French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Weawant]

I don't think it's right to look for the fault in coach Enrique. The players' situation actually reveals the current position of the team. The players are not top-level players for the Champions League. Besides, they weren't successful in the Champions League when Messi, Neymar and Mbappé were there. In my opinion, Enrique is the best coach for Paris Saint-Germain in recent times. If they let him go, no one can guarantee that the coach who replaces him will be more successful.

Enrique has been with PSG for a very longtime and have been used to the team and now has been able to know most of his player all this years and so he's actually like the best for the team and then he is now even trying to get the team to a position that they have been wishing and one of his biggest drive is to win the champions league. people trying to blame him is almost normal for almost every one both fans and non fans because its been a norm that you always blame the coach for every fall of the player and the teams general performance.

[mamesso]

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PSG had the opportunity to dominate Ligue 1 and also achieve good results in the Champions League only because they spent a lot of money on transfers and they always had very strong players. And with the arrival of Enrique to the team, everything changed, they are trying to make PSG not a team consisting of stars, but a team Star. Maybe he will succeed before he is fired, but in this case there is a big risk that PSG can finish this Champions League in the group stage and I admit that in this case Enrique will be fired.

The club's top brass have high expectations for Luis Enrique, he is expected to bring changes, especially to PSG overall performance and improve the players mentality when playing in the UCL. I wouldn't be surprised if PSG managed to win the Ligue 1 trophy this season as they have always dominated the domestic league in the last few years, but they are still struggling to compete in the UCL despite having players with above average abilities and being handled by a coach who is very experienced in the competition.
Luis Enrique career at PSG may not last long if he fails to lead PSG to win the UCL trophy.

[Jody.Drummer]

I don't think it's right to look for the fault in coach Enrique. The players' situation actually reveals the current position of the team. The players are not top-level players for the Champions League. Besides, they weren't successful in the Champions League when Messi, Neymar and Mbappé were there. In my opinion, Enrique is the best coach for Paris Saint-Germain in recent times. If they let him go, no one can guarantee that the coach who replaces him will be more successful.

Enrique has been with PSG for a very longtime and have been used to the team and now has been able to know most of his player all this years and so he's actually like the best for the team and then he is now even trying to get the team to a position that they have been wishing and one of his biggest drive is to win the champions league. people trying to blame him is almost normal for almost every one both fans and non fans because its been a norm that you always blame the coach for every fall of the player and the teams general performance.

The coach will be the first person to be blamed if the club's performance is not as expected, so that is a certainty and as a coach they must also know the consequences of being a coach. The players will also be the same, even in some cases the players become the target for criticism and not just criticism, but have entered the realm of blasphemy. So they should not listen to something that will make them even worse, they can listen to constructive criticism and that must be done, or in other words they must be open to criticism. because there are also players or coaches who do not accept criticism, even though it is very constructive criticism.

[len01]

Nice vs Rennes

Nice (@2.22) draw (@3.30) Rennes (@3.45)

In this match I will be more careful and will prefer a big risk at odds that are equal to the risk I take.
Although Rennes is much worse than Nice, the experience of previous meetings is one way Rennes can hold the match to a draw.
Looking at the odds given by the bookmakers, the difference between Nice, draw and Rennes is not too far and I am sure I can get a draw in today's match.

[Fuso.hp]

I'm still laughing at Cristiano Ronaldo's comment on a comparison between the Ligue 1 and Saudi league.    He thinks that the Saudi league is more quality than the Ligue 1. Can you believe that? Just how can it be true?

We don't even watch proper football being played in Saudi Arabia. Let's face this truth. The stars going there are playing very comfortably. Because they don't come across any team defending strongly. The teams there are nothing alike European teams. The thing they do is more like walking than running on the pitch. How can it be quality football? Just because you are bringing good names it doesn't mean the league quality increases highly. We need to see better football at the same time. Not even every star going there is playing impressively by the way.

Cristiano Ronaldo made such a comment because PSG is the only team in the French league to win the league title every single season but there is no chance for that to happen in the Saudi league. There are multiple competitions in the Saudi League who have won the title in different seasons. PSG may be strong in France league and they recruited many good quality players in the club and still have some known players in their club but no other club except PSG has such good quality players. 
In the Saudi League, many good quality players from Europe have been signed in the past few seasons, they are older but they have ruled Europe for a time, maybe Cristiano Ronaldo has commented that the popularity and quality of the Saudi League is more than the France League.

