French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[cygan]

following the sacking of Laurent Blanc, french ligue 1 club olympique lyon announced the signing of Fabio Grosso as its new head coach. the italian 2006 world cup winner signed until june 2024 plus an option for another season. FG most recently coached frosinone calcio, and after fc sion (2020/21), lyon is his second stop abroad. the 45-yo will bring four assistants with him.

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[indah rezqi]

The departure of Messi was not solely orchestrated by Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the player wanted to leave. And this fact showed in his behavior on and off the pitch. He traveled to Saudi Arabia without permission. I guess the interest was getting from clubs which include Inter Miami, Barcelona, and Al Hilal was attractive. The fact that his children were not registered for resumption was a sign that he didn't want to remain in PSG. I also think that the failure of the team to win the Champions League with Messi also spurred the club to let him go. In the case of Neymar, his injury problems are becoming a challenge and was looking as if the club was wasting funds on the Brazilian without him performing. And the fans are becoming impatient and want him to leave by all means.

The club is really missing Messi because he is creative and also a goalscorer. Dembele wasted a lot of opportunities that Messi would have easily converted.  But the game against Nice shouldn't be used to generalize PSG's chances of winning the league because Nice is also a good side. The outcome is the game is showing that other teams are coming up to compete and stop PSG from cheaply winning the league. The Ligue One title is not their birthright, so I am happy that some teams are giving the defending champions a good fight.

A tempting offer from Inter Miami made Messi leave, even though on the one hand PSG club owner Nasser Al-Khelaifi wanted to keep him. Talking about performance, it is also quite realistic if PSG releases Messi because he is 36 years old. That's not a young age to appear regularly in PSG main squad, it's hard to see Messi becoming a reserve player at the club, so it's as simple as that I think. For Neymar, I agree with your statement, if Neymar hadn't been injured so often, PSG probably wouldn't have let him go last summer.

The results of PSG transfer market movements have not fully contributed, the defeat to Nice is proof of that. Luis Enrique has to rack his brains to find the right tactics for his squad, otherwise PSG will have difficulty in Ligue 1 and UCL this season. I think the first match in the group phase will be a benchmark, whether they are strong enough in the UCL this season or not, what is clear is that Dortmund is stronger than Nice.

[slapper]

PSG 1:1 Nice.

The PSG team this season is looking like a team that can easily be defeated by any team in the French Ligue1, they easily concede goals, their performance is very poor and their attacking force is very slow if not Mbappe who has been instrumental since his return to the team I think they need to do everything to keep Mbappe next season because things are going to be worse for them if he eventually leaves the club.

I can't imagine the performance am seeing watching this game, the away team has created so many goal scoring chances but has failed to utilize their chances to register a second goal but I think Nice will definitely get a goal if they keep pressing on the defense of PSG they may take all the three points, good performance from Nice tonight.

Maybe PSG is going to lose today. This will be PSG's first defeat of the season. The PSG team is now trailing by 3-1. 85 minutes of play is over. At the end of the first half, the match was tied at 1-1. Expected to see a better performance from PSG in the second half. But their performance was poorer in the second half. PSG now have 68% ball possession. But they are attacking very little. Despite having 68% of the ball possession, PSG managed only 11 shots, while firing 12 shots. While PSG only had 2 shots on target, Nice had 7 shots on target. However, Luis Enrique should change his match strategy. and strengthening defenses. Otherwise, it will be very difficult for PSG to stay at the top of the points table.

I can't believe PSG lost this game. I believed the second half would be better after an even first. Only 2 shots on goal with 68% possession? How come? That's grade school material. It looked like PSG raced around the field aimlessly passing the ball. They rarely erred. Very smart, Nice took advantage of their chances. PSG should reconsider their methods. If Enrique doesn't improve, PSG's top spot is in jeopardy

[Awaklara]

I can't believe PSG lost this game. I believed the second half would be better after an even first. Only 2 shots on goal with 68% possession? How come? That's grade school material. It looked like PSG raced around the field aimlessly passing the ball. They rarely erred. Very smart, Nice took advantage of their chances. PSG should reconsider their methods. If Enrique doesn't improve, PSG's top spot is in jeopardy

This was surprising, when PSG controlled so much of the ball but didn't create many chances. Mbappe scored 2 goals which I think also required a lot of effort.
in fact, Nice managed to make more efficient attacks while having little possession of the ball.
what makes PSG really difficult to create opportunities with the possession of the ball they have. This may only be the start of the season but this defeat is a blow for PSG to compete with other teams in Ligue 1 which are usually dominated by them.

