French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Pokapoka124]

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.

So true, but sadly he can't. Lionel Messi time at PSG did raise questions over his ability to adapt in any of Europe top five league aside Spain. Even though PSG had the best forwards in football namely Messi, Neymar and Mbappe at the time, it soon became clear that no club can achieve success with just individual brilliance. Maybe that was the problem of PSG at that time they had too much individual players and lacked playing as a cohesive unit that why maybe he didn't get the opportunity to win the Champions League during his career at PSG so sad.

[hahay]

Currently only psg and Lille are in the champions League from the French Ligue 1 teams, and the conditions of these two teams in this league are completely opposite to the conditions they have in the French league.

a large number of the current Champions League teams are from spain, italy, Germany and England, but France has only 2 representatives, and this clearly shows the overall weakness of the French league and its teams. This league and its teams must be addressed, including improving the quality of the league and increasing strong representatives in the champions League. In general, these conditions are not suitable for France at all, which has experienced teams and good players.

Aren't Monaco and Brest from Ligue 1? Brest is in 7th place with 13 points, and Monaco is in 16th place with 10 points and all teams from Ligue 1 have a pretty good chance of making it to the playoffs (except PSG, who have only 7 points and are outside the playoff zone). So dominating Ligue 1 doesn't mean that PSG can be better than them if they can dominate Ligue 1. Maybe it also matters what opponents they played, but it still doesn't give PSG the right to be in 25th place.

You are right, the Ligue 1 teams currently playing in the Champions League are four teams and not just two but indeed, the Ligue 1 teams are still not good enough to be able to compete in the upper zone of the standings. In fact, PSG which is the team that dominates Ligue 1 from season to season,currently only PSG has a bad position in the Champions League standings. While for the other teams at least they are still in a good position especially for Brest and Lille and thus,I personally might still assume the results are still normal, only PSG which is in a bad position compared to the other three teams is a strange result, how can a  team that has great dominance in Ligue 1 be  a weak team in the Champions League.

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Aren't Monaco and Brest from Ligue 1? Brest is in 7th place with 13 points, and Monaco is in 16th place with 10 points and all teams from Ligue 1 have a pretty good chance of making it to the playoffs (except PSG, who have only 7 points and are outside the playoff zone). So dominating Ligue 1 doesn't mean that PSG can be better than them if they can dominate Ligue 1. Maybe it also matters what opponents they played, but it still doesn't give PSG the right to be in 25th place.

You are right, the Ligue 1 teams currently playing in the Champions League are four teams and not just two but indeed, the Ligue 1 teams are still not good enough to be able to compete in the upper zone of the standings. In fact, PSG which is the team that dominates Ligue 1 from season to season,currently only PSG has a bad position in the Champions League standings. While for the other teams at least they are still in a good position especially for Brest and Lille and thus,I personally might still assume the results are still normal, only PSG which is in a bad position compared to the other three teams is a strange result, how can a  team that has great dominance in Ligue 1 be  a weak team in the Champions League.

PSG failed to impress in the Champions League this season, Brest, Lille and AS Monaco managed to show different performances there. Brest and Lille have the opportunity to qualify directly for the last 16 if they are able to maintain their position in the top 8 of the standings. Meanwhile, AS Monaco must fight through the Play Off round in order to reach the last 16. The three teams are faring better than PSG, where Enrique squad has the potential to be eliminated earlier in the League phase.

If you look at these facts, I personally did not expect PSG to have such bad luck this season, dominating Ligue 1 does not automatically make their journey in the Champions League easier. If PSG fails to reach the last 16, then it is very embarrassing, considering they have better squad depth than the other 3 Ligue 1 representatives. I think Mbappe's departure is one of the reasons PSG experienced a setback in the Champions League this season.

[Akbarkoe]

The match between Brest VS Nantes in the French Cup ended with a score of 2-1, a victory for Brest.

