French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[8rch7]

Marseille failed to maintain their unbeaten record this season after losing to Strasbourg this week, to be honest if we look at the positive achievements from Marseille this season of course before the match starts we will bet on their victory, but indeed football is a sport that is difficult to predict the match final result. The match between the two teams is quite tight but we can see how the Marseille squad did not show their usual performance,  In that match I saw that Marseille was too difficult to dominate the match and even they often lost every duel in the game, but so far the defeat from Strasbourg still does not affect their position in the  ligue 1 standings, PSG is still the top of the ligue 1 standings with 16 points, while in second place Monaco still continues to stick tightly to PSG with also 16 points, while Marseille is currently still ranked 3rd by collecting 13 points.

Marseille unbeaten record stopping by Strasbourg on matchday 6 and right now left two unbeaten teams in Ligue 1 between PSG and AS Monaco. Not playing on the top performance when facing Strasbourg looking how statistic match the home team more dominance than Marseille, the home team Strasbourg not dominance with ball possession but success have many shot on target with 14 shots and 6 on target than Marseille have 3 shots on target difficult to make attempt and I think its the reason why the victory for Strasbourg.

Marseille have 3 points remaining with PSG or AS Monaco seems not close opportunity return back to the top place on upcoming match, have advantage with PSG and Monaco will play in Champion League must be recovery moment for Marseille get three points on upcoming match.
 

[jostorres]

Paris Saint Germaine have dominated the French league for far too long and must extend their dominance to Europe now before they can be considered as an European heavyweight. A win for the French champions at the Emirates will help improve the mentality and confidence of PSG but I strongly doubt they'll be able to beat Mikel Arteta's men.

Yes, that what fans have always wanted by seeing PSG able to create their own dominance in European competition, they are only kings in the domestic league and are always team that does not show stable strength in European competitions such as the UCL.
If this season with the new format can provide an opportunity for PSG to compete for the championship title, then they must be able to make the most of it because that way PSG will slowly adapt to learn how to become team with champion mentality and be feared when participating in the UCL competition.
Upcoming match will not be an easy match for PSG because they have to play away against Arsenal who are currently strong team, they could even beat PSG even though in the first UCL match they had to fail and accept draw when playing away against Atalanta.
I curious about this match, whether PSG can play well or just like usual who have difficulty when playing against big team in every UCL match.

PSG is one of the most successful and unluckiest club in French soccer history because they spend enough money for keeping themselves at the top in Ligue 1 and their dream for having European glory always shattered by themselves as well because usually when they have good coach squad having problems while they are having strong squad PSG have weak coach which is surely problem for them in a while.

Currently, they are having stable position, but they needed to be stayed at this level with having good depth in squad and good relationship with coach which will surely bring good results and better atmosphere in dressing room which is important for the success.

Now we are having Arsenal vs PSG which is surely not easy game as their record against Arsenal is also not good but still they needed to be had positive energy and strategy for this game because in case of failure things can go on back foot for them while they are having few challenging matches in future for having spot into next round of the Champions League.

[Mame89]

This season in the French League still won't be easy like the other seasons for PSG, they will still have competitors for winning the title of the French League at the end of the season. PSG has good players and more than players, they have got a good coach in this team like Enrique who can definitely be helpful for them but other than PSG, Marseille and Monaco are two other teams they racing at the top of the table that can make this league more interesting to match. Monaco is the same team they won the game against Barcelona with a 2-1 result and Marseille has had a better performance so far with Greenwood in this team.

Even though PSG has lost many of its star players I am sure PSG will have no trouble winning the league trophy especially as you said even though many star players have left but PSG's squad is still better than the squads of other teams competing in league 1 including Monaco and Marseille. I am not underestimating both of these teams, they have played well so far especially Monaco who started the season well even Monaco has managed to beat Barcelona in pre-season and UCL league.

But believe me league 1 is still very long, it is very difficult to compete with PSG if you do not have a balanced squad between core players and reserve players, especially this season with the latest UCL format, of course Monaco will have difficulty performing consistently. This is very far from PSG, they have a good squad and have a coach who is very experienced in facing many competitions played in one season, of course he can maintain PSG's consistency until the end of the season.

[tygeade]

This time PSG is lucky because they can finally have better performance in the Champions League after years of failing it. PSG this time got a coach like Enrique who can help this team a lot because of the experience he has from Barcelona. But other than this PSG is going to play against Arsnela today and this match won't be hard for PSG because Arsenal also had bad performances usually in the Champions League games and this can make a far better situation for PSG in this match however I don't think if Arteta and his players will let PSG take points easily in this match.

