French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Ayers]

The match between Monaco against Lille looks like it will end in a goalless draw, but based on statistics at least Lille has slightly better statistics than Moncao's home team. In my opinion, it's only natural that Lille can play more aggressively in this match, because Lille still really needs three points to make the gap a little wider with Rennes.
Because at this moment Lille's position is still very unsafe, because Lille only has a 1 point gap with Rennes and if in the next match Lille loses and Rennes wins then Lille will fail to finish in the top five. So yes, Lille needs full points in this match but at the same time, Monaco also has to maintain its place in fourth place to get a Europa League ticket and that makes it difficult for Lille to win this away match.

The match ended in a goalless draw but LOSC was the better team. They had more shots on target and controlled the game. Both teams still maintained their position in the Ligue 1 but Lille is just one point above Rennes. This entails that Lille might lose their chances of playing in the Europa Conference League. Their next game will be at home with Olympique de Marseille. Marseille is in the third position making them a Europa League candidate but they have not also lost hope of getting a champions league slot. So Lille will have to put up a good performance to win the game on the 20th.

This was a very important match for both Monaco and Lille. It was really good for Monaco as they were able to win the match and solidify their position in the fourth position of the table. This also creates a significant difference between the points of both of these teams. Now it is almost certain that Monaco is going to stay on top of Lille. Right now the task for Lille is going to be to stay in the position where they are right now. Even though they do not have a chance to improve their standing on the table they do have a very big chance of dropping positions.

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[maju69]

sad that Messi is leaving PSG. It certainly won't jeopardize the championship, but PSG haven't been very dominant this season, but they haven't really had any problems either. They have always been quite ahead of the competition. It is a pity that he is leaving PSG, but if you see how the supporters whistled at him, then you don't feel like staying anymore, of course. Would they now look for a new striker now that Messi has left? Someone like Benzema would fit perfectly there, but he stays with Madrid. A very good season for Lens.

With or without Messi, Paris Saint Germain remains a team with better strengths than any other team in Paris Saint Germain. And even when Lionel Messi was there, there were actually no significant changes shown by Paris Saint Germain, even now they tend to decline with the difficulty they get to win. I think they will soon find a replacement for Messi with the same player with the same star label, because that's what they always do.

[Docnaster]

After Lens win, I think they will probably be the second, they got over one of the most stressful games, not the hardest, but the most stressful games, it means they could end up with a good ending. We still do not know who is going to be the second but I am feeling like they could be the winner and they could do it.

Let's see how the league ends but I can guarantee 100% that it will not be PSG that will lose the title, they are going to be the champions for sure. There is three point difference already and Lens has one more game, think about that, with another win it will be 6 points again and with that there isn't that many games left for PSG to lose points to neither. I think it will be first PSG, second Lens and third Marseille, just as exactly how it is today.

Lens should be able to finish in the second position. Marseille does have played one match less compared to Lens. But I still don't think they will actually be able to get past Lens on the table at this stage of the competition. PSG is not losing the title in my opinion as well. The point difference is just a little too big. I also do not think that PSG is going to lose consistently so that the other teams will be able to get ahead of them.

I am still not 100% sure about which team is going to finish in the second and third positions. But other than that I think we all have a good general idea of how the table is going to look toward the top.

Marseille is able to climb to the second spot in order to be seen in the Champions League. Lenz is already at the spot, for Marseille to be Angers to night is a motivation to do more. I know that Angers has never been a good side since the season started. Uphill date they are only able to get 14 points which has already condemned them to relegation with others. The only people betting to escape relegation is Nates and Auxerre and Nates is currently in the zone.

[klidex]

Memorable game today Marseille vs Angers with a final score of 3-1.
The reason I said it was interesting was because Marseille from the first half was confident of being able to score goals against Angers because Marseille knew that Angers were very weak and had the chance to beat Angers.
Now Marseille's points are closer to Lens having the opportunity to take over the second place.