In this match Brest was able to lead first with a score of 2-0 over Nantes, and was able to maintain it until the first half ended. While in the second half Brest was unable to do more, and instead of increasing the advantage, Brest lost its consistency in the 83rd minute, where through a goal scored by H.Guirasay, Nantes managed to reduce the deficit. but fortunately Brest's defense was solid enough so that out of the many attacks and shots launched by Nantes only one shot was right on target. so Brest emerged as the winner in this match.

[SATWAT]

The Kvara deal is near being completed. The discussed transfer fee is around 75 million euros with bonuses. Considering today's market, I believe he is worth that much with that big talent.    I expect him to make a huge goal contribution to PSG attacking line. After adapting to the team of course. But I don't think it will take him too long. Because he has been unhappy at Napoli therefore I expect him to show a big reaction to leaving the team in his first times at PSG already.

Now there is only a question mark on whether they will make a striker signing as well or not. Kolo Muani has agreed on a loan transfer to Juventus. This is why I think this action strengthens the possibility of their signing a CF as well before the end of the month.

PSG bought Kolo Muani to find replacements for Messi, Neymar and Mbappe but they likely lost their belief in Kolo Muani, and decided to sell him to Juventus. It's a good transfer for PSG with money they got from Juventus but Kolo Muani from World Cup 2022 to Euro 2024 and his performances for PSG recent seasons, did not show that he can upgrade himself from a youth potential player to a world class player.

Juventus have problems with Vlahovic and want to find alternative, and Kolo Muani is their choice. Another young French player Marcus Thuram succeeded in Inter Milan and Juventus maybe hope that Kolo Muani can do the same.

Kolo Muani is going to Juventus on loan with no option to buy while as media reports are coming PSG is already dean done for Napoli star Kvaratskhelia with the price of €75 million.

[Weawant]

Paris Saint-Germain football team played very excellent against Saint-Étienne football team. Saint-Étienne football team could not do more goals in this match and that was the reason that team lost the match. Dembélé was a match winner of this match because he did 2 goals in this match which was excellent performance for the team and he did first goal at 13 minutes of the match and he gave good start to his team and after I expected that any other player will do next goal of the match but second goal did by also same person and that was Dembélé and he did this goal at 23 minutes of the match and he did this goal at penalty. Davitashvili did last goal of the match and did goal in the second half of the match and he did goal at 64 minutes of the match.

The expectations from this game weren't for PSG to loose I suppose and so seeing them win was actually more like them meeting with expectations and so it's a good one and I think they building their edge in the French this way is just the best thing they can do for themselves.  St entienne is just an average team who gets lucky some days over their bigger opponents but not just Against PSG on this day .

[tusandii]

Paris Saint-Germain football team played very excellent against Saint-Étienne football team. Saint-Étienne football team could not do more goals in this match and that was the reason that team lost the match. Dembélé was a match winner of this match because he did 2 goals in this match which was excellent performance for the team and he did first goal at 13 minutes of the match and he gave good start to his team and after I expected that any other player will do next goal of the match but second goal did by also same person and that was Dembélé and he did this goal at 23 minutes of the match and he did this goal at penalty. Davitashvili did last goal of the match and did goal in the second half of the match and he did goal at 64 minutes of the match.

The expectations from this game weren't for PSG to loose I suppose and so seeing them win was actually more like them meeting with expectations and so it's a good one and I think they building their edge in the French this way is just the best thing they can do for themselves.  St entienne is just an average team who gets lucky some days over their bigger opponents but not just Against PSG on this day .

Yes PSG can meet everyone's expectations and indeed most people bet on PSG as favorites to win and if they lose it will disappoint many people, PSG is the best club in League 1 so the victory is not surprising, Saint-Etienne's performance is very bad in League 1 so he will not be able to surpass PSG's strength. Dembele is undoubtedly PSG's mainstay in every match he scored 2 goals in the match and now has almost the same number of goals as Jonathan David.

