French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[xzone]

so PSG could still have a chance to win Ligue1 this season if the consistency of other teams such as Monaco and Nice is broken.

That's so bad for PSG to count on the other teams to lose points in order to stay first.
I believe a good team has to prove itself in whatever situation and try to get 3 points most of the time. They could win Ligue 1, as usual thanks to the fact that they don't face a hard opponent but when Lille played good seasons before, they picked the title.
Another thing, PSG should try to win Champions League title for once! With such performance they will not be able to win anything for quite long time.

We are still at the beginning of the season and although PSG is further behind than its rivals, the difference in points is not much. Of course, they are not playing as well as if they were having an undefeated season and they lost a lot of points, but we cannot say that their opponents played great either. I am sure we will watch a competitive league this year, we started as if the champion might not be determined until the end of the season

[Luzin]

That's so bad for PSG to count on the other teams to lose points in order to stay first.
I believe a good team has to prove itself in whatever situation and try to get 3 points most of the time. They could win Ligue 1, as usual thanks to the fact that they don't face a hard opponent but when Lille played good seasons before, they picked the title.
Another thing, PSG should try to win Champions League title for once! With such performance they will not be able to win anything for quite long time.

Since Mbappe wanted to leave, I think PSG couldn't play better. Because Neymar, Messi also left, then Mbappe did not have a partner to work well. Plus Mbappe doesn't think of working 100% at PSG because his heart is not at ease.
Not surprised because last season they relied heavily on Neymar, Mbappe and Messi. The fans may have to be patient, they are in the process of transitioning. They have to look for new players, they have to start adapting to this problem. Expecting UCL seemed impossible, in fact they lost 4-1 to Newcastle.

[Republikcoin.com]

That's so bad for PSG to count on the other teams to lose points in order to stay first.
I believe a good team has to prove itself in whatever situation and try to get 3 points most of the time. They could win Ligue 1, as usual thanks to the fact that they don't face a hard opponent but when Lille played good seasons before, they picked the title.
Another thing, PSG should try to win Champions League title for once! With such performance they will not be able to win anything for quite long time.

Since Mbappe wanted to leave, I think PSG couldn't play better. Because Neymar, Messi also left, then Mbappe did not have a partner to work well. Plus Mbappe doesn't think of working 100% at PSG because his heart is not at ease.
Not surprised because last season they relied heavily on Neymar, Mbappe and Messi. The fans may have to be patient, they are in the process of transitioning. They have to look for new players, they have to start adapting to this problem. Expecting UCL seemed impossible, in fact they lost 4-1 to Newcastle.

And I even think that just winning Ligue 1 will be very difficult for PSG this season, PSG's performance this season is really very bad after the departure of several of its main players and the change of coach made this team's performance decline drastically.
Moreover, now the Mbappe problem is not going away, if the PSG team's performance continues to decline then it is very likely that players like Mbappe will no longer want to stay in this team and if PSG loses Mbappe, in my opinion the PSG team will really be destroyed for several seasons, it will be very difficult for them to can get a player like Mbappe.

[bering]

Marseille under new manager still find their shape and so far since Gattuso train this team Marseille has through an 3 matches in all competitions and the results is not quite bad because from those matches Marseille only gets 1 lose from Monaco and 1 win with big scores against Le Havre and actually Marseille has targetting top 4 at the end of this season and if Gattuso can able to achieve that target then the owner will extended his contract

Next weekend Marseille has gets strong opponent Nice and we all know Nice this season has been so impressive and they can occupy second position which is never happend before and this match also as the real test for Marseille consistency and just like i said before Nice has strong defense so this is good challenge for Marseille whether they can able to stole points from Nice or not Marseille will tasted 2nd loses under Gattuso and for betting option this time Nice is the favourite with odds @2.37

[marcous]

And I even think that just winning Ligue 1 will be very difficult for PSG this season, PSG's performance this season is really very bad after the departure of several of its main players and the change of coach made this team's performance decline drastically.
Moreover, now the Mbappe problem is not going away, if the PSG team's performance continues to decline then it is very likely that players like Mbappe will no longer want to stay in this team and if PSG loses Mbappe, in my opinion the PSG team will really be destroyed for several seasons, it will be very difficult for them to can get a player like Mbappe.