[makishart]

What an unexpected result from PSG match yesterday that surprisingly they lose from Nice with narrow score and this is poor result even last season when Galtier train this team he can do more better than this and without Messi and Neymar PSG seems unable to performing well and the players who expected can be the replacement of them such as Dembele or Goncalo Ramos still haven't showing their best performance

PSG president, Nasser Al-Khelaifi messed up big time, allowing Leo Messi, Neymar Jr with other important big-name to exits Parc des Princes this summer and he can't even boost of his team's performance, despite bringing in new players to the squad. PSG performance decline since appointing Luis Enrique as headcoach, they struggling in league games, more concerning how they are going to adapt with UEFA Champions League when it will finally kickoff. The parisians have alot to worried about this season, their current form, the players and the board. The supporters are not impressed with the club's condition, and they seek for all round improvement when there's still time to bounce back to their best game.

Khelaifi was never let those players leaving from the club but i must be honest if PSG has a toxic community which was always insulting all of them. Neymar and messi have been taking the right decision to save their mentality.

I didn't even like if those players would be staying even longer in PSG caused by how crazy PSG fans are. They were acting like stupid guys who lost their mind. They can't even put respect on messi and neymar.

I remember when the fans were coming to the neymar's home, and they were insulting him. That's the dumbest act that has ever done by stupid PSG fans.

Messi and neymar deserved better environtment rather than staying at PSG. Neymar and messi need to save their mentality from being destroyed by stupidity of PSG fans.

[rendravolt]

Today Lens will face Metz at home and if in this match Lens still can't win that would be outrageous. Metz is a promoted Ligue 1 team this season and they are even better than Lens by collecting 5 points from the 4 matches they have played. If you look at the H2H of these two teams, it is surprising that they are equally strong and balanced in several meetings.

I don't think that Metz will be a strong enough opponent this time for Lens and they have to be careful if they don't want Metz to steal 3 points from this away match. Apart from that, I still can't predict who will win, but it should be that Lens will win this time because they have been down for too long and of course they have evaluated all the mistakes they made.

[KTChampions]

By the way Luis Enrique even made a statement after the match like he was really satisfied with the team performance there. This must really be a joke.    Because how can you be satisfied with that defensive performance for example? Nice could have even beaten you by a gap of a few goals. You shouldn't be talking like that in this situation.

I can't imagine how bad PSG would be without Mbappe even in the Ligue 1. I don't want to mention the Champions League because I guess it would be much worse for them.

Enrique is forced to say such things, this is called putting on a good face when playing poorly. In general, of course, it is difficult to understand what he could have liked because, despite having less possession of the ball, Nice made more productive actions and their victory is completely logical.
In 4 days Dortmund will play here and if PSG continues to play poorly, then Enrique does not have such a great chance of holding out until the winter 

[klidex]

What an unexpected result from PSG match yesterday that surprisingly they lose from Nice with narrow score and this is poor result even last season when Galtier train this team he can do more better than this and without Messi and Neymar PSG seems unable to performing well and the players who expected can be the replacement of them such as Dembele or Goncalo Ramos still haven't showing their best performance

PSG experienced a bad start to the season. Mbappè was able to score 2 goal in the 27th and 87th minute. If it weren't for Mbappè, PSG might not be anything.
Its a shame, even though I hope PSG would win the match this time knowing the chances were bigger, but it turns out my prediction was wrong.


Next week PSG will compete against Borrusia Dortmund at home. Hopefully this time Luis Enrique will strengthen his club to compete against Borrusia Dortmund in the upcoming match. I can not prediction this match because even though PSG has a bigger chance than Borussia Dortmund, its not likely they will lose again. 

[Doell]

Today Lens will face Metz at home and if in this match Lens still can't win that would be outrageous. Metz is a promoted Ligue 1 team this season and they are even better than Lens by collecting 5 points from the 4 matches they have played. If you look at the H2H of these two teams, it is surprising that they are equally strong and balanced in several meetings.

I don't think that Metz will be a strong enough opponent this time for Lens and they have to be careful if they don't want Metz to steal 3 points from this away match. Apart from that, I still can't predict who will win, but it should be that Lens will win this time because they have been down for too long and of course they have evaluated all the mistakes they made.

Lens must win tonight for their squad to find confidence again, considering they will also be playing at home, they should be more enthusiastic about securing the three points. But as you said head to head the both teams are equally strong and balanced, and Metz is better at the moment rather than Lens, so I think Metz will try their best to get points on matchday 5 tonight. Maybe the bad result is a draw for Lens, but if Lens lose it will be very bad for them this season, because in 5 matches they still haven't been able to get full points.

