French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Iranus]

PSG's victory over Monaco showcased their tactical brilliance and overall superiority. While many expected a tightly contested match, PSG dominated the match with a commanding performance. This result further reinforces PSG dominance in Ligue 1 as they continue their pursuit of another league title.

It is high time PSG extend this dominance they exercise in the French Ligue1 to the EUFA champions league when they get to meet with big funded clubs of their match. Of a truth it's my dream to see them do so but they keep getting outshined by their counterparts the likes of Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester city, Inter Milan, Liverpool and the rest.

Maybe until the French giant get to exercise this dominance in the UCL and win the trophy I wouldn't want to praise them more than I already have any time they win a game in their domestic league because obviously with the resources they have it's a huge advantage over other teams in the French Ligue1 which makes the dominance theu command not surprising.

The teams in Ligue 1 are comparatively quite weak. So it is not difficult for PSG to dominate Ligue 1 and win the title. PSG can easily win the Ligue 1 title. But on the Champions League platform, we do not see a better performance from PSG as expected.

We did not see a better performance from PSG in the first round of the Champions League either. However, PSG played quite well in the last two matches of the first round. If they can continue such a performance, we will see a better performance from PSG in the knockout round matches as well.

PSG will play against Brest in the playoffs. PSG won against Brest quite easily a few days ago. So it seems that PSG will get an easy win in this playoff match as well.

[Jody.Drummer]

PSG's victory over Monaco showcased their tactical brilliance and overall superiority. While many expected a tightly contested match, PSG dominated the match with a commanding performance. This result further reinforces PSG dominance in Ligue 1 as they continue their pursuit of another league title.

It is high time PSG extend this dominance they exercise in the French Ligue1 to the EUFA champions league when they get to meet with big funded clubs of their match. Of a truth it's my dream to see them do so but they keep getting outshined by their counterparts the likes of Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester city, Inter Milan, Liverpool and the rest.

Maybe until the French giant get to exercise this dominance in the UCL and win the trophy I wouldn't want to praise them more than I already have any time they win a game in their domestic league because obviously with the resources they have it's a huge advantage over other teams in the French Ligue1 which makes the dominance theu command not surprising.

The club closest to Paris Saint Germain in terms of points Marseille (although it is not a close distance either because they have a 10 point difference) will face one of the clubs at the bottom of the table ST Ettinee. This match should be an easy match for them, because the opponent they face is not a very strong opponent. It would be very disappointing if they had to lose in a relatively easy match like this. They are already far from Paris Saint Germain, I am not sure they can catch up. but at least they have to get a win to maintain the position they currently occupy.

[Lida93]

PSG's victory over Monaco showcased their tactical brilliance and overall superiority. While many expected a tightly contested match, PSG dominated the match with a commanding performance. This result further reinforces PSG dominance in Ligue 1 as they continue their pursuit of another league title.

It is high time PSG extend this dominance they exercise in the French Ligue1 to the EUFA champions league when they get to meet with big funded clubs of their match. Of a truth it's my dream to see them do so but they keep getting outshined by their counterparts the likes of Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester city, Inter Milan, Liverpool and the rest.

Maybe until the French giant get to exercise this dominance in the UCL and win the trophy I wouldn't want to praise them more than I already have any time they win a game in their domestic league because obviously with the resources they have it's a huge advantage over other teams in the French Ligue1 which makes the dominance theu command not surprising.

The teams in Ligue 1 are comparatively quite weak. So it is not difficult for PSG to dominate Ligue 1 and win the title. PSG can easily win the Ligue 1 title. But on the Champions League platform, we do not see a better performance from PSG as expected.

yea of course, there was an epoch in the French Ligue1 when Lyon were having this same influence and dominance of the league due to the world-class players the club was able to bring into the team's squad because then they had the financial resources, not until the QSI and Arctos Partners took ownership of PSG and gave them the standard they have today dominating the league1 due to the resources they  pump into the club to attract top tier players acros Europe. If other clubs could get similar sponsorship I think a lot will change in the league1 about PSG dominance.

PSG will play against Brest in the playoffs. PSG won against Brest quite easily a few days ago. So it seems that PSG will get an easy win in this playoff match as well.

