French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[KTChampions]

The situation is similar for City - they try every year, are constantly among the favorites, but fail all the time. Hopefully this year will be the same  I will be glad to any Champions League winner if it is not City or PSG. I am glad that even if one of them wins the Champions League, the second will definitely be on the losing side 

I know it's not fair enough for Manchester City or PSG when they are among the favorites every season for the Champions League title. Actually it doesn't look good for them, but they will gain more experience every season even if they fail in the final.

This season they still have a chance, so hopefully one of them can reach the final and win the title whether you are happy or not. That is my hope for these two teams.

No problem, I understand that different people have different preferences. I am rooting against the "new moneybags" - PSG and City, but at the same time I am rooting for the old ones - Real and United 

PSG and Manchester City spend a lot of money to sort out their squads. But at the end of the season we do not get the expected performance from them. The goal of both teams is the Champions League. However, the context of this season is different. Both Manchester City and PSG are well positioned.
Manchester City is much more stable. They have played tremendously in the Champions League, they have also maintained their top spot in the Premier League. They are far ahead of Liverpool and Chelsea in the Premier League.
Similarly we can talk about PSG. They are far ahead in Ligue 1. However, in Ligue 1, however there is no team to compete for the title with PSG. The teams are weaker than PSG. However, PSG has also performed well in the Champions League.

Sure. City this year looks as unstoppable as Bayern. Still, in the Champions League, the playoff round has already begun, and here each team has a chance against each.

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[OcTradism]

Sure. City this year looks as unstoppable as Bayern. Still, in the Champions League, the playoff round has already begun, and here each team has a chance against each.

Manchester City dominated Premier League after they got Pep Guardiola. Klopp joined and made Liverpool stronger but in most recent seasons, Manchester City performed better than not only Liverpool but also other opponents in Premier League. They have more good players on bench than other opponents and their tactics is sustainable with Pep philosophy.

PSG and Manchester City spend a lot of money to sort out their squads. But at the end of the season we do not get the expected performance from them. The goal of both teams is the Champions League. However, the context of this season is different. Both Manchester City and PSG are well positioned.
Manchester City is much more stable. They have played tremendously in the Champions League, they have also maintained their top spot in the Premier League. They are far ahead of Liverpool and Chelsea in the Premier League.

Manchester City is more stable than PSG because Pep has his solid philosophy. In PSG, coach position changed a few times recent years and tactics changed too. I see they have same power and quality but about stability as you said, Manchester City is better.

Unfortunately, in Champions League, stability is not key to win the trophy. Luck, magnificent moments from star players will be keys to take trophy there. Stupid mistakes will wash out all good things. Because it is not a long run like Premier League. A further round you reach to, a higher risk of losing with a single stupid mistake. Because opponents are strong and they won't let your mistakes go in vain. They will punish your mistake and win, then take trophy.

[poldanmig]

In my opinion, the Lyon v PSG match will be the most important one among all the matches this weekend. Both teams have important missing players. Lionel Messi is one of them also for PSG. His current condition is doubtful though but he might still not play due to getting covid-19. Neymar is injured right now too and he is expected to return on late January. But I reckon that PSG would still do a great job with Mbappe especially and Di Maria. But this is going to be really tough for them also. And I wouldn't be surprised if we see a draw at the end.

I think messi will play in the match against lyon later, after previously messi was absent due to covid and missed several matches played by PSG, but some time ago PSG officially announced that it was most likely that messi would play against lyon after messi got a negative test result covid that was carried out on thursday, in my opinion whether or not messi was in the match, of course it doesn't change my view that PSG will easily win the match, especially now that lyon continue to get bad results in their 6 matches in ligue 1.

[diyetisman]

I think that Messi will be able to play against Lyon this Sunday. In this case, PSG will be even much stronger in this game. Lyon are already in a bad shape this season and they have a very difficult game ahead. If we were able to see the Lyon's version in last season, then I would have thought that they could even win this game. But this is not the situation obviously. But they might still not let PSG win very easily.

