French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[kro55]

I would say that Messi just doesn't feel like he wants to play, that is too obvious whenever you watch him. Not because he is not a great player, obviously he is one of the best players in the world and one of the best in the history of the sport, there is no denying that. However, he just doesn't feel it in PSG, if he went to City, with Pep there then I am sure that he would have been a lot better, dude knows that system and he would be happy.

Yes, I felt like that, Messi will be great when the coach understands how he plays. Pep is one of them, but the great players will certainly adapt easily whatever the scheme. Messi can't be like what another coach wants. I don't know what his problem is, In Barcelona, he was great together with Neymar. he should be like that in the changed club with the same person. I believe Messi has lost confidence since rarely created goals.

Pep is one of the coaches who made Messi- "Messi".

He was the first coach to introduce false 9 with Messi and he was the best at it. What I'm trying to say is, the combination of Pep and Messi is insanely good. And what I'm thinking is, Mauricio Pochettino is not very good at managing star players in the dressing room, but I could be wrong though. But it's quite obvious that Messi isn't feeling good in France.

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[justdimin]

I would say that Messi just doesn't feel like he wants to play, that is too obvious whenever you watch him. Not because he is not a great player, obviously he is one of the best players in the world and one of the best in the history of the sport, there is no denying that. However, he just doesn't feel it in PSG, if he went to City, with Pep there then I am sure that he would have been a lot better, dude knows that system and he would be happy.

Yes, I felt like that, Messi will be great when the coach understands how he plays. Pep is one of them, but the great players will certainly adapt easily whatever the scheme. Messi can't be like what another coach wants. I don't know what his problem is, In Barcelona, he was great together with Neymar. he should be like that in the changed club with the same person. I believe Messi has lost confidence since rarely created goals.

This is why I kept saying that PSG should sign Zidane, if not right now then they could do it by the end of the season. When your manager took you out of the champions league groups, and leads the league by a lot of points, then it is hard to fire someone. So, I am guessing that they will fail to get the UCL this year, and then sack Pochettino and get Zidane instead. That way, PSG would have a manager who knows how to handle the famous players, like almost at celebrity level and that is how we could see them make a change.

Messi is not a regular player, there are other good players too but you can put them in your system, Messi is a player who shines the greatest when you play through him, and PSG is not doing that at all. If you do not plan on catering to him, then why did they even get him? Did they imagine he would be playing however they want him to play?

[skarais]

Pep is one of the coaches who made Messi- "Messi".

He was the first coach to introduce false 9 with Messi and he was the best at it. What I'm trying to say is, the combination of Pep and Messi is insanely good. And what I'm thinking is, Mauricio Pochettino is not very good at managing star players in the dressing room, but I could be wrong though. But it's quite obvious that Messi isn't feeling good in France.

I don't know if what you're saying is right or wrong, but it's possible that Messi to PSG is just a stepping stone before he returns to Barcelona. There are rumors that he will return, but Barcelona will have to consider his high salary if they really want him next season.

PSG have a lot of top players but they don't have a proper coach to manage a big team like this. Pochettino lacks experience dealing with players like Messi, Neymar and Mbappe because each has their own ego as a top player. There has been a lot of change from Messi's playing pattern this season with PSG as he is no longer the target man on the pitch like he had at Barcelona throughout his career.

[Ratash]

What an unexpected loss for saint etienne in the french cup because of them i lost my bet they couldn't even get past a team from the second national league and after a good first half they were not able to maintain the score and they conceided a goal in the last 15 minutes of the game and they could've lost with a larger score.

[Boristhecat]

PSG - Nice today will fight for reaching the quarter-finals of the French Cup. The game will be held in Paris and at the moment the quotes for the result of the game are as follows:

1.48 - 4.5 - 6.5

It seems to me that you can safely bet on PSG, since it is extremely unlikely that they will miss the victory at home. 1.48 is a very good odds. It seems to me that if it was a championship game and not a cup, then the odds would be lower.