Brest isn't equal to PSG. I wouldn't expect PSG to struggle in winning this game at this playoff stage where every situation now is critical for each team. They could be scoring more goals than they did in previous meeting.

[cryptoWODL]

In the France Soccer League, Marseille has been able to maintain their win over again, they were able to win a 2-0 goal against Angers in today's match. But one of the things in this match is that they did not seem very strong in halftime, but after the halftime they became very strong and they attacked a lot. As a result, they were able to score two goals at that time. The two players on their team Rabiot and Maupay scored goals.

The victory against the Angers has already increased Marseille points so much that they have already come a closer to Paris Saint-Germain. It is quite certain that Marseille will be able to put up their strongest performance against PSG in this league, that is being proven by their current performance.

[imamusma]

PSG's victory over Monaco showcased their tactical brilliance and overall superiority. While many expected a tightly contested match, PSG dominated the match with a commanding performance. This result further reinforces PSG dominance in Ligue 1 as they continue their pursuit of another league title.

It is high time PSG extend this dominance they exercise in the French Ligue1 to the EUFA champions league when they get to meet with big funded clubs of their match. Of a truth it's my dream to see them do so but they keep getting outshined by their counterparts the likes of Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester city, Inter Milan, Liverpool and the rest.

Maybe until the French giant get to exercise this dominance in the UCL and win the trophy I wouldn't want to praise them more than I already have any time they win a game in their domestic league because obviously with the resources they have it's a huge advantage over other teams in the French Ligue1 which makes the dominance theu command not surprising.

The instability of the performances of Real Madrid, Manchester City, and Bayern Munich should have been a momentum for PSG to extend its dominance to the Champions League. But in fact, this season PSG almost failed to reach the play-off zone, and they had to fight hard to be able to advance to the round of 16. In my opinion, the Ligue 1 giants are still very difficult to become trophy challengers. One of the reasons is the departure of their star player Mbappe, and they were late in recruiting a replacement. Indeed, several seasons ago PSG also had an ideal squad depth, but at that time, PSG did not have as good momentum as this season.

[ITExpert]

It is undeniable that one of the things that makes Paris Saint Germain superior in Ligue 1 is because they have money that other teams don't have, we can't deny it especially when we see them spending a lot of money to get very qualified players and are called stars. That's what other teams can't do, even when Paris Saint Germain can spend a fantastic amount of money, other teams have to sell high-value players to maintain financial stability. So in this case I agree with you, that what dominates in Paris Saint Germain is not tactics but money.

Money is actually a major factor but no the only and actual factor, because we cannot say other ligue 1 teams are broke, the are also rich in their own capacity. I believe of other teams could take out some time to build up their team without necessarily having totally buy expensive players, with time they will be able to if not equate but improve enough to give PSG very serious competition.

I think every person's life is going on because of money, some are eating by earning and some are earning money with their skills. They are sustained because of their hard work and good performance and winning more matches. If they also play badly and don't worry about winning, it would be weak at that time, but they should play well and make themselves strong enough that nothing can defeat them. Those who are expensive players do not play for money. They play because of hard work and good performance, but they are priced out, so they give away their talent for money. PSG is strong, they will weaken the performance of any player because they are quite an old team with experienced players which makes them strong.

[Adiljutt156]

There is a PSG - Monaco game waiting for us tonight.    It seems like a really nice game to bet on honestly. A single bet on this one for a Friday night would be great!

Normally I would jump for PSG win here. However it is given only 1.39 odds which is quite low for a single bet... Instead I'm thinking of giving a different bet a chance. Such as PSG win & BTTS @2.19. First I thought of combining over 2.5 goals and BTTS but the odds were only 1.65. Therefore this made more sense to me as a good risk to take. I assume Monaco wouldn't play their worst game.    And I don't expect PSG to lose home. They already beat Monaco away by 4-2 as a reminder.

PSG football team played very excellent in last match and that team won the match one sided because that team did 4 goals in this match which was brilliant effort by the players of that team. Dembélé was the person who did 2 goals in this match and made match for the team. He did his first goal at 57 minutes of the match and after this goal he did another goal at 90 minutes of the match when match was almost close to an end. Kvaratskhelia also did goal in this match and his role was also crutial because he made score 2-1 and after his goal match was towards Paris Saint-Germain and before that score of both teams was equal.Zakaria did goal from the Monaco football team but no other player could do any goal in this match and match was ended with 4-1 result.

