French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[X-ray]

In fact, PSG spend money when they didn't need to spend and they hired players they didn't actually need for example they hired many famous and expensive forwards but they didn't spend enough money to hire a better coach and that's why this team is unbalanced which can a reason for PSG to get bad results in both french league and champions league.

All of big players that already signed by PSG was leaving from the club with very bad impressions. It's not only messi but neymar too. PSG was spending too much money for nothing. It was always able to win league 1 but this is a common trophy, PSG never had a good achievement in the europe competitions. It was aiming to get UCL but PSG was failed two times in a row even with messi on it. Winning UCL is not only about having a guy who can help the club to get everything.
I think that if galtier didn't even know about that. Galtier needs to be replaced first. There are so many candidates that can perform so well. PSG needs to restructure its team. It's now always relying with messi.

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As for the question of coaches, honestly, I see that the problem is in the direction of PSG, which makes good coaches not accept going to train PSG, days ago I read a rumor that Zidane prefers to go to Juventus than to PSG. zidane who lives in france, prefers to leave a team that would give him a much better salary and that is also in france, but zidane prefers juventus, which is a team that is in italy and does not have the same great financial resources that PSG has, I think the reason is simple> PSG want immediate results, they want to win the champions league immediately

Zidane looks to be a good choice for PSG but he does not want work for them. Does Zidane want to see some annoying star players to be sold first then he will take that position?
It sounds a good plan for him as handling conflicts with star players is very headache and Zidane's biggest target is the coach position of France. With too high salary for Neymar, it's hard for PSG to find a club which is ready to buy the player and satisfy his salary demand.

Personally I think Zidane doesn't want to coach PSG. And if the PSG management is able to convince Zidane to take over as coach, we could see a lot of changes within PSG's squad. Zidane has his own squad. PSG has proved that it is not possible to maintain the performance of the team with a lot of star players. They need experienced coaches. And the coach should be given full freedom. Only then will PSG's overall condition improve, I believe.

[blackened515]

In fact, PSG spend money when they didn't need to spend and they hired players they didn't actually need for example they hired many famous and expensive forwards but they didn't spend enough money to hire a better coach and that's why this team is unbalanced which can a reason for PSG to get bad results in both french league and champions league.

The problem of the club is not the coach, every have different pattern of football. Thomas Tuchel pattern was counter attack and they really got good chances of winning the UCL but lost to Bayern Munich. Pochettino Mauricio did the same thing, winning the domestic league one title but was unable to lift UCL. The Parisians board have stated clear their ultimate priority is winning UCL. Paris Saint German are popularly known for their finance stability and also good in the transfer window. The club always signed top big names in football, they're ready to sacrifice more money for hyped players. Christophe Galtier is doing an excellent job, but managing an elite club that comprises of stars, It's seen as a little bit difficult.

[shogun47]

I didn't think that Monaco would be beaten with a landslide score by Lens. whereas, Monaco should have been able to compensate and provide resistance to the home team. unfortunately, Monaco appeared with a very bad performance. as a result, Lens is back in 2nd place with a difference of 9 points from PSG and 2 points adrift of the team below Marseille.

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I think if you have a look at the whole season, Lens did an amazingly good job. In both seasons after they returned from Ligue 2, they did very well and delivered some solid results both years achieving a 7th rank. This year it is a bit as if they have taken the next step and are able to persist and win the important games in order to secure one of the most wanted ranks in the league, which is of course the 2nd to 3rd rank and one foot in the door to the Champions League. They did not only win against Monaco, but they dominated the game throughout and all statistics are in their favor. I haven't had a look at the financials, but I guess that Monaco also has a higher budget and Lens achieved this with minimum financials compared to the bigger clubs from Ligue 1. Good to see some newcomers make their way into international soccer.

[Rikafip]

Honestly I think that it was a deserved win already because Marseille made a really huge effort in this game. Despite playing away they didn't see it as any problem for themselves.

Marseille is by far the best away team in the league so them winning away was not such a big surprise. I agree that it was deserving win, but still they had a lot of luck too as both goals were product of Lyon's big mistakes.

