Castres Olympique vs Stade Toulousain Prediction: The two sides are confident of returning to winning ways

Stade Pierre Fabre will host the France Top 14 encounter between Castres Olympique and Stade Toulousain. The two teams are coming off a league defeat. How will they respond in this fixture?

Castres Olympique were last weekend against Lyon and suffered a defeat. In an encounter that ended 40-38, Castres Olympique lost 17-16 in the first half and, in the second half, lost 23-22. However, that defeat was the home team's second this season, having lost to lost 30-28 to RC Toulonnais in a week two encounter. This season, Castres Olympique have accumulated 11 points, leaving them 6th in the standings. 

Stade Toulousain suffered their first defeat of the season against Bordeaux Begles last weekend and will look to get back to winning ways. In that encounter, Stade Toulousain were way behind in the first half, losing 7-13. However, they could only score five goals in the second half while conceding three. In the meantime, Stade Toulousain have accumulated 14 points this season, the same as first and third-placed Bordeaux Begles and RC Toulonnais.

This should be a close game, looking at their performances this season. However, Stade Toulousain are the better team in this fixture, and I am backing them to win. Also, while Castres Olympique have been good offensively this season, we should expect many goals in this game.