French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Renampun]

After investing huge sums of money, this kind of performance should not be accepted. There are reports that PSG want to sell Neymar as well because they are frustrated.  For Neymar, this has been a tough couple of days. Following PSG's Champions League exit, many things become obvious, so management should do what needs to be done. Your real stardom does not lie in your real existence, but rather in your performance.

PSG spending on player transfers since Al-Khelaifi took over the club until the 2020-2021 season has reached 1.3 billion euros.

it's a tough bet for PSG...

they have star players with fantastic pay like neymar and messi but get knocked out of champions league. I am only strengthening the sentence that high prices do not necessarily have good quality. selling neymar is a good decision IMO.

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[mv1986]

After investing huge sums of money, this kind of performance should not be accepted. There are reports that PSG want to sell Neymar as well because they are frustrated.  For Neymar, this has been a tough couple of days. Following PSG's Champions League exit, many things become obvious, so management should do what needs to be done. Your real stardom does not lie in your real existence, but rather in your performance.

PSG spending on player transfers since Al-Khelaifi took over the club until the 2020-2021 season has reached 1.3 billion euros.

it's a tough bet for PSG...

they have star players with fantastic pay like neymar and messi but get knocked out of champions league. I am only strengthening the sentence that high prices do not necessarily have good quality. selling neymar is a good decision IMO.

... Did you see bad quality in the game between Real Madrid and PSG until the minute when Benzema scored after a mistake? I didn't see bad quality. That was absolute outstanding. They were dangerous as *** offensively, and they were doing ok defensively. The reason that these players can't perform at their maximum all the time in Ligue 1 is because they have seen and won so much, I think it is just human that you can't play at 110%. You are just not able to motivate yourself so hard because you are usually going to win the national title anyway. But really, speaking of low quality is quite far off...

[ingiltere]

Recently Lille had a good serie and they want to go on like that. Saint-Etienne is not a strong opponent, they are close to relegation zone. Gourvennec start with David and Ben Arfa. Burak Yılmaz is in subs. Last time they scored four goals against Clermont. Can we see similar performance from Lille? It's likely but I expect less goals this time. It feels like this game is for Jonathan David. If he scores Lille can get the win they need.

[Ratash]

Recently Lille had a good serie and they want to go on like that. Saint-Etienne is not a strong opponent, they are close to relegation zone. Gourvennec start with David and Ben Arfa. Burak Yılmaz is in subs. Last time they scored four goals against Clermont. Can we see similar performance from Lille? It's likely but I expect less goals this time. It feels like this game is for Jonathan David. If he scores Lille can get the win they need.

Lille today played really poorly against saint etienne and they couldn't score since they only shot one time on goal on the otherhand it was a good result for saint etienne since it was an away game against a strong team they are realy playing good recently and my money is on them to avoid relegation this season.

[AndySt]

... Did you see bad quality in the game between Real Madrid and PSG until the minute when Benzema scored after a mistake? I didn't see bad quality. That was absolute outstanding. They were dangerous as *** offensively, and they were doing ok defensively. The reason that these players can't perform at their maximum all the time in Ligue 1 is because they have seen and won so much, I think it is just human that you can't play at 110%. You are just not able to motivate yourself so hard because you are usually going to win the national title anyway. But really, speaking of low quality is quite far off...

I also completely disagree that Paris Saint-Germain showed poor quality of play in the match with Real Madrid. If it hadn't been for Donnarumma's monstrous mistake and then the referee's unwillingness to fix the violation of the rules of the game, then PSG should have calmly won this match because it looked much more solid in the game. Carlo Ancelotti would have been on the verge of being fired from Real Madrid, because before this match there were rumors that Florentino Perez was very unhappy with the first match and threatened to fire the head coach if the club did not advance to the next stage of the tournament. Another question is that such a strong team should not fall apart in a few minutes, as happened after Benzema's second goal, and this is some fault of the average level of the French championship, where the absolute majority of teams do not pose such problems to such an indisputable leader as PSG.

