French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[TheGreatPython]

The amount that PSG spends to build their squad, ligue 1 no other team spends that amount and no other team has so many star players. Moreover PSG management has formed them to make the champions perform better. And so they've added a lot of star players to the team, and are spending a lot of money. Ligue 1 does not need such a strong squad to win the title.

Some years ago, Monaco were doing the same thing that PSG have been doing. For the 2016-17 season, Monaco built a really solid team and they became the champions in the Ligue 1 by ending the season quite far ahead of PSG. They had Mbappe also then. And after some time, PSG built a really strong team and they have strengthened their squad even more now by adding Messi to the team also. And they continue to dominate most of the seasons.

I am also feeling sad for this French League how they are going down because few years back there were some good competition between few teams all were performing well with some good number of quality players and having some very good investments from owners which was giving good entertainment but now suddenly just PSG is having very handful lead and all other teams struggling very badly even Monaco is also having very bad time even have some good players but recently their performance is not good with Lyon down in league table and Marseille is just enjoying with PSG and Lille after winning last year's title now also having very bad time with very poor ranking in League but still having some good time in Champions League.

[Rabi3]

The next round is approaching and we could watch an enjoyable match in four days I think. Monaco are going to be having a home match against Rennes. There is no very clear favourite side in this match as both teams can defeat the other one. But Rennes are in a better condition than Monaco as they are 5 points ahead of Monaco and they are at the third place now. Monaco were doing good until the PSG match and they lost that match. Rennes also lost their last match to Nice by 2-1 home. It can be a really competitive match that both teams are scoring in.

Rennes are at their best, I think they can compete against AS Monaco at the Stade Louis II, If Rennes wins their match against AS Monaco, they will immediately be in second place in Ligue 1. Whereas if AS Monaco loses this match, they will downgrade.

I think both teams to score is the best option there, even if you check their H2H games both teams seem to find a way to the opponent's goal in 9 matches in a row, odds of both teams to score are sitting at 1.7 which is not that bad I would definitely add them to a parlay.

[Red Pie]

The amount that PSG spends to build their squad, ligue 1 no other team spends that amount and no other team has so many star players. Moreover PSG management has formed them to make the champions perform better. And so they've added a lot of star players to the team, and are spending a lot of money. Ligue 1 does not need such a strong squad to win the title.

Some years ago, Monaco were doing the same thing that PSG have been doing. For the 2016-17 season, Monaco built a really solid team and they became the champions in the Ligue 1 by ending the season quite far ahead of PSG. They had Mbappe also then. And after some time, PSG built a really strong team and they have strengthened their squad even more now by adding Messi to the team also. And they continue to dominate most of the seasons.

Yes true.  However, Monaco could not build a team as strong as PSG now.  Goalkeeper Donnarumma was named the most valuable player of Euro 2020.  Their defense is full of top-notch players.  The offensive line, on the other hand, has players who will be in the few teams in the world.  Mbappe played a key role in both teams.  He's also playing an important role at PSG this year.

[Wawa2013]

The amount that PSG spends to build their squad, ligue 1 no other team spends that amount and no other team has so many star players. Moreover PSG management has formed them to make the champions perform better. And so they've added a lot of star players to the team, and are spending a lot of money. Ligue 1 does not need such a strong squad to win the title.

Some years ago, Monaco were doing the same thing that PSG have been doing. For the 2016-17 season, Monaco built a really solid team and they became the champions in the Ligue 1 by ending the season quite far ahead of PSG. They had Mbappe also then. And after some time, PSG built a really strong team and they have strengthened their squad even more now by adding Messi to the team also. And they continue to dominate most of the seasons.

Yes true.  However, Monaco could not build a team as strong as PSG now.  Goalkeeper Donnarumma was named the most valuable player of Euro 2020.  Their defense is full of top-notch players.  The offensive line, on the other hand, has players who will be in the few teams in the world.  Mbappe played a key role in both teams.  He's also playing an important role at PSG this year.

