French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Jody.Drummer]

Marseille will travel to Rennes after their loss to Paris Saint Germain. Again, they will face tough opponents, because Remmes is also not a weak club. They are one of the clubs fighting for a place in European competition this season. And it seems that the city also provides opportunities that are not much different from these two clubs with Marseille which is still the favorite. Marseille inevitably wants to be able to win in this match, because if not Paris Siant Germain will be further away from them, because PSG will face Nantes in the same week.

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[Fesatmas]

Lens had to lose to Nantes in the Coupe de France and this was a defeat they should not have won. The reason is that before the match they were the favorites of many people and even statistically they said so. However, they actually had to lose 2-1 and had to recognize the superiority of Nantes. They should take advantage of this competition to be able to win a trophy this season, because if you talk about Ligue 1 it will be more difficult for them to get a trophy. The advantage that was actually in favor of Lens could not result in victory.

[KTChampions]

Probably because the PSG players felt that the Ligue 1 title would be the only title they would get this year, they started to play well 
Obviously Mbappe is already fully healthy and will take part in the game with Bayern, but I still hope that the star team will beat the team of stars once again.

PSG has the most star players. In that ratio, PSG can't perform well in some matches. Mbappe is currently fully healthy while Neymar is injured. Neymar may not be able to participate in this PSG match with Brian Munich. I don't think PSG is a good fit without Neymar. PSG must not only win this match but PSG must beat Bayern Munich by at least 2-0. Only then they can survive in the next round. Let's see what success can bring for the next round.

In order to survive, PSG only need to score one goal, then the game will go into extra time. If, of course, PSG does not concede goals into their own net. The first task sounds real when you have a player like Mbappe in the squad, but the second one is rather dubious. Bookmakers estimate the odds that both teams will score as 1.51. And I have no doubt that Bayern will score, there are doubts about PSG as Bayern's pressure and ball control leave little chance for PSG.

[fullhdpixel]

Nantes vs Lens will meet in the Coupe De France today and it looks like the match will be quite exciting before the Ligue 1 week will start again. However, Nantes, who is the host, has had a bad record in their last 5 matches at home and only got 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats, while Lens has a pretty good record away from home with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. I think this match will be Lens's victory, but a draw can still occur if Lens fails to take advantage of the opportunity to win.

Lens are the clear favourites in this match, irrespective that it is an away meeting. Some times I don't believe in home advantage, not even sometimes. Generally the advantages of home playing could be the presence of large number of fan base to cheer up the players and  not spending transport fair for that very week. Every other things remains the same for both home and away team.

Lens was clearly favorite for this game, and they were superior as well throughout the game they have good control but sadly Delort's two goals on penalties were enough for Nantes to win this game and have place into last four Nantes is having not good season in the Ligue 1 as they are currently in safe zone but still not good enough with their performance was not consistent.

Lens were also good but sadly fail to have positive result from this match as they are also struggling into French League recently their results are not satisfactory, and they have just one win from their last five games which are clearly giving how things are going if they are not going to change their strategy most chances they could be out of the top six as well.

[herurist]

Nantes vs Lens will meet in the Coupe De France today and it looks like the match will be quite exciting before the Ligue 1 week will start again. However, Nantes, who is the host, has had a bad record in their last 5 matches at home and only got 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats, while Lens has a pretty good record away from home with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. I think this match will be Lens's victory, but a draw can still occur if Lens fails to take advantage of the opportunity to win.

Lens are the clear favourites in this match, irrespective that it is an away meeting. Some times I don't believe in home advantage, not even sometimes. Generally the advantages of home playing could be the presence of large number of fan base to cheer up the players and  not spending transport fair for that very week. Every other things remains the same for both home and away team.

Lens was clearly favorite for this game, and they were superior as well throughout the game they have good control but sadly Delort's two goals on penalties were enough for Nantes to win this game and have place into last four Nantes is having not good season in the Ligue 1 as they are currently in safe zone but still not good enough with their performance was not consistent.