That's true, winning Ligue 1 this time is more difficult than in previous seasons for PSG, but that doesn't mean the opportunity is over. And on the one hand, squad rejuvenation really needs to be done, I think PSG is more suitable to be said to be in a transition period, the decline in performance which is considered bad may be due to a lack of wisdom in looking after them. I tried to see Madrid efforts in this regard, they still retained senior players like Modric and Kroos in the squad, at the same time Los Blancos brought in potential young players like Jude Bellingham and Arda Guler.

I think if PSG ends up being left behind by Mbappe, for a while they will really lose stability, which will result in a drastic decline in their performance. That will keep them from realizing his ambition is to win the UCL and Ligue 1 trophies simultaneously, and for Luis Enrique, it was the worst period of his managerial career, Enrique was not as lucky as in his period at Barcelona.

[onecall123]

Marseille under new manager still find their shape and so far since Gattuso train this team Marseille has through an 3 matches in all competitions and the results is not quite bad because from those matches Marseille only gets 1 lose from Monaco and 1 win with big scores against Le Havre and actually Marseille has targetting top 4 at the end of this season and if Gattuso can able to achieve that target then the owner will extended his contract

Next weekend Marseille has gets strong opponent Nice and we all know Nice this season has been so impressive and they can occupy second position which is never happend before and this match also as the real test for Marseille consistency and just like i said before Nice has strong defense so this is good challenge for Marseille whether they can able to stole points from Nice or not Marseille will tasted 2nd loses under Gattuso and for betting option this time Nice is the favourite with odds @2.37

Gattuso didn't stay with teams for long when appointed as a coach. This could suggest that he might not have the qualities required to be a successful coach. The teams he managed previously seemed disorganized. However, at Marseille, things seem to be going better. Coaching Olympique Marseille is a challenging task, but Gattuso seems determined to become a promising coach there. The upcoming match against Nice is anticipated to be challenging for both teams, and Nice occupy second standing in the league doesn't guarantee an easy victory.

[rendravolt]

That's right, a classic problem that has no real solution until now. PSG may have everything to get their dream squad, but again this club doesn't have a winning mentality when it comes to the Champions League competition. I don't know what's wrong with them but as long as they keep spending money, they won't achieve these achievements. This was more than 5 seasons ago and again they mostly only got stuck in the round of 16.

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I see that Nasser Al-Khelaifi ambition is too big to win the UCL title. on the one hand, he does not see that PSG mentality is really not ready and its still too early to win the title and because of this ambition, Nasser Al-Khelaifi always changes coaches when he fails to get the title in UCL and that is the error that occurs. PSG officials should start by getting their team used to continuing to compete consistently in the UCL, continuing to improve their performance and if they fail, dont fire the coach, but hold a meeting to see where the mistake is and fix it and I am sure the coach will have a strategy or method that can bring PSG to the top increased even more at UCL.
as we can see when PSG fails they always change coaches and even though this will be done continuously and get overall star players they will not be able to win the title there until PSG learns to be consistent. so I dont blame anyone for reducing the ambitions of PSG officials.

It is very natural for a big team like PSG who has spent a lot of money to be so ambitious to win the UCL title and maybe they will continue to do so until that title can be achieved. This mentality problem will only come if the PSG coach is a person who has high integrity in football and that must also be accompanied by an attitude of players who are willing to fight together and not just think about the good times at PSG. However, not only that, PSG's management must also be filled with people who are competent in their fields and if so far they still cannot overhaul their management, of course winning the UCL will also be difficult. They have to be consistent and it is not an easy thing, especially if you look at PSG, this is a new big team on the European stage, so they will still need a long time.