Of course, Monaco has difficulty competing with PSG, because PSG have strong finances to bring in star players. Not only Monaco other teams
in Ligue 1 are also difficult to compete with PSG, now PSG really dominates Ligue 1. Even PSG this season is already 13 points ahead of Marseille
who is in second place, PSG's chances of winning the Ligue 1 trophy this season are very high. But this makes Ligue 1's popularity decline,
because it is not so interesting if there is no other team that can compete with PSG. As you have said almost all positions in the PSG team are
occupied by star players, so it is very natural that PSG dominates Ligue 1.

[W Jr.]

Of course, Monaco has difficulty competing with PSG, because PSG have strong finances to bring in star players. Not only Monaco other teams
in Ligue 1 are also difficult to compete with PSG, now PSG really dominates Ligue 1. Even PSG this season is already 13 points ahead of Marseille
who is in second place, PSG's chances of winning the Ligue 1 trophy this season are very high. But this makes Ligue 1's popularity decline,
because it is not so interesting if there is no other team that can compete with PSG. As you have said almost all positions in the PSG team are
occupied by star players, so it is very natural that PSG dominates Ligue 1.

Paris SG's biggest chance is Nasser Al-Halifi, who bought the team. Paris SG became incredibly strong after acquiring that team. They were seen as one of the favorite teams for UCL this year along with City. They transferred one of the best football players on earth - Messi- . They have world class level players like Mbappe and Neymar. Of course they will dominate the league in the French league. But I disagree with you about the lack of competition. Despite being very strong economically, Paris SG failed to win Ligue 1 last year. Lille finished last year as champions. It means that they have achieved a better team harmony this year, not in terms of money.

[blue Snow]

Yes true.  However, Monaco could not build a team as strong as PSG now.  Goalkeeper Donnarumma was named the most valuable player of Euro 2020.  Their defense is full of top-notch players.  The offensive line, on the other hand, has players who will be in the few teams in the world.  Mbappe played a key role in both teams.  He's also playing an important role at PSG this year.

For sure Monaco didn't have enough money and stuck on financial fair play. They are only able to use the strategy to sell the young potential player as they did in past (Mbappe). Now, they have Tchouameni, a young player who has talented which contested by MU and Chelsea, when happens Monaco will be got much money for the deal. Monaco is also great outside, has never lost also in European League.

[Ebede]

The amount that PSG spends to build their squad, ligue 1 no other team spends that amount and no other team has so many star players. Moreover PSG management has formed them to make the champions perform better. And so they've added a lot of star players to the team, and are spending a lot of money. Ligue 1 does not need such a strong squad to win the title.

Some years ago, Monaco were doing the same thing that PSG have been doing. For the 2016-17 season, Monaco built a really solid team and they became the champions in the Ligue 1 by ending the season quite far ahead of PSG. They had Mbappe also then. And after some time, PSG built a really strong team and they have strengthened their squad even more now by adding Messi to the team also. And they continue to dominate most of the seasons.

Mbappe and the likes of Bernardo Silva, Fabinho both at Manchester City and Liverpool.
They really gave them best that season, and got positive results by going on to win the league.
Although Messi seems like around the end of his career but have still got it when it come to scoring goals and creating chances.
Have a well experienced defender like Sergio Ramos is also a good one for the young lads to learn.

[CryptoBuds]

Yes true.  However, Monaco could not build a team as strong as PSG now.  Goalkeeper Donnarumma was named the most valuable player of Euro 2020.  Their defense is full of top-notch players.  The offensive line, on the other hand, has players who will be in the few teams in the world.  Mbappe played a key role in both teams.  He's also playing an important role at PSG this year.

For sure Monaco didn't have enough money and stuck on financial fair play. They are only able to use the strategy to sell the young potential player as they did in past (Mbappe). Now, they have Tchouameni, a young player who has talented which contested by MU and Chelsea, when happens Monaco will be got much money for the deal. Monaco is also great outside, has never lost also in European League.

Monaco as a team is stable. They are very caring towards young players. They find young talent and help them become more experienced. Monaco's goal is not to win titles, but to develop and empower young talent. They can make money by selling them. However, Monaco is doing its job very well. If they could spend some money and coordinate the star players in the team, they might be able to compete for the Ligue 1 title.