[Iranus]

Yes PSG can meet everyone's expectations and indeed most people bet on PSG as favorites to win and if they lose it will disappoint many people, PSG is the best club in League 1 so the victory is not surprising, Saint-Etienne's performance is very bad in League 1 so he will not be able to surpass PSG's strength. Dembele is undoubtedly PSG's mainstay in every match he scored 2 goals in the match and now has almost the same number of goals as Jonathan David.

In Ligue 1 matches, we always consider PSG as the favorite. Because Ligue 1 teams are relatively weak. Ligue 1 teams do not spend a lot of money to build their squads. Only PSG management spends a lot of money to build their squads. And the strongest squad in Ligue 1 is PSG. And that is why we bet on PSG winning every Ligue 1 match.

PSG will play against Lens in the next match of Ligue 1. I will not be surprised if PSG loses points in this match. Because PSG will face Manchester City in the Champions League match in the next match. So naturally PSG will not give full effort in the match against Lens. So there is a big chance that PSG will lose points against Lens.

[hyudien]

The match between Brest VS Nantes in the French Cup ended with a score of 2-1, a victory for Brest.

In this match Brest was able to lead first with a score of 2-0 over Nantes, and was able to maintain it until the first half ended. While in the second half Brest was unable to do more, and instead of increasing the advantage, Brest lost its consistency in the 83rd minute, where through a goal scored by H.Guirasay, Nantes managed to reduce the deficit. but fortunately Brest's defense was solid enough so that out of the many attacks and shots launched by Nantes only one shot was right on target. so Brest emerged as the winner in this match.

Nantes actually did not play badly in this match, because they also put up a fairly good fight, but their problem lies in the front line which had a hard time breaking down the defense built by Brest. They could only score 1 goal in return and that was not enough to make them win and advance to the next round. Brest was indeed quite comfortable when they played in the second half because they held the 2 goal advantage they created in the first half. They also changed their playing style a little compared to the first half.

[Xcode7]

Paris Saint-Germain football team played very excellent against Saint-Étienne football team. Saint-Étienne football team could not do more goals in this match and that was the reason that team lost the match. Dembélé was a match winner of this match because he did 2 goals in this match which was excellent performance for the team and he did first goal at 13 minutes of the match and he gave good start to his team and after I expected that any other player will do next goal of the match but second goal did by also same person and that was Dembélé and he did this goal at 23 minutes of the match and he did this goal at penalty. Davitashvili did last goal of the match and did goal in the second half of the match and he did goal at 64 minutes of the match.

The expectations from this game weren't for PSG to loose I suppose and so seeing them win was actually more like them meeting with expectations and so it's a good one and I think they building their edge in the French this way is just the best thing they can do for themselves.  St entienne is just an average team who gets lucky some days over their bigger opponents but not just Against PSG on this day .

Yes PSG can meet everyone's expectations and indeed most people bet on PSG as favorites to win and if they lose it will disappoint many people, PSG is the best club in League 1 so the victory is not surprising, Saint-Etienne's performance is very bad in League 1 so he will not be able to surpass PSG's strength. Dembele is undoubtedly PSG's mainstay in every match he scored 2 goals in the match and now has almost the same number of goals as Jonathan David.

Another difficult victory was achieved by PSG against St. Etienne, this team is in the relegation zone and PSG is above the standings but PSG could only win narrowly with a score of 2-1 and in my opinion in this match it is not right to celebrate this fading victory because PSG should have won with a big score and uniquely PSG conceded one goal and in my opinion apart from PSG's less than good attack line their defense line is also not strong enough and in my opinion Enrique should rotate some more players to increase their strength.

Because if PSG hopes for Dembele it will be very difficult even though in their last five matches Dembele has been able to score more than 5 goals but we also know that Dembele's leg strength is often injured or injured and this is very worrying for PSG if he does not play especially with the departure of center forward Kolo Muani I think PSG should target another center forward like Jonathan David because this player is quite talented and in my opinion it would be good for PSG to buy this player.