It was really important to win this game to take the second position in the standings back from Lens as well. These two teams still have a similar form to each other on the recent weeks so the balances can be upset anytime again. Marseille should just focus on benefiting from the quality advantage.

Lens-Marsielle game on May 6th could decide who wins that 2nd place and direct qualification for CL. Imho, I think that Lens is in a better form at the moment and is more likely to finish 2nd, despirte Marseille objectively having stronger team.

[bitgov]

Honestly I think that it was a deserved win already because Marseille made a really huge effort in this game. Despite playing away they didn't see it as any problem for themselves.

Marseille is by far the best away team in the league so them winning away was not such a big surprise. I agree that it was deserving win, but still they had a lot of luck too as both goals were product of Lyon's big mistakes.

It was really important to win this game to take the second position in the standings back from Lens as well. These two teams still have a similar form to each other on the recent weeks so the balances can be upset anytime again. Marseille should just focus on benefiting from the quality advantage.

Lens-Marsielle game on May 6th could decide who wins that 2nd place and direct qualification for CL. Imho, I think that Lens is in a better form at the moment and is more likely to finish 2nd, despirte Marseille objectively having stronger team.

The Marseille team is second in the Ligue 1 points table. The Marseille team has been performing extremely well, managing to win most of the matches against any team. In today's match, Marseille managed to defeat Lion by a great margin of 2-1.

[kro55]

It was really important to win this game to take the second position in the standings back from Lens as well. These two teams still have a similar form to each other on the recent weeks so the balances can be upset anytime again. Marseille should just focus on benefiting from the quality advantage.

Lens-Marsielle game on May 6th could decide who wins that 2nd place and direct qualification for CL. Imho, I think that Lens is in a better form at the moment and is more likely to finish 2nd, despirte Marseille objectively having stronger team.

In this match, I will put the team ahead in Marseille. Because I saw the performance of the last few matches in Marseille. They are playing very well. They have won the last two matches against Troyes and Lyon. Both teams were strong. And they will play against Auxerre in the next match. Although this team is at the bottom of the points table, the team is in very good form. I guess Marseille will be able to continue their winning streak. They will win against Auxerre and Lens and they will be able to tighten the second place in the points table.

[Jody.Drummer]

Montpellier managed to beat Rennes with a narrow score of 1-0. Of course, no one expected this result, especially even though Rennes had an away match at Montpellier's home, as the team that was favored to win, they failed to steal any points. On the other hand, even though Montpellier suffered a loss after one of its players received a red card in the 53rd minute, the result could not break Montpellier's spirit to secure victory at home. The goal scored by Mavididi in the 84th minute also sealed Montpellier's victory and Rennes had to go home without bringing a single point.

In a situation lacking 1 player, Montpellier still managed to score 1 goal and made Rennes have to admit defeat. Actually, Montpellier is also not too special in implementing the strategy, in fact they only had 2 shots at goal and one of them was a goal. Rennes, on the other hand, tried to take control of the match, but they were not very creative in dismantling the defense built by the home team, and made them have to swallow a negative result at the end of the game.

I actually thought after the red card, Rennes will actually be able to take advantage of that. But they actually were not able to. In the end, they actually conceded late in the match. This really should have gone the other way. It was actually a little surprising. Even with a man advantage, the results were not in favor of Rennes. I also have to give credit to Montpelier.

Their finishing was bad even though they won possession of the ball and the chances of them being able to excel were still not going to be easy.
Montpellier were really very disciplined when applying conditions where they continued to defend, especially after Savanier was sent off by the referee. Their discipline was very good in this game on the contrary, Rennes was also a bit rushed and not too calm which made them have to be willing to drop points this week as well as widen their gap with Lille at this time which with this defeat their gap has increased to 3 points.

[Naficopa]

Montpellier managed to beat Rennes with a narrow score of 1-0. Of course, no one expected this result, especially even though Rennes had an away match at Montpellier's home, as the team that was favored to win, they failed to steal any points. On the other hand, even though Montpellier suffered a loss after one of its players received a red card in the 53rd minute, the result could not break Montpellier's spirit to secure victory at home. The goal scored by Mavididi in the 84th minute also sealed Montpellier's victory and Rennes had to go home without bringing a single point.

