French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[MAAManda]

The way PSG lost last night is going to be a very challenging situation for them. Because they lost points, which forced them to leave the top spot of the points table, they may fail to maintain their position. They lost the match against Rennes by a huge margin, their performance was not very good, they could not succeed even with a strong attack. Currently, PSG must play strongly to maintain their position, but at the moment, the difference between Lens and PSG is only two points. In that case, Lens will play strongly in the next match and will try their best to compete against PSG and win the trophy. And if PSG wants to maintain their position, they must improve their game and play as strongly as before.

It was one of their most embarrassing losses of the season in Ligue 1, every team facing Paris Saint-Germain has a chance of winning, even if it's small, but Rennes did it. With this loss, no additional points for Paris Saint-Germain, they're still with 51 points. Lens, who are below them with 49 points, are viewing this situation like a predator. They will meet Paris FC today & I'm confident they'll take all 3 points. If that happens, they'll return to the top of the table.

[free-bit.co.in]

The defeat of PSG does give way for Lens to rise in the ranking but I'm not sure Lens can stay at the top of the standings until the end of the season because the difference in points between Lens and PSG is only small which can suffer defeat at any time and PSG takes over again, you may start to doubt PSG because you see PSG current performance which looks less enthusiastic. But the season is not over for PSG and we know what this club is like that can always put pressure on anyone who stands in their way, just look at PSG will still lift the League 1 trophy this season.

If Lens wants to stay in the title race, they must win against Paris. PSG lost against Rennes in the last match. But they are 2 points ahead of Lens. So if Lens draws or loses the match, the top spot in the table will be occupied by PSG. Paris will probably try to draw the match. But Lens' only target should be to get 3 points from this match by any means. They have to take advantage of the opportunity. Hopefully Lens will not make any mistakes against Paris and they will dominate and win this away match.

[ajanwalker]

Rennes defeated PSG 3-1. Rennes took a beautiful 1-0 lead in the first half. They made it 2-0 in the 69th minute, but PSG reduced the deficit to 2-1 just one minute later. Dembele scored against his former team but didn't celebrate. After the score became 2-1, Rennes goalkeeper Samba made several crucial saves, playing a major role in securing the victory. Embolo made it 3-1 in the 81st minute. PSG launched several effective attacks in the final minutes but couldn't convert them. Rennes, under their new manager, won the match 3-1, ending a four-game losing streak.

[KTChampions]

Rennes beat PSG 3-1. There's nothing left of last season's PSG, and I can't quite understand why.
They might not be clear champions this season; Lens is two points behind them. Rennes is an interesting team after three consecutive losses, they beat PSG by three goals. PSG isn't bad this season, but they were excellent last season. Some say they don't prioritize the league over the Champions League, but I don't think that's true they're different from last season.

PSG are in a slump compared to last season, that's hard to deny. Last year, they had 56 points after 22 games, and now they have 5 fewer. But the main problem is that they have a competitor which is playing at a similar pace (they didn't last year). But it's noteworthy that bookmakers still aren't taking Lens seriously - PSG's chances of winning the title are listed at 1.07, although if we ignore the team's "brand" and the value of its squad, the odds should be different. By the way, Lyon, which is strengthened by Endrick and which has an incredible (for a French club haha) winning streak, is also not that far away.

[Shadiq]

PSG are in a slump compared to last season, that's hard to deny. Last year, they had 56 points after 22 games, and now they have 5 fewer. But the main problem is that they have a competitor which is playing at a similar pace (they didn't last year). But it's noteworthy that bookmakers still aren't taking Lens seriously - PSG's chances of winning the title are listed at 1.07, although if we ignore the team's "brand" and the value of its squad, the odds should be different. By the way, Lyon, which is strengthened by Endrick and which has an incredible (for a French club haha) winning streak, is also not that far away.

Lens may not want to miss this opportunity. With Lens, PSG's dominance has decreased, the points gap is not very large compared to last season. But when a team is running at the same pace, it should have done better than last season to win the title, but PSG is doing the opposite. PSG has lost points at a time when it will be very difficult to maintain and recover the top position. There is a lot of difference between PSG at the beginning of the season and PSG now, it has become difficult for them to win the Ligue 1 title.