PSG having a better run this time around isn't guaranteed yet. Sure they look like a good team, and they look like a lot better than what they were expected to do which is why I believe that they are looking great at this time, but that doesn't mean that they won't lose. We are going to probably see them be at last sixteen anyways, which they always reached and losing Mbappe will not change that and they will be there anyways. However, last sixteen is the only place I can see them reach for sure, after last sixteen round, we are talking about totally random matchups.

Depending on who they face, they may do better or do worse and we should not be focusing on anything else. They have a tough time with these opponents if they face someone harder, so maybe they won't do that well. Luis Enrique is a great manager there is no doubt about that, he is a famous one and he did well before, but I believe that he is not going to end up winning UCL with this PSG team, not possible.

[Abu-Naim]

PSG having a better run this time around isn't guaranteed yet. Sure they look like a good team, and they look like a lot better than what they were expected to do which is why I believe that they are looking great at this time, but that doesn't mean that they won't lose. We are going to probably see them be at last sixteen anyways, which they always reached and losing Mbappe will not change that and they will be there anyways. However, last sixteen is the only place I can see them reach for sure, after last sixteen round, we are talking about totally random matchups.

The team is not yet balance since the departure of Mbappe, although they are wining matches because they still have the best team in the French League one, but they will struggle to win the League this season because Monaco looks stronger than they used to be this season with couple of young talented players that have the ability to play and win matches for the team.
PSG and Monaco have the same points (16) points after six games which shows that they will have to be very serious and defeat Monaco before they can win the league one this season.

Depending on who they face, they may do better or do worse and we should not be focusing on anything else. They have a tough time with these opponents if they face someone harder, so maybe they won't do that well. Luis Enrique is a great manager there is no doubt about that, he is a famous one and he did well before, but I believe that he is not going to end up winning UCL with this PSG team, not possible.

Injuries is also contributing to their struggles, and I think Luis Enrique needs to do something really quick to address these because once Monaco take the lead, it will be difficult for PSG to win the title.

[dezoel]

I am not surprised even just a bit. It's clear that Dembele is a player who barely contributes anything and he is acting as if he is  a star. They already lost one player who was an actual star but did acted like one too so they had problems with ego already, they can't handle another one where this time it's also a talentless player as well.

I think it's clear that we are going to see Dembele eventually dropped by them all together as well, sold to some other team for very small amount of money. Not like PSG is lacking wingers, they can find another one, or even if they want to they could just go buy another one, they have the money for it.

Dembele shouldn't be really bothered with, dude is just a headache and I think he doesn't worth it at all. The reality is that he has done too many mistakes that costed them games, and that alone is something that would be good enough reason, but the way he is doing bad things to just promote himself, is even worse than that.

Here I agree with you about the Dembele because this dude is creating pain into ass for the PSG, and they needed to be had strict things now if they want to have some good success in all competitions they already face dilemma in past and now if they are not going to be had tough rules then surely things can go worst for them in future which could be headache.

Now they are having good coach and their squad is also decent which is doing good work so it's time for PSG management to take bold decisions and have policy for all players to have responsible behaviour because discipline is most important for the success.

We are having challenging match for the PSG while they are touring Emirates London where Gunners are well-prepared for this game after having draw against Atlanta with this could be they try to win by good margin for having better things in coming games.

[hahay]

Among all of the teams in Ligue 1 i have seen only 3 teams who has a record still unbeated and they are PSG, Monaco and Lens but i think Lens is exceptional because although they still unbeated but Lens gets 4 draw which makes their position on League table was out from top 4 position and i won't talking about PSG because people are know they are the strongest team in Ligue 1 but i was more likely to interested about Monaco because they have same points with PSG on League table and so far they are still consistent

Before international break Monaco will fight against Rennes for away match and i think this is good opportunity for Monaco to collect 3 points because Rennes is not categorized as strong team besides that if we see based on head to head statistics Monaco only lost once from Rennes besides that Monaco condition also quite good because they can able to managed their performance and gets 4 winning streak in all competitions so i think Monaco can gets easy win from Rennes

Although Monaco and Lens do not have as many goals as PSG, but the fact is that Lens and Monaco have managed to be the teams that have not conceded too many so far. Thus, it may be assumed that Lens and Monaco so far are teams that have a good defense,  making it difficult for other teams to score goals when facing Lens and Monaco so far. But indeed, the good record will certainly be difficult to maintain throughout the season, so there is still a chance for them to finally experience a decline in their defense.

About the match between Rennes v Monaco although in the head to head record Monaco is better, and also so far Monaco still has good results with the same points with PSG. But for me, Monaco will still find it difficult to beat Rennes at home, because so far Rennes is still unbeaten at home. So, even though "if" Monaco managed to beat Rennes, but I'm sure it won't be easy at all, and maybe the victory Monaco got will also only be with a thin score. Because I think, a draw is still possible to happen, because in the odds available in fact Monaco is also not fully favored to win.