Lens were also good but sadly fail to have positive result from this match as they are also struggling into French League recently their results are not satisfactory, and they have just one win from their last five games which are clearly giving how things are going if they are not going to change their strategy most chances they could be out of the top six as well.

The match ended in victory as predicted. But seeing the results in this match, it's actually quite difficult to understand that they couldn't score goals normally because the 2 goals they managed to score came from penalties in this match.
But indeed this result is clearly very good because with this result they managed to advance to the semi-finals of the French Cup.

[emrecemsan]

Lens could have done better than this in the Coupe de France. They could have eliminated Nantes actually but they failed big time. Both of Nantes' goals came by penalties. The first one was really amateurish of Lens defense by the way. But the goalkeeper was really desperate right before the second one. Besides Lens had two huge opportunities to get 2-1 ahead during the match as well. One of them was cleared just in front of the goal line and the other shot hit the goal post.

Lens were already out of the title race in the Ligue 1 and now they are out of this cup early as well. This season was actually going on good for them but now they made it more difficult for themselves.

[jostorres]

Marseille which is clearly having dominance in last quarterfinal of this year's Coupe de France against Ligue 2 side Annecy is trailing by 1 - 2 at home and things are looking not good for them as now after losing against PSG in French League game now they are down by Ligue 2 side which can hurt them badly now just 20 minutes left in this game if they want to join Lyon, Nantes and Toulouse for completion of line-up for the last four done something special otherwise Annecy is ready to join them and having an easy competitor for the all French Ligue 1 sides which are going to win this year's Coupe de France 2023 after beating their opponents in their games.

[jayce]

Neymar is surely a headache for the PSG for few seasons, and they are trying their best for selling him sadly they have no solid buyer so just because of this they are having him in this team but now after the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo into Saudi Professional League things looking again in hot water, and we can expect Neymar could be also in Gulf in near future because they are able to spend big amounts for the better media coverage and having the biggest fan base as well even right now nothing is clear but as right now situation is in PSG specially after lost against Bayern Munich we can expect changes in coming summer transfer window as well.

Messi is also in talk but for me, he can adjust here for some more time even right now no one can give exactly what happening but PSG will try to have Messi for one or two more seasons which can help them in many ways but this all depends on Messi as well can he want to say here or no big question as well.

PSG should had sold Neymar long time ago as he got injured so often and his contribution is not that big tbh. With the recent news about Boehly interested to bring him to Stamford Bridge, then it's a chance for PSG to get rid of him. In otherwise, it's better for PSG to keep him since he is starting to play well together with Mbappe. It would be a perfect combination if PSG able to sign a pure center forward like Vlahovic, Kane, or Osimhen.

[blue Snow]

Marseille which is clearly having dominance in last quarterfinal of this year's Coupe de France against Ligue 2 side Annecy is trailing by 1 - 2 at home and things are looking not good for them as now after losing against PSG in French League game now they are down by Ligue 2 side which can hurt them badly now just 20 minutes left in this game if they want to join Lyon, Nantes and Toulouse for completion of line-up for the last four done something special otherwise Annecy is ready to join them and having an easy competitor for the all French Ligue 1 sides which are going to win this year's Coupe de France 2023 after beating their opponents in their games.

So with this result, Is Marseille eliminated from Coupe de France this year?, or still have leg 2?. If a big team like Marseille loses versus Ligue 2 team Annecy, I think the coach and squad must be careful also about the position on Ligue 1, It's not possible the position on champions league zone will be shifted by a club like Monaco, and Lens which has only 2 different points.

[Velvet78]

Neymar is still one of the very important players for PSG now in my opinion. Maybe he had some personal issues in the team but they still showed a really good performance so far. The attacking trio is strong thanks to all of the members of it. Neymar is just a little injury-prone so this might be a problem for the team. But he doesn't get injured often from now on as well.

I hope that he recovers as soon as possible now. For the Champions League title PSG need all of their productive players on the field. This is another important season for them to take the first title in the Champions League finally.