[bering]

13 points behind PSG is really hard for Nice to compete for race tittle and i think reasonable position for them is second place and to realized that target Nice have to win in all remaining matches because 2 points a head from Marseille is very unsafe and today against Montpellier they have to utilize this match to get 3 points and the opportunity is wide open because Montpellier performance very poor lately Montpellier only win once from 5 matches

[terrorJR]

13 points behind PSG is really hard for Nice to compete for race tittle and i think reasonable position for them is second place and to realized that target Nice have to win in all remaining matches because 2 points a head from Marseille is very unsafe and today against Montpellier they have to utilize this match to get 3 points and the opportunity is wide open because Montpellier performance very poor lately Montpellier only win once from 5 matches

For Ligue 1, it's actually very difficult for any team to hope they can win when PSG is there.
Last season Lille probably could but I think it's PSG's fault and maybe this happens every few years lol.
Clubs in Ligue 1 can only be in position 2 and can only fight for that position because the champion slot already exists, namely PSG and that is very difficult to deny.

[mrongoz_imut]

In the Lille - St. Etienne game hosts seem to be the clear favorite. The reigning French champion will be fighting for promotion to the Champions League until the end of the season. Lille seems to be in quite good shape lately. In turn, St. Etienne's goal is to stay in the league in this season. For a long time they were one of the main candidates for relegation, but 3 wins in the last 5 games have allowed them to move over the relegation zone. Today, however, it will be very difficult for them to get even 1 point.

Etienne still have a chance to stay in Ligue 1 and even so, their head to head match can still be said to be fine. Also, win or not for Lille, they still have to fight even more to get UCL tickets for next season because Lille has a gap of 5 points from Marseille who are in 3rd place. But indeed, in this match Lille has a very good chance to win but for me the target isn't the top 3 because it's obviously difficult for Lille right now.

Final score 0-0 between  Lille vs Saint-Étienne give opportunity and chance for Saint-Étienne keep existing and stay on Ligue 1 next year because 1 points from away match against Lille looks great achievement. Although Saint-Étienne is not safety on 16th standing position because left 2 points only from Lorient will have away match schedule against with Clermont and looks as interested match with relegation team zone. Keep not easy for Lorient take Saint-Étienne position because Clermont still not safety will drop to relegation zone or not.

[Fakhrulenclix]

13 points behind PSG is really hard for Nice to compete for race tittle and i think reasonable position for them is second place and to realized that target Nice have to win in all remaining matches because 2 points a head from Marseille is very unsafe and today against Montpellier they have to utilize this match to get 3 points and the opportunity is wide open because Montpellier performance very poor lately Montpellier only win once from 5 matches

For Ligue 1, it's actually very difficult for any team to hope they can win when PSG is there.
Last season Lille probably could but I think it's PSG's fault and maybe this happens every few years lol.
Clubs in Ligue 1 can only be in position 2 and can only fight for that position because the champion slot already exists, namely PSG and that is very difficult to deny.

The quality of the players that PSG has is very different from its competitors. I think it's only natural that the title can even be said to belong to PSG before the season starts.
as you said it is true that to happen like Lille last season will only happen once every few years if the composition of PSG players continues to be filled with many star players every year.
especially this season PSG have been eliminated from the UCL stage and of course they will only focus on the domestic league I am sure this season PSG will seal the title faster.

[MAAManda]

After the draw in the match Lille Vs Etienne this week, we will look again at the match between Montpieller and Nice. This match is a very important match for Nice in order to keep their position safe in the Ligue 1 standings.

It would be very good in my opinion to choose Nice in the betting list for today, what are your predictions for this match? can Montpellier beat Nice?

[junmisakiro]

After the draw in the match Lille Vs Etienne this week, we will look again at the match between Montpieller and Nice. This match is a very important match for Nice in order to keep their position safe in the Ligue 1 standings.

It would be very good in my opinion to choose Nice in the betting list for today, what are your predictions for this match? can Montpellier beat Nice?

this match will be played at home to Montpellier but they failed to get points in their 2 home games, I think Montpellier is in bad form, when a team is in a slump it will be very difficult to get back up against a top team.
Nice are on a positive trend and with high confidence after beating PSG last week. I have no doubts for OGC Nice's win in this match even I think they will win by a big score.