[CLS63]

First of all I must admit that Messi's contributions to PSG have been really great. Since he started to adapt to PSG's football he has been scoring and making assists very much to meet the expectations. However I still don't want to think like PSG are dependent on him. I mean they can still do a solid work in case of Messi's not extending his contract until the end of this summer.

Because PSG were still very powerful before Messi's joining the team. They just need the right kind of management for them and that's enough. With a bad management they still become a failure even when the trio are ready to play at the same time.

[Masplanc]

sad that Messi is leaving PSG. It certainly won't jeopardize the championship, but PSG haven't been very dominant this season, but they haven't really had any problems either. They have always been quite ahead of the competition. It is a pity that he is leaving PSG, but if you see how the supporters whistled at him, then you don't feel like staying anymore, of course. Would they now look for a new striker now that Messi has left? Someone like Benzema would fit perfectly there, but he stays with Madrid. A very good season for Lens.

With or without Messi, Paris Saint Germain remains a team with better strengths than any other team in Paris Saint Germain. And even when Lionel Messi was there, there were actually no significant changes shown by Paris Saint Germain, even now they tend to decline with the difficulty they get to win. I think they will soon find a replacement for Messi with the same player with the same star label, because that's what they always do.

PSG has always been a big club and if Messi decides to leave the club it is not going to affect the club in any way. PSG brought in Messi could not win champions league.  Psg will be always a great club with or without Messi,  and I think Messi can't be in PSG forever, maybe this is the right time to leave

[Velvet78]

Lens must be feeling great at the second position right now. Maybe there is only a gap of two points with Marseille now but Lens' performance in the recent times is much more promising anyway. Besides Lens are 6 points away from the leader PSG at the same time. Of course it is still very difficult while there are 3 weeks to go but who knows. 

However PSG should be able to win the rest of their games of course. They don't have much difficult fixtures left now. But it is still not going to be a very comfortable title for them surely.

[Docnaster]

I quest the table will be the way it is is cuz matches left are not much.  Lens got in the second position after a deseving win against Reims while Marselle maintains their 3rd position till next season (if without losing more). 
I still believe they might be an overturn between Lens and Marseille due to their close points.  If Lens should Los any of their clashes with Lorient, Ajacio or Auxere, while Marseille remains in winning lane, there will definitely come a change in the French top 4

[bekti3]

I quest the table will be the way it is is cuz matches left are not much.  Lens got in the second position after a deseving win against Reims while Marselle maintains their 3rd position till next season (if without losing more). 
I still believe they might be an overturn between Lens and Marseille due to their close points.  If Lens should Los any of their clashes with Lorient, Ajacio or Auxere, while Marseille remains in winning lane, there will definitely come a change in the French top 4

The problem is that for now Lens is still quite the favorite with their remaining 3 matches because they will still face quite easy opponents but it is different if this is Marseille because they will still face Lille next week.
Now it depends on the last 3 matches, which one is more consistent then he can stay in his position.

[laurenB7742]

Lens must be feeling great at the second position right now. Maybe there is only a gap of two points with Marseille now but Lens' performance in the recent times is much more promising anyway. Besides Lens are 6 points away from the leader PSG at the same time. Of course it is still very difficult while there are 3 weeks to go but who knows. 

However PSG should be able to win the rest of their games of course. They don't have much difficult fixtures left now. But it is still not going to be a very comfortable title for them surely.

The Lens team is not competing for the title. They are now looking to secure second place in the points table and qualify for the Champions League. The team is only 2 points ahead of Marseille. And so all their upcoming matches are very important for Lens. The lens team will lose second place in the table if they lose a match or maybe even points.
The lens team's last three opponents are quite weak in comparison. The lens will play against Lorient, Ajaccio, and Auxxere. The lens will be favorites in all three matches. Because their opponents are not strong. The lens is very likely to win all three matches if they don't make any big mistakes.

[sovie]

Lens must be feeling great at the second position right now. Maybe there is only a gap of two points with Marseille now but Lens' performance in the recent times is much more promising anyway. Besides Lens are 6 points away from the leader PSG at the same time. Of course it is still very difficult while there are 3 weeks to go but who knows. 

