to do with the sociostyle of the spectators still expecting many this evening. These are the small injuries that disrupt the daily life of TBC players. Yao-Delon still suffers from a contusion since the match against Poitiers, Yangué is uncertain (injury to a finger and muscle hematoma) while Sahraoui should be able to take his place.