[Jody.Drummer]

Marseille under new manager still find their shape and so far since Gattuso train this team Marseille has through an 3 matches in all competitions and the results is not quite bad because from those matches Marseille only gets 1 lose from Monaco and 1 win with big scores against Le Havre and actually Marseille has targetting top 4 at the end of this season and if Gattuso can able to achieve that target then the owner will extended his contract

Next weekend Marseille has gets strong opponent Nice and we all know Nice this season has been so impressive and they can occupy second position which is never happend before and this match also as the real test for Marseille consistency and just like i said before Nice has strong defense so this is good challenge for Marseille whether they can able to stole points from Nice or not Marseille will tasted 2nd loses under Gattuso and for betting option this time Nice is the favourite with odds @2.37

Gattuso didn't stay with teams for long when appointed as a coach. This could suggest that he might not have the qualities required to be a successful coach. The teams he managed previously seemed disorganized. However, at Marseille, things seem to be going better. Coaching Olympique Marseille is a challenging task, but Gattuso seems determined to become a promising coach there. The upcoming match against Nice is anticipated to be challenging for both teams, and Nice occupy second standing in the league doesn't guarantee an easy victory.

It's not bad, but it's not good either. I think they are still lucky when they are in 6th place now, why? in my opinion they are in the current position because other clubs have performances that are not better than them. Their performance at the end of last season they carried over to this season, last season in their last 5 matches, Marseille could only record 1 win, while for 4 other matches they had to lose, that made them lose the competition with Lens last season.
But when compared to Lens, this season Lens is so bad that they even have to be thrown to 14th place in the standings.

[uswa56]

It is very natural for a big team like PSG who has spent a lot of money to be so ambitious to win the UCL title and maybe they will continue to do so until that title can be achieved. This mentality problem will only come if the PSG coach is a person who has high integrity in football and that must also be accompanied by an attitude of players who are willing to fight together and not just think about the good times at PSG. However, not only that, PSG's management must also be filled with people who are competent in their fields and if so far they still cannot overhaul their management, of course winning the UCL will also be difficult. They have to be consistent and it is not an easy thing, especially if you look at PSG, this is a new big team on the European stage, so they will still need a long time.

However, I think some of the steps taken by PSG were wrong, last season they spent a lot of money buying several star players and targeting to win the UCL, but in fact they couldn't do much in the European competition.
And this season PSG is experiencing many problems, especially the drama of Mbappe not wanting to extend his contract anymore and since Luis Enrique took charge of the PSG team it has not made the team's performance better, quite the opposite.

If they want to become a strong team and be able to win the UCL, then PSG must create a strong team framework, like Pep Guardiola did against Manchester City and they must also realize that money can never buy a title.

[Hirose UK]

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I see that Nasser Al-Khelaifi ambition is too big to win the UCL title. on the one hand, he does not see that PSG mentality is really not ready and its still too early to win the title and because of this ambition, Nasser Al-Khelaifi always changes coaches when he fails to get the title in UCL and that is the error that occurs. PSG officials should start by getting their team used to continuing to compete consistently in the UCL, continuing to improve their performance and if they fail, dont fire the coach, but hold a meeting to see where the mistake is and fix it and I am sure the coach will have a strategy or method that can bring PSG to the top increased even more at UCL.
as we can see when PSG fails they always change coaches and even though this will be done continuously and get overall star players they will not be able to win the title there until PSG learns to be consistent. so I dont blame anyone for reducing the ambitions of PSG officials.

It is very natural for a big team like PSG who has spent a lot of money to be so ambitious to win the UCL title and maybe they will continue to do so until that title can be achieved. This mentality problem will only come if the PSG coach is a person who has high integrity in football and that must also be accompanied by an attitude of players who are willing to fight together and not just think about the good times at PSG. However, not only that, PSG's management must also be filled with people who are competent in their fields and if so far they still cannot overhaul their management, of course winning the UCL will also be difficult. They have to be consistent and it is not an easy thing, especially if you look at PSG, this is a new big team on the European stage, so they will still need a long time.

Spending lot of money?
I think in preparation for this season PSG is not spending more money to strengthen the team and this is different from the last few seasons which could make PSG very strong and able to compete competitively in all several leagues.
For this season having too big ambitions for the UCL title will only be in vain and impossible to achieve because they are in imperfect condition or cannot compete well.
If it just an ambition to get the League 1 title it can still be considered reasonable but this is the UCL we can even see that PSG in League 1 is not very satisfactory especially in the UCL and from here you can judge for yourself whether PSG is worthy of fighting for the UCL title.
Moreover currently PSG only relies too much on one player to win namely Mbappe and without Mbappe this season they are unlikely to survive for long.