[KTChampions]

I am also feeling sad for this French League how they are going down because few years back there were some good competition between few teams all were performing well with some good number of quality players and having some very good investments from owners which was giving good entertainment but now suddenly just PSG is having very handful lead and all other teams struggling very badly even Monaco is also having very bad time even have some good players but recently their performance is not good with Lyon down in league table and Marseille is just enjoying with PSG and Lille after winning last year's title now also having very bad time with very poor ranking in League but still having some good time in Champions League.

This investment was a toy (or money laundering) by the oligarchs. It couldn't lead to anything good.  The French championship will develop when serious money comes to it aimed at generating income (as in the EPL). The fact that the league is now in crisis may even be good from the development point of view - you can invest in a club and take one of the places that give the right to play in the Champions League, where the main money is spinning.

[mv1986]

The amount that PSG spends to build their squad, ligue 1 no other team spends that amount and no other team has so many star players. Moreover PSG management has formed them to make the champions perform better. And so they've added a lot of star players to the team, and are spending a lot of money. Ligue 1 does not need such a strong squad to win the title.

Some years ago, Monaco were doing the same thing that PSG have been doing. For the 2016-17 season, Monaco built a really solid team and they became the champions in the Ligue 1 by ending the season quite far ahead of PSG. They had Mbappe also then. And after some time, PSG built a really strong team and they have strengthened their squad even more now by adding Messi to the team also. And they continue to dominate most of the seasons.

They will continue to dominate the league for as long as the Sheikhs decide to pump money into the club. Monaco couldn't compete with PSG and I guess almost no club in the world is able to compete with PSG financially. The only thing that speaks against PSG and in favor of a club from the Premier League is that the PL is much more attractive to top players.

[kayiboyu]

There are still three days for the new match week to start. As far as I can see, the most salient game is Monaco - Rennes. Monaco are trying to get back to their performance in the last season at least but they should keep winning to be able to do this now. Rennes are in a much better condition than them and playing big for the top positions in the standings. Each team can score I think but I don't have a clear opinion about which side can win.

[hahay]

There are still three days for the new match week to start. As far as I can see, the most salient game is Monaco - Rennes. Monaco are trying to get back to their performance in the last season at least but they should keep winning to be able to do this now. Rennes are in a much better condition than them and playing big for the top positions in the standings. Each team can score I think but I don't have a clear opinion about which side can win.

Both teams to score in this match is a good choice to bet on, but if I consider the performance of both so far this season then I would still pick Rennes to win. Because even, if I look from the head to head side too, Monaco doesn't look promising to win so even though Monaco can play well in this match I think it will only result in a draw. However, Rennes still has a chance to win here I don't care that this is an away match for Rennes, because Rennes' record so far this season when playing at home and away looks good, so draw or Rennes win with both teams to score is an option which may be right.

[ILuckyGuyI]

When it comes to the Monaco - Rennes game, I think that this game is very likely to end up with a draw. But I don't expect a 0-0 draw also. These teams are both very capable of scoring now. In their last head-to-head games in Monaco, both teams scored at least one goal. Taking this into account, I feel myself really close to the both teams to score bet option. And if I placed a bet on a side to win, my choice would be Monaco. Because they haven't lost a home game in the league for many weeks.

[DU18]

Monaco as a team is stable. They are very caring towards young players. They find young talent and help them become more experienced. Monaco's goal is not to win titles, but to develop and empower young talent. They can make money by selling them. However, Monaco is doing its job very well. If they could spend some money and coordinate the star players in the team, they might be able to compete for the Ligue 1 title.

Monaco has always been producing great talented young players, and even their former youth players are now the mainstay of great clubs such as Kylian Mbappe, James Rodriguez, Thomas Lemar and even Youri Tielemans, I agree with what you say, if If Monaco could retain these great players, of course, Monaco would be a club that is respected by other clubs in Europe, but indeed Monaco, which has weak finances, of course requires a lot of money to continue to increase their club income by selling talented young players.