[Humblevirus]

The way PSG lost last night is going to be a very challenging situation for them. Because they lost points, which forced them to leave the top spot of the points table, they may fail to maintain their position. They lost the match against Rennes by a huge margin, their performance was not very good, they could not succeed even with a strong attack. Currently, PSG must play strongly to maintain their position, but at the moment, the difference between Lens and PSG is only two points. In that case, Lens will play strongly in the next match and will try their best to compete against PSG and win the trophy. And if PSG wants to maintain their position, they must improve their game and play as strongly as before.

From the way PSG have been performing recently, it shows that PSG are not in their best form. It has been challenging for them, and that is why they cannot keep a wide points gap between themselves and the other teams at the top of the table, as they used to do in recent Seasons With what is happening now, I cannot say that PSG will surely be the team that will win the match, as I always said before, because the points gap is not that much. With that, Lens have the opportunity to claim the top spot if they win the upcoming match. Even if Lens do not win the match and probably draw, they will be just two points behind, which means they can still come first on the table if PSG do not improve.Let see what Lens have to play. However, I also believe that they will do everything possible to win the match unless they are just unlucky. I see the spirit in them because, since they lost their last match, they have not lost or drawn again. That shows they do not want to give up.

[asriloni]

Rennes beat PSG 3-1. There's nothing left of last season's PSG, and I can't quite understand why.
They might not be clear champions this season; Lens is two points behind them. Rennes is an interesting team after three consecutive losses, they beat PSG by three goals. PSG isn't bad this season, but they were excellent last season. Some say they don't prioritize the league over the Champions League, but I don't think that's true they're different from last season.

The PSG lose is not surprising me after all. Like Dembele said during the post interview, they were not playing as a team. Too many individualism showed by them. It makes rennes played better, though less dominant in this game compared to them.

I can only guess league one is not that interesting for them to win. So they lacked of motivation to win the game. This is a problem faced a club that has won everything.

They lose their will to win any trophies after they got it all last season. So this mid tier performance is not something new. The problem is about their mentality.

[$weetne$$]

Lens may not want to miss this opportunity. With Lens, PSG's dominance has decreased, the points gap is not very large compared to last season. But when a team is running at the same pace, it should have done better than last season to win the title, but PSG is doing the opposite. PSG has lost points at a time when it will be very difficult to maintain and recover the top position. There is a lot of difference between PSG at the beginning of the season and PSG now, it has become difficult for them to win the Ligue 1 title.

This is very true and agreeable, lens and now made a little lower of PSG's known dominance in the Ligue 1 this season and at the pace with which it is going, I can say for sure it is gradually becoming a thing of concern, except if PSG is now only concerned with the champions league but again to bring some more interest to the Ligue 1 things as this should happen sometimes so it deo not look like some monopoly of a certain team.

[Velvet78]

On paper, PSG should have little trouble beating Rennes. But from a betting POV, it’s not always easy to lock in the right and most profitable pick. Recent H2H meetings have consistently gone over 3.5 goals, which makes that market tempting once again. Still, today’s outcome really depends on who starts for PSG. If Enrique fields his strongest XI, another over 3.5 game is definitely on the cards.

For now, I’m weighing a couple of options and will likely go with one of them. Even if Rennes lose, I believe they can at least get on the scoresheet.

BTTS (Yes)
Total corners under 9.5

You were right... PSG messed up like big time!     How can the same team who destroyed Marseille lose to Rennes by 3-1?

They are just so unbalanced this season. Even most of their wins in the league aren't convincing enough due to their inadequate game.

Congrats on BTTS but the number of total corners was 13 I'm afraid.

[cande86]

PSG has not been able to hold the top  spot of the table for a long  time. Even then I am sure that psg  will be the champions of ligue 1. Lens' performance is quite good. But if they want to win the title, they have to play well consistently. They have to continue their winning streak . It is very difficult for lens. And after losing against marseille , they lost the top spot of the table. PSG is now  2 points ahead. It will be  difficult for Lens to regain the top spot of the table. PSG is back on track and is consistently able to perform well in every match.

I don't think we'll have the chance to see another team win the championship this year instead of PSG, who are hungrier than ever. Lens has shown that they are a great team, but i don't think it's possible that they'll go ahead of Paris Saint-Germain again. i don't think so, even if everyone has hopes.