[KTChampions]

Sure. City this year looks as unstoppable as Bayern. Still, in the Champions League, the playoff round has already begun, and here each team has a chance against each.

Manchester City dominated Premier League after they got Pep Guardiola. Klopp joined and made Liverpool stronger but in most recent seasons, Manchester City performed better than not only Liverpool but also other opponents in Premier League. They have more good players on bench than other opponents and their tactics is sustainable with Pep philosophy.

I don't think City's heyday was due to the arrival of Guardiola, just look at the investments made in the club a few years before his arrival - City's success was inevitable. In terms of the cost of the squad, Manchester City is the most expensive club in the world, so it is difficult to say how good Pep is at City - he just achieves the expected result. At the same time, he has never been able to win the Champions League.

[perfect999]

I think that Messi will be able to play against Lyon this Sunday. In this case, PSG will be even much stronger in this game. Lyon are already in a bad shape this season and they have a very difficult game ahead. If we were able to see the Lyon's version in last season, then I would have thought that they could even win this game. But this is not the situation obviously. But they might still not let PSG win very easily.

In this season most of the top ranked French clubs are struggling into French League, but surprisingly they are having some good record in European Leagues like Lille are in knock out stage and here they are struggling very badly same happening with Lyon and Monaco and Marseille is only club with PSG which is doing very good in both Leagues for match Lyon vs PSG all things going into favour of PSG but with current form both clubs are not good and PSG having some good players in injury list which can hurt them for win in this match Lyon having 3 draws out of 5 and same is going with PSG but still odds are also in very good favour of PSG.

[el kaka22]

I do not get why people are expecting so much from PSG all the time. They won 4-0 and yet that wasn't enough for most people and they wanted to see the "real" players (like these are not real) play and destroy their opponent. Much like Bayern scoring 12 goals or something in the cup, but we do not need that.

PSG managed to win and go to next stage and that's more than enough, there is absolutely no need to flex how good they are. Plus, France was never the intention of PSG, they can win the league and the cup if they really want to, if they cared about it then they would play with stars all the time and destroy everyone. The real problem is UCL and I feel like they are going to fail again, if that happens then what is the point of winning the cup or the league? It really doesn't make any difference at all if you ask me and that is why they are just putting bench players in there, even some youth.

[blackened515]

I think that Messi will be able to play against Lyon this Sunday. In this case, PSG will be even much stronger in this game. Lyon are already in a bad shape this season and they have a very difficult game ahead. If we were able to see the Lyon's version in last season, then I would have thought that they could even win this game. But this is not the situation obviously. But they might still not let PSG win very easily.

Literally, Lyon are probably weak this season, and won't be able to withstand PSG. Lyon performance this season is terrible, they finds it difficult to win matches, and end most of the games in draw. But, they won't even be able to achieve a draw point against PSG, the match is probably an easy winning for PSG. However, Am hoping to see Messi score against Lyon. Because, even since he got the Ligue 1, Messi now hardly score goals and have only scored 1 goal so far in Ligue 1.

[snipie]

I think that Messi will be able to play against Lyon this Sunday. In this case, PSG will be even much stronger in this game. Lyon are already in a bad shape this season and they have a very difficult game ahead. If we were able to see the Lyon's version in last season, then I would have thought that they could even win this game. But this is not the situation obviously. But they might still not let PSG win very easily.

PSG has its awkward moment when players are out of form and doing badly.
PSG is expected to win for several reasons, as you said Lyon isn't that top this season, PSG lost many points lately and will try to avoid more losses especially that they aren't used to not win for several rounds.

[nurilham]

PSG has its awkward moment when players are out of form and doing badly.
PSG is expected to win for several reasons, as you said Lyon isn't that top this season, PSG lost many points lately and will try to avoid more losses especially that they aren't used to not win for several rounds.