[shogun47]

Neymar is surely a headache for the PSG for few seasons, and they are trying their best for selling him sadly they have no solid buyer so just because of this they are having him in this team but now after the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo into Saudi Professional League things looking again in hot water, and we can expect Neymar could be also in Gulf in near future because they are able to spend big amounts for the better media coverage and having the biggest fan base as well even right now nothing is clear but as right now situation is in PSG specially after lost against Bayern Munich we can expect changes in coming summer transfer window as well.

Messi is also in talk but for me, he can adjust here for some more time even right now no one can give exactly what happening but PSG will try to have Messi for one or two more seasons which can help them in many ways but this all depends on Messi as well can he want to say here or no big question as well.

PSG should had sold Neymar long time ago as he got injured so often and his contribution is not that big tbh. With the recent news about Boehly interested to bring him to Stamford Bridge, then it's a chance for PSG to get rid of him. In otherwise, it's better for PSG to keep him since he is starting to play well together with Mbappe. It would be a perfect combination if PSG able to sign a pure center forward like Vlahovic, Kane, or Osimhen.

I think PSG is hesitating with any quick decisions as they need to wait for the summer to come and for all the things that can happen on the transfer market.

I do agree with you that Neymar has never delivered on what the 222 million actually promised... But it was more of a PR stunt I believe.

Now they need to see what is going to happen next. If Zidane is going back to Real Madrid the alarm bells might be ringing in regards to Mbappe. If Messi also hesitates to sign, PSG could be faced with an inconvenient situation that all of their three superstars want to leave the club.

[BlackBoss_]

PSG should had sold Neymar long time ago as he got injured so often and his contribution is not that big tbh. With the recent news about Boehly interested to bring him to Stamford Bridge, then it's a chance for PSG to get rid of him. In otherwise, it's better for PSG to keep him since he is starting to play well together with Mbappe. It would be a perfect combination if PSG able to sign a pure center forward like Vlahovic, Kane, or Osimhen.

I think with PSG, Osimhen is very promising for their attacking system. That striker will combine well with Mbappe and he is ready to contribute for defense too. If PSG successfully to keep Messi one more season, Neymar leaves and Osimhen comes to Paris, they will have a more balancing trio attacking players. Osimhen can bring more energy, speed and strength for attacking but he will bring more support for midfield and defensive systems when opponents make counter attacks.

I'd like to see Osimhen in Paris than Kane and Vlahovic. Kane is mostly old and is not good for PSG in long term. Vlahovic won't be able to contribute much for defense.

Neymar is still one of the very important players for PSG now in my opinion. Maybe he had some personal issues in the team but they still showed a really good performance so far. The attacking trio is strong thanks to all of the members of it. Neymar is just a little injury-prone so this might be a problem for the team. But he doesn't get injured often from now on as well.

Neymar is important for PSG but he has yet satisfied their expectation because the club spent too much money for him in his transfer and very high salary. They want to see Neymar contributes more for PSG to lift Champions League trophy. It has yet happened after many seasons he joined them from Barcelona.

He usually gets injuries a few weeks or one week before important matches in Champions League and that limits his contributions for them. PSG have reasons to feel bad about Neymar as he spends time for party and poker tournament that takes him a lot of time and maybe negatively affects his fitness too.

I hope that he recovers as soon as possible now. For the Champions League title PSG need all of their productive players on the field. This is another important season for them to take the first title in the Champions League finally.

So far no good news that Neymar will recover soon enough for the match with Bayern Munich in Germany.

[asriloni]

So with this result, Is Marseille eliminated from Coupe de France this year?, or still have leg 2?. If a big team like Marseille loses versus Ligue 2 team Annecy, I think the coach and squad must be careful also about the position on Ligue 1, It's not possible the position on champions league zone will be shifted by a club like Monaco, and Lens which has only 2 different points.

Marseille already eliminated from coupe de france caused by it was losing in the pentalty against annecy. Marseille already eliminated and it will able to take a trophy for this season. A bit surprised to see that Annecy was doing so well against marseille.

Marseille is not having chance to chase PSG caused by the gap was too big. Marseille must accept the truth if the club will not get trophy at the end of this season.

