French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Jossque]

One of the most important matches played yesterday was definitely the match between Brest and Lyon.Brest managed to defeat Lyon at home with goals in the first half in the 25th minute.Lyon had more possession but Brest's attacks were more dangerous.
The winner of the goal duel was Nice.Reims lost 4-2 at home to Nice.Nice, who led 2-1 at half time, started the second half with a dominant start.It was an enjoyable game and Nice managed to increase their points to 30 with this win.
Marseille, on the other hand, managed to turn the game around and leave Rennes with 3 points.Rennes failed to take advantage of the penalty with Kalimuendo but managed to take the lead 10 minutes after the penalty.Although they scored, their joy did not last long.Marseille, who equalized with Greenwood towards the end of the first half, managed to open the difference with Rabiot at the beginning of the second half.While the match ended with these goals, Marseille managed to play a better game than their opponent.

[BALIK]

Today against Saint Etienne we thought we would see an easy victory for PSG. And at the end of the first half PSG is leading 2-0. And in the first half we saw the dominance of PSG players. Saint Etienne is a weak team. And this team is now in the relegation zone. There was no possibility of PSG losing points against such a team. Usually PSG players are able to play well against weak teams.

We see PSG team playing completely attacking tactics this season. However, due to the lack of experienced players in PSG squad, PSG team often faces big problems to score goals. But since Etienne's defense is weak. So PSG does not face much problem to score two goals in the first half.

[junder]

^ With the draw that Monaco got and Marseille's victory against Rennes which was not easy at all, there is currently a 5-point gap between Marseille and Monaco. Of course, these results make Marseille at least in a position that is safe enough to stay in second place. Although Marseille managed to maintain its consistency, there was still no chance for Marseille to compete for the trophy with PSG.

Yes, by successfully getting 3 full points at Rennes home, Marseille is indeed very comfortable in second place. Most likely they will continue to occupy that position in the long term if they continue to get positive results in the future, but to put them in the title race, it is difficult for them to catch up on the points that are already far from PSG, if PSG suffers 3 defeats there their chances are open, but until the 17th week PSG is still consistent, maybe what they can achieve easily now is to secure a UCL ticket.

[SatoPrincess]

Brest played quite well in this match, so they were able to bring home three full points from Lyon. Actually, Brest only showed a little ball possession in this match, but they were able to take advantage of every opportunity they got well. Through goals scored by Camara in the 8th minute and Ajurque's goal in the 25th minute, they were able to take the lead with a score of 2-0 over Lyon, before finally before the first half really ended, Veretout managed to score one goal against Brest, which made the first half end with a score of 2-1.

And regarding the second half, in that half there were no goals scored at all, even though Lyon had made several attacks towards Brest to be able to equalize, but the results were nil, Brest's defense was quite solid, so the score did not change at all until the referee blew the long whistle.

It was absolutely a good outing for Brest, they were able to secure all three points from visiting team Olympic Lyon. The match was intense but Brest managed to hold their ground. Brest defense line performed well as they constantly repelled Olympic Lyon constant threat, their midfield was solid as they didn't give room for Lyon to operate effectively and their attack was excellent.

[Hyphen(-)]

Today against Saint Etienne we thought we would see an easy victory for PSG. And at the end of the first half PSG is leading 2-0. And in the first half we saw the dominance of PSG players. Saint Etienne is a weak team. And this team is now in the relegation zone. There was no possibility of PSG losing points against such a team. Usually PSG players are able to play well against weak teams.

We see PSG team playing completely attacking tactics this season. However, due to the lack of experienced players in PSG squad, PSG team often faces big problems to score goals. But since Etienne's defense is weak. So PSG does not face much problem to score two goals in the first half.

The narrative of the match has started to change because the opposition looks entirely different in the second half.

The score is now 2-1, and we have more than 20 minutes to go; and based on each team’s performance so far, PSG need to be very serious this time because all these weak relegation zone teams are the teams that obstruct big teams from winning title, and they are given PSG tough time because they are trying to put more effort in the game even though I know that PSG will do their best to maintain and go with the three points because they are at home and have more quality players than Saint-Etienne.

[Weawant]

Brest played quite well in this match, so they were able to bring home three full points from Lyon. Actually, Brest only showed a little ball possession in this match, but they were able to take advantage of every opportunity they got well. Through goals scored by Camara in the 8th minute and Ajurque's goal in the 25th minute, they were able to take the lead with a score of 2-0 over Lyon, before finally before the first half really ended, Veretout managed to score one goal against Brest, which made the first half end with a score of 2-1.