[RaltcoinsB]

Yesterday, in the last 32 rounds of the French Cup, Olympique Lyon was eliminated on penalties, which was very tragic. Apart from that, Monaco was eliminated by Reims and could not advance to the next round, but what drew more attention was Lyon's elimination on penalties against Bourgion-Jallieu in the match that ended 2-2 in regular time. This was a really interesting elimination match. Lyon's opponent is playing in CFA 2. They are in second place in Group I. It was a shameful night for Lyon.

[Leviathan.007]

Montpellier vs. Monaco will be interesting because montpellier has 3 losses and 2 draws in its last 5 games, both of which were against nice and Lille, which are respectively in the points table below Monaco. another interesting point is that Monaco also has 2 draws in its last 5 games, which were against teams at the bottom of the table, namely nantes and reims.

considering the strange statistics of these two teams that I mentioned, this game is likely to end in a draw, but it should be noted that Monaco is currently in third place and montpellier is the last team in the table and this difference creates the possibility of monaco winning.

Both teams have an equal number of 3 injuries, which indicates that both teams will play this game with a more complete and stronger lineup.

Monaco needs to win this game to escape the chase of Nice and Lille, who are competing on the same day.

[SirLancelot]

Yesterday we have round of 32 games in Coupe de France in this round all big clubs of French Ligue 1 were involved few games which were looking easy on papers create surprises for fans as we have too many big teams face defeats and now out of the next round which is giving PSG good chance for another treble in this season.

Reims vs Monaco on score of 1–1 but on penalties Monaco lost this game after this Marseille lost their game on penalties against Lille at home Bourgoin Jallieu beats Lyon on penalties as both ended with the score of 2–2 in regular time Brest were able to have won in regular time against Nantes at home with the score of 2–1.

[ancafe]

The expectations from this game weren't for PSG to loose I suppose and so seeing them win was actually more like them meeting with expectations and so it's a good one and I think they building their edge in the French this way is just the best thing they can do for themselves.  St entienne is just an average team who gets lucky some days over their bigger opponents but not just Against PSG on this day .

In terms of the players owned by PSG, it is much easier to beat Esplay because they have no chance to beat PSG's strength. In fact, PSG should have scored more than four goals if their players could complete some of the opportunities they got. Surprisingly, Esplay was able to score early in this match because PSG was too busy attacking and after that PSG dominated the match again so they could win the match.

This is not a balanced opponent because Esplay did not put any real pressure on the match and it was even boring to watch the match go on because PSG dominated in everything so the game was more dominantly controlled by PSG in an easy way.

[Leviathan.007]

In my opinion : the competition between Nice and Lille will probably end in a draw.

Lille has done well defensively this season and has only lost 2 games, making them the second team with the fewest losses (psg is the first).
on the other side, Nice has a relatively good attack, which is why I predict a draw.

of course, if we look at the statistics of the past 10 games between these two teams, lille has been better,



but in the statistics of 5 games, the two teams have become very close and in a way we can say (maybe) that Lille has become somewhat weaker and nice is stronger.



If we want to predict with a little more risk, we can think about Nice winning.

[dezoel]

the Ligue 1 teams currently playing in the Champions League are four teams and not just two but indeed, the Ligue 1 teams are still not good enough to be able to compete in the upper zone of the standings. In fact, PSG which is the team that dominates Ligue 1 from season to season,currently only PSG has a bad position in the Champions League standings. While for the other teams at least they are still in a good position especially for Brest and Lille and thus,I personally might still assume the results are still normal, only PSG which is in a bad position compared to the other three teams is a strange result, how can a  team that has great dominance in Ligue 1 be  a weak team in the Champions League.

Usually we have not good results from French Ligue 1 teams in Champions League but due to new format now things take good changes and Brest and Lille are having good results while Monaco is also able to have spot into next round be most prominent and experienced team PSG is struggling badly due to their worst performance.

Next game are going to be vital for the PSG, Monaco and Lille as two are playing at home against English clubs and Lille going to Liverpool which could be tricky for them with the current performance level of home team which is undefeated in Champions League and at the top in Premier League and Champions League. French League needs to be work on few things which can give them better results in long run otherwise things could be not on good level in future because their quality level is on decline due to lack of funds for quality players.

