French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[notblox1]

Indeed, and the fact that Marseille lost that game vs St Etienne with 2 goals - 0 is quite enough to prove it. Didn't expect such results  

Oh the irony
St.Etienne won 2:0 and they are now on top position in Ligue1 and they have best defense so far with goal difference 6:0.
Romain Hamouma is now competing for top scorer in league.
Let's see for how long they can stay on top, but I don't expect for long as last season they finished in bottom places.

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[Smartvirus]

@Smartvirus do you feel that Saint Etienne can be considered as genuine title contenders, and for a change we may see some other team lift the Ligue 1 title this season?.

I doubt there are any contenders now in contrast to PSG on the race to winning the league one title. They might be doing badly now but, the games have just began and soon, they will get their wining trick going. Though, I think the dark clouds still rest high above them with their top players being banned for a few games.

[Barcode_]

The odds payout on Lyon to win the match in full time against Nimes is @1.30, even though Lyon did not managed to beat their opponents in their last 2 games played, but I still think there is a high chance for Lyon to beat Nimes today at the final whistle.

[aesma]

PSG is not an unbeatable team. Not that long ago Lyon was dominant for a decade, the 2000s, and even closer AS Monaco won in 2016-2017. Saint-Etienne, their last win was 40 years ago, so that would be a huge comeback. But with COVID19 making things weird, you never know !

[notblox1]

One more try for French League from me
Lyon - Nimes looks like a sure home win here, and away team has seven players missing this match.
Depay from Lyio is league top scorer with four goals and and in good form, and Lyon was better inmost h2h matches with Nimes.
Odds are not that great but I will take them.
Lyon win

[BitSat19]

Now today we are heading for Fourth round of French Ligue 1 and Lyon going to face Nimes both coming from loses but Lyon is very good at home odds are also not good most chances they will win this match without any big trouble. In third round of French Ligue 1 we have 11 red cards and its really shocking for me.

Lyon vs Nimes                19.09
Lens vs Bordeaux           19.09
Rennes vs Monaco          20.09
Nice vs Paris SG             20.09
Brest vs Lorient              20.09
Metz vs Reims                20.09
Montpellier vs Angers      20.09
Strasbourg vs Dijon         20.09
Nantes vs St Etienne       20.09
Marseille vs Lille             21.09

[Saint-loup]

Neymar is banned for 2 matches, Jordan Amavi for 3 matches, Layvin Kurzawa for 6, Paredes for 2,  Benedetto for one match

Another important player of PSG are facing ban. Di Maria if gets a ban, it will be a serious ban that I guess not less than 3 to 5 matches. PSG managed well to win the match and got their first 3 points in Ligue I this season but they will have serious problems next few rounds. In the long run I believe they will dominate the league again. In some recent seasons, sometimes PSG did not have good beginning but they came back strongly and impressively.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/12684705/di-maria-spit-gonzalez-neymar-ban/

When will we know if Angel Di Maria is finally banned or not please?
Has a date already been set for his disciplinary committee?

[snipie]

One more try for French League from me
Lyon - Nimes looks like a sure home win here, and away team has seven players missing this match.
Depay from Lyio is league top scorer with four goals and and in good form, and Lyon was better inmost h2h matches with Nimes.
Odds are not that great but I will take them.
Lyon win

And it is a draw unfortunately 
Didn't watch it but regarding the stats, it seems that Lyon dominated the game but failed to score...

[notblox1]

And it is a draw unfortunately 
Didn't watch it but regarding the stats, it seems that Lyon dominated the game but failed to score...

You know what?
I am taking some break from following  french league and betting on this matches or I will lose all my coins. 
MMA and other leagues are better.

[Saint-loup]

And it is a draw unfortunately 
Didn't watch it but regarding the stats, it seems that Lyon dominated the game but failed to score...

You know what?
I am taking some break from following  french league and betting on this matches or I will lose all my coins. 
MMA and other leagues are better.

LOL 
It would be interesting to make a thread on the most misleading/hard to guess sports/activities. I think e-sport is the Greatest Of All Time 

[Smartvirus]

When will we know if Angel Di Maria is finally banned or not please?
Has a date already been set for his disciplinary committee?

I strongly believe his going to scale through without being banned, that's me though not the committee but then,
His actions is not justifiable under any law. Either the person is wrong or not. Spitting on or at someone is looking down on that person as well, making himself a perfect judge of character which is wrong. I guess he just wanted to say, 'You disgust me' but not with words. I still hopes he escapes this one though.
Being racist is inhumane and not of this era or century.
Say no to racism.

[Saint-loup]

When will we know if Angel Di Maria is finally banned or not please?
Has a date already been set for his disciplinary committee?