[PremiumcryptoHub]

In-form PSG faced Rennes in a crucial match, but we noticed that this team played at its worst in their 22st round. Even it seems very surprising to me that Rennes team took the field without their permanent head coach but this team could not overcome the Rennes team's hurdle. Before today's defeat against Rennes I imagined that PSG might be playing with both domestic and European goals in mind because they have to play in an epic Champions League play-off match next weekend anyway it's correct the hot PSG may play even more dangerously against Monaco in the blockbuster match of the Champions League.

The reason why PSG is performing anyhow they like is because league 1 is a farmers league, I believe if it is othe league like Premier league, La Liga and serie A team that is playing like this current PSG they will not even make it to top four in the league table, PSG played one of their worst performance in this game, i can’t even recognise the team whether it is the same PSG that won Champions League last season, they are so bad that a team that is not having a good performance is beating them with 3 goals.

If league have teams that are very consistency Lens will win the league title but don’t have winning mentality, Lens deserve to win the league this season because they are having one of their best season ever in the league this season, if PSG win the league at the end of the season that means league one is not a good league because it will be one of the worst team to win the league without not having a good performance in the league.

After their embarrassing performance against Rennes, we hardly recognize this team as the winners of last season's UEFA Champions League. However it seems to us they may not be mentally prepared for the upcoming Champions League play-offs and they may not be in a good mood either because I believe this team will suffer from inferiority complex by being coincidentally defeated 3-1 in that 22nd round game against Rennes. Although their opponents in the upcoming UCL match are very shallow in terms of offensive depth, so it seems to me that most bettors will have Paris Saint-Germain as the favourites to win the first leg, as they will be able to show their concentration in the blockbuster match against Monaco even if they lose to Rennes.

[dollyamo]

It's so surprising and very disappointing especially for someone who would bet on them to win, i really don't understand why they've declined so bad from how tough and very in form they use to be the previous season.
 It makes me wonder if Enrique is tired of coaching then wants to leave which is why he's not renewed his contract yet. Anyway that was a good comeback by Rennes from losing consecutively, this win would lift their confidence to continue doing better, as for PSG they have to figure out their errors so such doesn't repeat again.

Honestly, I've also started to suspect he's tired of coaching Paris Saint-Germain, or tired of coaching in general.
I think it's because at these levels a lot of stress builds up and consequently, even if you really like the job, you lose the desire to do it.

[giorgione]

How did nobody sell their team so far? I get that it may not be ALL teams, but not a single one? That one is confusing to me and I would assume some team would have been sold by now. In the end, maybe there is one that I do not know about but until some rich dude buys a team and spends billions like PSG did, we will not see a rival for PSG.

One of the main problems is in fact the lack of teams that can match the budget of Paris Saint-Germain. This is actually the problem of all the teams and all the European leagues, but the wind in Europe is changing and the youth teams are being repopulated with new kids to play in the first team.

[Webutxo]

Rennes defeated PSG 3-1. Rennes took a beautiful 1-0 lead in the first half. They made it 2-0 in the 69th minute, but PSG reduced the deficit to 2-1 just one minute later. Dembele scored against his former team but didn't celebrate. After the score became 2-1, Rennes goalkeeper Samba made several crucial saves, playing a major role in securing the victory. Embolo made it 3-1 in the 81st minute. PSG launched several effective attacks in the final minutes but couldn't convert them. Rennes, under their new manager, won the match 3-1, ending a four-game losing streak.

I think the reason why PSG is not having a good performance is the disconnection between the players, after the defeat against Rennes Dembele made a comment that they are not playing as a team, he also stated that players are playing for themselves, after PSG won many trophies last season i knew that those players will now start seeing themselves as big players that they can beat any team even when they played badly, this current PSG is very bad and it looks like they are not ready to compete.

Luiz Erique also made a statement after Dembele statement that he did not care about any player and a player is not bigger than a club, with the statement, that shows that he is also not happy with the club and he wants to finish his contract this season and leave the team, this is an opportunity for Real Madrid to go for Vitinha as he is one of the player that Real Madrid admired most and will like to sign him.