[Velvet78]

Ok, so you are saying that it wasn't the money, but the great game that PSG delivered? Money was not decisive in this one? I think that it is all about the money when PSG plays in Ligue 1 and destroys other teams because no other team has access to the same resources.

You call it tactical genius when one team that is worth over a billion euros beats another team that does't even have half the value. Alright, got you, it is "tactical genius", lol.

Indeed! It is all about money. PSG has way more financial power than everyone else in the league. This makes them very comfortable to win trophies every season. We rarely witness other teams making it.

Sheikhs are in control of today's football. Nobody can deny this fact I assume.    Wherever they go and invest in, that team is always going to be very lucky.

This always makes me question one thing as well. What would managers like Guardiola do if they didn't have money power?

[Frankolala]

Ok, so you are saying that it wasn't the money, but the great game that PSG delivered? Money was not decisive in this one? I think that it is all about the money when PSG plays in Ligue 1 and destroys other teams because no other team has access to the same resources.

You call it tactical genius when one team that is worth over a billion euros beats another team that does't even have half the value. Alright, got you, it is "tactical genius", lol.

It is undeniable that one of the things that makes Paris Saint Germain superior in Ligue 1 is because they have money that other teams don't have, we can't deny it especially when we see them spending a lot of money to get very qualified players and are called stars. That's what other teams can't do, even when Paris Saint Germain can spend a fantastic amount of money, other teams have to sell high-value players to maintain financial stability. So in this case I agree with you, that what dominates in Paris Saint Germain is not tactics but money.

Of course, money is powerful because you can use it to transform a weak club to become very strong. PSG is enjoying the evidence of been a rich club, and they are using their funds to put every other club under their armpit. I could remember when City was shit, the Arab brothers came in bought the club and transformed it by hiring Pep who bought all the players that put City to this level.

[tygeade]

At the beginning of the season Monaco actually showed a very impressive performance, but what we see today is inseparable from their poor mentality and consistency in the championship competition, the defeat against PSG is not something that surprises me if we look at the mentality they have, although Monaco has actually improved the quality of the squad they have but not with their mentality so far, If we talk about the championship this season, of course PSG will no longer be overtaken by other teams, because of the huge point difference that has been created at the top of the table at this time, PSG dominance over teams in the ligue has created a huge gap and it has had a bad mentality effect on their rival teams in ligue 1 so far.

This is what happens when you have a very low depth team. Start of the seasons are much better because nobody is booked, nobody is injured, nobody is tired. But when the season gets along, and we are at January to February, we start to see some players who are booked and not playing, some players injured, and some players who are either playing but tired, or even so tired that not even playing.

So if you have very small depth, then you end up with bad players on your team since bench players are bad and they do not replace the starting eleven that well. This is what Monaco is facing right now, they have a very good top 11 players, but the moment one or more of them fails to win, they end up getting wildly worse, and I mean by a big margin.

[rahmad2nd]

At the beginning of the season Monaco actually showed a very impressive performance, but what we see today is inseparable from their poor mentality and consistency in the championship competition, the defeat against PSG is not something that surprises me if we look at the mentality they have, although Monaco has actually improved the quality of the squad they have but not with their mentality so far, If we talk about the championship this season, of course PSG will no longer be overtaken by other teams, because of the huge point difference that has been created at the top of the table at this time, PSG dominance over teams in the ligue has created a huge gap and it has had a bad mentality effect on their rival teams in ligue 1 so far.

At the beginning of last season Monaco also showed good performance, unfortunately in the middle of the season they performed inconsistently. Likewise this season, at the beginning of the season they were fairly consistent, but as we can see their performance has declined again. In my opinion, it's not just mentality but there are several factors that make them inconsistent. Just look at their front line, Manaco does not have a reliable center forward. Balogun is injured, several other players too. Losing against PSG is something natural, besides the two teams have a gap in player depth, Adolf Hutter as the field architect chose to apply a pattern that tends to strengthen the defense line. What is clear is that Manaco is not as strong as Paris Saint-Germains, especially since they also have to focus on the Champions League playoff round. It is not easy for Manaco to compete closely with Paris Saint-Germains, besides they lose in terms of team quality, the factor of injured players, they also have to divide their focus to other competitions. At least in the last two seasons Manaco has been able to maintain its position in the top four of the standings, so they can still compete in the Champions League.