However PSG should be able to win the rest of their games of course. They don't have much difficult fixtures left now. But it is still not going to be a very comfortable title for them surely.

The Lens team is not competing for the title. They are now looking to secure second place in the points table and qualify for the Champions League. The team is only 2 points ahead of Marseille. And so all their upcoming matches are very important for Lens. The lens team will lose second place in the table if they lose a match or maybe even points.
The lens team's last three opponents are quite weak in comparison. The lens will play against Lorient, Ajaccio, and Auxxere. The lens will be favorites in all three matches. Because their opponents are not strong. The lens is very likely to win all three matches if they don't make any big mistakes.

The lens team is performing exceptionally well. This team is expected to put up a strong fight against PSG in this year's knockout stages. And the current performance of the Lens team will hopefully lead to a great place in League One in the coming seasons.

[laurenB7742]

Lens must be feeling great at the second position right now. Maybe there is only a gap of two points with Marseille now but Lens' performance in the recent times is much more promising anyway. Besides Lens are 6 points away from the leader PSG at the same time. Of course it is still very difficult while there are 3 weeks to go but who knows. 

However PSG should be able to win the rest of their games of course. They don't have much difficult fixtures left now. But it is still not going to be a very comfortable title for them surely.

The Lens team is not competing for the title. They are now looking to secure second place in the points table and qualify for the Champions League. The team is only 2 points ahead of Marseille. And so all their upcoming matches are very important for Lens. The lens team will lose second place in the table if they lose a match or maybe even points.
The lens team's last three opponents are quite weak in comparison. The lens will play against Lorient, Ajaccio, and Auxxere. The lens will be favorites in all three matches. Because their opponents are not strong. The lens is very likely to win all three matches if they don't make any big mistakes.

The lens team is performing exceptionally well. This team is expected to put up a strong fight against PSG in this year's knockout stages. And the current performance of the Lens team will hopefully lead to a great place in League One in the coming seasons.

There is no doubt that the Lens team is strong this season. And if they are able to continue this kind of performance in the coming season, this team will undoubtedly fight for the Ligue 1 title. The main reason for Lens' consistent performance this season is their strong defense. This team conceded only 27 goals in 35 matches. Next season if Lens management can strengthen their attack and midfield a bit, and add some talented players to the team then this team will be stronger. And will fight for the title with PSG.

[Leviathan.007]

Ligue 1 have start first match last night and Paris Saint Germain have get first lost in this season from Lens, I think how ever the result match between Lens vs PSG always have chance for PSG become the champion of Ligue 1, they have good team and many star player on their team like Neymar, Di Maria and Mbape. Right now their player have injured after getting covid 19 and miss more than two weeks later, after Neymar confirmed keep on playing with PSG I think give good result for PSG to be champion in Ligue 1.

I am sure that PSG team will secure this year's League One title. Because there is no other big team that can beat PSG in League One. However, even if PSG secures the league title, I think the team will not be successful because they are not doing well in the league like the other Champions League.

That's why PSG needs to have new players who have more potential to be able to bring PSG into the CL championship at least reach the final, Messi and Neymar can't be relied on, even though they have great players they still always fail in CL, but talking about the league PSG will definitely win it easily because there are no serious competitors in league one, even their competitor Lens has a 6-point difference between PSG, so there is no difficulty for PSG to win league one.

PSG needs a lot of changes next season so they can become an even better club than this season, at least being able to penetrate the CL final has made good progress, I hope they really make a lot of changes and reforms to their players.  

Messi can't be relied on. The guy wins the World Cup final, scores the second most goals, is the best scorer in Ligue 1 with goals and assists and your judgment is that he cannot be relied on. I mean everyone is free to have their own opinion. Do you think that the Norwegian national team should kick out Haaland because they are not winning the World Cup because Haaland cannot be relied upon?

Now Hakimi wants to leave PSG. They are facing a wave of players leaving the club I think. This could lead to drastic changes in the squad that will be available for next season. Hakimi won't be the only one.