[kro55]

Monaco beat Lens 4-2 in the Copa de France Round of 16. The Monaco team is stable. However, the lens team is not weak. And despite the defeat, their performance in this match is quite admirable. They were able to attack a lot. After conceding 3 goals in just 29 minutes, they could not return to the truck. The first half ended 3-1. Both teams scored one goal each in the second half. The Monaco team is stabilizing. They are also playing well enough in Ligue 1 now.

[Altryist]

PSG - Nice today will fight for reaching the quarter-finals of the French Cup. The game will be held in Paris and at the moment the quotes for the result of the game are as follows:

1.48 - 4.5 - 6.5

It seems to me that you can safely bet on PSG, since it is extremely unlikely that they will miss the victory at home. 1.48 is a very good odds. It seems to me that if it was a championship game and not a cup, then the odds would be lower.

I see that closer to the match, the odds for PSG has become a little higher and now it is 1.53. In any case, the odds is very good, can consider this option for a bet. Nice this season has already managed to take points from PSG, by the way in Paris. Well, Nice in the championship takes second place after PSG, that is it is currently a pretty strong team, but it will not be easy for any team to play with PSG.

[Minecache]

PSG - Nice today will fight for reaching the quarter-finals of the French Cup. The game will be held in Paris and at the moment the quotes for the result of the game are as follows:

1.48 - 4.5 - 6.5

It seems to me that you can safely bet on PSG, since it is extremely unlikely that they will miss the victory at home. 1.48 is a very good odds. It seems to me that if it was a championship game and not a cup, then the odds would be lower.

I see that closer to the match, the odds for PSG has become a little higher and now it is 1.53. In any case, the odds is very good, can consider this option for a bet. Nice this season has already managed to take points from PSG, by the way in Paris. Well, Nice in the championship takes second place after PSG, that is it is currently a pretty strong team, but it will not be easy for any team to play with PSG.

In this match I will definitely bet for PSG. PSG is a strong team with lots of stars. Although Neymar, Wijnaldum and Ramos will be absent. However, their absence will not have any effect on the team's performance. If Mbappe and Messi can play well then PSG will easily win against a team like Nice. Anyway, waiting for the match to be enjoyed.

[OcTradism]

In this match I will definitely bet for PSG. PSG is a strong team with lots of stars. Although Neymar, Wijnaldum and Ramos will be absent. However, their absence will not have any effect on the team's performance. If Mbappe and Messi can play well then PSG will easily win against a team like Nice. Anyway, waiting for the match to be enjoyed.

In Ligue 1, in most matches you can pick PSG and win. In this season, they won many matches without Neymar and Messi. Those players don't have too much contributions, goals, assists for PSG so far. Other players do their job very well and bring the team to win in the end of so many matches.

Ramos and Wijnaldum don't have important positions in PSG. Only Neymar has a solid position but his contribution as said, is not too big in this season. Di Maria is a very good substitution for Neymar. Mbappe is a brightest and most important star in PSG now and in future. It is very understandable to see PSG try many times, with their best to convince Mbappe to sign a new contract. They do see future of the club belongs to Mbappe, not Neymar not Messi.

[TopT3ns]

In this match I will definitely bet for PSG. PSG is a strong team with lots of stars. Although Neymar, Wijnaldum and Ramos will be absent. However, their absence will not have any effect on the team's performance. If Mbappe and Messi can play well then PSG will easily win against a team like Nice. Anyway, waiting for the match to be enjoyed.

In Ligue 1, in most matches you can pick PSG and win. In this season, they won many matches without Neymar and Messi. Those players don't have too much contributions, goals, assists for PSG so far. Other players do their job very well and bring the team to win in the end of so many matches.

Ramos and Wijnaldum don't have important positions in PSG. Only Neymar has a solid position but his contribution as said, is not too big in this season. Di Maria is a very good substitution for Neymar. Mbappe is a brightest and most important star in PSG now and in future. It is very understandable to see PSG try many times, with their best to convince Mbappe to sign a new contract. They do see future of the club belongs to Mbappe, not Neymar not Messi.