[Spack17]

I think that Montpellier - Nice is the main event today. Nice are the closer team to be the victor here but their odd is still higher than 2.00 now. Because Montpellier are one of the good teams in the league currently. Maybe they are not having their best season but they can still be a big threat to Nice. However, Nice are the second best team in away matches this season. If they turn this into their advantage, then they can still find a way to beat Montpellier here. By the way, we should keep in mind that Montpellier defeated them away by 1-0 before in this season.

[MAAManda]

this match will be played at home to Montpellier but they failed to get points in their 2 home games, I think Montpellier is in bad form, when a team is in a slump it will be very difficult to get back up against a top team.
Nice are on a positive trend and with high confidence after beating PSG last week. I have no doubts for OGC Nice's win in this match even I think they will win by a big score.

That's the reason I chose Nice on my betting list today, I think it's easy money if I choose Nice which will be against a team with poor performance, from their last 5 matches, Montpieller can only win once against Lorient, it's a natural thing because Lorient is a weak team currently in the relegation zone.

Some predictions of the possible score that will occur in this match:

Montpellier 1 - 3 OGC Nice | Montpellier 0 - 2 OGC Nice | Montpellier 1 - 2 OGC Nice

[xmonkeyx]

I think that Montpellier - Nice is the main event today. Nice are the closer team to be the victor here but their odd is still higher than 2.00 now. Because Montpellier are one of the good teams in the league currently. Maybe they are not having their best season but they can still be a big threat to Nice. However, Nice are the second best team in away matches this season. If they turn this into their advantage, then they can still find a way to beat Montpellier here. By the way, we should keep in mind that Montpellier defeated them away by 1-0 before in this season.

Nice just beat PSG last week I think their mentality is good and also they want to keep 2nd place in the table, and for Montpellier they have dropped a lot of points in the last few weeks, their performance has been very submissive in the last few weeks I think very difficult for them to beat Nice who are in high confidence.

[Boristhecat]

I also completely disagree that Paris Saint-Germain showed poor quality of play in the match with Real Madrid. If it hadn't been for Donnarumma's monstrous mistake and then the referee's unwillingness to fix the violation of the rules of the game, then PSG should have calmly won this match because it looked much more solid in the game. Carlo Ancelotti would have been on the verge of being fired from Real Madrid, because before this match there were rumors that Florentino Perez was very unhappy with the first match and threatened to fire the head coach if the club did not advance to the next stage of the tournament. Another question is that such a strong team should not fall apart in a few minutes, as happened after Benzema's second goal, and this is some fault of the average level of the French championship, where the absolute majority of teams do not pose such problems to such an indisputable leader as PSG.

Probably the main complaint against PSG is not in the low quality of the game, but in not high enough (plus a poor final result). A two-legged confrontation lasts at least 180 minutes and it is not enough to "play well until the first mistake (the referee or own player)". So the claims are quite fair. By the way, what violation should the referee fix? When Donnarumma knocked the ball out, he was outside the goalkeeper's area and Benzema fought him according to the rules - body to body.

[mv1986]

... Did you see bad quality in the game between Real Madrid and PSG until the minute when Benzema scored after a mistake? I didn't see bad quality. That was absolute outstanding. They were dangerous as *** offensively, and they were doing ok defensively. The reason that these players can't perform at their maximum all the time in Ligue 1 is because they have seen and won so much, I think it is just human that you can't play at 110%. You are just not able to motivate yourself so hard because you are usually going to win the national title anyway. But really, speaking of low quality is quite far off...

I also completely disagree that Paris Saint-Germain showed poor quality of play in the match with Real Madrid. If it hadn't been for Donnarumma's monstrous mistake and then the referee's unwillingness to fix the violation of the rules of the game, then PSG should have calmly won this match because it looked much more solid in the game. Carlo Ancelotti would have been on the verge of being fired from Real Madrid, because before this match there were rumors that Florentino Perez was very unhappy with the first match and threatened to fire the head coach if the club did not advance to the next stage of the tournament. Another question is that such a strong team should not fall apart in a few minutes, as happened after Benzema's second goal, and this is some fault of the average level of the French championship, where the absolute majority of teams do not pose such problems to such an indisputable leader as PSG.

