French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Jossque]

Lens won comfortably against out-of-form Le Havre.Le Havre took the lead in the 8th minute, but Lens turned the game around for the visitors.Lens, who dominated the game from the start, certainly had the opportunity to score more goals, but they couldn't capitalize.
Toulouse, on the other hand, lost to Strasbourg at home.Strasbourg won with 2 goals scored by Emegha and came 3 points closer to their rival.Strasbourg scored the 3rd goal in the match and although Strasbourg did not play very well, the fact that they won shows that their luck was on their side.We can say that Toulouse played better but could not be very effective in front of the goal.

[Lannakosa]

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.

PSG seem to have agreed on the transfer of Kvaratskhelia, this can strengthen their attack, they needed it because with the arrival of Enrique PSG began to score less. This may be due to the fact that PSG in recent years have lost their main forwards, and now Enrique has understood the importance of this, he thought that he would make do with the players he has, but it did not work out that way.

[Saint-loup]

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.

For sure but Angers is not a strong team they are 13th of the championship while Montpellier is 18th, it is the 6th match in a row they are unable to win unfortunately, the last victory was back at the beginning of november against Brest, and it was only their 2nd victory of the season sadly.
I don't think they've been unlucky actually as Slow death is saying above, because Kouyaté and Jordan Ferri only got their red card at the 84th and 85th minute. Angers took the lead in the 30th minute of the match and won the first half, they've been able to score their 2nd goal before the 2 players sent off. In fact Montpellier just score its only goal thanks to a penalty from Savanier.

[Hirose UK]

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.

Just as fairly reliable goal scorer in the Domestic League, that all I think Messi contribution while being part of PSG, don't talk about other competitions in Europe like the UCL because Messi performance with PSG in the UCL is quite bad and has nothing to do with feelings that are too deep because he left Barcelona because professional player after leaving then he will focus and try to play as well as possible for the team he is now defending.

By the way yesterday PSG managed to win the match against St-Etienne which is lower team that is currently in the relegation zone, this 2 - 1 victory made Dembele the center of attention because he created 2 goal for PSG victory and so far Dembele has been the most prominent player in every match played by PSG, he is like substitute for Mbappe.

[Obari]

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

Manchester United doesn't recognize a gem when they're in possession of one. They lost Mason Greenwood because of a scandal that causes general public outrage. Although investigation was carried out and the Englishman did served his term for been pledged guilty. Mason Greenwood almost lost everything and his football career was nearby to liquidity but revived after loan spell to Getafe. It was never consider an easy run for Greenwood, he passed through all these phases and still upright and standing. Mason Greenwood is such a blessing for Olympic Marseille following his terrific performance for the club. He's this type of player that always loves scoring goals and had a feeling of triumph for how far he's gone in football. Making incredible accomplishments and hitting harder than his older version.

Reviewing today's scores with comparison to Manchester United strikers and Mason Greenwood, he's 10 times better than them because he has this confidence with the ball, good footing and accuracy when he thrive for goals. Mostly scoring long range shots from outside the box and this is improvement for Mason Greenwood. I doubt if he will even dream of playing in Manchester United Jersey some day.

[mammusu]

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

Marseille managed to maintain their unbeaten run of 7 matches in all competitions with a 2-1 win over rennes, the win showed their great mentality after falling behind 1-0 to rennes in the 43rd minute, but again Greenwood showed his quality and sharpness to continue to be the difference for marseille this season by equalising the score to 1-1 just before the end of the first half, the victory was finally achieved by de zerbi's squad in the match after rabiot scored his third goal of the season to give marseille a 2-1 lead over rennes, The signing of greenwood has really had a positive impact on marseille performance and I think manchester united certainly regrets the sale at this time, we know that greenwood left manchester united not because of poor performance but the case that happened to him before made him lose his place in the Red Devil squad, so it was indeed fortunate for marseille who dared to sign him after all the legal controversies that happened to greenwood life so far.

[Jossque]

PSG continues to win.PSG won with 2 goals in the first half and continued to maintain the points difference.They didn't have much difficulty against their opponent.Dembele has 2 goals and I don't think the team will give the championship after this time.
Montpellier, on the other hand, lost at home to Angers.Although they had more possession of the ball, they had a poor match in terms of positions.When they gave their opponent too many possession opportunities, it was inevitable to see a goal in their goal.If Montpellier cannot end this bad run, it looks like they will be relegated. They are currently in last place with 9 points but they need to recover before the points gap with their rivals widens too much.