[bestcoins1]

It's not bad, but it's not good either. I think they are still lucky when they are in 6th place now, why? in my opinion they are in the current position because other clubs have performances that are not better than them. Their performance at the end of last season they carried over to this season, last season in their last 5 matches, Marseille could only record 1 win, while for 4 other matches they had to lose, that made them lose the competition with Lens last season.
But when compared to Lens, this season Lens is so bad that they even have to be thrown to 14th place in the standings.

In the next match, both of them will face opponents who are quite different in terms of their performance this season. Lens will face an opponent who is one level above at the moment, namely Le Havre, which this season was promoted to Ligue1, so Lens must be able to take advantage of this opportunity to get full points at home to Le Havre. Meanwhile, Marseille will face Nice, who are currently runners-up in the Ligue1 standings, so it might be a little difficult for Marseille to win at Nice's home ground.

[Ondekinecakabilirim]

No matter the weak display of PSG they are still the favorite to win the Ligue 1 title. Monaco and Nice are inconsistent to be projected as potential winners. The season is still fresh to decide who will emerge the champions but it will be good to have another winner after many years of PSG's dominance.

Monaco are better than Nice in terms of squad quality. But there is a very big possibility that Paris Saint-Germain FC will come back to dominate the league again. But Nice coach Francesco Farioli is a very good coach. He can put a great stamp on the French league this season. He has done great things in Turkey. I expect him to achieve similar success in France. Nice will play an important league match against Marseille next week. I think they will have an important test in that match. If they win that game, I think they will be able to push for the league title until the end of the season. But to be honest, I don't think they have a good enough squad to do that.

[arimamib]

That's true, winning Ligue 1 this time is more difficult than in previous seasons for PSG, but that doesn't mean the opportunity is over. And on the one hand, squad rejuvenation really needs to be done, I think PSG is more suitable to be said to be in a transition period, the decline in performance which is considered bad may be due to a lack of wisdom in looking after them. I tried to see Madrid efforts in this regard, they still retained senior players like Modric and Kroos in the squad, at the same time Los Blancos brought in potential young players like Jude Bellingham and Arda Guler.

I think if PSG ends up being left behind by Mbappe, for a while they will really lose stability, which will result in a drastic decline in their performance. That will keep them from realizing his ambition is to win the UCL and Ligue 1 trophies simultaneously, and for Luis Enrique, it was the worst period of his managerial career, Enrique was not as lucky as in his period at Barcelona.

The competition for the championship trophy is guaranteed to be quite fierce, especially for teams that really want the trophy for this season, such as Monaco and Nice, where they will try to take advantage of PSG's unstable performance situation to win the Champion trophy this season. Apart from that, PSG is still the strongest candidate to win the title this season.

Like Marseille, who were at the top of the standings at the start of this season, but they have not been consistent enough in maintaining their best form. I think the best opportunity for competing teams is this season, after PSG lost Messi and Neymar, then competing teams can exploit their weaknesses to win the Ligue 1 trophy.

[KTChampions]

Maybe it's too early to draw conclusions? Bayern is also not in first place in the Bundesliga and even City is not in first place in the Premier League. All three clubs are very close to the top and remain the bookmakers' favorites, so it is too early to talk about serious problems.
By the way, as I said, Mbappe scored two goals yesterday, showing that he is in excellent shape and his decline in performance at the club level is temporary.

Indeed, it's still too early. PSG can still show their best to their fans later, right now also they gap only 2 points different with Monaco. So PSG can still race to win the title, and yes you're right PSG is still the favorite team so it's possible they can still secure the title. Mbappe yesterday became hero on French team with 2 goals, Mbappe performance in scoring is actually still great, although Mbappe performance with PSG this season is not that impressive but yes is temporary.

The current odds for the Ligue 1 title are as follows:

Paris Saint Germain 1.20

As Monaco Fc 11.00

Olympique Marseille 15.00

Everything is clear here and, in my opinion, even 1.20 is a favorable coefficient (at least it looks more reliable and more profitable than depositing in a bank hahaha). I'm talking about PSG's prospects in the Champions League - if they are lucky with their opponents, they can climb very high (like Inter last year or any other team from the "easy" part of the playoffs).

