Castres Olympique vs Munster Prediction: Munster will secure a hard-fought victory

Stade Pierre Fabre will host the European Rugby Champions Cup encounter between Castres Olympique and Munster. The last meetings between these teams ended in a win for Munster. How will Catres Olympique respond in this fixture? 

Castres Olympique's last game was against Northampton Saints, and they lost. In a match that ended 38-8, Castres Olympique had a very slow start, scoring only four goals in the first half. However, their poor second-half play saw them concede 24 while scoring five. In the meantime, Castres Olympique have lost three of their last five games, two against Clermont and Vannes. In that run, this team secured wins over Montpellier and Stade Rochelais, ending 30-26 and 28-24. 

Munster started their European Rugby Champions Cup campaign with a win over Stade Francais Paris and wil hope to keep things running. In a game that ended 33-7, Munster had a 14-0 win and scored 19 goals in the second half. However, Munster have secured consecutive victories, the first against the Lions. In the meantime, prior encounters saw Munster lose to Leinster, Stormers, Sharks and New Zealand A. 

Castres Olympique will struggle again in this fixture, even though Munster will not have things easy either. The two teams, however, have been poor lately and have to be at their best if they want a win in this one. In the meantime, Munster on this level are a better side, and while Catres Olympique have failed to step up in the past meetings of this fixture, I will back Munster to win in what should be a low-scoring game.