French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Palakka]

PSG will easily win the Ligue 1 title. This is not a difficult task for PSG. And so coach Luis Enrique is now experimenting with the PSG squad. PSG became over-reliant on Mbappe. Luis Enrique has done his best to reduce this dependence. And the performance of PSG team is quite stable now. Even without Mbappe in the squad, PSG's players are capable of playing well.

Enrique has tried to strengthen the squad with young players. Young players can support the team for a long time. I would say Enrique succeeded. Overall performance of PSG is very good. If the PSG management can add a suitable replacement for Mbappe to the squad next season, then we will not see any deterioration in PSG's performance. PSG might even become stronger next season.

So far PSG have recorded themselves as the most dominant team in Ligue 1 in winning trophies, as well as this season they have indeed left Brest out of the championship competition, the draw obtained by PSG against Reims became the third draw obtained by PSG in three consecutive matches, but even so PSG still remain very safe at the top of the table and it is difficult for Brest to catch up even when PSG get 1 or 2 more draws in the next match.

So far we know PSG as a team that tends to depend more on star players to fill their squad, but maybe for now it is better for Enrique to prioritize young players into their squad because after years of trying to rely on star players in the Champions League but they have failed, so maybe young players will be able to do better later at PSG and indeed PSG should be able to find every solution to their failure continuously in the Champions League during this time.
As for Mbappe replacement, PSG are reportedly currently eyeing Lamine Yamal from Barcelona, but I honestly doubt if Lamine Yamal can replace Mbappe role in the PSG squad, because he is currently very young at 17 years old and to be the mainstay of a team experience and leadership are needed while for Lamine Yamal, of course, there is no such thing.

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[LUCKMCFLY]

PSG drew again and Mbappe only came on in the second half. It seems Enrique is trying to get PSG used to not relying on Mbappe because he will leave soon. This is the third consecutive tie. There are still 9 games left, they should still be looking for 3 points in each game. Because Brest still has a chance to chase PSG's points.

In the last 3 matches, PSG did not manage to get full points, where a draw marked the final result in the last 3 matches. So, for now, PSG is still far ahead of the teams below their ranking because the point difference between the two is 10 points. It is true that it looks like Luis Enrique will provide a new sensation by rotating the line up in every match where he hopes his team can perform more optimally without Mbappe's presence on the field.

I'm not sure Brest will be able to catch up with PSG in points because this season PSG is not at all burdened by the pressure of other teams because they are already too far ahead in terms of points. Indeed, in yesterday match Mbappe was played as a substitute and this was of course a tactic from Luis Enrique to prepare the team for next season when Mbappe was no longer with them.

Well, this is just a panorama that can be given, things can happen in a very random way for many, it is notable that they are not putting him in by punishment, and in this Luis Enruiqe is usually a very tough person with a lot of Temperament, he It doesn't matter to him if he is a big star, he just needs to know the level of loyalty that a player can give to his team , this is about having respect for him, and I think that he only puts him in the game because it is convenient for him that the team doesn't look so bad, Specifically,  he uses it as a tool to win, this time he has everything to win and they were not able to do it, could Luis Enrique be starting to do a good Study to see what works and What does not work without having Mbappé on the field? This is something that only he would think of and he is not there anymore, with the advantage and he has it seems to me that he is very risky, personally I would not put Mbappé in to play unless I Need him to score a goal, even if it is 10 mins would Demand a goal.

Just in: PSG manager confirms Mbappe will leave the club at the end of the season

Luis Enrique was destined to be the first person to convey the message of Mbappe’s exit from PSG, as he was one who hinted at the same by making some changes to the starting eleven in recent weeks.

The Spaniard notably omitted Mbappe from the starting eleven in a few matches, though it was reported that his team changes are not necessarily linked with Mbappe’s potential move to Real Madrid at the end of the season.

Now, Enrique has wished Mbappe the best for his future, stating (h/t Fabrizio Romano), “I wish all the best to Kylian Mbappé for his future. He’s a fantastic player and even more as a person. I really wish him all the best.”