There's no second leg in coupe de france.

[Minor Miner]

Neymar is surely a headache for the PSG for few seasons, and they are trying their best for selling him sadly they have no solid buyer so just because of this they are having him in this team but now after the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo into Saudi Professional League things looking again in hot water, and we can expect Neymar could be also in Gulf in near future because they are able to spend big amounts for the better media coverage and having the biggest fan base as well even right now nothing is clear but as right now situation is in PSG specially after lost against Bayern Munich we can expect changes in coming summer transfer window as well.
Messi is also in talk but for me, he can adjust here for some more time even right now no one can give exactly what happening but PSG will try to have Messi for one or two more seasons which can help them in many ways but this all depends on Messi as well can he want to say here or no big question as well.

PSG should had sold Neymar long time ago as he got injured so often and his contribution is not that big tbh. With the recent news about Boehly interested to bring him to Stamford Bridge, then it's a chance for PSG to get rid of him. In otherwise, it's better for PSG to keep him since he is starting to play well together with Mbappe. It would be a perfect combination if PSG able to sign a pure center forward like Vlahovic, Kane, or Osimhen.

I agree with you that Neymar should have been sold earlier. Because PSG spent a lot of money to bring Neymar to the team. But we don't see good performances from Neymar. Neymar was out of the team due to injury every season. And I'd say Neymar's performance in recent seasons has been the best he's had in all of his previous seasons at PSG. But Neymar's chemistry with Mbappe is not good. And so it would be a wise decision not to keep Neymar in the team.

If a striker like Vlahovic, Kane or Osimhen can be brought into the team, PSG will definitely benefit. But getting them into the team will not be easy for PSG. Harry Kane is not interested in leaving Tottenham. PSG management may try to sign Victor Osimhen. This young player has been performing well this season.

[Zlantann]

I think with PSG, Osimhen is very promising for their attacking system. That striker will combine well with Mbappe and he is ready to contribute for defense too. If PSG successfully to keep Messi one more season, Neymar leaves and Osimhen comes to Paris, they will have a more balancing trio attacking players. Osimhen can bring more energy, speed and strength for attacking but he will bring more support for midfield and defensive systems when opponents make counter attacks.

I'd like to see Osimhen in Paris than Kane and Vlahovic. Kane is mostly old and is not good for PSG in long term. Vlahovic won't be able to contribute much for defense.

Victor Osimhen will be an ideal strikers for PSG because the French league is not as rugged as the Italian league yet he has scored 20 goals. His strength and pace will be his main instruments that will make him outstanding in the French league. But my main problem is Mbappe. Mbappe wants all the attention and wants to score all the goals. He is still young and inexperienced and exhibit some selfish behavior. Neymar and Messi are older and experienced that is why the could cope with Mbappe's excesses. The question now is can Osimhen be able to tolerate the character defects of Mbappe since he is still young and also seek for the same glory and fame like Mbappe.

I am foreseeing a personality clash between Victor and Kylian. But if both of them can cooperate and work as a team, they will become the most dangerous attacking partnership in Europe. Mbappe have always wanted Rashford to join him in PSG, the English striker could be another ideal transfer target for PSG.

[herurist]

I hope that he recovers as soon as possible now. For the Champions League title PSG need all of their productive players on the field. This is another important season for them to take the first title in the Champions League finally.

So far no good news that Neymar will recover soon enough for the match with Bayern Munich in Germany.

It is confirmed that he will be out because according to medical estimates, he will be out for 3 to 4 weeks which means that with this he will miss playing against Bayern in the second leg later.
This is a loss even though the condition is still good but the absence of Neymar is still a loss now.
PSG's condition can still catch up, it's just that at this time it is still uncertain and I still believe that I am actually at Bayern.

[kro55]

Marseille is just 2 points ahead of Monaco and Lens. If Marseille loses any of their next matches, they will lose second place in the table. Marseille, Monaco, and Lens all dropped points in the last match. And so we don't see any change in the positions of the teams in the points table. Teams need to be a bit more stable if they want to qualify for the Champions League. However, this season's Ligue 1 is very competitive. Several teams are performing well. And so the teams at the top of the table are consistently failing to pick up points. However, this has made Ligue 1 more competitive.

