Benfica and Toulouse will meet for the first time in a competitive fixture, with Benfica having played more home games (16) in European competition without suffering defeat against French opponents (W11 D5) than they have against the teams of any other specific nation.

Toulouse have conceded in 13 of their 14 away games in major European competition – shipping 30 goals – only keeping a clean sheet on their travels in a 1-0 win over Panionios in Greece back in the opening round of the 1987/88 UEFA Cup.

Benfica have played at least twice as many home games without losing in the UEFA Europa League as any other team, having remained unbeaten in all 26 of their home matches in the competition since the 2009/10 rebrand (W20, D6); the last team to win away against the Eagles in the UEFA Cup overall were Metalist Kharkiv in December 2008.

Only Ajax (22y 202d) have fielded a younger starting XI on average in the UEFA Europa League this season than Toulouse (24y 172d), with the French team also making fewer cumulative changes (6) to their starting lineup than any other team in the competition this term.

Thijs Dallinga was directly involved in five of Toulouse’s eight goals in the 2023/24 UEFA Europa League Group Stage (4 goals + 1 assist) and could become the first player to score in four consecutive away appearances in the competition in the same campaign since Olivier Giroud did so for Chelsea in 2018/19.