Source: https://madriduniversal.com/just-in-psg-manager-confirms-mbappe-will-leave-the-club-at-the-end-of-the-season/

The truth is that I wouldn't be interested in being in Mbappe's shoes, there must be a lot of rejection from everyone, in fact there have been some demonstrations in Paris in front of the Club, reproaching Mbappé for being a traitor, the truth is this Here it is quite strong, the same thing happened to Messi, now to Mbapé, sometimes things are very Hard when the fans are so legal with their Clubs, there would always be this type of repudiation of those who feel they betray.

Now Mbappé doesn't know where he'll go , but I think it's very embarrassing for Madrid, I don't know how this will go down with the other Madrid kids, but he has to tie his belt because Mbappé wants to go with Everything to whatever team he is,  in PSG or they are giving him minutes , and that is detrimental for him because they don't see him in good shape.

[imamusma]

PSG will easily win the Ligue 1 title. This is not a difficult task for PSG. And so coach Luis Enrique is now experimenting with the PSG squad. PSG became over-reliant on Mbappe. Luis Enrique has done his best to reduce this dependence. And the performance of PSG team is quite stable now. Even without Mbappe in the squad, PSG's players are capable of playing well.

Enrique has tried to strengthen the squad with young players. Young players can support the team for a long time. I would say Enrique succeeded. Overall performance of PSG is very good. If the PSG management can add a suitable replacement for Mbappe to the squad next season, then we will not see any deterioration in PSG's performance. PSG might even become stronger next season.

This could mean that Mbappe departure from PSG will not take the Ligue 1 trophy away from them, unless next season there is a surprise team that can break PSG dominance, as Leverkusen did against Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga. It is very reasonable why Ligue 1 is so easy for PSG, with the financial strength they have, PSG can build a squad containing star players. Meanwhile, Mbappe departure could change many things about their transfer policy, in which PSG management will prioritize potential young players to recruit.

Luis Enrique has a wealth of experience to make a team appear solid, not only in Ligue 1 but in the European Champions League too. Retaining the manager for the next few seasons can increase PSG chances of achieving success in the Champions League. If last summer Luis Enrique didn't have much time to prepare and recruit new players, next season transfer window is the best momentum to reorganize the team, because he is no longer bothered by the issue of Mbappe leaving again.

[slapper]

The draw they received this week doesn't make their chances of becoming champions small, because the point gap between them is still far enough for teams in Ligue 1 to catch up. I don't even think any team will be able to catch it, unless the situation is different. , it seems for example that Brest is in first position and Paris Saint Germain is in second position. I don't mean to underestimate Brest in this matter, but the inconsistency shown by teams other than Paris Saint Germain opens up opportunities for Paris Saint Germain to catch up.
I would say Paris Saint Germain will be champions again this season, whether we like it or not we have to see that, because in fact there is no team that has the same strength that can compete closely with Paris Saint Germain. Even if there is, it only happens at the start of the season and not at the end of the season. In Ligue 1 Paris Saint Germain's task to become champions is not difficult at all, they can even do everything to win the title in a row.

There is no other team in League 1 that is consistently able to put pressure on PSG at the top of the standings, so even though PSG do not achieve maximum results they are still comfortable at the top of the standings.
This is the bad thing about competition which actually harms teams like PSG who are unable to develop in performance to be able to compete on the European stage.
I think the reason why PSG has not been able to win the Champions League title as they target every season is because the League 1 competition is not competitive.

I am very disappointed with PSG's draw, they are really not worth placing bets on, even though PSG are very favorites, they don't seem to have much motivation to win the match.