They (Marseille, Monaco and Lens) are participating in their own exciting race for a second position in Ligue 1. The first position for a champion belongs to PSG, I am not doubtful at any day about that. With Messi, Neymar, Mbappe and good midfielders like Veratti, Vitinha, it's a big shock if PSG won't win Ligue 1 in this season. Messi has better adaptation in his second season in Paris and his contribution is bigger. This helps Neymar and Mbappe have more chances to score goals and will prevent other clubs to take the championship title from PSG.
Among three clubs Marseille, Monaco and Lens, they are similar and it's really hard to predict what team will end with a second position. They don't have big differences in player quality and total points and anything can be changed on the final day.

There is no doubt that PSG is at the top of the points table. PSG played well against Marseille and Lille in the last two matches. They scored 7 goals in two matches. From this, it can be assumed that PSG's attack is more active now. And they are unwilling to give up the top spot in the points table. Also, Messi and Mbappe are in very good form now. If these two players can play well, PSG will be able to beat any team.

We will see a tough fight for second place in the points table this season. Marseille, Monaco, and Lens will now look to grab second place in the table. And all three teams are in pretty good form. It is not possible to predict which team will finish second in the table.

[Docnaster]

I hope that he recovers as soon as possible now. For the Champions League title PSG need all of their productive players on the field. This is another important season for them to take the first title in the Champions League finally.

So far no good news that Neymar will recover soon enough for the match with Bayern Munich in Germany.

It is confirmed that he will be out because according to medical estimates, he will be out for 3 to 4 weeks which means that with this he will miss playing against Bayern in the second leg later.
This is a loss even though the condition is still good but the absence of Neymar is still a loss now.
PSG's condition can still catch up, it's just that at this time it is still uncertain and I still believe that I am actually at Bayern.

I am always sad when I discover that Neymar is not going to play a particular match that he was supposed to play. Because of Injuries, there are some certain players that are not supposed to be injured. Neymar falls in this category, but it is unfortunate that he is often injured because of his pattern of football. As a samba boy. He always wants to play the ball towards the crowd and beat them all and this is why he is always injured. His absence would be a big loss to PSG.

[borovichok]

I am always sad when I discover that Neymar is not going to play a particular match that he was supposed to play. Because of Injuries, there are some certain players that are not supposed to be injured. Neymar falls in this category, but it is unfortunate that he is often injured because of his pattern of football. As a samba boy. He always wants to play the ball towards the crowd and beat them all and this is why he is always injured. His absence would be a big loss to PSG.

The team of Christophe Galtier features excellent players who excel on the field. Neymar's withdrawal from the match against Bayern seems to be a major setback for PSG. Since his time in Paris, Neymar has had numerous injuries, poses a serious threat to defenders anytime he performs a skill move in their direction, and refers to football as entertainment. Neymar Jr. instigated that, and Ligue One is not a secure place for such an amazing dribbler. In the second leg, PSG would play Bayern Munich, and this time, I'm hoping the Parisians record a strong result at the Allianz arena.

[Leviathan.007]

Lens could have done better than this in the Coupe de France. They could have eliminated Nantes actually but they failed big time. Both of Nantes' goals came by penalties. The first one was really amateurish of Lens defense by the way. But the goalkeeper was really desperate right before the second one. Besides Lens had two huge opportunities to get 2-1 ahead during the match as well. One of them was cleared just in front of the goal line and the other shot hit the goal post.

Lens were already out of the title race in the Ligue 1 and now they are out of this cup early as well. This season was actually going on good for them but now they made it more difficult for themselves.

To be honest, Lens performed much better than Nantes and they had control over the game and they even had more opportunities compared to Nantes also they got a stronger team and I was expecting to see Lens beating Nantes easily yesterday but goals Nantes scored today both were from the penalty kicks regardless of these two penalty kicks Lens could win the game yesterday.