[Palakka]

I don't think it's right to look for the fault in coach Enrique. The players' situation actually reveals the current position of the team. The players are not top-level players for the Champions League. Besides, they weren't successful in the Champions League when Messi, Neymar and Mbappé were there. In my opinion, Enrique is the best coach for Paris Saint-Germain in recent times. If they let him go, no one can guarantee that the coach who replaces him will be more successful.

Enrique has been with PSG for a very longtime and have been used to the team and now has been able to know most of his player all this years and so he's actually like the best for the team and then he is now even trying to get the team to a position that they have been wishing and one of his biggest drive is to win the champions league. people trying to blame him is almost normal for almost every one both fans and non fans because its been a norm that you always blame the coach for every fall of the player and the teams general performance.

If we look at their journey in the UCL and Ligue 1 so far, actually great players and coaches continue to come and go from PSG, so that actually it is not  coach or players who has been a problem for them on winning the UCL so far, the mentality and ability to face more competitive competition is what they should improve, because so far their mentality in facing big teams from more competitive leagues is actually very bad.

I don't see the potential for Enrique to bring PSG better in the UCL, although he have a lot of experience in coaching but he still has difficulty building the PSG mentality so far in the UCL, besides that if you pay attention there is no coach who coached PSG for too long so far, including Enrique who is currently entering his last season coaching, because so far PSG has signed every coach for no more than two seasons.

[Velvet78]

Actually, indirectly I understand the meaning of Ronaldo's words, currently he is making the Saudi League known throughout the world and he is bringing the name of League 1 to make Saudi Arabian clubs known to be more competitive than League 1 even though we don't know how strong they really are when they meet, what I know is that there are no players who badmouth their clubs in that league, of course as an Al Nassr player he must be able to make his club shine more. But football fans already understand because the only ones who can judge whether a team's game is good or not are we ourselves who can judge it.

I don't know, it really feels like Ronaldo has created his own world there. It is like the world is revolving around him there and I have heard even a new award was created just for him in 2023 which is named "Best Middle East Player".  




Here is the odds for today's only game in the league.

The thing is Nice are really good in home games so far with 4 wins and 3 draws without a loss. On the other hand, Rennes are one of the worst away teams.    They got only 1 point in 7 games and struggle to score a lot. Their defense is also in bad shape. I think Nice win @2.22 is worth taking the risk, what do you say? Maybe there wouldn't be a big goal gap but I think Nice won't lose points that easy here.

[Franctoshi]

I'm still laughing at Cristiano Ronaldo's comment on a comparison between the Ligue 1 and Saudi league.    He thinks that the Saudi league is more quality than the Ligue 1. Can you believe that? Just how can it be true?

We don't even watch proper football being played in Saudi Arabia. Let's face this truth. The stars going there are playing very comfortably. Because they don't come across any team defending strongly. The teams there are nothing alike European teams. The thing they do is more like walking than running on the pitch. How can it be quality football? Just because you are bringing good names it doesn't mean the league quality increases highly. We need to see better football at the same time. Not even every star going there is playing impressively by the way.

Cristiano Ronaldo comment came as a result of how boring the French Ligue 1 has become base on the fact that Paris Saint German has succeeded in dominating this side of the league almost all season even when it's obvious that they're not in form or don't have those quality players in the team to help them lift the trophy and if you look at it in that perspective, This I believe the angle why Ronaldo commented like this when it seem there's no longer competition in the league as it supposed to be.

[ndutndut]

Nice vs Rennes

Nice (@2.22) draw (@3.30) Rennes (@3.45)

In this match I will be more careful and will prefer a big risk at odds that are equal to the risk I take.
Although Rennes is much worse than Nice, the experience of previous meetings is one way Rennes can hold the match to a draw.
Looking at the odds given by the bookmakers, the difference between Nice, draw and Rennes is not too far and I am sure I can get a draw in today's match.