I strongly believe his going to scale through without being banned, that's me though not the committee but then,
His actions is not justifiable under any law. Either the person is wrong or not. Spitting on or at someone is looking down on that person as well, making himself a perfect judge of character which is wrong. I guess he just wanted to say, 'You disgust me' but not with words. I still hopes he escapes this one though.
Being racist is inhumane and not of this era or century.
Say no to racism.

From what I've read, he's facing a 6 matches ban for his spitting. Commentators are pretty confident he will get such a big ban because the footage is unambiguous and because of the coronavirus pandemia.  

[RapTarX]

What a come back by Nantes! Despite having a 2-0 lead until 70 minutes, Etienne conceded 2 goals. The odd was pretty good for Etienne when they had scored the first goal; it was 1.73, hence I placed a bet of 1 mBTC. I can't believe that Nantes could come back in this match. A bad day, indeed.

[Smartvirus]

From what I've read, he's facing a 6 matches ban for his spitting. Commentators are pretty confident he will get such a big ban because the footage is unambiguous and because of the coronavirus pandemia.  

Wow! A 6 match ban seems much. It's funny they have to take the Covid19 thing into consideration following the fact that, every individual that features in the match or even enters the stadium are tested and satisfied to be off the infection Pathway.
I don't blame them though, it's the trend of things now, since you can't put on nose mask on the pitch, you can as well keep your fluids to yourself. It's okay.

PSG finally rising from the ashes to take there birth right on the league table as the gain all three points against Nice.

Nice 0-3 PSG

[Smartvirus]

What a come back by Nantes! Despite having a 2-0 lead until 70 minutes, Etienne conceded 2 goals. The odd was pretty good for Etienne when they had scored the first goal; it was 1.73, hence I placed a bet of 1 mBTC. I can't believe that Nantes could come back in this match. A bad day, indeed.

That's football for you. So long as they've got as much as five minutes on the clock, a lot can happen. It takes only the final whistle to decide. A bad day for you indeed. Better luck next time.

[aesma]

It's Saint-Étienne (St-Etienne for short) not Etienne. Maybe why you lost ! Kidding...

PSG was of course the victim of such a crazy come-back some years ago, over two matches but still, 4-0 to 5-6 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Barcelona_6%E2%80%931_Paris_Saint-Germain_F.C.

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What a come back by Nantes! Despite having a 2-0 lead until 70 minutes, Etienne conceded 2 goals. The odd was pretty good for Etienne when they had scored the first goal; it was 1.73, hence I placed a bet of 1 mBTC. I can't believe that Nantes could come back in this match. A bad day, indeed.

That's football for you. So long as they've got as much as five minutes on the clock, a lot can happen. It takes only the final whistle to decide. A bad day for you indeed. Better luck next time.

Good odds and unexpected end of the game! Receiving 2 goals in the last 20 minutes means whether St-Etienne players weren't well prepared or they underestimate their opponents.. They missed a chance to run a little bit with the first position and especially increase the gap vs PSG!

[casperBGD]

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What a come back by Nantes! Despite having a 2-0 lead until 70 minutes, Etienne conceded 2 goals. The odd was pretty good for Etienne when they had scored the first goal; it was 1.73, hence I placed a bet of 1 mBTC. I can't believe that Nantes could come back in this match. A bad day, indeed.

That's football for you. So long as they've got as much as five minutes on the clock, a lot can happen. It takes only the final whistle to decide. A bad day for you indeed. Better luck next time.

Good odds and unexpected end of the game! Receiving 2 goals in the last 20 minutes means whether St-Etienne players weren't well prepared or they underestimate their opponents.. They missed a chance to run a little bit with the first position and especially increase the gap vs PSG!

gap to PSG does not matter at all, since PSG will get the title with at least 10 points difference, and that will be more at the end of the season
nevertheless, St Etienne had a good start, and could fight for Champions league this season, Rennes as well, but it will be hard to play in this form constantly

[hd49728]

4 banned matches for Di Maria (PSG) and Neymar are facing investigation and potential serious ban. If the investigation result shows that Neymar had bad words and gestures in the El Classique, he should say good bye to Ballon Dor one more season. Neymar has never shown that he is stable and professional enough to beat Messi and Ronaldo. Even in PSG, after the World Cup 2020, his position and importance have fallen behind KM7's.

https://www.espn.com/soccer/paris-saint-germain/story/4189580/psgs-di-maria-banned-four-games-for-marseille-brawl

[slaman29]

gap to PSG does not matter at all, since PSG will get the title with at least 10 points difference, and that will be more at the end of the season
nevertheless, St Etienne had a good start, and could fight for Champions league this season, Rennes as well, but it will be hard to play in this form constantly

Totally not predictable for this season I'd say. First few games see PSG without players and then the rust being shaken off. Lyon proved to us that they were a CL special but flat in this league as usual. PSG will win by a big margin like you said when it all comes down to it as usual. Another CL final appearance if they manage to regain full fitness.