Toulouse v Bath Rugby Predictions & Betting Odds – 20th January 2019

Toulouse to run up big victory

Rugby Betting

European Champions Cup Rugby Preview – 3.15 pm kick off

While Bath have found the going much too hard to handle in the pool stage of this season’s European Champions Cup, they are in a position where they could do some damage to the qualification hopes of their French opponents Toulouse. The home side will be looking for points to secure at least qualification through being one of the best second-placed finishers from the pool stage.

Toulouse v Bath odds*

Toulouse 1/25
Bath 9/1
Draw 50/1
* (betting odds taken from bet365 on January 17th, 2019 at 4:29 pm)

Toulouse v Bath Preview

Toulouse head into the final round of group stage matches trailing the leaders Leinster by three points. So there is a very small window of opportunity for the French side to end up winning the group. But they would need to produce the win in this one and hope that somehow Wasps do them a favour by beating the Irish side. All that isn’t too likely to happen but Toulouse are very strong favourites to at least do their part by winning this home fixture on Sunday.

When they visited the Recreation Ground back on the opening game of this campaign, the French came away with a narrow two-point victory, giving up a bonus point to Bath in the game. In their first home game of the campaign, they secured a one-point victory over Leinster which was a huge result for the French side in terms of trying to top the group.

After banking back-to-back wins over Wasps, Toulouse were in a strong position to go and get themselves the group win. However, they missed a big opportunity last weekend as they suffered a loss out at Leinster including giving up a bonus point to the Irish side. That really swung the momentum in the race for top spot away from Toulouse. But still, they are one of the better sides positioned to qualify as one of the best second-placed finishers.

Bath have collected just the nine points from their five games. Their single victory came last weekend as they managed to find a way to edge past Wasps on home soil by just two points. Wasps really are the only other side in the pool that Bath have been anywhere near able to compete with on the day. But then they did put in a decent showing in the opening round of matches in a narrow defeat against Toulouse. The difference now for this reverse fixture is that Bath have nothing to play for.

Toulouse v Bath Prediction

With Bath having nothing at stake in this fixture it is likely just going to be about how big of a winning margin that Toulouse can manage to put on the board in the game. They will be going for it as a least a win will give them a shot at topping the group if Leinster have a bad day at the office. The handicap margin is at -24 Toulouse at 10/11 odds* (betting odds taken from bet365 on January 17th, 2019 at 4:29 pm).