If we look at the experience of the two teams' previous meetings, this match is certain to be tough because in the last five meetings both teams have recorded 2 wins each, while 1 other match ended in a draw. That is why bookies set odds that are not much different, because this match is certainly fierce to get three points.

However, if we look at Nice's current performance, they have an advantage over Ranner both in terms of a more solid squad and in terms of consistency in terms of performance. Moreover, Nice is advantaged because they are playing at home, of course Nice is predicted to dominate the game and even win.

I will bet on Nice's victory in this match, the reason is that apart from Nice having never lost at home so far, Rennes is one of 3 teams in league one this season that has never won away.

[SOKO-DEKE]

Nice vs Rennes

Nice (@2.22) draw (@3.30) Rennes (@3.45)

In this match I will be more careful and will prefer a big risk at odds that are equal to the risk I take.
Although Rennes is much worse than Nice, the experience of previous meetings is one way Rennes can hold the match to a draw.
Looking at the odds given by the bookmakers, the difference between Nice, draw and Rennes is not too far and I am sure I can get a draw in today's match.

This match is going to be a very tough one because Nice and Rennes' performances seem to be at the same level, despite Nice being above Rennes in the table. Still, I would say that Nice is the favorite team to win the game based on their head-to-head statistics. Whenever Nice plays at home, they tend to put in more effort and have a good record against Rennes.

Therefore, I expect Nice to either win or draw today's match. However, football can be unpredictable, and records can be broken at any time. That said, it has been a long time since Rennes had a chance of beating Nice when Nice is the host of the game.

[ShowOff]

I don't think it's right to look for the fault in coach Enrique. The players' situation actually reveals the current position of the team. The players are not top-level players for the Champions League. Besides, they weren't successful in the Champions League when Messi, Neymar and Mbappé were there. In my opinion, Enrique is the best coach for Paris Saint-Germain in recent times. If they let him go, no one can guarantee that the coach who replaces him will be more successful.

Enrique has been with PSG for a very longtime and have been used to the team and now has been able to know most of his player all this years and so he's actually like the best for the team and then he is now even trying to get the team to a position that they have been wishing and one of his biggest drive is to win the champions league. people trying to blame him is almost normal for almost every one both fans and non fans because its been a norm that you always blame the coach for every fall of the player and the teams general performance.

Luis Enrique is used to all kinds of criticism, this is also common for other managers. PSG fans have high hopes for Luis Enrique, his experience in leading Barcelona to win the Champions League trophy, he should be able to repeat it with PSG again. In his second season with PSG, Luis Enrique seems unable to realize those high hopes, but it is very unfair to blame the manager entirely.

It is not easy to win the Champions League trophy if you have never won it before, it takes hard work, patience and great sacrifice to achieve it. The depth of the squad you have determines the size of the opportunity, but it is not a guarantee of achieving success. I think it's all about the right momentum, PSG must be at their best, and at the same time other favorite teams in the Champions League are experiencing a decline.

[Abu-Naim]

Nice vs Rennes

Nice (@2.22) draw (@3.30) Rennes (@3.45)

In this match I will be more careful and will prefer a big risk at odds that are equal to the risk I take.
Although Rennes is much worse than Nice, the experience of previous meetings is one way Rennes can hold the match to a draw.
Looking at the odds given by the bookmakers, the difference between Nice, draw and Rennes is not too far and I am sure I can get a draw in today's match.

Betting on any of these teams to win is actually risky because both teams are good against each others according to their stats.

They both took advantage of their homes because their last four matches, they both won two matches at their respective homes which why the match prediction is a bit tough.

However, betting on both teams to score will be their or play them over 2.5 because I will be expecting huge number of goals.

[Pokapoka124]

So far we have too often discussed the comparison of PSG in ligue 1 and UCL where the main problem is mentality in my opinion, Enrique efforts to build a more cohesive team can be a positive step by not relying on players stars and so far they have managed to do it in Ligue 1, while in the UCL obviously they still have to fight to qualify from the semi phase league, to be honest, I see that the chances of Enrique being retained by PSG are very unlikely, because so far they have never signed a coach for more than 2 seasons especially with their poor condition in the UCL, is certainly a strong reason for them to end their contract with Enrique later.

