French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[tusandii]

Nantes - Monaco

I wonder what Nantes will do in this match before they were able to hold Lille to a draw when playing as the away team but can they beat Monaco when they will play at home which should be an advantage for Nantes? As we know Nantes is actually in bad condition but they are trying to give a surprise when facing elite clubs even though the performance of Lille and Monaco is not much different if Nantes can beat Monaco it is an extraordinary result they will find their confidence again to improve their performance.
For their odds Monaco still has a greater chance of winning.

Monaco isn't consistent either. Nantes can fight for a draw and if they are well determined they might have it. Nantes beating Monaco might be possible but doesn't sound realistic in all honesty. I will rather go for a draw game than Nantes winning against Monaco even though Monaco is not perfect form.

If eventually Nantes defeats Monaco then it mean Monaco needs to revisit their drawing board and restrategize else they might not end will this season because LOSC is patiently waiting for a flop so they can replace replace.

And it turns out that Nantes again drew against Monaco, I think this is not surprising anymore when we previously saw Nantes able to hold Lille to a draw and they repeated the same thing against Monaco, actually Nantes could have won if they were able to withstand Monaco's attacks because Nantes had led 2 goals before Monaco could reply 2 goals to equalize.
And for Lille, they also drew so Monaco's draw means nothing because Lille failed to shift their position.
Unfortunately my bet was destroyed by the Lille-Auxerre match because they did not score each other.

[Farma]

And it turns out that Nantes again drew against Monaco, I think this is not surprising anymore when we previously saw Nantes able to hold Lille to a draw and they repeated the same thing against Monaco, actually Nantes could have won if they were able to withstand Monaco's attacks because Nantes had led 2 goals before Monaco could reply 2 goals to equalize.
And for Lille, they also drew so Monaco's draw means nothing because Lille failed to shift their position.
Unfortunately my bet was destroyed by the Lille-Auxerre match because they did not score each other.

Nantes held Monaco for the 5th time at home in a row, this shows that Nantes has its own way to frustrate Monaco with this, at the beginning of the first half Nantes dominated the match enough to take the lead first but in the second half Nantes was not strong enough to face Monaco's attacks until they equalized again, here it is very unfortunate that Monaco failed to bring home 3 points which if that happened they could have matched Marseille's points but unfortunately they had to share points, but I managed to win my bet on this match, and that makes me happy.

Lille failed to get full points even though they should have won and won if the penalty execution was successful but unfortunately it didn't, Auxerre has experienced consecutive defeats and Lille failed to get points even though with what happened to their opponents they should have been able to take advantage of it well to bring home 3 important points but unfortunately Lille also did not do their best.

[Hirose UK]

talking about UCL, when Messi, Neymar and Mbappe failed to bring PSG champions, then what kind of player are we expected can to bring PSG championsip?

That's Where you can see the inefficiency in the Players that they are famous for. Some say it was the coach's fault , that it's impossible for players like These to not reach the final of a UCL and not win it. I don't Know , but they're partly right. It could be that the strategy was never adequate, but it was also a lack of discipline on the part of the sheikh. When he saw that he didn't win anything, he changed coaches, but he didn't. One mistake led to another and so on and they went down. One thing that can't be forgotten is that they were the sole and undisputed Leaders of Ligue 1, but that's all.

Wrong bro, PSG never got to the Champions League finals with the squad of Messi, Neymar and Mbappe. In fact PSG with this trio got knocked out in Round 16 twice in two consecutive years. The season that PSG got to the Champions League finals was in 2020 when they played and lost to Bayern Munchen 1-0 it was only Neymar and Mbappe that was in that squad and not Messi, the season Messi joined they were knocked out in round 16 as well as the next season

True, while Messi himself joined PSG in the 2021 season and ended it in 2023 which means that during these two season Messi did not contribute anything to PSG in the UCL competition, Messi did play well for PSG but that was only in Ligue 1 in his last season, namely 2022/23.
Only Neymar and Mbappe are the best players for PSG, Messi is just player with an expensive price and high salary but is not dominant player for PSG success, now they are all just memories for PSG so that in the future maybe PSG will give birth to young potential that can make them stronger again.

[hyudien]

True, while Messi himself joined PSG in the 2021 season and ended it in 2023 which means that during these two season Messi did not contribute anything to PSG in the UCL competition, Messi did play well for PSG but that was only in Ligue 1 in his last season, namely 2022/23.
Only Neymar and Mbappe are the best players for PSG, Messi is just player with an expensive price and high salary but is not dominant player for PSG success, now they are all just memories for PSG so that in the future maybe PSG will give birth to young potential that can make them stronger again.