[tiCeR]

At the beginning of the season Monaco actually showed a very impressive performance, but what we see today is inseparable from their poor mentality and consistency in the championship competition, the defeat against PSG is not something that surprises me if we look at the mentality they have, although Monaco has actually improved the quality of the squad they have but not with their mentality so far, If we talk about the championship this season, of course PSG will no longer be overtaken by other teams, because of the huge point difference that has been created at the top of the table at this time, PSG dominance over teams in the ligue has created a huge gap and it has had a bad mentality effect on their rival teams in ligue 1 so far.

At the beginning of last season Monaco also showed good performance, unfortunately in the middle of the season they performed inconsistently. Likewise this season, at the beginning of the season they were fairly consistent, but as we can see their performance has declined again. In my opinion, it's not just mentality but there are several factors that make them inconsistent. Just look at their front line, Manaco does not have a reliable center forward. Balogun is injured, several other players too. Losing against PSG is something natural, besides the two teams have a gap in player depth, Adolf Hutter as the field architect chose to apply a pattern that tends to strengthen the defense line. What is clear is that Manaco is not as strong as Paris Saint-Germains, especially since they also have to focus on the Champions League playoff round. It is not easy for Manaco to compete closely with Paris Saint-Germains, besides they lose in terms of team quality, the factor of injured players, they also have to divide their focus to other competitions. At least in the last two seasons Manaco has been able to maintain its position in the top four of the standings, so they can still compete in the Champions League.

But it wouldn't have changed much since PSG is still without a defeat and even if Monaco performed with strong consistency, it would unlikely be the case that they had a decent chance to compete with PSG.

Performing well themselves is not enough in Ligue 1 and that is the huge problem the league has. It needs more than that. PSG ould have to be struggling while some other team plays a perfect season.

The 10 poinst that PSG is ahead now is basically the title already this season since I doubt that they will lose like five games from now on.

[W Jr.]

Sometimes mediocre teams play beyond anyone expectations, and Le Havre win was one of the surprises in Ligue 1 so far. No one expected Le Havre, who are currently in the relegation zone, to beat Lille, the defeat was truly embarrassing. In the previous match, Lille were also defeated by a mediocre club in the French Cup, so they failed to advance to the quarter-finals. However, in the Champions League, Lille performed impressively and managed to automatically qualify for the last 16, they played with a different performance there.

It was indeed a little surprising because Lille almost lost badly at home if there was no goal in the 90+7 minute by one of their players, Chuba Akpom. It was truly embarrassing for Lille who had been able to qualify for the next round in the UCL competition but could lose to a team in the Ligue 1 relegation zone. And with that condition, I don't think that Lille will last long in the UCL competition even though Lille has been able to advance to the last 16 automatically because the level of competition there is much fiercer than in Ligue 1 so that every mistake can have fatal consequences for the Lille team.

The biggest surprise in the matches played this week was Lille's defeat. I was expecting a clear win against Le Havre but they were defeated in an unpredictable way at home. I did not expect this from Lille, who had a successful UCL year by advancing to the UCL last 16. I was expecting different results. I am afraid they will be one of the weakest teams in the last 16.

[BITCOIN4X]

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But it wouldn't have changed much since PSG is still without a defeat and even if Monaco performed with strong consistency, it would unlikely be the case that they had a decent chance to compete with PSG.

Performing well themselves is not enough in Ligue 1 and that is the huge problem the league has. It needs more than that. PSG ould have to be struggling while some other team plays a perfect season.

The 10 poinst that PSG is ahead now is basically the title already this season since I doubt that they will lose like five games from now on.

PSG's journey this season in Ligue 1 looks like there are no significant challenges. PSG was still able to maintain their unbeaten record until the 21st match, meanwhile Ousmane Dembélé has really shone this season. PSG have only recorded 5 draws in 21 matches and Dembele has scored 16 goals and 4 assists so far. I'm not sure PSG can close this season with an unbeaten record, but the opportunity is there as long as they can maintain consistent performance.