[Stablexcoin]

I don't think we'll have the chance to see another team win the championship this year instead of PSG, who are hungrier than ever. Lens has shown that they are a great team, but i don't think it's possible that they'll go ahead of Paris Saint-Germain again. i don't think so, even if everyone has hopes.

PSG lost their last game, Lens are winning 2-0 in the first half against Paris FC. There is always a future for PSG but they decided to slow down in this week game, while Lens are using the opportunity to get back at the top. It's impressive how they are going head to head against PSG and it's working out well for them. Before the season ends, PSG might be back on the lead, they usually are favorites.

[Btcdeybodi]

I don't think we'll have the chance to see another team win the championship this year instead of PSG, who are hungrier than ever. Lens has shown that they are a great team, but i don't think it's possible that they'll go ahead of Paris Saint-Germain again. i don't think so, even if everyone has hopes.

PSG lost their last game, Lens are winning 2-0 in the first half against Paris FC. There is always a future for PSG but they decided to slow down in this week game, while Lens are using the opportunity to get back at the top. It's impressive how they are going head to head against PSG and it's working out well for them. Before the season ends, PSG might be back on the lead, they usually are favorites.

I knew that Lens will easily win Paris after PSG lost to Stade Rennes yesterday. I like the energy and perseverance of Lens because they almost became weak when they lost to Marseille but they never relented, they kept winning their matches back to back and maintained 2 gaps behind PSG. Now that PSG has also lost 3 points, Lens quickly used the opportunity to get back to the top of the table again since they are winning Paris already by 2:0. Lens must try and keep up with the winning mentality so that if PSG drops another 3 points they will top the table by 4 points and from there they might be closer to winning the French Ligue1 title.

[JiiBs]

Lens is playing by storm today, destroying Paris FC with all they’ve got. I knew they weren’t going to go easy on their chance of topping the league with the opportunity PSG has given them with that loss to Rennes yesterday. They’ve got all their fire power going and have being scoring from every corner of the pitch and in each half. Just when I thought it was almost on the 90th minute and no more goal scoring, they got yet another goal on the 89th. Good one lens, good one.

[Taricoins]

Lens is playing by storm today, destroying Paris FC with all they’ve got. I knew they weren’t going to go easy on their chance of topping the league with the opportunity PSG has given them with that loss to Rennes yesterday. They’ve got all their fire power going and have being scoring from every corner of the pitch and in each half. Just when I thought it was almost on the 90th minute and no more goal scoring, they got yet another goal on the 89th. Good one lens, good one.

I knew they were going to find a way to win against Paris Fc since there next fixtures which comprise of Monaco and Strasbourg is a bit complex but I didn't expect to trash Paris FC 5-0 who have always tried to hold up themselves against superior teams. With is win, Lens are currently the top with just 1 point ahead of PSG, another 1 point drama until PSG comes to top again.

[hyudien]

Lens is playing by storm today, destroying Paris FC with all they’ve got. I knew they weren’t going to go easy on their chance of topping the league with the opportunity PSG has given them with that loss to Rennes yesterday. They’ve got all their fire power going and have being scoring from every corner of the pitch and in each half. Just when I thought it was almost on the 90th minute and no more goal scoring, they got yet another goal on the 89th. Good one lens, good one.

Is this a sign that there will be a new winner at the end of the season? I always say PSG will eventually lift the title but looking at the current situation, I also can't ignore Lens' struggle, they have been one of the most consistent battlers with PSG in terms of the title this season, something that is indeed interesting, I have forgotten when the last time the competition was this tight because usually when it entered matchday 22, PSG was impossible to catch. I want this situation to last until the end of the season, I'm tired of hearing about Ligue 1 as a league of farmers.

[snipie]

Is this a sign that there will be a new winner at the end of the season? I always say PSG will eventually lift the title but looking at the current situation, I also can't ignore Lens' struggle, they have been one of the most consistent battlers with PSG in terms of the title this season...

Lens was the first in the ranking before letting Paris Saint-Germain take over their place then here they are claiming that spot. Lens is a very good team this season and they are the only contender for the title along with PSG of course. The other teams levels are way behind these two teams.
Lens victory was expected and they impressed people with 5 goals scored.
Lens will face Monaco next time, maybe they will pick points from them and allow PSG to ascend again.