In a situation lacking 1 player, Montpellier still managed to score 1 goal and made Rennes have to admit defeat. Actually, Montpellier is also not too special in implementing the strategy, in fact they only had 2 shots at goal and one of them was a goal. Rennes, on the other hand, tried to take control of the match, but they were not very creative in dismantling the defense built by the home team, and made them have to swallow a negative result at the end of the game.

I actually thought after the red card, Rennes will actually be able to take advantage of that. But they actually were not able to. In the end, they actually conceded late in the match. This really should have gone the other way. It was actually a little surprising. Even with a man advantage, the results were not in favor of Rennes. I also have to give credit to Montpelier.

Their finishing was bad even though they won possession of the ball and the chances of them being able to excel were still not going to be easy.
Montpellier were really very disciplined when applying conditions where they continued to defend, especially after Savanier was sent off by the referee. Their discipline was very good in this game on the contrary, Rennes was also a bit rushed and not too calm which made them have to be willing to drop points this week as well as widen their gap with Lille at this time which with this defeat their gap has increased to 3 points.

On a different note, I think we need a stronger team in League One to challenge PSG. And I also believe that PSG will never be able to win the League One title consistently if an equivalent team is added to compete with PSG in League One. Compared to PSG in Ligue 1, the rest of the teams are underperforming so I don't think Ligue 1 is properly competitive.

[tulusikhlas]

It was really important to win this game to take the second position in the standings back from Lens as well. These two teams still have a similar form to each other on the recent weeks so the balances can be upset anytime again. Marseille should just focus on benefiting from the quality advantage.

Lens-Marsielle game on May 6th could decide who wins that 2nd place and direct qualification for CL. Imho, I think that Lens is in a better form at the moment and is more likely to finish 2nd, despirte Marseille objectively having stronger team.

In this match, I will put the team ahead in Marseille. Because I saw the performance of the last few matches in Marseille. They are playing very well. They have won the last two matches against Troyes and Lyon. Both teams were strong. And they will play against Auxerre in the next match. Although this team is at the bottom of the points table, the team is in very good form. I guess Marseille will be able to continue their winning streak. They will win against Auxerre and Lens and they will be able to tighten the second place in the points table.

Marseille in their meeting with Lens will act as guests, so this is an advantage for Lens to be able to take advantage of the atmosphere at their home turf. But that doesn't mean it will be an easy match for Lens or Marseille. It is difficult of course to determine who will be the winner because in strength they are not much different. A draw is also very likely to occur in a big match like this.

[Leviathan.007]

Honestly I think that it was a deserved win already because Marseille made a really huge effort in this game. Despite playing away they didn't see it as any problem for themselves.

Marseille is by far the best away team in the league so them winning away was not such a big surprise. I agree that it was deserving win, but still they had a lot of luck too as both goals were product of Lyon's big mistakes.

It was really important to win this game to take the second position in the standings back from Lens as well. These two teams still have a similar form to each other on the recent weeks so the balances can be upset anytime again. Marseille should just focus on benefiting from the quality advantage.

Lens-Marsielle game on May 6th could decide who wins that 2nd place and direct qualification for CL. Imho, I think that Lens is in a better form at the moment and is more likely to finish 2nd, despirte Marseille objectively having stronger team.

The Marseille team is second in the Ligue 1 points table. The Marseille team has been performing extremely well, managing to win most of the matches against any team. In today's match, Marseille managed to defeat Lion by a great margin of 2-1.

They are on the second position in the table and compared to many other teams in the French league they had a better and more stable performance so far during this season, but on other hand, Marseille lost many points, and considering the current situation of PSG they even had the chance to take the first place of the table.

[FanEagle]

Monaco is not a small matter neither and Lens managed to beat them easily, that's something they really needed to do and they managed to do it, which is why I believe that it is an important win. It was definitely an impressive win without a doubt. They are not guaranteed to be second right now, they could still end up losing, but at the end of the day being second and trying to not lose that is better, being third and trying to catch second would have been harder.