But to say that Messi did not contribute anything in my opinion is also too much, because he can also contribute, it's just that maybe he did not contribute as expected, that's all. He had a hard time after leaving Barcelona, ​​and indeed it was the first time he had a new team after years of being in the Barcelona squad. And if we look at it, his departure was not entirely his wish, but Barcelona was in a bad situation so they were forced to sell Messi. So maybe one of the reasons why it took him so long to adapt to Paris Saint Germain's game, because his heart was still left in his previous team.

[Leviathan.007]

OGC Nice’s significant injury concerns, which have thus far hampered their entire season, are beginning to ease. The likes of Tom Louchet, Jonathan Clauss, Antoine Mendy, Ali Abdi and Mohamed Ali-Cho are all returning and building full match fitness.

Clauss is expected to be thrown straight into the starting line-up when Nice face Stade-de-Reims on saturday evening. There are still absentees, however. Pablo rosario is out after receiving a red card in the narrow 3-2 win over Stade Rennais last weekend.

Morgan Sanson, Jérémie Boga, Terem Moffi, Victor Orakpo, and Moïse Bombitio are all also out. The latter’s absence is not expected to return and he could even return for the midweek Coupe de France fixture., against Bastia on Tuesday.

OGC Nice likely line-up v Reims
Marcin Bulka; Mohamed Abdelmonem, Dante, Youssouf Ndayishimiye; Melvin Bard, Tanguy Ndombélé, Hicham Boudaoui, Jonathan Clauss; Sofiane Diop, Gaëtan Laborde, Evann Guessand. (L’Éq)

Both teams are not in a good defensive position and their attack is relatively better. I said this because of the number of goals scored and goals conceded, but nice has managed to defeat Reims in the previous two games and has 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the last five games, which shows that Nice is relatively stable.
however reims has not won any of its last 5 games and has 3 draws and 2 losses. this shows that nice is more likely to win in the upcoming game between these two teams, but we must also pay attention to the many injuries this team has and think about the possibility of a draw.

[mamesso]

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But to say that Messi did not contribute anything in my opinion is also too much, because he can also contribute, it's just that maybe he did not contribute as expected, that's all. He had a hard time after leaving Barcelona, ​​and indeed it was the first time he had a new team after years of being in the Barcelona squad. And if we look at it, his departure was not entirely his wish, but Barcelona was in a bad situation so they were forced to sell Messi. So maybe one of the reasons why it took him so long to adapt to Paris Saint Germain's game, because his heart was still left in his previous team.

I agree with you, Messi has contributed with Goals and Assists to lead PSG to win the title in the domestic competition, but he was unable to carry PSG to win the UCL trophy because they are still unable to compete with other top clubs. At that time, PSG front line was filled with the world's best players, Messi, Neymar and Mbappe, while in other positions PSG also had classy players, so all players had the same responsibility. Psychological problems can affect his performance, but as a professional player he has done his best for the team he plays for.

[Adiljutt156]

The first match for matchday 17 will be held today, it is a match between Nantes & AS Monaco. Briefly, we can find out which team is the favorite in this match. That is AS Monaco where they also have a clear objective to eliminate Marseille in second place in the Ligue 1 standings.

Talking about the Ligue 1 standings, PSG's points gap is too big with Marseille & AS Monaco, in your opinion, is there a big possibility that PSG will fail to win the Ligue 1 title this season?

Monaco football team played match against Nantes football team and that was two sided match because both teams played well in this match and match was ended with draw.  Both teams did 2,2 goals in this match and no team could ahead in this match and Abline was the first person who did first goal of this match and he gave good start to his team and he did goal at 12 minutes of the match and after his goal, one more player from Nantes football team did goal goal and now he did goal at 47 minutes of the match and after this one player from Monaco football team took step for his team and he did goal at 52 minutes of the match and he gave power to the players of his team and after that team got confidence and one more player did goal in this match.

[Ondekinecakabilirim]

The Brest vs Lyon match will start soon. Lyon are struggling with financial crises off the field. But they are getting good results on the field. When I look at the statistics, I see that they have 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat in their last 11 league matches. They lost only to Paris Saint Germain. They beat Montpellier 1-0 in their last league game. On the other hand, Brest have 3 defeats and 2 wins in their last 5 league games. In their 16 league games this season they have 6 wins, 9 defeats and 1 draw. I think this match is unlikely to end in a draw according to these statistics. I think Lyon will win this match. But I will not bet on this match.

