Strasbourg have been hit by a serious flu virus this week that has struck down many of their players and forced head coach Liam Rosenior to cancel training on Wednesday.

Although they were back to work on Thursday, Racing only had 14 available players, with many of these drawn from the B team, according to reports, which describe the squad as being “decimated”.

This was going to be a difficult trip in any case. Toulouse have won 7 of their last 9 games, with the exceptions away matches against PSG and Monaco – 2 of the top 3 teams in Ligue 1. They have won their last 3 at home.

In their 6 wins, TFC have conceded only 1 goal, so they are functioning smoothly and have few significant injury problems themselves. Last weekend, they overcame an injury-hit Lens side 1-0 away from home.

Strasbourg have travelled very poorly this season, despite scoring the third-most goals of any Ligue 1 team on their travels. They have won only 1 of 8 away matches, which came immediately prior to Christmas against a Le Havre side that has lost 12 of its 16 league matches this season.

The price on Toulouse looks very strong value with all this in mind and is likely to tumble.