In the Champions League, PSG still has to fight hard to win tickets to the round of 16. They have easy opponents from their own country, namely Brest, so PSG's chances of qualifying for the round of 16 are very high. It's lucky for PSG to have such easy opponents, but the Champions League could create a different atmosphere.

[SilverCryptoBullet]

PSG's journey this season in Ligue 1 looks like there are no significant challenges. PSG was still able to maintain their unbeaten record until the 21st match, meanwhile Ousmane Dembélé has really shone this season. PSG have only recorded 5 draws in 21 matches and Dembele has scored 16 goals and 4 assists so far. I'm not sure PSG can close this season with an unbeaten record, but the opportunity is there as long as they can maintain consistent performance.

We feel like this because PSG are too strong compare to other clubs in Ligue 1, and it's happened in a last decade with PSG domination in Ligue 1. This season, after 21 matches, they have 10 points more than Marseille and that likely are good point difference enough for PSG to secure another Ligue 1 title.

Dembele found another chapter of his career since Xavi appearance in Barcelona as a head coach and his transfer from Barcelona to PSG. He has proven that he is a good choice and replacement for Mbappe or Neymar in PSG squad. His performances in Ligue 1 are very impressive for them, but in Champions Leaue, he has not done his job well enough, and generally his teammates did not play well there too.

In the Champions League, PSG still has to fight hard to win tickets to the round of 16. They have easy opponents from their own country, namely Brest, so PSG's chances of qualifying for the round of 16 are very high. It's lucky for PSG to have such easy opponents, but the Champions League could create a different atmosphere.

With good advantage in Ligue 1, PSG can fully focus all their best resources and energy for two playoff matches because it's most important with them now. Winning two playoff matches, and go to a next knockout phase will help PSG continuing their adventure in Champions League toward a first Champions League title. They are stronger in this pair and have high chance to win but as said they must be well prepared and fully focus on it.

[tusandii]

It is undeniable that one of the things that makes Paris Saint Germain superior in Ligue 1 is because they have money that other teams don't have, we can't deny it especially when we see them spending a lot of money to get very qualified players and are called stars. That's what other teams can't do, even when Paris Saint Germain can spend a fantastic amount of money, other teams have to sell high-value players to maintain financial stability. So in this case I agree with you, that what dominates in Paris Saint Germain is not tactics but money.

Money is actually a major factor but no the only and actual factor, because we cannot say other ligue 1 teams are broke, the are also rich in their own capacity. I believe of other teams could take out some time to build up their team without necessarily having totally buy expensive players, with time they will be able to if not equate but improve enough to give PSG very serious competition.

Financial needs are a real factor for a club to continue to be stable and progress because they can recruit quality players to continue to improve their performance, especially if there is no one in the league richer than PSG then they will not be able to match PSG's quality at any time, yes although it is possible that one day there will be a club that can really break PSG's dominance but I am not sure that the club will be the main competitor in League 1, as long as PSG still has great financial strength it will definitely continue to be the strongest club in League 1.

[Moreno233]

Money is actually a major factor but no the only and actual factor, because we cannot say other ligue 1 teams are broke, the are also rich in their own capacity. I believe of other teams could take out some time to build up their team without necessarily having totally buy expensive players, with time they will be able to if not equate but improve enough to give PSG very serious competition.

Financial needs are a real factor for a club to continue to be stable and progress because they can recruit quality players to continue to improve their performance, especially if there is no one in the league richer than PSG then they will not be able to match PSG's quality at any time, yes although it is possible that one day there will be a club that can really break PSG's dominance but I am not sure that the club will be the main competitor in League 1, as long as PSG still has great financial strength it will definitely continue to be the strongest club in League 1.

Funding is important not doubt but for the case of PSG in the French League 1, I think there is more because if you compare the quality of players they have not, they are not too far from Lyon. So I think there is a mindset that is helping PSG, the other teams are just afraid and have given up already believing that they cannot match PSG. If you observe, you will realize that PSG win the big teams in the league easier than then win smaller teams. For instance, the few matches they had problem this season were in the hands of teams that are considered small. Under that setting, PSG will continue to dominate the league.