Absolutely right Ashraf Hakimi is performing very badly. After joining PSG, Ashraf Hakimi did not perform well in the defense line-up. Several players need to be replaced at PSG. More defense and midfielder changes have become very useful nowadays.

It's not just about Ashraf Hakimi but there is the same story for many other players when they joined PSG, Messi is not doing well like we expected to see and Ashraf Hakimi is the player PSG expected to see more from him as a defender especially when they are playing against the team without strong forwards and he failed his team this season most of the time.

[Alanaz]

Lens must be feeling great at the second position right now. Maybe there is only a gap of two points with Marseille now but Lens' performance in the recent times is much more promising anyway. Besides Lens are 6 points away from the leader PSG at the same time. Of course it is still very difficult while there are 3 weeks to go but who knows. 

However PSG should be able to win the rest of their games of course. They don't have much difficult fixtures left now. But it is still not going to be a very comfortable title for them surely.

The Lens team is not competing for the title. They are now looking to secure second place in the points table and qualify for the Champions League. The team is only 2 points ahead of Marseille. And so all their upcoming matches are very important for Lens. The lens team will lose second place in the table if they lose a match or maybe even points.
The lens team's last three opponents are quite weak in comparison. The lens will play against Lorient, Ajaccio, and Auxxere. The lens will be favorites in all three matches. Because their opponents are not strong. The lens is very likely to win all three matches if they don't make any big mistakes.

The last 3 matches will determine where they will get a position at the end of the standings later. Victory is very mandatory for them in their last 3 matches if they really want a place in the Champions League next season. the pressure is on Lens now than at Marseille, as the team in front usually carry a bigger burden than the team chasing.

[bering]

First of all I must admit that Messi's contributions to PSG have been really great. Since he started to adapt to PSG's football he has been scoring and making assists very much to meet the expectations. However I still don't want to think like PSG are dependent on him. I mean they can still do a solid work in case of Messi's not extending his contract until the end of this summer.

Because PSG were still very powerful before Messi's joining the team. They just need the right kind of management for them and that's enough. With a bad management they still become a failure even when the trio are ready to play at the same time.

If we see from goal records indeed Mbappe records is more good than Messi but if we see from assists records Messi has better than him and this season Messi has made 15 assists which is one of the best records in Ligue 1 compared to other forward players of PSG and afted Neymar got long injured Messi can covered Neymar position and performing well with Mbappe so after seeing these records i think this proven PSG is really depend to Messi and no wonder if PSG don't want Messi to leave this team and offering new contract before Messi decided to refused that

And indeed if Messi didn't change his mind and still insist to leave PSG i think this team will suffering huge lost and i know PSG has money and it's not hard for them to buy new players as their want but to find the replacement of Messi it's not easy task because although they will gets new players this summer but there is no guarantee those players will adapt quickly and play as well as Messi

[Zilon]

I quest the table will be the way it is is cuz matches left are not much.  Lens got in the second position after a deseving win against Reims while Marselle maintains their 3rd position till next season (if without losing more).  
I still believe they might be an overturn between Lens and Marseille due to their close points.  If Lens should Los any of their clashes with Lorient, Ajacio or Auxere, while Marseille remains in winning lane, there will definitely come a change in the French top 4

The problem is that for now Lens is still quite the favorite with their remaining 3 matches because they will still face quite easy opponents but it is different if this is Marseille because they will still face Lille next week.
Now it depends on the last 3 matches, which one is more consistent then he can stay in his position.

Lens is more likely to maintain the second place because they are two points ahead of Marseille already just with two wins and a draw they will maintain their position unopposed. seven point is enough to keep them at the second place. The remaining three matches despite been an easy one for Lens they might end up drawing two matches we know how football get tougher towards the end of the season and considering the fact Ajaccio and Auxerre will be fighting to escape relegation Lens will still need to take caution as they play their remaining matches

[makishart]

There is no doubt that the Lens team is strong this season. And if they are able to continue this kind of performance in the coming season, this team will undoubtedly fight for the Ligue 1 title. The main reason for Lens' consistent performance this season is their strong defense. This team conceded only 27 goals in 35 matches. Next season if Lens management can strengthen their attack and midfield a bit, and add some talented players to the team then this team will be stronger. And will fight for the title with PSG.