[poodle63]

Marseille under new manager still find their shape and so far since Gattuso train this team Marseille has through an 3 matches in all competitions and the results is not quite bad because from those matches Marseille only gets 1 lose from Monaco and 1 win with big scores against Le Havre and actually Marseille has targetting top 4 at the end of this season and if Gattuso can able to achieve that target then the owner will extended his contract

Next weekend Marseille has gets strong opponent Nice and we all know Nice this season has been so impressive and they can occupy second position which is never happend before and this match also as the real test for Marseille consistency and just like i said before Nice has strong defense so this is good challenge for Marseille whether they can able to stole points from Nice or not Marseille will tasted 2nd loses under Gattuso and for betting option this time Nice is the favourite with odds @2.37

Gattuso didn't stay with teams for long when appointed as a coach. This could suggest that he might not have the qualities required to be a successful coach. The teams he managed previously seemed disorganized. However, at Marseille, things seem to be going better. Coaching Olympique Marseille is a challenging task, but Gattuso seems determined to become a promising coach there. The upcoming match against Nice is anticipated to be challenging for both teams, and Nice occupy second standing in the league doesn't guarantee an easy victory.

Gattuso was always performing so badly on the previous team. The way he was managing the club is so harsh. Gattuso was an experienced players in the past and he shall know better about how to control his emotion when he was teaching his team.
This guy is always doing everything with his emotion. Gattuso needs to train how to be patient when train his team. I have heard that if marseille has been approaching zidane, but he has been giving very hard requirements to recruit him to be a new appointment for marseille. I would like to see zidane to come and then being a new coach for marseille. Let's how good gattuso to handle marseille at this moment.

I do believe if gattuso will be failed again no matter how hard he will be trying to make marseille better than before.

[Weawant]

It is very natural for a big team like PSG who has spent a lot of money to be so ambitious to win the UCL title and maybe they will continue to do so until that title can be achieved. This mentality problem will only come if the PSG coach is a person who has high integrity in football and that must also be accompanied by an attitude of players who are willing to fight together and not just think about the good times at PSG. However, not only that, PSG's management must also be filled with people who are competent in their fields and if so far they still cannot overhaul their management, of course winning the UCL will also be difficult. They have to be consistent and it is not an easy thing, especially if you look at PSG, this is a new big team on the European stage, so they will still need a long time.

However, I think some of the steps taken by PSG were wrong, last season they spent a lot of money buying several star players and targeting to win the UCL, but in fact they couldn't do much in the European competition.
And this season PSG is experiencing many problems, especially the drama of Mbappe not wanting to extend his contract anymore and since Luis Enrique took charge of the PSG team it has not made the team's performance better, quite the opposite.

If they want to become a strong team and be able to win the UCL, then PSG must create a strong team framework, like Pep Guardiola did against Manchester City and they must also realize that money can never buy a title.

Mbappe is not willing to extend his contract because obviously he is not getting what he really wants to get from the team, they are not giving him the platform he desires to win more tittle to his career in his young age, now that ha still gat the capacity to perform as a young star, he needs where he will get the team support he desire and achieve more trophies and title for himself

Spending good money to get quality player to enable them win league title wasn't a bad move and couldn't be seen as one aswell but using the players appropriately with good tactics that will help them get things right is what they probably need at the moment, Luis Enrique needs improve more on his tactics and how he position the players so that he will start getting results. The recants slow down in PSG has graduated into great concerns and if Luis doesn't do anything about it sooner he may have his job on the line.

[SOKO-DEKE]

Next weekend Marseille has gets strong opponent Nice and we all know Nice this season has been so impressive and they can occupy second position which is never happend before and this match also as the real test for Marseille consistency and just like i said before Nice has strong defense so this is good challenge for Marseille whether they can able to stole points from Nice or not Marseille will tasted 2nd loses under Gattuso and for betting option this time Nice is the favourite with odds @2.37

Yes, I agree with you that Nice is stronger than Marseille currently, and the way I also view the matter is that Nice is the favorite team to win. I expect Marseille to give Nice a tough time because they are not also that so weak team because if they so weak the team should have not have the opportunity to occupying six position in league 1 table.But I gave nice my favorite team that will win the game  because they are playing at home and they also have a very strong defense, and as you said, and again, if anyone has watched nice player ways of playing football on the field, you will see that they play with more aggression compared to Marseille's ways of playing.