Yes, you  are right. PSG form in the league can't be compared to the their form in the Champions League for past seasons. PSG has been dominating the French ligue 1, why they have failed to register their name as one of the best clubs in the world. I agree with you also that their problem might be a mentality and attitude problem. They  prioritize their domestic leagues to the Champions League. It is Enrique responsibility to change their thinking and attitude.

[hahay]

Unfortunately, it looks like Nice was too quickly satisfied, because when Nice led with a score of 1-0, that Nice actually played more defensively and Rennes continued to put pressure. With the efforts that Rennes continued to make, Rennes also managed to score a goal in the 27th minute and make the score currently draw 1-1. If I consider their position in the standings, Nice should be better, but Nice did not succeed in continuing to put pressure on Rennes which would certainly be a shame if Nice failed to get three points in this home match. Although currently the score is draw, but I personally believe it looks like for the final result there will be a winner in this match whether the home team or the away team, because when they meet also seems to rarely have a draw result.

[Pokapoka124]

PSG are ready to get Mohamed Salah
Salah is complaining about his contract extension with Liverpool and sarcastically said that Liverpool does not want to take the initiative to keep their big star
And this means that the conditions are ready to attract him and PSG has acted first of all
salah is shining these days and many people him to be the winner of the Ballon d'Or
PSG had a call with salah and told him: "If he goes to paris as a free agent in the summer, they will sign a three year agreement with him, salah's salary during this period will be 500 thousand euros per week. 2 million euros per month and 24m euros per year. Salah will earn nearly 75 million euros in three years in Paris."
This transfer will be a win-win for psg. not only will they not have to pay a huge amount to liverpool, but they will also find a very good replacement for their lost star kylian mbappe. It seems that nasser Al-Khelaifi, who got Mbappe out of Real Madrid's grasp in a similar scenario, now wants to implement the same scenario on Liverpool.

I don't know why Liverpool are still stalling a contract extension for their star player Mohamed Salah. He is currently one of the best winger in football and he has been instrumental in guiding Liverpool to the top of the EPL standings and Champions League standings. Salah's consistency in delivering goals and assists has cemented his status as a world class player.

However his contract situation at Liverpool could present an opportunity for clubs like PSG to pursue him. With his current contract at Liverpool nearing its end there is uncertainty of an extension page known for their ambitious transfer might look set to capitalize on the situation. Adding Salah to their squad would strengthen their attacking options and global brand appeal.

[Zlantann]

Luis Enrique is used to all kinds of criticism, this is also common for other managers. PSG fans have high hopes for Luis Enrique, his experience in leading Barcelona to win the Champions League trophy, he should be able to repeat it with PSG again. In his second season with PSG, Luis Enrique seems unable to realize those high hopes, but it is very unfair to blame the manager entirely.

It is not easy to win the Champions League trophy if you have never won it before, it takes hard work, patience and great sacrifice to achieve it. The depth of the squad you have determines the size of the opportunity, but it is not a guarantee of achieving success. I think it's all about the right momentum, PSG must be at their best, and at the same time other favorite teams in the Champions League are experiencing a decline.

It's not too late for PSG to win the UCL this season. They have not been impressive in this season's campaign but they can qualify for the playoff if they can win the remaining games. Manchester City's performance is not impressive so PSG might be able to take advantage of it. VfB Stuttgart will their next match in the competition which will not be an easy game.

Luis Enrique might lose his job this season if he fails to win UCL. He had been able to give the club local trophies but the clubs benchmark for successful coach is the UCL. They have some of the best players in French League but it's no match to the quality of players in some top leagues in Europe.

[Sandra_hakeem]

I'm still laughing at Cristiano Ronaldo's comment on a comparison between the Ligue 1 and Saudi league.    He thinks that the Saudi league is more quality than the Ligue 1. Can you believe that? Just how can it be true?

We don't even watch proper football being played in Saudi Arabia. Let's face this truth. The stars going there are playing very comfortably. Because they don't come across any team defending strongly. The teams there are nothing alike European teams. The thing they do is more like walking than running on the pitch. How can it be quality football? Just because you are bringing good names it doesn't mean the league quality increases highly. We need to see better football at the same time. Not even every star going there is playing impressively by the way.