[Farma]

Just as fairly reliable goal scorer in the Domestic League, that all I think Messi contribution while being part of PSG, don't talk about other competitions in Europe like the UCL because Messi performance with PSG in the UCL is quite bad and has nothing to do with feelings that are too deep because he left Barcelona because professional player after leaving then he will focus and try to play as well as possible for the team he is now defending.

By the way yesterday PSG managed to win the match against St-Etienne which is lower team that is currently in the relegation zone, this 2 - 1 victory made Dembele the center of attention because he created 2 goal for PSG victory and so far Dembele has been the most prominent player in every match played by PSG, he is like substitute for Mbappe.

Dembele is currently very extraordinary, his performance looks increasingly better now because from the last 5 matches he has created 6 goals and that is very fantastic for his current development and Dembele has currently collected 10 goals in the Domestic league and of course that is a compliment to him and hopefully Dembele does not fall easily in the game so as not to get injured again because currently PSG fans have high hopes for him but when compared to Mbappe it is clearly not balanced because what Mbappe did with PSG was extraordinary but I have not seen that Dembele is really the figure wanted to replace Mbappe.
 Dembele is good but overall he is not as impressive as Mbappe and is still far from what is compared because Mbappe's performance at PSG is extraordinary, and Dembele has not done half of what Mbappe did at PSG and I hope Dembele can be sharper in all aspects, both skills and goal-scoring instincts and if he can do that then next season there might be a comparison between him and Mbappe.

[rahmad2nd]

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.

As you said, it is likely that Paris Saint-Germain will not experience significant obstacles in the French League competition. although from my point of view that Enrique is not satisfied with the squad of the team he is coaching, however in this competition PSG is doing a very good job. from the 17 matches they played, none of them were defeated even though four of them ended in a draw. they are also quite productive in terms of scoring goals, although Enrique always tries to tinker with the center forward and even rotates his midfielders. it is possible that PSG can break the unbeaten record in the French League, as long as they are always consistent and play with solid teamwork. btw, I have no information whether PSG is eyeing some players in the winter transfer window this season, or they will do it in the summer. in the Champions League their status is very doubtful, their performance is not good enough. the problem is not because PSG plays badly, but more difficulty in converting every opportunity into goals. well, it seems that Enrique does not have an option for a center forward that he can rely on, that's why there are often changes. Next, their opponent is Manchester City and if they lose then PSG's chances are gone.

[W Jr.]

PSG continues to win.PSG won with 2 goals in the first half and continued to maintain the points difference.They didn't have much difficulty against their opponent.Dembele has 2 goals and I don't think the team will give the championship after this time.
Montpellier, on the other hand, lost at home to Angers.Although they had more possession of the ball, they had a poor match in terms of positions.When they gave their opponent too many possession opportunities, it was inevitable to see a goal in their goal.If Montpellier cannot end this bad run, it looks like they will be relegated. They are currently in last place with 9 points but they need to recover before the points gap with their rivals widens too much.

Paris Saint-Germain has not yet suffered a setback in the French League. There has not been a team that can beat them yet. We see that they have only drawn four matches and won the rest of their matches. They also reflected their superiority in the match they played with Marseille. Marseille is seven points behind them. We can say that Monaco is out of the race. They will compete for the Champions League from now on. Because the point difference between them and the teams behind them is very small. Although Marseille is far from a threat in this regard, Monaco may fall from the Champions League rankings.

[Leviathan.007]

PSG continues to win.PSG won with 2 goals in the first half and continued to maintain the points difference.They didn't have much difficulty against their opponent.Dembele has 2 goals and I don't think the team will give the championship after this time.
Montpellier, on the other hand, lost at home to Angers.Although they had more possession of the ball, they had a poor match in terms of positions.When they gave their opponent too many possession opportunities, it was inevitable to see a goal in their goal.If Montpellier cannot end this bad run, it looks like they will be relegated. They are currently in last place with 9 points but they need to recover before the points gap with their rivals widens too much.