And regarding the second half, in that half there were no goals scored at all, even though Lyon had made several attacks towards Brest to be able to equalize, but the results were nil, Brest's defense was quite solid, so the score did not change at all until the referee blew the long whistle.

I must confess how impressed I am with brest performance in this game, I never knee they were going to be this good, I mean not against long who had a much better season going on for them than best has, the only thing I expected was that since they were playing from home, getting  a goal was something they could do but winning wasn't part of my expectations but seeing them pull that through shows that indeed the competition in the ligue 1is really coming to live and can be found amongst these teams. Leading already all best had to do was defend and that was a good tactics to earn a three points at the end of the game.

[len01]

I must confess how impressed I am with brest performance in this game, I never knee they were going to be this good, I mean not against long who had a much better season going on for them than best has, the only thing I expected was that since they were playing from home, getting  a goal was something they could do but winning wasn't part of my expectations but seeing them pull that through shows that indeed the competition in the ligue 1is really coming to live and can be found amongst these teams. Leading already all best had to do was defend and that was a good tactics to earn a three points at the end of the game.

For me this is a real result before the match started, bettors must have known that Brest also has a great chance of winning. Looking at the current results, both teams have equal performance. And on the one hand, if you look at H2H, Brest and Lyon have equal experience and Brest can always win at home.
So the victory is not impressive or something extraordinary for Brest. Because playing at home is always a big advantage for Brest.
Regarding the competition in league 1, actually it only happens in the runner-up position and below. It will still be boring to compete at the top of the standings which has been locked by PSG.

[Joca97]

Today against Saint Etienne we thought we would see an easy victory for PSG. And at the end of the first half PSG is leading 2-0. And in the first half we saw the dominance of PSG players. Saint Etienne is a weak team. And this team is now in the relegation zone. There was no possibility of PSG losing points against such a team. Usually PSG players are able to play well against weak teams.

We see PSG team playing completely attacking tactics this season. However, due to the lack of experienced players in PSG squad, PSG team often faces big problems to score goals. But since Etienne's defense is weak. So PSG does not face much problem to score two goals in the first half.

The narrative of the match has started to change because the opposition looks entirely different in the second half.

The score is now 2-1, and we have more than 20 minutes to go; and based on each team’s performance so far, PSG need to be very serious this time because all these weak relegation zone teams are the teams that obstruct big teams from winning title, and they are given PSG tough time because they are trying to put more effort in the game even though I know that PSG will do their best to maintain and go with the three points because they are at home and have more quality players than Saint-Etienne.

PSG won 2-1 in the end. They struggled with a small result win against a very weak team. They had too many shot on goal and just couldnt convert it. The result should have been 5-1 for PSG but ended up with only 2-1. Dembele scored two goals but could have scored a lot more in this match.

[Slow death]

Results of today's games:

PSG 2 - 1 Saint Etienne (I honestly expected it to be an easy win for PSG, but PSG won this game thanks to a penalty)

Toulouse 1 - 2 Strasbourg (Strasbourg have been improving a lot in recent games and with this win they have now won 3 consecutive games)

Montpellier 1 - 3 Angers (Montpellier's situation is getting worse and in this game they were very unlucky, they got 2 red cards, I think they will be relegated)

Le Havre AC 1 - 2 Lens (When Le Havre AC scored an early goal, I thought they could get out of this game with at least a draw, but unfortunately they lost and their situation is getting worse with each round)

[Docnaster]

Today against Saint Etienne we thought we would see an easy victory for PSG. And at the end of the first half PSG is leading 2-0. And in the first half we saw the dominance of PSG players. Saint Etienne is a weak team. And this team is now in the relegation zone. There was no possibility of PSG losing points against such a team. Usually PSG players are able to play well against weak teams.

We see PSG team playing completely attacking tactics this season. However, due to the lack of experienced players in PSG squad, PSG team often faces big problems to score goals. But since Etienne's defense is weak. So PSG does not face much problem to score two goals in the first half.

2:1 it ended in the favour of Paris Saint Germaine with Ousmane Dembele scoring his side's two goals of the match. I don't think there's anyway Saint Etienne will be playing away at the home of the French champions  and still manage to get a result in that game so there wasn't anything surprising about the result for me. I was even expecting Paris Saint Germaine to record more goals than they managed and even keep a clean sheet but at the end, it ended in a narrow win for them. In a season where Paris Saint Germaine aren't performing greatly, they're still leading the league table and that I don't think is a good advertisement of the French league

[SatoPrincess]

^ With the draw that Monaco got and Marseille's victory against Rennes which was not easy at all, there is currently a 5-point gap between Marseille and Monaco. Of course, these results make Marseille at least in a position that is safe enough to stay in second place. Although Marseille managed to maintain its consistency, there was still no chance for Marseille to compete for the trophy with PSG.