[snipie]

PSG experienced a bad start to the season. Mbappè was able to score 2 goal in the 27th and 87th minute. If it weren't for Mbappè, PSG might not be anything.
Its a shame, even though I hope PSG would win the match this time knowing the chances were bigger, but it turns out my prediction was wrong.

That's a total chaos for PSG. Nice were more effective although they started the season with 3 draws but this time they scored more goals than they did when they won vs Strasbourg.
Even though Mbappe is leading the score board with 7 goals but PSG is shaming themselves each match. I wonder know what they could do without him.

Next week PSG will compete against Borrusia Dortmund at home. Hopefully this time Luis Enrique will strengthen his club to compete against Borrusia Dortmund in the upcoming match. I can not prediction this match because even though PSG has a bigger chance than Borussia Dortmund, its not likely they will lose again.  [/left]

Both Dortmund and PSG aren't doing well in their domestic league.. It is hard to expect how this random game will end. This while PSG have Mbappe of course. If he will not play, I will go with Dortmund.

[Westinhome]

By the way Luis Enrique even made a statement after the match like he was really satisfied with the team performance there. This must really be a joke.    Because how can you be satisfied with that defensive performance for example? Nice could have even beaten you by a gap of a few goals. You shouldn't be talking like that in this situation.

I can't imagine how bad PSG would be without Mbappe even in the Ligue 1. I don't want to mention the Champions League because I guess it would be much worse for them.

Luis Enrique was the manager of Spanish football team manager mostly played on the forward and middle position.He is train his player in the good way and also giving the good spirit after some loss to their player.This way of management was good for the team in the long run.It may be seems joke to other people,but they made a positive approach towards the future.The team may scored low,but mark my words this manager alone take care of the entire team for next 5 years.This Luis had won heart of mine by his positive approach towards their team performance.The other manager should handle the loss like this.

[hahay]

When last season PSG failed in the Champions League and many blamed the performance and contribution of Messi and Neymar, but after Messi and Neymar left the fact that PSG actually became worse. Because anyway, if Messi and Neymar are still at PSG at this time with the coach being Enrique, then of course I am sure that PSG's performance will be better and maybe it will also have good results in the Champions League. But unfortunately, all that is gone because PSG is only helped by the presence of Mbappe in the squad, while the performance of other players in each line is very weak. Thus, PSG does not have a good balance on each line. So no wonder PSG is worse this season and even, to get the Ligue 1 title alone seems to be difficult for PSG this season.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Not long ago Luis Enrique became the coach of PSG. Give ENrique enough time, I think he can do good things with PSG.
Despite not winning the first two matches, PSG's performance improved in the subsequent matches. PSG is playing very well. Enrique is trying to stabilize the team's performance. To strengthen the bond between the players. And it is definitely time consuming. In the last few seasons we have seen PSG have strong squads. But their performance was erratic due to the lack of bond between the players. Luis Enrique is trying to bring stability to the team. And it's not possible very quickly. PSG's tactics have also changed a lot.
However, at the end of the first half, the match was tied at 1-1. I think PSG can get 3 points in this match too. Although Nice will try their best to draw the match and share the points.

Luis Enrique is a very experienced coach and I believe he'll try his best to put the club in other, he's already on a right path recently and that's why we've seen the  teams performance improved in their recent matches this season and i believe they'll continue with this form till the end of the season because it would really help them in the Champions league when they'll face   other top teams in their group.
 Buy currently The team is suprisenly under performing against  Nice at home and I expected PSG to be leading with 2 goals currently but it's the other way round and I don't understand why they'll be so careless to allow Nice to be leading two goals currently after Mbappe's opener, is it that without Mbappe's contribution the team can't win or what, Enrique should do something before his team lose the match and drop to 4th or 5th in the table

I know Luis Enrique is a very experienced coach. He was doing very well with the Spain team. He was able to strengthen a shaky Spain team based on youth. Spain team is playing very well now. Perhaps this is why PSG management entrusted Luis Enrique in charge of their squad.
PSG lost 3-2 against Nice in today's match. And it was PSG's first defeat of the season. The result was unexpected for me. But we have to admit that psg's performance was not good in this match. Also nice players played very well today. They attacked a lot. And almost every attack was pretty intense.

Overrated coach and overrated club. People always called this club will be winning the group stage of UCL while i have opposite opinion regarding it. Losing when host the game is a shame for PSG.
The lost against nice was a slap back to the reality for PSG. PSG has been only making three shots on target which is far low compared with nice even though the club was always losing the ball possession against PSG.
People said that PSG was the better team in the most part but the result is far from there. PSG was not even able scoring the third goal to save its lives.
PSG had control over the ball but this club was unable in maximizing it. What a shitty performance from this club.