Without both player Messi and Neymar make Mbappe most easy how to create many goals every match, I think PSG vs Nice on France Cup not worry if you try put odds for PSG and guarantee will win. You can see how contribution Neymar and Messi in this season for PSG when them playing together, almost have individual than working as team and of them try how to get scoring each other without want to give assist. Now without them Mbappe will get full service from Di Maria and Veratti where have many position get chance to make goal.

[Ratash]

Today psg will face nice in the french cup it will be a difficult game for psg and i expect from nice to score today i think they might be able to atleast draw against psg its a risky bet but Nice are really on fire in the ligue 1 recently they have a five winning streak record.

[skarais]

Lionel Messi's stats are very poor with PSG this season, from 44 shots on goal Lionel Messi was only able to score one goal in Ligue 1 domestic competition, with the status as the world's best player being Lionel Messi's worst performance in his career because he was only able to contribute one goal only so far for PSG. But there are still a few games left and it proves can Messi get up and catch up with his goals this season? or Messi is getting dimmer in the remaining games.

True, that's Lionel Messi's worst statistic after joining PSG. Messi has a very good record in Laliga but it is in stark contrast to what he had with PSG. Ligue 1 and Laliga are never the same because PSG are currently more focused on Mbappe as the top scorer than other players. Messi has a different role at PSG, this makes it difficult for him to score goals although sometimes his finishing is quite bad when he gets chances.

So far Messi has made 12 appearances for PSG in Ligue 1, he scored 1 goal and 6 assists. Not too bad for Messi's current role at PSG, but he has pretty good stats for the Champions League at the moment with PSG. Messi scored 5 goals in 5 match, so I don't think it's completely bad because he still has his contribution to the team.

[Alanaz]

PSG - Nice today will fight for reaching the quarter-finals of the French Cup. The game will be held in Paris and at the moment the quotes for the result of the game are as follows:

1.48 - 4.5 - 6.5

It seems to me that you can safely bet on PSG, since it is extremely unlikely that they will miss the victory at home. 1.48 is a very good odds. It seems to me that if it was a championship game and not a cup, then the odds would be lower.

The odds are very good and of course very profitable when playing at home with a 1.48 bet I'm pretty good.
PSG is currently seeded apart from the league, they are also definitely in the lead in the French Cup.
Nice may be good enough but not as good as PSG, I quite agree if indeed the league stakes might be a bit smaller and that's the truth

[FanEagle]

What an unexpected loss for saint etienne in the french cup because of them i lost my bet they couldn't even get past a team from the second national league and after a good first half they were not able to maintain the score and they conceided a goal in the last 15 minutes of the game and they could've lost with a larger score.

Honestly, teams do not care about the cup so much because they know that they will eventually lose to PSG. PSG is trying to build a team that is exactly for this reason, playing in elimination games, albeit they are doing it because they want to be great at UCL and not care about French cup neither, but that is just by product of their current system. Which means that they will end up winning all of their games probably.

St.Etienne should have won that game for sure, a few more wins wouldn't really be bad and they would have earned some money, even sell some tickets, so it was something nice to get it. However, when you have no hope, players go out there with no hope and that results with unexpected losses.

[barbara44]

Today psg will face nice in the french cup it will be a difficult game for psg and i expect from nice to score today i think they might be able to atleast draw against psg its a risky bet but Nice are really on fire in the ligue 1 recently they have a five winning streak record.

Surely with the current form of Nice it's no easy game for PSG even they have Messi and Icardi with Mbappé into substitutes. Recently Nice is doing very good against all teams with 5 wins from 5 games and most of them against good teams mean today we will have some good entertainment from them against PSG.

Odds are also increasing as last night we have PSG @1.48, and now it's showing @1.55, so something can happen like draw or goals from Nice with this going for BTTS is not bad option at all.
Now after few days we have big game between PSG vs Real Madrid, so they will try to play mostly defensively or safe game because any injury can give them big trouble for this big game which is very important for them instead of this French Cup game.

[Ratash]

Today psg will face nice in the french cup it will be a difficult game for psg and i expect from nice to score today i think they might be able to atleast draw against psg its a risky bet but Nice are really on fire in the ligue 1 recently they have a five winning streak record.