Because of course, PSG will also get better results, because in a few minutes or a few hours PSG will play at home against St Etienne who are currently in the relegation zone and St Etienne are also a promotion team this season. Thus, it will be certain that PSG will also succeed  in getting three points in this match, and maybe PSG will also win with a big score, at least three goals are good enough.

Olympique Marseille were able to secure all three points over Rennes in a tightly contested match. This crucial win will not only boosts their morale but also keep them firmly in contention for the Ligue title this season as they apply pressure on PSG. On the other hand PSG recent win over St-Etienne has further solidified their position at the top of the league table. With the end of  season approaching, every point gained or dropped could prove  decisive. Marseille will need to maintain their winning momentum particularly against mid table and lower ranked teams while hoping PSG falters in some key fixtures.

[hyudien]

2:1 it ended in the favour of Paris Saint Germaine with Ousmane Dembele scoring his side's two goals of the match. I don't think there's anyway Saint Etienne will be playing away at the home of the French champions  and still manage to get a result in that game so there wasn't anything surprising about the result for me. I was even expecting Paris Saint Germaine to record more goals than they managed and even keep a clean sheet but at the end, it ended in a narrow win for them. In a season where Paris Saint Germaine aren't performing greatly, they're still leading the league table and that I don't think is a good advertisement of the French league

As predicted before that Paris Saint Germain will be able to win quite easily in this match. They can play comfortably and can even score goals early in the match. Although the score ended with a narrow score, it doesn't matter because the most important thing is that they can get 3 points from this match. They are still unstoppable in Ligue 1, yes they are very difficult to beat. 7 points is quite a distance considering Paris Saint Germain is leading. So to say who will be the champion this season, I think we already know that, even every season we can predict.

[Weawant]

2:1 it ended in the favour of Paris Saint Germaine with Ousmane Dembele scoring his side's two goals of the match. I don't think there's anyway Saint Etienne will be playing away at the home of the French champions  and still manage to get a result in that game so there wasn't anything surprising about the result for me. I was even expecting Paris Saint Germaine to record more goals than they managed and even keep a clean sheet but at the end, it ended in a narrow win for them. In a season where Paris Saint Germaine aren't performing greatly, they're still leading the league table and that I don't think is a good advertisement of the French league

Saint Etienne did better if I want to even give commendations to any of the teams in this game, they had the champions PSG playing from home and yet they were able to get a goal and held PSG to not been able to score beyond two goals. Although PsG hasn't been of great performance this season,  they shouldn't struggle winning a team like this, I expected a three goal margin at least from them but it turns out they won and got three points but not with an impressive performance.

[Velvet78]

It is even a huge surprise that the final score of the PSG - Saint-Étienne game was like that.    PSG could have scored at least a few more goals. The xG for them was like 4.07 as well. Anyways, they just move on with another win. 

By the way I really like PSG's player quality in defense and midfield. They have solid talented players there and they are doing a really good job for their young ages as well. The only area I see weak is their attacking line. I mean Dembele is okay. But the rest isn't much so.    Barcola started the season amazingly but for a while he performs badly. They don't have a reliable striker either. In addition to adding Kvara to the squad, they should go for a new CF too. Maybe even reuniting Kvara - Osimhen?

[rahmad2nd]

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PSG won 2-1 in the end. They struggled with a small result win against a very weak team. They had too many shot on goal and just couldnt convert it. The result should have been 5-1 for PSG but ended up with only 2-1. Dembele scored two goals but could have scored a lot more in this match.

No matter how many goals PSG scored, they still only got 3 points, so a win over Saint-Etienne did not make them fail in their job. by the way, I am curious about what Luis Enrique is planning, because he always changes his players, especially the front line and midfielders. related to what you said, you can see the statistics of every match played by Paris Saint-Germains. just look at almost every match they have a lot of total shots, whether in the French League or in the Champions League. but unfortunately there are not many opportunities that they can convert very well, even though they have many opportunities and often dominate the course of the match. Ramos as a center forward was unable to score goals in every match, Barcola again appeared inconsistent. different from the young PSG player, namely Desire Doue, even though in this match as a substitute, he did his job very well. anyway, the most important thing is that Paris Saint-Germains won full points even with a narrow victory. thus, they again widened the points gap from Marseille and the teams below it.