The consistency of performance by the club must become the main concern here. I meant i just try to put how lens was sometime became inconsistent with its performance. As you can see that how lens was able to be on the top place at the end of season. Lens will be qualified for UCL next season. Even though lens unable to win the trophy caused by it was missing some important points but being able to play in UCL next season can be considered as a great achievement for the club like lens.
Lens need to be careful caused by marseille was also aiming for the UCL spot as well. PSG is leading the competition right now. it's very difficult for lens to reach it.

The only main concern for lens about how to defend its position caused by being qualified for UCL will be also helping the club to get additional income next season.
Lens will be also able to get more popularity since it will be playing at the biggest competition in europa.

[Jody.Drummer]

That's why PSG needs to have new players who have more potential to be able to bring PSG into the CL championship at least reach the final, Messi and Neymar can't be relied on, even though they have great players they still always fail in CL, but talking about the league PSG will definitely win it easily because there are no serious competitors in league one, even their competitor Lens has a 6-point difference between PSG, so there is no difficulty for PSG to win league one.

PSG needs a lot of changes next season so they can become an even better club than this season, at least being able to penetrate the CL final has made good progress, I hope they really make a lot of changes and reforms to their players.  

Messi can't be relied on. The guy wins the World Cup final, scores the second most goals, is the best scorer in Ligue 1 with goals and assists and your judgment is that he cannot be relied on. I mean everyone is free to have their own opinion. Do you think that the Norwegian national team should kick out Haaland because they are not winning the World Cup because Haaland cannot be relied upon?

Now Hakimi wants to leave PSG. They are facing a wave of players leaving the club I think. This could lead to drastic changes in the squad that will be available for next season. Hakimi won't be the only one.

We are too focused on dealing with bad appearances so indeed when there is something good it seems invisible.
I like your idiom about this because it's really a bit sickening especially for PSG fans.
In this case, especially for Ligue 1, I don't really like the competition and I don't really like PSG either, but on the other hand, for now, my dislike is more for the fans, who seem as if they can do anything by judging almost any player. Messi, Neymar and now Hakimi. What are they thinking right now because indeed they are trying to make a big overhaul with PSG's condition. Even if they are a rich club and I know this but don't they think of other considerations just by judging someone playing badly and having to be replaced.
This is truly an irony for a fan club as big as PSG.

[bekti3]

The problem is that for now Lens is still quite the favorite with their remaining 3 matches because they will still face quite easy opponents but it is different if this is Marseille because they will still face Lille next week.
Now it depends on the last 3 matches, which one is more consistent then he can stay in his position.

Lens is more likely to maintain the second place because they are two points ahead of Marseille already just with two wins and a draw they will maintain their position unopposed. seven point is enough to keep them at the second place. The remaining three matches despite been an easy one for Lens they might end up drawing two matches we know how football get tougher towards the end of the season and considering the fact Ajaccio and Auxerre will be fighting to escape relegation Lens will still need to take caution as they play their remaining matches

This can still be caught up if in the last 3 matches Lens did not do well in their remaining matches.
But indeed, as I said before, these conditions will not be too difficult now with their confidence and the opponents they will face tend to be easier so I think this will not be a problem for Lens.

[Patrol69]

Brazilian star Neymar was present in the gallery to support Messi when he played in the France League after the ban and Luis Suárez was in virtual contact with Neymar. Messi may be going through the most bitter period of his career right now. In this match, when the ball goes to Messi's feet, the Paris fans started chanting various bad slogans about Messi and insulted Messi a lot, that's why Neymar was present in the gallery to give Messi mental support. 
PSG clubs and Paris supporters are fed up with Messi and Neymar, who was once the subject of much discussion and interest in Paris. Perhaps the main demand of the fans is to get Neymar and Messi out of the club as soon as possible.