I get your point about PSG's recent results. Because Ligue 1 isn't competitive enough, PSG dominates domestically without a sweat. It's like seeing the same movie over and over again. This is perhaps why they struggle in Europe. Like large fish in a little pond, they're different when they swim in the ocean
Watch Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga. Despite a similar predicament, they remain a Champions League threat. PSG should take notes. It's about constructing a club that can adapt and compete at the highest level, not just buying big-name stars. If they want to win the Champions League, they need to reassess their plan with Mbappe possibly leaving. To see so much potential in Europe not being realised is frustrating

[Velvet78]

Things are going on just the way Marseille want. Maybe Lens won but Lille and Nice lost points in the meantime. The point gap with the team in the fourth position is only three points. While Marseille are on the rise with their new manager they had better maintain this good form as much as possible. They still have a good chance to join the Champions League as I said before.

I'm curious about what Brest will do in the remaining weeks. They have done a really good work so far. Maybe they lost against Lens the last time but they are still doing just fine at the second position. They are a surprising team to be seen there. As I like their competitive nature this season I hope they can join the Champions League too. 

[execijutiere]

PSG-Reims ended in a 2-2 draw. The match was exciting and all the goals came in the first half. Reims scored the first goal of the match, but PSG immediately increased the pressure and took a 2-1 lead. They scored the equalizer towards the end of the first half. There was not much action for the rest of the match. We can say that this point loss is not important for PSG for now because the point difference with their closest rival is 10.

[temple]

Things are going on just the way Marseille want. Maybe Lens won but Lille and Nice lost points in the meantime. The point gap with the team in the fourth position is only three points. While Marseille are on the rise with their new manager they had better maintain this good form as much as possible. They still have a good chance to join the Champions League as I said before.

I'm curious about what Brest will do in the remaining weeks. They have done a really good work so far. Maybe they lost against Lens the last time but they are still doing just fine at the second position. They are a surprising team to be seen there. As I like their competitive nature this season I hope they can join the Champions League too. 

Marseille is having their positive outbreaks. They just started another winning streaks of three games in a row, but last time they did it when they recovered from the bad start into the season, it was followed by another few weaker games. But Lens and Lille have shown some weaker games and now I think Marseille is looking at the UEFA competitions again. It was out of the question that they could reach it when they were still at the bottom of the table and nobody understood what was going on with them. But now they have got a good number of games left and I think everything is possible again.

They are still playing against Lille, Nice and Lens, which means they can make these teams drop more points and the Champions League qualification phase position on rank 4 is possible again.

[execijutiere]

Le Havre had been struggling to win for 6 weeks. Yesterday, Le Havre managed to end their 6-week winless streak with a one-goal victory against Toulouse. Le Havre certainly deserved the win as they played a better game compared to their opponents.
In the meeting of 2 teams in the relegation zone, the winner was Metz. Metz are in a race with their rivals and they want to make the most of their chance to stay in the relegation zone. With this win they managed to take 2 steps ahead of their opponent.

[entertheabyss]

Le Havre had been struggling to win for 6 weeks. Yesterday, Le Havre managed to end their 6-week winless streak with a one-goal victory against Toulouse. Le Havre certainly deserved the win as they played a better game compared to their opponents.
In the meeting of 2 teams in the relegation zone, the winner was Metz. Metz are in a race with their rivals and they want to make the most of their chance to stay in the relegation zone. With this win they managed to take 2 steps ahead of their opponent.

PSG have stood their ground in both good and bad moment, they're doing everything to maintain their balance level in the league. PSG drawed points with Reims and winning streaks is uncertain on mediocre club's ends. This is time to know about France Ligue One, it doesn't seem easy because the average clubs fights so hard to accumulate points which is also deniable on the end of other oppositions. Throwing more concern on La Havre, they've been going through alot, they have been having terrible performance and poor stats in league matches this season.

[execijutiere]

Monaco won away with a single goal. Strasbourg haven't won for 8 weeks and have fallen into the relegation zone. They now need to do something if they want to stay in the league. Yesterday, Strasbourg lost against Monaco and we can say that we are entering important weeks for Strasbourg. Monaco increased their points tally to 45 with this win and moved up to 3rd place after Lille's draw.
Lille failed to beat Rennes in a tough encounter. The away team Rennes started the match quickly. Rennes scored in the first minute and increased the difference to 2 in the 20th minute. Lille, who entered the last minutes in a stressful way, managed to get a draw by scoring 2 goals with Jonathan David in the last 8 minutes.