Yes, but are you referring to Donnaruma's situation when you say that the referee was unwilling to punish Benzema for his attack? I must honestly say that I do agree it was probably a foul, but I wasn't surprised there was no whistle. It was one of these situations where there is so much drama in the game and Donnaruma did indeed *** it up, that a referee might just let the game continue. The VAR can't even do much as far as I know in such a situation.

The French league now will be some sad final weeks. PSG without motivation, but still bringing home the national trophy, but nobody in the world cares. Sad to not see Mbappe play anymore in the CL. The guy is an absolute beast and a future world soccer player.

[bekti3]

... Did you see bad quality in the game between Real Madrid and PSG until the minute when Benzema scored after a mistake? I didn't see bad quality. That was absolute outstanding. They were dangerous as *** offensively, and they were doing ok defensively. The reason that these players can't perform at their maximum all the time in Ligue 1 is because they have seen and won so much, I think it is just human that you can't play at 110%. You are just not able to motivate yourself so hard because you are usually going to win the national title anyway. But really, speaking of low quality is quite far off...

I also completely disagree that Paris Saint-Germain showed poor quality of play in the match with Real Madrid. If it hadn't been for Donnarumma's monstrous mistake and then the referee's unwillingness to fix the violation of the rules of the game, then PSG should have calmly won this match because it looked much more solid in the game. Carlo Ancelotti would have been on the verge of being fired from Real Madrid, because before this match there were rumors that Florentino Perez was very unhappy with the first match and threatened to fire the head coach if the club did not advance to the next stage of the tournament. Another question is that such a strong team should not fall apart in a few minutes, as happened after Benzema's second goal, and this is some fault of the average level of the French championship, where the absolute majority of teams do not pose such problems to such an indisputable leader as PSG.

Yes, but are you referring to Donnaruma's situation when you say that the referee was unwilling to punish Benzema for his attack? I must honestly say that I do agree it was probably a foul, but I wasn't surprised there was no whistle. It was one of these situations where there is so much drama in the game and Donnaruma did indeed *** it up, that a referee might just let the game continue. The VAR can't even do much as far as I know in such a situation.

The French league now will be some sad final weeks. PSG without motivation, but still bringing home the national trophy, but nobody in the world cares. Sad to not see Mbappe play anymore in the CL. The guy is an absolute beast and a future world soccer player.

Well indeed in this case it might be a long debate about the incident that befell Benzema and Donaruma but on the other hand the match is over and the referee's decision cannot be contested in this matter.
Winning a trophy in the domestic league for them is not too strange so it's because they have now dominated there even since a few years ago so it's very natural that no one cares about it

[Sirait]

playing with ten players turned out to be really hard for NICE. after dante was hit with a red card, NICE's midfield was slightly open, montpellier must be able to win in this match, the pressure they gave was already very good, only luck was not on montpellier's side.

[MAAManda]

playing with ten players turned out to be really hard for NICE. after dante was hit with a red card, NICE's midfield was slightly open, montpellier must be able to win in this match, the pressure they gave was already very good, only luck was not on montpellier's side.

The match ended in a draw in this match, the game scheme changed drastically after Dante was given a red card by the referee. OGC Nice threw away their chance to go further than Marseille who are currently in 3rd place in the Ligue 1 standings. Even worse, Nice did not have a shot on goal in this match, in my opinion, this match was Nice's worst game this season.

[Slow death]

Montpellier 0 - 0 Nice

With this draw, Nice is further away from PSG, even though there are still more than 7 games left to finish Ligue 1, in my opinion PSG is already the champion, they don't have an opponent in Ligue 1. I hope that next season the other teams can also win League 1 and the championship will be more competitive, that PSG without the eternal dominant makes League 1 less competitive, the other teams don't have a chance to be champions, they just play for themselves keep on call 1. It's an unpleasant situation