Yes, sometimes, PSG has its bad game when playing or against small clubs. Well, maybe because of some factors.
Actually, with all conditions and factors, PSG has more than enough: big players, great management and fund, and many things are likely completed in that club. But once more, sometimes, they are still doing some mistakes or something that makes the fans disappointed or cannot satisfy their fans with good games.
Fortunately, the point gap between PSG and other clubs is high enough so that it still can put PSG in the top standing and maybe cannot be defeated.

[BuNga_cute]

PSG has its awkward moment when players are out of form and doing badly.
PSG is expected to win for several reasons, as you said Lyon isn't that top this season, PSG lost many points lately and will try to avoid more losses especially that they aren't used to not win for several rounds.

Yes, sometimes, PSG has its bad game when playing or against small clubs. Well, maybe because of some factors.
Actually, with all conditions and factors, PSG has more than enough: big players, great management and fund, and many things are likely completed in that club. But once more, sometimes, they are still doing some mistakes or something that makes the fans disappointed or cannot satisfy their fans with good games.
Fortunately, the point gap between PSG and other clubs is high enough so that it still can put PSG in the top standing and maybe cannot be defeated.

This is the interesting thing about football, sometimes having strong finances and having many star players does not guarantee that a team will
always win. There are so many factors that influence so that a team can win, that's why PSG have failed several times to win. So the Lyon vs PSG
match might be a surprise, indeed if we see Lyon's performance has been very bad this season. So PSG should be able to beat Lyon easily,
but we have to remember that PSG only drew against Lorient. So it's still open to the possibility that Lyon will win the match, especially since
the previous season PSG failed to win the Ligue 1 trophy. So this should motivate Lyon players not to be afraid to face PSG, although it must be
admitted that Lyon's chances of beating PSG are very small.

[onecall123]

News reports indicate that Zinedine Zidane will become PSG - Paris Saint-Germain's coach as of June 2022. Even if Zidane joins, Kylian Mbappé might have a change of heart and stay at the French club. Although Zidane has turned down the PSG many times, I always enjoy hearing such news. That's my opinion, Mbabbe will leave regardless of what I say. Rumor has it this man will only build a team that includes big names, so chances are slim when Mbappé decides to leave.

[laurenB7742]

News reports indicate that Zinedine Zidane will become PSG - Paris Saint-Germain's coach as of June 2022. Even if Zidane joins, Kylian Mbappé might have a change of heart and stay at the French club. Although Zidane has turned down the PSG many times, I always enjoy hearing such news. That's my opinion, Mbabbe will leave regardless of what I say. Rumor has it this man will only build a team that includes big names, so chances are slim when Mbappé decides to leave.

If Zidane accepts PSG's offer then it will be an unprecedented event for PSG fans. There is no shortage of star players in the PSG squad. They have a lot of talented players. And they are willing to spend a lot of money. Their goal is the same, to win the title.
Though coach Mauricio Pochettino is a good coach but he has not been able to stabilize the team well yet. Despite the incredible attack, PSG are struggling to score, with midfielders struggling to perform well. If Zidane takes charge of PSG then hopefully all the problems of PSG will be solved.

[Ratash]

The only game for today is bordeaux vs marseille and its important for both teams bordeaux to add a win and avoid relegation and marseille to take tge second position in my opinion marseille are the closest to win the game they have 3 consecutive away wins and we all now how bordeaux team is struggling at the moment with an on and off performance.

[DU18]

News reports indicate that Zinedine Zidane will become PSG - Paris Saint-Germain's coach as of June 2022. Even if Zidane joins, Kylian Mbappé might have a change of heart and stay at the French club. Although Zidane has turned down the PSG many times, I always enjoy hearing such news. That's my opinion, Mbabbe will leave regardless of what I say. Rumor has it this man will only build a team that includes big names, so chances are slim when Mbappé decides to leave.