PSG was showing awful performance. The club play like shit.

Coach Luis enrique has yet to stabilize the team.  After winning two matches, the team lost against Nice. PSG is now third in the points table. And now PSG is 2 points behind Monaco. If Monaco can win their next match they will go 5 points ahead of PSG. And Monaco are in very good form. And it won't be easy for PSG to close the points gap with Monaco. PSG squad is strong but their performances are erratic. The coach is still trying to stabilize the team. And PSG's attack is still quite weak. PSG's overall performance has been poor due to weakness in attack. Coach Enrique should change his match strategy. PSG is not able to get good result in this match strategy.

[TastyChillySauce00]

It was a horrible night for PSG unfortunately. Mbappe did his best in this game by scoring two goals but even his effort wasn't enough to win this game. Because there is a significant problem on PSG side when it comes to team effort. PSG are too dependent on Mbappe. He has scored 7 out of 10 goals of the team in the league so far.

We saw another example that having a dominance in ball possession isn't enough at all. Nice's xG was way better than PSG tonight. Nice's attacking effort was pretty impressive as they brought the score to even 3-1 during the game. This was a deserved win for them.

Paris Saint Germaine's result against a club like Nice in their French Ligue 1 match tonight was totally humiliating to club as big as PSG and to think that they were best at the Parc des Princes is another reason for the PSG players to bury their heads in shame for such a shambolic performance.
After all the lucrative signings in the summer transfer window PSG isn't supposed to be struggling to win home match against a club like Nice that's not being consistent with in recent games. Luis Enrique must understand that the club really wants better than what he's currently giving or risk being sacked from his managerial role at the club

By the way Luis Enrique even made a statement after the match like he was really satisfied with the team performance there. This must really be a joke.    Because how can you be satisfied with that defensive performance for example? Nice could have even beaten you by a gap of a few goals. You shouldn't be talking like that in this situation.

Did you believe it? I saw that as non sense excuse by him. PSG has spent a lot of money to buy a lot of great players but it was losing against mediocre teams which are terrible result.
I thought that if nice would be steal 1 point from PSG but the result has surprised me to see nice stolen three points from PSG.

I can't imagine how bad PSG would be without Mbappe even in the Ligue 1. I don't want to mention the Champions League because I guess it would be much worse for them.

PSG can do nothing without him in the club. PSG was always relying on him at this moment. I can't even imagine the club to play without him.
Im sure PSG will become a medriocre club without him. PSG is not a favorite club to win the group anymore. Its poor performance needs to be solved.

[bitLeap]

Did you believe it? I saw that as non sense excuse by him. PSG has spent a lot of money to buy a lot of great players but it was losing against mediocre teams which are terrible result.
I thought that if nice would be steal 1 point from PSG but the result has surprised me to see nice stolen three points from PSG.

PSG's humiliation by Nice was very surprising, this result was their first defeat at the start of the season. Mbappe has a heavy burden to bear for PSG after the departure of Messi and Neymar. In terms of creating opportunities, PSG really had no other choice even though they controlled the ball more than 70%. Dembele, Kolo Moani and Goncalo Ramos have yet to show significant progress during their arrival.

[Despairo]

PSG can do nothing without him in the club. PSG was always relying on him at this moment. I can't even imagine the club to play without him.
Im sure PSG will become a medriocre club without him. PSG is not a favorite club to win the group anymore. Its poor performance needs to be solved.

But that's the good thing, this will make Ligue 1 become more unpredictable like in Serie A, I don't want to see a complete domination of PSG in Ligue 1 anymore. Mbappe always solo carrying PSG, this will make opponents become easier to stop PSG, all they need is put an eye on Mbappe. Unlike the last season if they want to stop Mbappe, there's Messi, if they want to stop Messi, there's Neymar.

[rahmad2nd]

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PSG experienced a bad start to the season. Mbappè was able to score 2 goal in the 27th and 87th minute. If it weren't for Mbappè, PSG might not be anything.
Its a shame, even though I hope PSG would win the match this time knowing the chances were bigger, but it turns out my prediction was wrong.


Next week PSG will compete against Borrusia Dortmund at home. Hopefully this time Luis Enrique will strengthen his club to compete against Borrusia Dortmund in the upcoming match. I can not prediction this match because even though PSG has a bigger chance than Borussia Dortmund, its not likely they will lose again. 