No matter the weak display of PSG they are still the favorite to win the Ligue 1 title. Monaco and Nice are inconsistent to be projected as potential winners. The season is still fresh to decide who will emerge the champions but it will be good to have another winner after many years of PSG's dominance.

PSG may not be strong right now, but when it reaches certain points, it becomes very serious, and the teams that may have the chance to be at the top of the table will later start performing poorly because some of their players become so weak in the middle or end of the season that they need to continue strong and because they don't have quality players for replacement, their performance continues to decrease. This kind of incident has happened before, both here and in other leagues.so with this reason I also agree that weak performances of psg currently doesn't mean they are not the favorite team to win the league.

[ndutndut]

Gattuso didn't stay with teams for long when appointed as a coach. This could suggest that he might not have the qualities required to be a successful coach. The teams he managed previously seemed disorganized. However, at Marseille, things seem to be going better. Coaching Olympique Marseille is a challenging task, but Gattuso seems determined to become a promising coach there. The upcoming match against Nice is anticipated to be challenging for both teams, and Nice occupy second standing in the league doesn't guarantee an easy victory.

Gattuso's goal in training the team hard is to improve the team's poor mentality, this was also done by Gattuso when he previously coached Valencia. Actually, this cannot be proven yet, not a single club is willing to be patient. So Gattuso's quality has not been fully proven.

Hopefully at Marseille he will get the support he deserves, and it is true that against Nice like this it will be a challenge for Gattuso to prove that he really has the capacity to be a coach. The victory against Nice is also necessary to increase the team's self-confidence to update the standings where currently Marseille itself is in sixth place with twelve points.

[hahay]

No matter the weak display of PSG they are still the favorite to win the Ligue 1 title. Monaco and Nice are inconsistent to be projected as potential winners. The season is still fresh to decide who will emerge the champions but it will be good to have another winner after many years of PSG's dominance.

Monaco are better than Nice in terms of squad quality. But there is a very big possibility that Paris Saint-Germain FC will come back to dominate the league again. But Nice coach Francesco Farioli is a very good coach. He can put a great stamp on the French league this season. He has done great things in Turkey. I expect him to achieve similar success in France. Nice will play an important league match against Marseille next week. I think they will have an important test in that match. If they win that game, I think they will be able to push for the league title until the end of the season. But to be honest, I don't think they have a good enough squad to do that.

I think, even though Monaco and Nice are currently in positions 1 and 2 in the Ligue 1 standings, but it still looks like Monaco and Nice cannot be said to be potential winners this season. Because after all, their points gap with PSG in the current Ligue 1 standings is not far, or does not have a wide gap. Therefore, basically PSG still has a chance to improve and overtake Monaco and Nice. Because basically PSG has champion quality, so with a close points gap like this it certainly doesn't make PSG lose its chance of winning the Ligue 1 trophy this season.

[tusandii]

Now, PSG is dominated by newcomers, especially regarding the starting eleven that Enrique implemented. Unfortunately what he planned and implemented did not go smoothly, especially regarding the center forward they have. These two players, need time to reach their level of play. In the end, Enreque couldn't help but experiment with the players available and at the same time with the systems and patterns he implemented. Well, it would be very natural if it took time to achieve what Enrique wanted. Gradually, PSG will find their playing rhythm. After all, this competition still has a lot of matches to play. For the Champions League, don't expect PSG to be able to go far. In fact, his status as qualifying for the group phase is still in question.

Actually, I really understand the situation that Enrique is currently experiencing because he is under pressure from the PSG owner to immediately improve PSG's performance to win the title in the Champions League and League 1, whereas currently only Kylian Mbappe is still very reliable but it is very difficult to combine Enrique's strategy with Mbappe and of course I also still appreciate the coach's efforts because it is not easy to bring PSG to a higher level, whereas in the past Galtier, who had 3 star players, also failed to bring PSG to a higher level.
For now, it seems that Enrique needs to better understand what makes it difficult for the club to reach competitions other than League 1 and related to the Champions League, indeed PSG condition is also very difficult to maintain because their performance is a little bad in contrast to last season.