Paris Saint-Germain has not yet suffered a setback in the French League. There has not been a team that can beat them yet. We see that they have only drawn four matches and won the rest of their matches. They also reflected their superiority in the match they played with Marseille. Marseille is seven points behind them. We can say that Monaco is out of the race. They will compete for the Champions League from now on. Because the point difference between them and the teams behind them is very small. Although Marseille is far from a threat in this regard, Monaco may fall from the Champions League rankings.

PSG's next game in the Champions league will be against Manchester City, which man-city is in 6th place in the English league and as we know, psg is first in the table, but in the Champions League table, the situation is different and Man City is 3 places higher with a difference of 1 point.
We might think that because paris saint-germain is first in france, then the game with Man City will be easy for them, but... I think the Parisians will have an important and difficult game because both of these teams need to win to escape from the bottom of the table, and this will make this game more difficult for these teams

[Xcode7]

PSG continues to win.PSG won with 2 goals in the first half and continued to maintain the points difference.They didn't have much difficulty against their opponent.Dembele has 2 goals and I don't think the team will give the championship after this time.
Montpellier, on the other hand, lost at home to Angers.Although they had more possession of the ball, they had a poor match in terms of positions.When they gave their opponent too many possession opportunities, it was inevitable to see a goal in their goal.If Montpellier cannot end this bad run, it looks like they will be relegated. They are currently in last place with 9 points but they need to recover before the points gap with their rivals widens too much.

Paris Saint-Germain has not yet suffered a setback in the French League. There has not been a team that can beat them yet. We see that they have only drawn four matches and won the rest of their matches. They also reflected their superiority in the match they played with Marseille. Marseille is seven points behind them. We can say that Monaco is out of the race. They will compete for the Champions League from now on. Because the point difference between them and the teams behind them is very small. Although Marseille is far from a threat in this regard, Monaco may fall from the Champions League rankings.

It's not that PSG has not experienced a decline in performance but there is no other team in Ligue 1 that is able to compete with PSG or put pressure on PSG so that despite the changes in the PSG team, they remain at the top of the standings and even become the team that is very favored to win the title.
Although it looks quite relaxed for PSG, I think this is not good for their team because they cannot develop to be better and that is seen when PSG plays in European competitions.

[tusandii]

It's not that PSG has not experienced a decline in performance but there is no other team in Ligue 1 that is able to compete with PSG or put pressure on PSG so that despite the changes in the PSG team, they remain at the top of the standings and even become the team that is very favored to win the title.
Although it looks quite relaxed for PSG, I think this is not good for their team because they cannot develop to be better and that is seen when PSG plays in European competitions.

Competition in League 1 may seem trivial for PSG because no one can beat them but because they take League 1 lightly then in European competition they look very difficult to compete with top clubs especially this season their performance in UCL is very bad they are not even in the play off zone I am starting to doubt PSG might not qualify for the last 16 because in the next match they will face Man City even if PSG does not qualify it is very unfortunate they lost to Lille, Brest and Monaco who are likely to qualify for the last 16 I think that is enough to embarrass PSG as the strongest club in League 1.

[LUCKMCFLY]

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.

For me, Messi's success was thanks to the fact that he did very well at Barcelona, ​​but not because of him, but at that moment Pep understood that for all he was the one who had to finish and score the goals, Pep made the strategy for them to win was to pass the ball to Messi to score the goals, he said it himself and the players were even better than him, Iniesta, even Xavi himself for me were better than him, that was Messi's luck, for that reason for PSG and for Inter Miami he does not perform and will not perform, because he is not a player who runs a lot but rather waits for opportunities, at PSG he had to work harder and those who did that were Mbappé and Ney.

[Palakka]

It's not that PSG has not experienced a decline in performance but there is no other team in Ligue 1 that is able to compete with PSG or put pressure on PSG so that despite the changes in the PSG team, they remain at the top of the standings and even become the team that is very favored to win the title.
Although it looks quite relaxed for PSG, I think this is not good for their team because they cannot develop to be better and that is seen when PSG plays in European competitions.

Competition in League 1 may seem trivial for PSG because no one can beat them but because they take League 1 lightly then in European competition they look very difficult to compete with top clubs especially this season their performance in UCL is very bad they are not even in the play off zone I am starting to doubt PSG might not qualify for the last 16 because in the next match they will face Man City even if PSG does not qualify it is very unfortunate they lost to Lille, Brest and Monaco who are likely to qualify for the last 16 I think that is enough to embarrass PSG as the strongest club in League 1.

