RC Toulonnais vs Clermont Prediction: Crucial one for the road side

Stade Mayol will host this round 25 France Top 14 encounter between RC Toulonnais and Clermont. In a bid to play in playoffs, both sides will look to secure a win here. How will this encounter end?

RC Toulonnais will look to secure another win following a 17-27 win over US Oyonnax last time out. In the meantime, their last six games ended in five wins, while they suffered just one defeat. In those matches, RC Toulonnais lone defeat was against Stade Rochelais, while they did well to defeat Montpellier, Aviron Bayonnais, Stade Toulousain, and Lyon. This season, RC Toulonnais have accumulated 63 points from 24 matches, positioning them 4th in standings.

Clermont will come into this game following a win over Castres Olympique in a game that ended 36-20. In the meantime, that win was Clermont’s third win in recent matches, as they also defeated Stade Francais Paris and USA Perpignan. However, this team’s matches against Bordeaux Begles, and Clermont did end in defeats. Heading into this game, Clermont have accumulated 56 points from 24 matches, positioning them in the 8th spot of the standings. 

Take the road side to close the odds here. This game should be decided by importance and they can not actually afford to drop points here. However, betting against RC Toulonnais will be hard looking at how strong they have been this season. Still I am confident that the road side will not win easily here.