So, this is why Lens got a very important win here and they will be happy about it tonight when they go to sleep and feel relaxed. Now it is onto next week, they need to keep doing this for a while until they are guaranteed that they will be second, they can't let their foot off the gas until it is a sure thing.

[len01]

Monaco is not a small matter neither and Lens managed to beat them easily, that's something they really needed to do and they managed to do it, which is why I believe that it is an important win. It was definitely an impressive win without a doubt. They are not guaranteed to be second right now, they could still end up losing, but at the end of the day being second and trying to not lose that is better, being third and trying to catch second would have been harder.

So, this is why Lens got a very important win here and they will be happy about it tonight when they go to sleep and feel relaxed. Now it is onto next week, they need to keep doing this for a while until they are guaranteed that they will be second, they can't let their foot off the gas until it is a sure thing.

Lens' victory was indeed very impressive and almost everyone liked Lens' victory, which beat Monaco. maybe this is the goal for Lens to chase second place in the standings even though it is difficult to shift Marseille's position but this is a threat when the difference in points is only 1.
if Lens in the next match always gives a good performance, it is very unlikely that Lens can replace Marseille.
in the upcoming match Lens will compete against Toulouse and this is Lens' opportunity to get more points and shift the position of Marseille. but if Marseille plays against Auxerre and can score more, it might be a bit difficult to fight for second place in this standings.

[Alanaz]

Monaco is not a small matter neither and Lens managed to beat them easily, that's something they really needed to do and they managed to do it, which is why I believe that it is an important win. It was definitely an impressive win without a doubt. They are not guaranteed to be second right now, they could still end up losing, but at the end of the day being second and trying to not lose that is better, being third and trying to catch second would have been harder.

So, this is why Lens got a very important win here and they will be happy about it tonight when they go to sleep and feel relaxed. Now it is onto next week, they need to keep doing this for a while until they are guaranteed that they will be second, they can't let their foot off the gas until it is a sure thing.

Yes, Lens didn't have too much trouble locking in the win in this match, they were able to take the lead quickly in the 9th minute and then they doubled their lead in the 16th minute. Even though Monaco tried to reduce the position, Lens managed to make it difficult for them and managed to close the space so that Monaco didn't get a goal. to reduce the goal difference. As a result Lens can convincingly win with a score of 3-0.

[Docnaster]

Honestly I think that it was a deserved win already because Marseille made a really huge effort in this game. Despite playing away they didn't see it as any problem for themselves.

Marseille is by far the best away team in the league so them winning away was not such a big surprise. I agree that it was deserving win, but still they had a lot of luck too as both goals were product of Lyon's big mistakes.

It was really important to win this game to take the second position in the standings back from Lens as well. These two teams still have a similar form to each other on the recent weeks so the balances can be upset anytime again. Marseille should just focus on benefiting from the quality advantage.

Lens-Marsielle game on May 6th could decide who wins that 2nd place and direct qualification for CL. Imho, I think that Lens is in a better form at the moment and is more likely to finish 2nd, despirte Marseille objectively having stronger team.

The Marseille team is second in the Ligue 1 points table. The Marseille team has been performing extremely well, managing to win most of the matches against any team. In today's match, Marseille managed to defeat Lion by a great margin of 2-1.

The battle for who finishes in second, their and fourth position is one fight that I think will last till the last matchweek in the French Ligue 1. Marseille who are one point above Lens and 6 points above fourth placed Monaco stands a better chance to finish in the second position because of their performance in the last few weeks.
But it would have been a great news and advertisement for French football if these teams were all competing for who'll win the title instead of who'll be the runner-up

[sovie]

Honestly I think that it was a deserved win already because Marseille made a really huge effort in this game. Despite playing away they didn't see it as any problem for themselves.

Marseille is by far the best away team in the league so them winning away was not such a big surprise. I agree that it was deserving win, but still they had a lot of luck too as both goals were product of Lyon's big mistakes.