[skarais]

Monaco won away with a single goal. Strasbourg haven't won for 8 weeks and have fallen into the relegation zone. They now need to do something if they want to stay in the league. Yesterday, Strasbourg lost against Monaco and we can say that we are entering important weeks for Strasbourg. Monaco increased their points tally to 45 with this win and moved up to 3rd place after Lille's draw.
Lille failed to beat Rennes in a tough encounter. The away team Rennes started the match quickly. Rennes scored in the first minute and increased the difference to 2 in the 20th minute. Lille, who entered the last minutes in a stressful way, managed to get a draw by scoring 2 goals with Jonathan David in the last 8 minutes.

Lille still has a chance to qualify for the Champions League next season, so they will really fight for that until the end of the season. So far there are at least 6 teams still fighting to qualify for the Champions League and that includes Lille, Lens, Nice, Marseille, Brest and Monaco. These teams have a low points gap and they still have a chance to secure a position in the European zone including the Champions League.

PSG is safe to be considered to have qualified for the Champions League, in fact I no longer think PSG will face a real threat of losing their title this season after they managed to lead the standings with a gap of 10 points above Brest. PSG are title favourites, that has allowed them to get better focus on the Champions League this season.

[snipie]

Monaco won away with a single goal. Strasbourg haven't won for 8 weeks and have fallen into the relegation zone. They now need to do something if they want to stay in the league. Yesterday, Strasbourg lost against Monaco and we can say that we are entering important weeks for Strasbourg. Monaco increased their points tally to 45 with this win and moved up to 3rd place after Lille's draw.
Lille failed to beat Rennes in a tough encounter. The away team Rennes started the match quickly. Rennes scored in the first minute and increased the difference to 2 in the 20th minute. Lille, who entered the last minutes in a stressful way, managed to get a draw by scoring 2 goals with Jonathan David in the last 8 minutes.

Strasbourg declined a lot and they are 3 points away from the relegation zone and one point from the relegation play-offs. Such position is unsustainable and they have to start winning again especially against Nantes this week. All their remaining games up to April are against top teams except maybe Toulouse which is a medium one, yet above them.
Monaco and Brest are competing for the second spot while PSG trying to confirm the title before a couple of rounds. There Marseille that are pushing their way up and Nice that lost control totally on their results!

[Josefjix]

PSG are formidable this season, they are enjoying football in their domestic league because there's no presence of improvement, rather we will continue to watch League Onr over and over again. This is one of the relevant reasons why Les Parisiens is suffering in elite competition, they don't stand the chance. PSG will continue to dominate the France Ligue One because there's no presence of top rivals for the league. The performance of opponents that's clinching on PSG to be on the same level, but these teams are not doing anything possible to achieve this targets.

[temple]

PSG are formidable this season, they are enjoying football in their domestic league because there's no presence of improvement, rather we will continue to watch League Onr over and over again. This is one of the relevant reasons why Les Parisiens is suffering in elite competition, they don't stand the chance. PSG will continue to dominate the France Ligue One because there's no presence of top rivals for the league. The performance of opponents that's clinching on PSG to be on the same level, but these teams are not doing anything possible to achieve this targets.

Are they formidable? PSG is one of the most expensive teams in Europe, play in one of the weakest teams with no competition at all and so far did not win 9 of their games. To me this doesn't sound like a formidable season. When PSG wins the title, I can't see anything special about it. They had a solid performance in the Champions League round of 16, but other than that it was ok, but nothing special. On top of that they couldn't win three games in a row, which I think is awful for a team like PSG playing in that league... But since it doesn't matter whether they win or not, it still looks as if they were playing so well.