[Fara Chan]

Yes PSG can meet everyone's expectations and indeed most people bet on PSG as favorites to win and if they lose it will disappoint many people, PSG is the best club in League 1 so the victory is not surprising, Saint-Etienne's performance is very bad in League 1 so he will not be able to surpass PSG's strength. Dembele is undoubtedly PSG's mainstay in every match he scored 2 goals in the match and now has almost the same number of goals as Jonathan David.

Leading first in the first half over a promoted team at home is a very common thing for PSG even though in that match only Dembele scored two goals and that was enough to lead PSG to victory. So that is a very common thing and there is no word extraordinary because it is very unlikely that a promoted team like Saint-Etienne can beat the ruling team in Ligue 1, namely PSG. As for this weekend's match I think it will be much more interesting because PSG will play at Lens' home even though I also have a little doubt that Lens can beat PSG in that match.

[MAAManda]

Yesterday we have round of 32 games in Coupe de France in this round all big clubs of French Ligue 1 were involved few games which were looking easy on papers create surprises for fans as we have too many big teams face defeats and now out of the next round which is giving PSG good chance for another treble in this season.

Reims vs Monaco on score of 1–1 but on penalties Monaco lost this game after this Marseille lost their game on penalties against Lille at home Bourgoin Jallieu beats Lyon on penalties as both ended with the score of 2–2 in regular time Brest were able to have won in regular time against Nantes at home with the score of 2–1.

There are so many surprising match results, even though they still have a chance of being eliminated, PSG is considered to have the biggest chance of winning the title in this competition. AS Monaco, Marseille, Lyon are out, there's only 1 team left that is worth considering as a challenger, they are Nice. If Nice will also leave this competition in the next match, there is no doubt 100% of this competition trophy will belong to PSG.

[len01]

Leading first in the first half over a promoted team at home is a very common thing for PSG even though in that match only Dembele scored two goals and that was enough to lead PSG to victory. So that is a very common thing and there is no word extraordinary because it is very unlikely that a promoted team like Saint-Etienne can beat the ruling team in Ligue 1, namely PSG. As for this weekend's match I think it will be much more interesting because PSG will play at Lens' home even though I also have a little doubt that Lens can beat PSG in that match.

Even against a team that is currently in the runner-up or third position, I will never worry about the result. Because PSG is a giant in league 1 that will never be defeated except for a draw which is the worst result experienced by PSG.
So there is no greatness in the match because it is not an equal team.
Even when playing against Lens, I already have a prediction between PSG winning or drawing. The result is guaranteed and I will not believe that Lens can make it difficult for PSG in the upcoming match.

[ITExpert]

Montpellier vs. Monaco will be interesting because montpellier has 3 losses and 2 draws in its last 5 games, both of which were against nice and Lille, which are respectively in the points table below Monaco. another interesting point is that Monaco also has 2 draws in its last 5 games, which were against teams at the bottom of the table, namely nantes and reims.

considering the strange statistics of these two teams that I mentioned, this game is likely to end in a draw, but it should be noted that Monaco is currently in third place and montpellier is the last team in the table and this difference creates the possibility of monaco winning.

Both teams have an equal number of 3 injuries, which indicates that both teams will play this game with a more complete and stronger lineup.

Monaco needs to win this game to escape the chase of Nice and Lille, who are competing on the same day.

Yes, there is no doubt about it because both the teams will present an equal game which will lead to a draw in most of the match.  Both of them have similar win lists and hence their match will be interesting and either team can come out ahead because they want to work hard and play well.  That's why their performance is same but there will be a little difference if one of them plays well otherwise this match is going to be a draw in plain words.
You are absolutely right and besides, Monaco is a team that even if they play a bad game, they don't hesitate to strengthen themselves soon, so they will know that the opponent team is weak, so play well.  The match must be won and Monaco will do just that. Monaco have a good chance that they will not waste, they will go after them by winning this match, which will take them ahead of them when they get the chance again, which is enough to diminish their glory.