[wiss19]

There are many factors that play a role in bringing a team to become a champion, but financial strength plays a big role among all the other factors. Some clubs that have star players in the team, sometimes have to let them go, because the club financial condition requires them to do so. This cycle often happens, and Mbappe transfer from AS Monaco to PSG is one example.

With financial strength, PSG can also cut down the time to build an ideal team, PSG is also able to unite them all in one transfer window. That is what makes the competition in Ligue 1 never balanced, but this season, I see a slight improvement. Marseille and AS Monaco have at least made the competition in the Champions League zone even fiercer than the previous season.

Now finances are key for success any club because having quality players must without them no club can go through for top spots in any league while in France we have after good investment Marseille and Monaco improving their performance which helping them for challenging PSG.

After this clubs needed good depth in players which is only possible if they have good coach without this it's also not possible to win trophies while playing together give them good chance of understanding and having experience. PSG have no good depth and good experience which always creates problems, but now things are taking changes and management keeping faith in Luis Enrique who is doing things which will help them in long run for success

[pusaka]

The first match for matchday 17 will be held today, it is a match between Nantes & AS Monaco. Briefly, we can find out which team is the favorite in this match. That is AS Monaco where they also have a clear objective to eliminate Marseille in second place in the Ligue 1 standings.

Talking about the Ligue 1 standings, PSG's points gap is too big with Marseille & AS Monaco, in your opinion, is there a big possibility that PSG will fail to win the Ligue 1 title this season?

Monaco football team played match against Nantes football team and that was two sided match because both teams played well in this match and match was ended with draw.  Both teams did 2,2 goals in this match and no team could ahead in this match and Abline was the first person who did first goal of this match and he gave good start to his team and he did goal at 12 minutes of the match and after his goal, one more player from Nantes football team did goal goal and now he did goal at 47 minutes of the match and after this one player from Monaco football team took step for his team and he did goal at 52 minutes of the match and he gave power to the players of his team and after that team got confidence and one more player did goal in this match.

This is actually quite a disappointing result for Monaco, because they missed an opportunity where on paper they were more favored to win, but they couldn't get the win. This is also a bad result for them in the last 5 matches, yes because they could only get 1 win from those 5 matches, 2 draws and 2 losses. And even they were quite lucky because they could still get 1 point after they had to be 2 goals behind first. That was also quite surprising for me, because I actually hoped they could win. But indeed in a football match, we can't predict accurately and that's what happened in this match.

[Fiatless]

I agree with you, Messi has contributed with Goals and Assists to lead PSG to win the title in the domestic competition, but he was unable to carry PSG to win the UCL trophy because they are still unable to compete with other top clubs. At that time, PSG front line was filled with the world's best players, Messi, Neymar and Mbappe, while in other positions PSG also had classy players, so all players had the same responsibility. Psychological problems can affect his performance, but as a professional player he has done his best for the team he plays for.

Messi was not the player he used to be when he left Barcelona for PSG. Would I saw that he failed to gain his rhythm because he was used to the pattern of play of his former club? Barca had some of the best players that helped the Argentine shine in Spain.

A tree cannot make a forest, therefore saying that he didn't contribute much to the club is unfair. He did all he could because they won League One but failed to make an impact in the UCL. The failure of the reign of the super attacking duo of Mbappe, Neymar, and Messi was challenged by their inability to put aside personal ambition for the club's glory.

[Odohu]

That's Where you can see the inefficiency in the Players that they are famous for. Some say it was the coach's fault , that it's impossible for players like These to not reach the final of a UCL and not win it. I don't Know , but they're partly right. It could be that the strategy was never adequate, but it was also a lack of discipline on the part of the sheikh. When he saw that he didn't win anything, he changed coaches, but he didn't. One mistake led to another and so on and they went down. One thing that can't be forgotten is that they were the sole and undisputed Leaders of Ligue 1, but that's all.