[len01]

Montpellier 1 - 3 Angers (Montpellier's situation is getting worse and in this game they were very unlucky, they got 2 red cards, I think they will be relegated)

In some of the matches you mentioned, I only think about the results that Montpellier got. Montpellier should have been able to get a very good chance against a promoted team that has just competed in league 1 this season and while Montpellier is a team that has been in league 1 longer but ended up being humiliated at home.
Just look at how bad the performance was that lost 2 players who got red cards and gave a big chance to Angers.
It seems that Montpellier this season will continue to struggle and even be unable to get out of the relegation zone.

[Black Mbaye]

^ With the draw that Monaco got and Marseille's victory against Rennes which was not easy at all, there is currently a 5-point gap between Marseille and Monaco. Of course, these results make Marseille at least in a position that is safe enough to stay in second place. Although Marseille managed to maintain its consistency, there was still no chance for Marseille to compete for the trophy with PSG.

Yes, by successfully getting 3 full points at Rennes home, Marseille is indeed very comfortable in second place. Most likely they will continue to occupy that position in the long term if they continue to get positive results in the future, but to put them in the title race, it is difficult for them to catch up on the points that are already far from PSG, if PSG suffers 3 defeats there their chances are open, but until the 17th week PSG is still consistent, maybe what they can achieve easily now is to secure a UCL ticket.

Paris Saint-Germain left Saint Etinne with a 2-1 victory as expected. Paris Saint-Germain could have scored more goals. However, they got three points in the match with two goals. They created many chances but were not productive. Still, it was important to get three points. They still lead and will continue to do so. There seems to be no other favorite for the lead in the French League. Marseille and Monaco seem ambitious but they are far from the summit.

[imamusma]

No matter how many goals PSG scored, they still only got 3 points, so a win over Saint-Etienne did not make them fail in their job. by the way, I am curious about what Luis Enrique is planning, because he always changes his players, especially the front line and midfielders. related to what you said, you can see the statistics of every match played by Paris Saint-Germains. just look at almost every match they have a lot of total shots, whether in the French League or in the Champions League. but unfortunately there are not many opportunities that they can convert very well, even though they have many opportunities and often dominate the course of the match. Ramos as a center forward was unable to score goals in every match, Barcola again appeared inconsistent. different from the young PSG player, namely Desire Doue, even though in this match as a substitute, he did his job very well. anyway, the most important thing is that Paris Saint-Germains won full points even with a narrow victory. thus, they again widened the points gap from Marseille and the teams below it.

The additional 3 points make PSG more comfortable in leading the standings, Marseille and AS Monaco seem to be overwhelmed to reduce the gap that has been created. With a record of 17 unbeaten matches, PSG has managed to complete the first half perfectly. Luis Enrique had no trouble at all facing every challenge in Ligue 1, and in my opinion PSG also has the potential to make an unbeaten record throughout the season. The front line that PSG currently has is more than enough to achieve all targets at the domestic level, so there is nothing to worry about.
However, this impressive performance seems to have failed to be carried out in the Champions League, where PSG has the potential to go home earlier than many people expected, the match against Manchester City is a very crucial fate-determining match.

[Docnaster]

Over the weekend in the French league Olympic Marseille were able to get an important win away at Rennes. Though the win was very vital to the team's quest to catch up with league leaders Paris Saint Germaine, I was more entertained by the performance of former Manchester United winger Mason Greenwood in that game. The English player was on target again to score to his 12th goal of the season for his new club. I was trying to compare Greenwood's prolificity with that of Manchester United attackers this season and at the end, I realized his number of goals this season is three times better than that of Manchester United top scorer this season. Such a huge loss for the English club and a very good signing for the French club

[cryptoWODL]

Paris Saint-Germain managed to easily win a match in the France Soccer League today by a margin of 2-1 goals and they managed to get full points from that match very easily. In fact, in this league this team consistently performs well against any team, as a result of which they are able to easily win matches against any team. PSG didn't have much trouble winning today's match as the team they faced today is 17th in the France Soccer League points table.

According to google, PSG club's ball position for this match today was 59%. The most important aspect for PSG club is that they have not lost a single match in the France Soccer League this year, i.e. this team has not been beaten by any team so far. PSG have managed to win three of their last five matches.