As a team of course PSG has experienced a decline in performance, but the decline did not make them slump and lose the title like other teams, mentality and also better squad support allowed them to continue to compete as a candidate for the championship in Ligue 1 in addition to the poor competition from other teams, But as we know so far, the easy competition in the domestic league has made their mentality very bad when playing in the UCL, maybe even before the competition in ligue 1 increases, we will continue to see failure by failure will them get in the UCL, regardless of their status as rulers in the domestic league so far.

[ajanwalker]

PSG continues to win.PSG won with 2 goals in the first half and continued to maintain the points difference.They didn't have much difficulty against their opponent.Dembele has 2 goals and I don't think the team will give the championship after this time.
Montpellier, on the other hand, lost at home to Angers.Although they had more possession of the ball, they had a poor match in terms of positions.When they gave their opponent too many possession opportunities, it was inevitable to see a goal in their goal.If Montpellier cannot end this bad run, it looks like they will be relegated. They are currently in last place with 9 points but they need to recover before the points gap with their rivals widens too much.

Paris Saint-Germain has not yet suffered a setback in the French League. There has not been a team that can beat them yet. We see that they have only drawn four matches and won the rest of their matches. They also reflected their superiority in the match they played with Marseille. Marseille is seven points behind them. We can say that Monaco is out of the race. They will compete for the Champions League from now on. Because the point difference between them and the teams behind them is very small. Although Marseille is far from a threat in this regard, Monaco may fall from the Champions League rankings.

PSG's budget is not even available in Real or Barcelona.
They are a top team in the French League.
Chelsea used to be like that thanks to Abramovich, now City is like that.
PSG is also the club with the biggest money power in the French League.
Their criterion for success is not League 1.
They built teams to be champions in the Champions League, but that success has not come yet.
They will finish the French League as champions again, but the Champions League will not happen this year either. I don't think the football they play is very suitable.

[LUCKMCFLY]

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.

This without against the countless help he has had from FIFA, compared to other players like CR7 that is why I say that CR7 is superior to him , Nothing if you compare him with Messi and Messi is left behind , for me Messi's things are not enough, he will Arrive at the World Cup  with a lot of help from his teammates and if FIFA continues helping him they will be capable of Winning the World Cup again, so because of this I would like Portugal to be champion just to see the "bug" be Crowned.

[hahay]

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.

This without against the countless help he has had from FIFA, compared to other players like CR7 that is why I say that CR7 is superior to him , Nothing if you compare him with Messi and Messi is left behind , for me Messi's things are not enough, he will Arrive at the World Cup  with a lot of help from his teammates and if FIFA continues helping him they will be capable of Winning the World Cup again, so because of this I would like Portugal to be champion just to see the "bug" be Crowned.

I dont care about Messi and Ronaldo's records because clearly, both players have really had a big influence on the development of football. So, about the record of awards they get and also the trophies they get, I personally don't care  at all, because when they have made a big influence in football  then they are successful players, no one is better and  no one is worse. It is very bad with those who always compare their achievements, because Ronaldo and Messi are also friends and they are not enemies,but their fans always have  a  debate that never ends.

[ingiltere]

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia's move to Paris Saint-Germain is finalized. Kvara is signing a 5-year contract. There were reports that Liverpool were also interested in this transfer, but PSG paid the money and bought him. I think they made a very good investment. PSG, who have no rivals in Ligue 1, continue to strengthen their squad. If their main goal is the Champions League as always, they need to make transfers like this. Such a large and expensive squad is not only for Ligue 1.
As far as I look at the comments, they find it negative for Kvara to go to France, but if they make the CL final in the coming years, these comments will have been for nothing. Now one of Barcola, Dembele and Ramos will have to sit in bench. Fighting for the shirt at the highest stage will take them to their next level.

[el kaka22]

PSG will probably fire Louis Enrique by the end of the season, while I do respect him and think he should stay a few more seasons to build a club, there are a lot of talks about how he was just terrible at UCL and the way that they may even fail to be at top 24, could definitely cause him to lose. Unless of course he does some miracle and be in top 24 and then end up winning the whole thing after that, which obviously nobody believes they can do, it's clear that we are not going to see that happen at all.

However, as long as they can do this, they are going to end up with a better chance to keep Enrique the higher they go, but if they fail to be in top 24, he will be fired no question asked. Hell he might even get fired before then too.