[snipie]

I really appreciate PSG's gigantic form in the Ligue 1 so far. They are playing like they are in a video game.    They have lost only once so far in 18 Ligue 1 games. And they won 14 of them. They have a gap like 13 points even with the second-placed team which are Marseille. The other teams including Marseille are having a very big difficulty in keeping up with PSG. And as there is a very wide gap in strength between PSG and any of the rest of the teams, it is not seen as a surprising thing.

I am always wondering whether the staff, players of the other teams are considering winning the title as being the first one of the actual table or the first one of a table that doesn't include PSG
As I always say, it is their fault to not being able to compete with PSG. PSG could win whatever game it wants but a team that wants to challenge them has to win as much game as possible..the current situation is very different and those teams are wasting points easily.

[mv1986]

I really appreciate PSG's gigantic form in the Ligue 1 so far. They are playing like they are in a video game.    They have lost only once so far in 18 Ligue 1 games. And they won 14 of them. They have a gap like 13 points even with the second-placed team which are Marseille. The other teams including Marseille are having a very big difficulty in keeping up with PSG. And as there is a very wide gap in strength between PSG and any of the rest of the teams, it is not seen as a surprising thing.

I am always wondering whether the staff, players of the other teams are considering winning the title as being the first one of the actual table or the first one of a table that doesn't include PSG
As I always say, it is their fault to not being able to compete with PSG. PSG could win whatever game it wants but a team that wants to challenge them has to win as much game as possible..the current situation is very different and those teams are wasting points easily.

That's just nonsense to be honest. Literally no other club in Ligue 1 could afford to sign even Neymar alone. How are you going to compete with Neymar, Messi, Mbappe, Di Maria, Donnaruma, etc. if you don't even have 1/10th of the money that PSG has available?

[Rruchi man]

Watching this PSG game, and i am still keeping my fingers crossed hoping to see goals in the game that are not as a result of penalties. Not like i am insinuating that the penalties were not correctly given, they were, but it will be nice to see normal creative goals. Mbappe is in good form, looking sharp in front, Icardi should take cue from him and start playing better especially in the second half.

[Bilgent]

PSG are playing a Coupe de France match against a very weak opponent now and they ended the first half 2-0 ahead. Icardi and Mbappe scored the goals. This is like a training match for them of course before their league match. And their next opponent in the Ligue 1 is Lorient. They are also not a tough opponent for PSG but I want to remind you that they beat PSG in the last season. But PSG would take revenge on their opponent this time I believe.

[KTChampions]

Watching this PSG game, and i am still keeping my fingers crossed hoping to see goals in the game that are not as a result of penalties. Not like i am insinuating that the penalties were not correctly given, they were, but it will be nice to see normal creative goals. Mbappe is in good form, looking sharp in front, Icardi should take cue from him and start playing better especially in the second half.

Lol 
I wonder why PSG released Mbappe and most of the main squad in general? Only Messi is resting (although he would be happy to convert those two penalties). I think the PSG reserve team would have won this game with great enthusiasm. A 3-0 win for the main squad against clear outsiders doesn't look like a big achievement.

[mv1986]

Watching this PSG game, and i am still keeping my fingers crossed hoping to see goals in the game that are not as a result of penalties. Not like i am insinuating that the penalties were not correctly given, they were, but it will be nice to see normal creative goals. Mbappe is in good form, looking sharp in front, Icardi should take cue from him and start playing better especially in the second half.

Lol 
I wonder why PSG released Mbappe and most of the main squad in general? Only Messi is resting (although he would be happy to convert those two penalties). I think the PSG reserve team would have won this game with great enthusiasm. A 3-0 win for the main squad against clear outsiders doesn't look like a big achievement.

Then again a 3 - 0 is enough to advance to the next round. Why would you risk getting players injured like Messi. He is also the oldest so maybe Pochettino just wants to be careful with him. Mbappe usually doesn't get inured easily. And the team that was on the pitch was still strong enough to win it.