I didn't watch this match, but the result was beyond my expectations. referring to several reviews I read, as well as match statistics. It seems like PSG showed consistency problems in this match. Even though PSG dominated the game, PSG's mistakes at the back benefited the opposing team, Nice. Also, it is very clear that Goncalo Ramos was almost invisible in this match, he even underperformed. playing 65 minutes, he only had one shot off target, worse, he only had 17 touches. different from Kolo Muani, even though he only got a few touches, one chance, and contributed one assist to a goal. Even in terms of opportunities, Nice got it more than PSG.

It is clear that PSG's attack line still has problems. Goncalo Ramos, has not been able to play with his best performance. So, Asenssio's absence is a big loss for Luis Enrique's squad. As a result, the match ended with a score of 2-3. PSG scored two goals, only from Kylian Mbappe.
Talking about the Champions League match, next week Luis Enrique must prepare his squad much better when his team faces Dortmund. I think Enrique has to rotate Goncalo Ramos, because Asenssio still has a leg injury, Enrique has to prepare Randal Kolo Muani. because, there is no choice if you force players who are not performing at their best.

[Republikcoin.com]

PSG can do nothing without him in the club. PSG was always relying on him at this moment. I can't even imagine the club to play without him.
Im sure PSG will become a medriocre club without him. PSG is not a favorite club to win the group anymore. Its poor performance needs to be solved.

But that's the good thing, this will make Ligue 1 become more unpredictable like in Serie A, I don't want to see a complete domination of PSG in Ligue 1 anymore. Mbappe always solo carrying PSG, this will make opponents become easier to stop PSG, all they need is put an eye on Mbappe. Unlike the last season if they want to stop Mbappe, there's Messi, if they want to stop Messi, there's Neymar.

For the Ligue 1 competition to be more competitive, this is good, but PSG is a big team that has quite strong finances and they are trying hard to build this team with or without Mbappe.
If the PSG team's situation gets worse, of course the top players won't want to be on this team anymore, especially since Mbappe is interested in many other teams.
Now only Mbappe is contributing greatly to the team and rumors of his move are getting bigger, maybe the longest he will stay at PSG until the end of the season until his contract expires, but with the strength that PSG has I am sure this team will be able to rise again and bring in other quality players.

[Jody.Drummer]

Did you believe it? I saw that as non sense excuse by him. PSG has spent a lot of money to buy a lot of great players but it was losing against mediocre teams which are terrible result.
I thought that if nice would be steal 1 point from PSG but the result has surprised me to see nice stolen three points from PSG.

PSG's humiliation by Nice was very surprising, this result was their first defeat at the start of the season. Mbappe has a heavy burden to bear for PSG after the departure of Messi and Neymar. In terms of creating opportunities, PSG really had no other choice even though they controlled the ball more than 70%. Dembele, Kolo Moani and Goncalo Ramos have yet to show significant progress during their arrival.

This defeat is a kind of warning to them, because if they continue like this then they will lose the next defeat. Playing at home with that kind of game, then I say that Nice deserved to win this match. Mbappe can't win by himself, they are a team and good teamwork is needed in a club, and I don't see that in Paris Saint Germain.

PSG can do nothing without him in the club. PSG was always relying on him at this moment. I can't even imagine the club to play without him.
Im sure PSG will become a medriocre club without him. PSG is not a favorite club to win the group anymore. Its poor performance needs to be solved.

But that's the good thing, this will make Ligue 1 become more unpredictable like in Serie A, I don't want to see a complete domination of PSG in Ligue 1 anymore. Mbappe always solo carrying PSG, this will make opponents become easier to stop PSG, all they need is put an eye on Mbappe. Unlike the last season if they want to stop Mbappe, there's Messi, if they want to stop Messi, there's Neymar.

Although I find this a bit intriguing to hear, the facts on the ground are not that different from what you said. Paris Saint Germain is not strong as a team, I mean when they still rely on one or two players, then it already gives a negative impression for this club in the future. They will definitely not always be with the players they rely on, like Neymar and Messi who then left this season. Likewise with Mbappe, who most likely this season is the last season for him in Paris Saint Germain uniform. This must be addressed, how long will they be like this?

[tusandii]

While everyone is talking about the disappointment of PSG losing to a small club, I will be more concerned with predicting Rennes' match with Lille.

This match Rennes will host Lille at Roazhon Park even though home advantage is always promising but not for Rennes when they have to play against Lille which has always been an obstacle for Rennes to win this match because in the history of matches between these two clubs Lille has always been able to beat Rennes while this club has not been able to. won even at home so wouldn't hesitate to bet on Lille.
The first surprise was made by a young player from the defense line who surprisingly scored the first score when I wrote this even though Leny Yoro is a young player who doesn't have much experience but being at the Lille club could give him a good career and I would predict that Lille won with a score of 1-2 for Lille.