Wrong bro, PSG never got to the Champions League finals with the squad of Messi, Neymar and Mbappe. In fact PSG with this trio got knocked out in Round 16 twice in two consecutive years. The season that PSG got to the Champions League finals was in 2020 when they played and lost to Bayern Munchen 1-0 it was only Neymar and Mbappe that was in that squad and not Messi, the season Messi joined they were knocked out in round 16 as well as the next season

True, while Messi himself joined PSG in the 2021 season and ended it in 2023 which means that during these two season Messi did not contribute anything to PSG in the UCL competition, Messi did play well for PSG but that was only in Ligue 1 in his last season, namely 2022/23.
Only Neymar and Mbappe are the best players for PSG, Messi is just player with an expensive price and high salary but is not dominant player for PSG success, now they are all just memories for PSG so that in the future maybe PSG will give birth to young potential that can make them stronger again.

If it is possible for Lionel Messi, he will just delete his record of going to PSG from his football career because he practically achieved nothing in France apart from winning those local trophies which PSG usually win with or without him. When he joined the team, I was actually thinking it was the right time for PSG to win the Champions League trophy as they hard the best trio in the world as at that time. A combination of Neymar, Messi and Mbappe out to comfortably bring the UCL title home but it turned out that was one of the worst moment of the club as they did not near even the final before they were disgraced out of the competition.

[Palakka]

talking about UCL, when Messi, Neymar and Mbappe failed to bring PSG champions, then what kind of player are we expected can to bring PSG championsip?

That's Where you can see the inefficiency in the Players that they are famous for. Some say it was the coach's fault , that it's impossible for players like These to not reach the final of a UCL and not win it. I don't Know , but they're partly right. It could be that the strategy was never adequate, but it was also a lack of discipline on the part of the sheikh. When he saw that he didn't win anything, he changed coaches, but he didn't. One mistake led to another and so on and they went down. One thing that can't be forgotten is that they were the sole and undisputed Leaders of Ligue 1, but that's all.

At the moment we actually don't know what other problems PSG has besides Mentality, because so far I think PSG management has done many ways to be able to bring the team to the UCL championship, but indeed in this case I think what you said is true, the change of coach that continues to them every 2 years certainly makes the coach have minimal time and difficulty in managing the team, so I think management might need to consider giving a contract to the coach for the long term at this time.

Wrong bro, PSG never got to the Champions League finals with the squad of Messi, Neymar and Mbappe. In fact PSG with this trio got knocked out in Round 16 twice in two consecutive years. The season that PSG got to the Champions League finals was in 2020 when they played and lost to Bayern Munchen 1-0 it was only Neymar and Mbappe that was in that squad and not Messi, the season Messi joined they were knocked out in round 16 as well as the next season

What you said is true, but still at that time PSG have a lot of stars players in the squad and even 90% of football fans at that time saw that PSG would be able to get their first UCL trophy, but unfortunately they still failed to get it, public confidence in them is getting bigger after messi joined, but in fact PSG performance in the UCL has decreased because they were only able to reach the round of 16, so doesn't this show that messi is a failed recruitment from PSG if we talk about the UCL?

[Velvet78]

It is really happening!    PSG is about to sign Kvara officially.

This would be a mega signing for them honestly. Undoubtedly the best one in the recent years at the same time. I thought there would be other top teams also to have an intention to sign him. Like Liverpool. But maybe they didn't want him because of having Diaz. Anyways, this kind of steps should be taken by PSG to increase their chance for bigger achievements such as a Champions League trophy. Napoli did the right thing by selling him because he also didn't intend to stay longer just as Osimhen.

[karabiber]

It is really happening!    PSG is about to sign Kvara officially.

This would be a mega signing for them honestly. Undoubtedly the best one in the recent years at the same time. I thought there would be other top teams also to have an intention to sign him. Like Liverpool. But maybe they didn't want him because of having Diaz. Anyways, this kind of steps should be taken by PSG to increase their chance for bigger achievements such as a Champions League trophy. Napoli did the right thing by selling him because he also didn't intend to stay longer just as Osimhen.

Choosing Kvaratskhelia over Osimhen is a bad move for PSG. I don't want to say anything about his talent, but he is not a good fit for PSG. I think Osimhen would have contributed much more to PSG. Manchester United or Chelsea would have been more beneficial for Kvaratskhelia. He could have proved himself in the EPL but he chose Ligue 1, perhaps for the money. Kvaratskhelia is a footballer with great talent but I think he lacks stability and he is not mentally strong. He should definitely go to the EPL. Because he could prove himself there and eliminate the stability problem.

[junder]

It is really happening!    PSG is about to sign Kvara officially.