[maknyos]

Lille still has a chance to qualify for the Champions League next season, so they will really fight for that until the end of the season. So far there are at least 6 teams still fighting to qualify for the Champions League and that includes Lille, Lens, Nice, Marseille, Brest and Monaco. These teams have a low points gap and they still have a chance to secure a position in the European zone including the Champions League.

PSG is safe to be considered to have qualified for the Champions League, in fact I no longer think PSG will face a real threat of losing their title this season after they managed to lead the standings with a gap of 10 points above Brest. PSG are title favourites, that has allowed them to get better focus on the Champions League this season.

The competition to win a place in the Champions League is more interesting in the Ligue 1, because PSG is too dominant in the race for trophies, a number of competing clubs will not be able to pressure PSG to lead the standings. It's a shame to see Nice, they are now experiencing setbacks after competing with PSG at the start of the season. Brest and Monaco must try to maintain their position in the top three, there are fewer matches remaining and we will see PSG win the trophy again this season.

[Hirose UK]

Well, Nice performed again with bad performance, they suffered a defeat against lower middle class team like Montpellier and this is the result of the match for the umpteenth time which has made many people really doubt Nice.
They performed very well at the start of the season and from some of the previous bad results I thought they could learn and try to perform better but in reality everything is the same and shows that Nice is not team that can be used as favorite.
Nice stability and consistency have been completely destroyed after entering the middle of the season until now and it seems like there will be an opportunity for Nice to face conditions where the decline in standings ranking becomes even worse.
They made mistake which gave Montpellier 1 goal lead and after two minutes Nice were able to put up resistance which made it 1-1 draw but in the end they made another mistake which resulted in penalty.
1 - 2 result lasted until the match was over and this defeat occurred because of the mistake of the Nice players who acted too immeasurably, I think mistakes like this must really be corrected because they are very detrimental to the team if they happen again.

But they will have much more difficult match, namely in the French Cup quarter-finals where they will meet PSG, this will be bad match and could knock Nice out of the competition.

All these small teams without proper investment starts the league and have high and plenty strengths and then they look like King Of the Jungle and when the Jungle gets matured they go into hiding and oblivion. This is the story of OGC Nice whom we thought will be the contenders with PSG. Stumping Nice fell to another loss at home to Montpellier with all goals of this fixture coming in the first half. This shows how porous the defense of this Nice team and how much investment needs to be done in this team.

 With this kind of defense they’ll be seen as the worst team in any European competition talk more of the Elite UCL and I’m glad their hopes of getting to the UCL is getting dim. Nice’s early season promise looks more distant with every game after losing at home to lowly Montpellier 2-1 extended its winless streak to six French league matches on Friday. After leading Ligue 1 in the early part of the season, the club has fallen away in recent weeks.Its last league victory was on Jan, 27 and it has slide to fifth place in the table.

 This win is a major boost for Montpellier as it helps them in their battle out of relegation and it’s a crazy one for Nice as it’s the another bad result. In the QF of the French Cup, they’ll also be knocked out by PSG and this is very bad as they might try to maintain the position or go to 3rd to get a good European competition spot, they're not match for PSG and i don't think the French Giants would want to be kicked out so easily.

Currently there is no team that is really capable of providing significant competition against PSG and for Nice themselves, somehow they are doing it but they really can't be relied on because they often do unexpected things that make them lose and end in draw.
If only this season can be used to learn and improve next season performance then there is possibility that Nice can compete with PSG even though fighting for the title will also be very difficult.
PSG still continues to dominate the Ligue 1 competition and we can see whether PSG development remains stable or not next season when their mainstay player Mbappe actually leaves.

Currently, Nice is in 6th position in the standings and it can be confirmed that it is impossible for Nice to rise to much better position until they have UCL ticket next season.
Only competition they can participate in is the European League and I think this competition is more suitable for Nice because the UCL is also big competition where the strongest team in various leagues will be able to easily get rid of Nice.

Somehow I not so sure that Nice will stay in the French Cup competition because of course PSG will beat Nice and knock them out.
I will say again that this season there are various doubts raised about Nice development.