Surely with the current form of Nice it's no easy game for PSG even they have Messi and Icardi with Mbappé into substitutes. Recently Nice is doing very good against all teams with 5 wins from 5 games and most of them against good teams mean today we will have some good entertainment from them against PSG.

Odds are also increasing as last night we have PSG @1.48, and now it's showing @1.55, so something can happen like draw or goals from Nice with this going for BTTS is not bad option at all.
Now after few days we have big game between PSG vs Real Madrid, so they will try to play mostly defensively or safe game because any injury can give them big trouble for this big game which is very important for them instead of this French Cup game.

Yeah it seems that you were right after 60 minutes played both teams seem to have equal goal chances and nice are still holding on to the draw from the lineup it seems that the coach is not giving much importance to this game since he is letting mbappe on the bench i think he will give him max 15 minutes to play.

[snipie]

PSG got kicked by Nice after 0-0 draw and playing penalties where they failed to score 2 of them out of 6. Ironically Nice goal, which is on loan from PSG, was the one kicking them.. What a mess, dunno if pushing Mbappe from the beginning could saved them but definitely PSG isn't OK
Meanwhile Nice will face OM... That sounds the final match rather than a quarter-final one.

[AndySt]

PSG got kicked by Nice after 0-0 draw and playing penalties where they failed to score 2 of them out of 6. Ironically Nice goal, which is on loan from PSG, was the one kicking them.. What a mess, dunno if pushing Mbappe from the beginning could saved them but definitely PSG isn't OK
Meanwhile Nice will face OM... That sounds the final match rather than a quarter-final one.

Oh yes, Paris Saint-Germain put to shame all the experts and ordinary fans who predicted him to win the match with Nice and finished his way in the French Cup at the 1/8 finals stage It is quite unexpected that the current cup winner completed his journey at such an early stage, especially playing at his home stadium. On the other hand, it is quite natural that this winner was Nice, which takes second place in the championship standings and is the closest pursuer, albeit with a gap of 10 points. The cup system is quite unfair when the first and second teams of the championship already meet at this stage. On the other hand, with such a composition, Paris Saint-Germain must solve the problem of winning against any French team, especially without bringing the fate of the match to a penalty shootout.

[blue Snow]

St.Etienne should have won that game for sure, a few more wins wouldn't really be bad and they would have earned some money, even sell some tickets, so it was something nice to get it. However, when you have no hope, players go out there with no hope and that results with unexpected losses.

Seems they don't have the motivation and just give up Bergerac to win and I also look at them in 2nd half even though have 70% ball possession nothing special with Dupraz's scheme because everything is raw. Agree with you, when the player quitter, the audience is unwilling to come to the station and affects their income. just wait and see, Ligue 2 is welcome to them also.

[Maidak]

PSG got kicked by Nice after 0-0 draw and playing penalties where they failed to score 2 of them out of 6. Ironically Nice goal, which is on loan from PSG, was the one kicking them.. What a mess, dunno if pushing Mbappe from the beginning could saved them but definitely PSG isn't OK
Meanwhile Nice will face OM... That sounds the final match rather than a quarter-final one.

Oh yes, Paris Saint-Germain put to shame all the experts and ordinary fans who predicted him to win the match with Nice and finished his way in the French Cup at the 1/8 finals stage It is quite unexpected that the current cup winner completed his journey at such an early stage, especially playing at his home stadium. On the other hand, it is quite natural that this winner was Nice, which takes second place in the championship standings and is the closest pursuer, albeit with a gap of 10 points. The cup system is quite unfair when the first and second teams of the championship already meet at this stage. On the other hand, with such a composition, Paris Saint-Germain must solve the problem of winning against any French team, especially without bringing the fate of the match to a penalty shootout.

Well to be honest PSG did dominate the match against nice and they actually should have won.

But I don't understand how they have failed to score, It's actually a shame. I really don't understand with this type of squad how can a team not score. Meanwhile, we were thinking about PSG beating Real Madrid  .

I have to say a well-played on NICE's part because there took the game deep where they actually had a chance of winning.