Cristiano Ronaldo comment came as a result of how boring the French Ligue 1 has become base on the fact that Paris Saint German has succeeded in dominating this side of the league almost all season even when it's obvious that they're not in form or don't have those quality players in the team to help them lift the trophy and if you look at it in that perspective, This I believe the angle why Ronaldo commented like this when it seem there's no longer competition in the league as it supposed to be.

In C. Ronaldo's words

"Saudi League is better than Ligue 1"

and intend to agree with him because I mean what is the essence of a league competition if there are no contenders. PSG has dominated the league for quite a long time. Since Qatar sports investment took over in 2011 they have won 9 out of the 11 titles so far.

Ligue 1 is boring if we must accept the truth. We know Saudi isn't competitive either but at least with the weak teams they have in their league they still try their best to make it competitive in a way. Yea stars going to Saudi are going for the money and not fame or glory. It's like their retirement plan. But ligue 1 been an European league needs to step up their game and give it the competition it deserves.

[el kaka22]

I agree with the idea that PSG has tried to hire the best managers, and tried to buy the best players whenever they could afford, they even had a Neymar-Mbappe-Messi trio for two seasons as well, how many teams in the world could build a squad like that, it's insane.

I believe they are just having a bit of unlucky period and eventually they will win it. Look at City, they won so much before they finally ended up winning the UCL, it didn't happen on year one, they had to work up to that. I believe the moment they get someone decent, and wait for a few years, they will build a squad that will be easier to handle.

A manager can't build a good team in a single year or two, they will have to wait a few years and keep getting players during all those summers, and even maybe a few winters, and they can do better that way, that's the point. I believe this isn't going to be easy, but it can be done and I hope that people can make this work and see the difference.

[Akbarkoe]

Unfortunately, it looks like Nice was too quickly satisfied, because when Nice led with a score of 1-0, that Nice actually played more defensively and Rennes continued to put pressure. With the efforts that Rennes continued to make, Rennes also managed to score a goal in the 27th minute and make the score currently draw 1-1. If I consider their position in the standings, Nice should be better, but Nice did not succeed in continuing to put pressure on Rennes which would certainly be a shame if Nice failed to get three points in this home match. Although currently the score is draw, but I personally believe it looks like for the final result there will be a winner in this match whether the home team or the away team, because when they meet also seems to rarely have a draw result.

The match is still ongoing and has now entered the 60th minute, Nice is indeed more defensive and only makes a few attacks, but if you pay attention, even though Nice only builds a few attacks, they are able to build attacks well and effectively, so that from the 5 kicks launched by Nice almost all of them are on target and even become 3 goals that make Nice lead again in this match. so that for the first half the score ended with a score of 3-1

while regarding the second half which is still running, Rennes managed to score one goal exactly 4 minutes after the second half started, so that the score difference became thin again. and I hope Nice can build attacks again and increase their advantage, to prevent Rennes from equalizing the position again.

[Docnaster]

I agree with the idea that PSG has tried to hire the best managers, and tried to buy the best players whenever they could afford, they even had a Neymar-Mbappe-Messi trio for two seasons as well, how many teams in the world could build a squad like that, it's insane.

I believe they are just having a bit of unlucky period and eventually they will win it. Look at City, they won so much before they finally ended up winning the UCL, it didn't happen on year one, they had to work up to that. I believe the moment they get someone decent, and wait for a few years, they will build a squad that will be easier to handle.

A manager can't build a good team in a single year or two, they will have to wait a few years and keep getting players during all those summers, and even maybe a few winters, and they can do better that way, that's the point. I believe this isn't going to be easy, but it can be done and I hope that people can make this work and see the difference.

It was because of the quest for European triumph that management of Paris Saint Germaine assembled one of the the most expensive squad in the history of football. They had a team that was comprising football genuises like Neymar Jr, Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and even Sergio Ramos but still weren't able to lift the UEFA Champions League title which is why many believes that Paris Saint Germaine problem isn't about the players but the managers that's managed the club.

The club current manager Luis Enrique I think have been granted enough time to prove himself and despite being a former winner of the UCL, he's yet to help the club achieve their dream.