[Lidger]

At the beginning of the season Monaco actually showed a very impressive performance, but what we see today is inseparable from their poor mentality and consistency in the championship competition, the defeat against PSG is not something that surprises me if we look at the mentality they have, although Monaco has actually improved the quality of the squad they have but not with their mentality so far, If we talk about the championship this season, of course PSG will no longer be overtaken by other teams, because of the huge point difference that has been created at the top of the table at this time, PSG dominance over teams in the ligue has created a huge gap and it has had a bad mentality effect on their rival teams in ligue 1 so far.

At the beginning of last season Monaco also showed good performance, unfortunately in the middle of the season they performed inconsistently. Likewise this season, at the beginning of the season they were fairly consistent, but as we can see their performance has declined again. In my opinion, it's not just mentality but there are several factors that make them inconsistent. Just look at their front line, Manaco does not have a reliable center forward. Balogun is injured, several other players too. Losing against PSG is something natural, besides the two teams have a gap in player depth, Adolf Hutter as the field architect chose to apply a pattern that tends to strengthen the defense line. What is clear is that Manaco is not as strong as Paris Saint-Germains, especially since they also have to focus on the Champions League playoff round. It is not easy for Manaco to compete closely with Paris Saint-Germains, besides they lose in terms of team quality, the factor of injured players, they also have to divide their focus to other competitions. At least in the last two seasons Manaco has been able to maintain its position in the top four of the standings, so they can still compete in the Champions League.

But it wouldn't have changed much since PSG is still without a defeat and even if Monaco performed with strong consistency, it would unlikely be the case that they had a decent chance to compete with PSG.

Performing well themselves is not enough in Ligue 1 and that is the huge problem the league has. It needs more than that. PSG ould have to be struggling while some other team plays a perfect season.

The 10 poinst that PSG is ahead now is basically the title already this season since I doubt that they will lose like five games from now on.

Marseille are trying to be consistent this season. Although they have a 10-point gap with PSG, they are winning most of the matches. Marseille are unable to recover the points they lost earlier in the season after losing a few games. Now France write PSG is winning regularly while Marseille is winning but the point gap with them earlier remains the same. The way Marseille are trying this season, I think other teams should try to compete hard in the France league and even if PSG wins the title, they have to work hard to win. It has been the case in the last few seasons that PSG have performed the way they started the season and ended the season winning the league title. Those seasons didn't see much effort from other teams. However, if the teams want to increase the popularity of their league, they must form a team that can compete with PSG

[bering]

I think Khvicha Kvaratskhelia could being an successful transfer for PSG this because it didn't take long for him to adapt with PSG and so far Kvaratskhelia record with PSG is 1 goal and 1 assist from 3 latest matches in PSG so i think 70 million is worth price if we see his performance with PSG and i can see the attacking lines for PSG is more dangerous moreover Luis Enrique has more options to played because after the arrival of Kvaratskhelia at least PSG has 6 players for forward lines

Maybe when Kvaratskhelia decided to choose PSG instead of other clubs it is the right choice because with this team finally Kvaratskhelia possibly can make his debut match in Champion league and according to the squad update for PSG it says Luis Enrique possibly will put Kvaratskhelia into PSG starting lineup when this team playing against Brest for playoff stages and i am sure PSG will be easily overcome Brest today

[CageMabok]

Financial needs are a real factor for a club to continue to be stable and progress because they can recruit quality players to continue to improve their performance, especially if there is no one in the league richer than PSG then they will not be able to match PSG's quality at any time, yes although it is possible that one day there will be a club that can really break PSG's dominance but I am not sure that the club will be the main competitor in League 1, as long as PSG still has great financial strength it will definitely continue to be the strongest club in League 1.

I also think so for the conditions in Ligue 1 because as long as PSG still has financial strength in recruiting quality players it will definitely be difficult for other teams in Ligue 1 to match. In addition, other teams in Ligue 1 also do not often recruit quality players because the costs are not small so it will not be really easy for other teams to break PSG's dominance in Ligue 1 which is still continuing this season. And now the gap between PSG's points and other rivals in Ligue 1 can be quite clear evidence that PSG can still be strong in the coming seasons.