This would be a mega signing for them honestly. Undoubtedly the best one in the recent years at the same time. I thought there would be other top teams also to have an intention to sign him. Like Liverpool. But maybe they didn't want him because of having Diaz. Anyways, this kind of steps should be taken by PSG to increase their chance for bigger achievements such as a Champions League trophy. Napoli did the right thing by selling him because he also didn't intend to stay longer just as Osimhen.

Congratulations Luis Enrique for getting additional new ammunition, congratulations also to PSG who were able to bring in a player of Kvara class. I don't want to comment on why he chose PSG over other big clubs and vice versa why it had to be him and not Osimhen who was PSG choice.
The point is this choice is the best according to them, and I believe Enrique has prepared a plan for the player, anyway, hopefully Kvara can help improve the quality of PSG game especially in European competitions.

[bangjoe]

The Brest vs Lyon match will start soon. Lyon are struggling with financial crises off the field. But they are getting good results on the field. When I look at the statistics, I see that they have 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat in their last 11 league matches. They lost only to Paris Saint Germain. They beat Montpellier 1-0 in their last league game. On the other hand, Brest have 3 defeats and 2 wins in their last 5 league games. In their 16 league games this season they have 6 wins, 9 defeats and 1 draw. I think this match is unlikely to end in a draw according to these statistics. I think Lyon will win this match. But I will not bet on this match.

Brest played well enough that Lyon had a hard time making a meaningful move to get a goal, we saw how enthusiastic Brest players were in the first half and in the 8th minute made a goal that could not be blocked by Lyon players, Mahdi Camara and Ludovic managed to make goals for Brest to get a further lead in the first half and Lyon could only make one goal in the last minute of the first half, and the sad thing here is that Brest chose to do a full defensive strategy to maintain its victory so that Lyon's troops had a hard time making opportunities to produce additional goals and this match was won by Brest with a score of 2-1.

Statistics are important but the ball is still round, victory can roll to any team that has a better strategy.

[Asiska02]

True, while Messi himself joined PSG in the 2021 season and ended it in 2023 which means that during these two season Messi did not contribute anything to PSG in the UCL competition, Messi did play well for PSG but that was only in Ligue 1 in his last season, namely 2022/23.
Only Neymar and Mbappe are the best players for PSG, Messi is just player with an expensive price and high salary but is not dominant player for PSG success, now they are all just memories for PSG so that in the future maybe PSG will give birth to young potential that can make them stronger again.

Mbappe and Neymar spent longer time in PSG than Messi did, so you won’t expect their performance and contributions to the team to be the same, there will definitely be some difference between them. What baffles me the more was that the three of them once played in the champions league altogether for PSG and they still didn’t make it far in the champions league and had to be be eliminated earlier than expected which suppose to be unusual.

PSG have been battling for the champions league trophy for a long time as far as I know and the signing of this big players and having them the same time in one team was suppose to give them the bigger hope of winning the trophy, but they still failed just like every other season. This is to show that, it’s not by the number of players you have in your team, but by how you can use them to produce good results for the team.

[hahay]

The score at half time was 1-1, but I am still quite confident that Marseille will win this away game. Because at least, Marseille is the team that has the best results for away games so far this season in Ligue 1 and thus, maybe in the second half Marseille will succeed in scoring their second goal. Although it may only be a narrow win, but it is still an important result  for Marseille to strengthen its position in second place in the standings. Although indeed, basically Rennes is also not a weak team but, considering that at this moment Rennes is only in the middle zone of the standings, with a trend that is not good enough like that it will give Marseille a good chance to beat Rennes in this match.

[Hyphen(-)]

The score at half time was 1-1, but I am still quite confident that Marseille will win this away game. Because at least, Marseille is the team that has the best results for away games so far this season in Ligue 1 and thus, maybe in the second half Marseille will succeed in scoring their second goal. Although it may only be a narrow win, but it is still an important result  for Marseille to strengthen its position in second place in the standings. Although indeed, basically Rennes is also not a weak team but, considering that at this moment Rennes is only in the middle zone of the standings, with a trend that is not good enough like that it will give Marseille a good chance to beat Rennes in this match.

Olympic Marseille is doing well ell in the League1 this season, they are  about to keep their record of the best away team this season in the League1, and today they are already winning 2-1 away from home after being down by one goal.
Kudos to all the players for putting more effort towards securing the three points so that the they can pressure PSG in the title race since Monaco is not doing the right thing despite having good players and young talented players.

Marseille is now very close to PSG with just four points clear, I think it’s time for PSG and other teams to perform well because this is the time for teams like Monaco and so on to bring am .