PSG now have messi, neymar and donnarumma in the squad, and I don't understand which other big names they will bring if zidane takes charge team ?
If all the star players join PSG it will certainly make PSG very strong and great, but the effect is that we will no longer be interested in watching football, because with the joining of great players in one team, of course there is no longer any competition in football and triggers many matches that are not competitive at all.
I don't think Mbappe desire to leave PSG is a coaching factor, because so far Mbappe has always been the main choice for PSG even though whoever the coach is, Zidane arrival to PSG does not seem to stop Mbappe desire to go to another team that can make his career better, and can provide opportunities to become the best player in the world.

[rozak]

News reports indicate that Zinedine Zidane will become PSG - Paris Saint-Germain's coach as of June 2022. Even if Zidane joins, Kylian Mbappé might have a change of heart and stay at the French club. Although Zidane has turned down the PSG many times, I always enjoy hearing such news. That's my opinion, Mbabbe will leave regardless of what I say. Rumor has it this man will only build a team that includes big names, so chances are slim when Mbappé decides to leave.

If Zidane accepts PSG's offer then it will be an unprecedented event for PSG fans. There is no shortage of star players in the PSG squad. They have a lot of talented players. And they are willing to spend a lot of money. Their goal is the same, to win the title.
Though coach Mauricio Pochettino is a good coach but he has not been able to stabilize the team well yet. Despite the incredible attack, PSG are struggling to score, with midfielders struggling to perform well. If Zidane takes charge of PSG then hopefully all the problems of PSG will be solved.

it could have made PSG the more dominating team in the League. for now PSG is very strong. and maybe the arrival of a new architect who has interesting tactics like Zidane can become a new force that maybe there is a new target for the PSG team to achieve for next season.

[dwminer1]

In the Bordeaux - Marseille match, I bet the visitors to win. Due to covid-19 and playing in the African Cup of Nations, a dozen players will not play in the host team. Olympique Marseille will advance to second place in the event of a victory. I believe that they will not miss such an opportunity and will get a convincing victory.

[KTChampions]

News reports indicate that Zinedine Zidane will become PSG - Paris Saint-Germain's coach as of June 2022. Even if Zidane joins, Kylian Mbappé might have a change of heart and stay at the French club. Although Zidane has turned down the PSG many times, I always enjoy hearing such news. That's my opinion, Mbabbe will leave regardless of what I say. Rumor has it this man will only build a team that includes big names, so chances are slim when Mbappé decides to leave.

In my opinion, this would be a dubious choice for Zidane. On the one hand, PSG is a top club and it is a pleasure to train it, on the other hand, PSG has already reached the ceiling in the domestic championship and any failure will be perceived as Zidane's failure. Plus, everyone will expect a new achievement - winning the Champions League, but this is incredibly difficult to achieve, even City having spent hundreds of millions and years of trying still cannot do it.

[judas]

Considering the Lyon - PSG game in two days, I see many players who are missing due to national selection, injuries and covid-19 for both teams. PSG have the biggest number of missing players also. But even Messi and Mbappe's playing in this game would be enough for not to lose this game I think. PSG are just dominating the season obviously and Lyon are going the opposite way compared to them. Maybe they can resist in the first half but PSG might finish this in the other one.

[BITCOIN4X]

Considering the Lyon - PSG game in two days, I see many players who are missing due to national selection, injuries and covid-19 for both teams. PSG have the biggest number of missing players also. But even Messi and Mbappe's playing in this game would be enough for not to lose this game I think. PSG are just dominating the season obviously and Lyon are going the opposite way compared to them. Maybe they can resist in the first half but PSG might finish this in the other one.

PSG will not be too influential even if they have to lose this match because they have high enough points compared to their competitors. PSG has a difference of 13 points with Nice and Marseille, this allows PSG to play without a burden. PSG's dominance in Ligue 1 convinced me to win, but if they have to lose then I don't think it will be a big problem. But PSG certainly shouldn't underestimate anyone at this time because the League is still long enough so there is still the possibility that other teams can take advantage of their decline in performance.