[comboday]

Speaking of statistics, Jurgen Klopp's streak is heavy. Guardiola's 6 wins against Klopp's 8 in the 21-time encounter between the two legends in English football. Klopp has won 12 times against Guardiola in all forms of football, while Guardiola has won 11 times. Klopp is the only coach against whom Pep still has a winning record of four or more matches.But Guardiola has surpassed Klopp in terms of titles, with the German coach having eight to the Catalan coach's 16. In addition, Klopp's Liverpool lost to Guardiola's Manchester City by just one point twice in the Premier League title race.

[TelolettOm]

PSG is safe to be considered to have qualified for the Champions League, in fact I no longer think PSG will face a real threat of losing their title this season after they managed to lead the standings with a gap of 10 points above Brest. PSG are title favourites, that has allowed them to get better focus on the Champions League this season.

I don't know if this is the reason or not, because the distance between the points is quite far, so PSG is no longer as tough and optimal as before in playing the match. Maybe one of the reasons is to keep the players fit. However, the match in the French League, it is clear, they have no rivals. So whatever they like, it looks like PSG will continue to dominate and excel there. Meanwhile, on the other hand, they have to be more alert and stronger when competing in UCL matches. It seems that the condition is extra contrary to what they usually have.

We can take a look at how PSG played against Reims this time. As usual, PSG really dominates. In fact, there were quite a lot of attacks on them. However, they were not able to win, they were somewhat lacking in the accuracy of their shots at the target. And in fact, 1 PSG goal was OG.

[ndutndut]

PSG are formidable this season, they are enjoying football in their domestic league because there's no presence of improvement, rather we will continue to watch League Onr over and over again. This is one of the relevant reasons why Les Parisiens is suffering in elite competition, they don't stand the chance. PSG will continue to dominate the France Ligue One because there's no presence of top rivals for the league. The performance of opponents that's clinching on PSG to be on the same level, but these teams are not doing anything possible to achieve this targets.

Indeed, PSG is too strong in first place so that no other team is able to catch up on points because other teams do not have a squad like PSG. In terms of competition to win the league one trophy, PSG has no problems, but in terms of play, he has to admit that PSG is experiencing setbacks. From their last three matches in league one they recorded three consecutive draws, this is not a good sign for a team like PSG, they should be able to be consistent even though league one is in their hands but this must be proven so that they can continue to be consistent so that their mentality becomes stronger when playing in the UCL league.

Currently PSG is trying to get used to the team without Mbappe, but PSG seems to be having difficulty without Mbappe. I'm not sure next season when Mbappe leaves PSG whether they can dominate League One again.

[Google+]

The competition to win a place in the Champions League is more interesting in the Ligue 1, because PSG is too dominant in the race for trophies, a number of competing clubs will not be able to pressure PSG to lead the standings. It's a shame to see Nice, they are now experiencing setbacks after competing with PSG at the start of the season. Brest and Monaco must try to maintain their position in the top three, there are fewer matches remaining and we will see PSG win the trophy again this season.

PSG's position at the top of the standings can no longer be disturbed by other teams in Ligue 1 because by collecting 56 points it can be ascertained that the league trophy and also one Champions League ticket are theirs, the competition at PSG has actually long ended in the fight for rank 1 and as usual PSG remains firmly at the top of the standings, currently an interesting competition only occurs between ranks 2 and 6 in the standings in grabbing the remaining two automatic tickets to qualify for the Champions League and also One playoff ticket.

So far there are still 5 teams competing namely brest (2), monaco (3), lille (4), lens (5), and Nice who are ranked 6, at this time maybe many of us think Nice have been out of competition due to their poor performance in recent weeks, but in fact they are currently still very strong 6th place with 40 points and only 6 points behind brest, I think by being 1 or 2 points apart from one team to another, it is certain that the competition for Champions League tickets is certainly very interesting than seeing PSG run alone towards the championship trophy this season in Ligue 1.