It was really important to win this game to take the second position in the standings back from Lens as well. These two teams still have a similar form to each other on the recent weeks so the balances can be upset anytime again. Marseille should just focus on benefiting from the quality advantage.

Lens-Marsielle game on May 6th could decide who wins that 2nd place and direct qualification for CL. Imho, I think that Lens is in a better form at the moment and is more likely to finish 2nd, despirte Marseille objectively having stronger team.

The Marseille team is second in the Ligue 1 points table. The Marseille team has been performing extremely well, managing to win most of the matches against any team. In today's match, Marseille managed to defeat Lion by a great margin of 2-1.

The battle for who finishes in second, their and fourth position is one fight that I think will last till the last matchweek in the French Ligue 1. Marseille who are one point above Lens and 6 points above fourth placed Monaco stands a better chance to finish in the second position because of their performance in the last few weeks.
But it would have been a great news and advertisement for French football if these teams were all competing for who'll win the title instead of who'll be the runner-up

Marseille team is performing well and they are preparing themselves day by day to fight against PSG. But I think it will be a great match if PSG and Marseille play because no matter how good players PSG have, they have performed very poorly in some matches.

[fzkto]

Honestly I think that it was a deserved win already because Marseille made a really huge effort in this game. Despite playing away they didn't see it as any problem for themselves.

Marseille is by far the best away team in the league so them winning away was not such a big surprise. I agree that it was deserving win, but still they had a lot of luck too as both goals were product of Lyon's big mistakes.

It was really important to win this game to take the second position in the standings back from Lens as well. These two teams still have a similar form to each other on the recent weeks so the balances can be upset anytime again. Marseille should just focus on benefiting from the quality advantage.

Lens-Marsielle game on May 6th could decide who wins that 2nd place and direct qualification for CL. Imho, I think that Lens is in a better form at the moment and is more likely to finish 2nd, despirte Marseille objectively having stronger team.

The Marseille team is second in the Ligue 1 points table. The Marseille team has been performing extremely well, managing to win most of the matches against any team. In today's match, Marseille managed to defeat Lion by a great margin of 2-1.

The battle for who finishes in second, their and fourth position is one fight that I think will last till the last matchweek in the French Ligue 1. Marseille who are one point above Lens and 6 points above fourth placed Monaco stands a better chance to finish in the second position because of their performance in the last few weeks.
But it would have been a great news and advertisement for French football if these teams were all competing for who'll win the title instead of who'll be the runner-up

The first two places qualify for the Champions League group stage, the third place goes to qualification. PSG are used to being the strongest club in France, and have been at the top of the standings for a long time now. The battle for second place is no less exciting, however, as it involves three clubs who are now very motivated to qualify for the Champions League next season.

[Docnaster]

Honestly I think that it was a deserved win already because Marseille made a really huge effort in this game. Despite playing away they didn't see it as any problem for themselves.

Marseille is by far the best away team in the league so them winning away was not such a big surprise. I agree that it was deserving win, but still they had a lot of luck too as both goals were product of Lyon's big mistakes.

It was really important to win this game to take the second position in the standings back from Lens as well. These two teams still have a similar form to each other on the recent weeks so the balances can be upset anytime again. Marseille should just focus on benefiting from the quality advantage.

Lens-Marsielle game on May 6th could decide who wins that 2nd place and direct qualification for CL. Imho, I think that Lens is in a better form at the moment and is more likely to finish 2nd, despirte Marseille objectively having stronger team.

The Marseille team is second in the Ligue 1 points table. The Marseille team has been performing extremely well, managing to win most of the matches against any team. In today's match, Marseille managed to defeat Lion by a great margin of 2-1.

The battle for who finishes in second, their and fourth position is one fight that I think will last till the last matchweek in the French Ligue 1. Marseille who are one point above Lens and 6 points above fourth placed Monaco stands a better chance to finish in the second position because of their performance in the last few weeks.
But it would have been great news and advertisement for French football if these teams were all competing for who'll win the title instead of who'll be the runner-up

Marseille team is performing well and they are preparing themselves day by day to fight against PSG. But I think it will be a great match if PSG and Marseille play because no matter how good players PSG have, they have performed very poorly in some matches.

