Friday Ligue 1: Toulouse Make Set Pieces Count in 3-1 Win Over Strasbourg

Toulouse beat RC Strasbourg 3-1 at the Stadium de Toulouse in Ligue 1 Matchday 10, with two of their three goals coming from corners. Mark McKenzie and Thomas Jorgensen got the set-piece goals, and Santiago Hidalgo scored the opener.

Hidalgo put Toulouse ahead in first-half stoppage time with a left-foot finish after a pass from Sion Oppong. The hosts doubled the lead early in the second half, when McKenzie headed in a corner from Cristian Casseres Jr. in the 56th minute. 

Giovanni Reyna pulled one back for Strasbourg with a low drive, but Toulouse settled it in the 76th minute. Jorgensen swept the ball in from another corner routine, which involved a touch from Rasmus Nicolaisen. Reyna went off injured a few minutes later, and Strasbourg lost much of their threat.

Strasbourg had 53% of the ball and more passes, but Toulouse made the better chances. They won the corner count 7 to 1 and put five shots on target to four. 

All 10 of their shots came from inside the box, and they had 22 touches in the area to Strasbourg’s nine. 

Keeper Filip Jorgensen made two big saves for Strasbourg, but he could not stop the goals.