Marseille is good in away matches but not consistent. I don't think their performance against Lens was good enough to be used as a reference to judge what their match with PSG will be like. Their winning over Lens was a result of Len's messy defense.  Currently, I will still rate Lens as a better club than Marseille even after their loss yesterday. PSG might be in poor form but will not accept defeat from either Marseille or Lens. Don't be surprised that Relegation clubs may defeat or play a draw with PSG but Marseille wouldn't. To me, they had a lucky win over Lens yesterday.

[piebeyb]

Monaco is not a small matter neither and Lens managed to beat them easily, that's something they really needed to do and they managed to do it, which is why I believe that it is an important win. It was definitely an impressive win without a doubt. They are not guaranteed to be second right now, they could still end up losing, but at the end of the day being second and trying to not lose that is better, being third and trying to catch second would have been harder.

So, this is why Lens got a very important win here and they will be happy about it tonight when they go to sleep and feel relaxed. Now it is onto next week, they need to keep doing this for a while until they are guaranteed that they will be second, they can't let their foot off the gas until it is a sure thing.

Clement admitted that Monaco did not show their best performance in yesterday's match. But he hopes his team can take lessons from the defeat and show a positive reaction in the remaining six matches to stay in the top 4 to get a UCL ticket next season. With this defeat, Monaco is still stuck in fourth place in the standings. But Clement emphasized that they would focus more on how to win every match without having to think about their position in the current standings.

The results of yesterday's match AS Monaco had to admit RC Lens' superiority after being defeated 3-0 in Week 32 of Ligue 1. Two goals from Lois Openda and another goal from Adrien Thomasson meant that the Rouge et Blanc failed to move up to the top 3 in the table at the moment and I think Monaco will improve after this humiliating defeat.

[Docnaster]

Montpellier managed to beat Rennes with a narrow score of 1-0. Of course, no one expected this result, especially even though Rennes had an away match at Montpellier's home, as the team that was favored to win, they failed to steal any points. On the other hand, even though Montpellier suffered a loss after one of its players received a red card in the 53rd minute, the result could not break Montpellier's spirit to secure victory at home. The goal scored by Mavididi in the 84th minute also sealed Montpellier's victory and Rennes had to go home without bringing a single point.

In a situation lacking 1 player, Montpellier still managed to score 1 goal and made Rennes have to admit defeat. Actually, Montpellier is also not too special in implementing the strategy, in fact they only had 2 shots at goal and one of them was a goal. Rennes, on the other hand, tried to take control of the match, but they were not very creative in dismantling the defense built by the home team, and made them have to swallow a negative result at the end of the game.

I actually thought after the red card, Rennes will actually be able to take advantage of that. But they actually were not able to. In the end, they actually conceded late in the match. This really should have gone the other way. It was actually a little surprising. Even with a man advantage, the results were not in favor of Rennes. I also have to give credit to Montpelier.

Their finishing was bad even though they won possession of the ball and the chances of them being able to excel were still not going to be easy.
Montpellier were really very disciplined when applying conditions where they continued to defend, especially after Savanier was sent off by the referee. Their discipline was very good in this game on the contrary, Rennes was also a bit rushed and not too calm which made them have to be willing to drop points this week as well as widen their gap with Lille at this time which with this defeat their gap has increased to 3 points.

On a different note, I think we need a stronger team in League One to challenge PSG. And I also believe that PSG will never be able to win the League One title consistently if an equivalent team is added to compete with PSG in League One. Compared to PSG in Ligue 1, the rest of the teams are underperforming so I don't think Ligue 1 is properly competitive.

From day one, I have never hyped the league one teams in anyway. The competition there is far below standard compare to EPL, Spanish La Liga, France Serie,  and Germany Bundesliga. This is the more reason you always see clubs from this aforementioned league performing well and going far in all European competitions. PSG jas always been the only club in Francce that can contend agitated in Europe competitions, the rest is always out in the group stage.  even after all the lost matches by PSG, they remain the leading team in the leagueLeaguele, this is proof that the is no other strong contender in that league.