French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[MAAManda]

These guys from Metz are very unlucky. They were very close to at least getting a draw, but their bad luck is so great that they conceded a fourth goal in the 90+9th minute and lost the game. It's a defeat that further reduces their hopes of escaping the relegation zone. With 26 games and only 3 wins, Metz doesn't seem likely to avoid relegation. I feel sorry for the players, their fans, the coach, and the club's management, but they don't have a squad capable of avoiding relegation.

From the start, even though they were playing at home, they weren't considered favorites. I'm not surprised by the result, Toulouse deserved the win with their hard work. There are still eight matches left in Ligue 1 & with 6 points difference, I think Metz still has a decent chance of escaping the relegation zone. It just depends on how they react to their current situation. If the players care enough about the club, they'll give their best in the remaining matches.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Hmm, Monaco is now 5 out of 5, the only team in Ligue 1 to do so and recovering 10 point to the 4th spot...
This might turn as the one comeback if they manage to grab it again this year.

And they are struggling and flexing their muscles just because the season is about to end and they need to qualify for the UCL but without that they just have to be themselves where they lose and draw games, dropping points like a newly promoted side. Honestly, Monaco are not suppose to be classified as one of the big teams in the Ligue 1, imagine the good record but they find it hard to display when the title race was wide open, now they act like a more dominating team. If these guys find their way again to the champions league I bet you they'll still be eliminated without posing any threats to the serious teams (next year's UCL.

[qurbanshah02]

Like I said, Lorient are a good team in home games! They showed it against Lens as well. Actually no matter what Lens should have been able to win this one. 20 shots but only 1.21 xG is telling us about the game pretty much... 

PSG will most probably destroy Nantes home and raise the gap with Lens to 4 points again. Even in their inconsistent season they are going for the league title anyway. What a pity for other teams...

It was a disappointing game for Lens, I wasn't sure if it was the Lens that prayed for PSG to drop point that played against Lorient some days back, why drop all 3pt? Now is a big celebration for PSG because they'll do everything possible to get Chelsea off their back and wait for when they'll deal with Nantes, if I'm to be honest, Lens threw the only opportunity of getting close to PSG away, such opportunity doesn't come always and is a one time thing to take advantage of but now they messed things up. Like you said Lorient is good at home but yet I expect more from Lens, is like walking into a fortress.

This has been quite good for PSG because if Lens had won this match, it would have gone above PSG and there is still only 1 point difference between them. Although this was a disappointment for me too because Lens' performance was going quite well and strong but they still failed to win the match by only 1 goal in this match. Although Lens had drawn this match, it would have been quite good for them and they could have come level with PSG. They did not work hard in this match and Lens could not beat them despite their great performance. Obviously PSG will benefit from this defeat and now they will play well and strengthen Chelsea and lower them even more. Lens must have been regretting it but one thing is that this gap is not far and Lens can still be superior to them, for that they will have to win the match. But they could not prove themselves like this and the opposing team won this match and defeated Lens.

[verdinio]

From the start, even though they were playing at home, they weren't considered favorites. I'm not surprised by the result, Toulouse deserved the win with their hard work. There are still eight matches left in Ligue 1 & with 6 points difference, I think Metz still has a decent chance of escaping the relegation zone. It just depends on how they react to their current situation. If the players care enough about the club, they'll give their best in the remaining matches.

the championship is still very tumultuous and in an unstable phase, so much so that even the best team in the championship, i.e. paris san german, has a lot of difficulty coming out of all these problems, i understand it's not easy to manage a championship like this, i feel like saying that today the French championship has changed a lot

[Slow death]

These guys from Metz are very unlucky. They were very close to at least getting a draw, but their bad luck is so great that they conceded a fourth goal in the 90+9th minute and lost the game. It's a defeat that further reduces their hopes of escaping the relegation zone. With 26 games and only 3 wins, Metz doesn't seem likely to avoid relegation. I feel sorry for the players, their fans, the coach, and the club's management, but they don't have a squad capable of avoiding relegation.

From the start, even though they were playing at home, they weren't considered favorites. I'm not surprised by the result, Toulouse deserved the win with their hard work. There are still eight matches left in Ligue 1 & with 6 points difference, I think Metz still has a decent chance of escaping the relegation zone. It just depends on how they react to their current situation. If the players care enough about the club, they'll give their best in the remaining matches.

Metz are on a 14-game winless streak, and it's difficult for a team that's gone 14 games without a win to win their next games knowing they have the same squad and the same coach. I can't understand what on earth happened to this team. They beat Lens, then Nantes, and then Nice. Those were three consecutive wins, and it seemed like they were finally back to winning ways.

But what followed those three wins was a huge disaster: 14 games without a win. I highly doubt they can get two wins in their remaining games and avoid relegation. They are a very unlucky team.

[GiftedMAN]

I don't know about you, but Paris Saint-Germain looks tired to me, worn out by all these high-level commitments.
I don't know if they'll be able to complete everything, after all they're human beings, not machines, sooner or later they'll feel tired and fatigued.

I hope they do not lose with more than 3 goals against Chelsea in the champions League because for them to request  for the postpoment of their game in the  league you could tell that they are very exhausted and fatigued could affect them in their next game. The players are professionals and yes they are humans if they have good second 11 this is the best time to rotate the players the manager can decide to play the 1st team in the champions League then rotate his team in the league match but I doubt if he would do that because of their rivals Lens that is close to them in point.

[el kaka22]

Yeah Monaco definitely looks like they have recovered very well, but that doesn't mean that they will be top four finish. I know that they are not too far away but how long do you think they can keep this up? They could end up with loss next up and that would mean that they would be gone, I do not think that it makes sense for them to have something like that, we should not be looking into this like that's a possibility.

This is why I think that we are going to see Monaco not be top four this season, but more like fifth or sixth at best case, which is still not a bad one. I know the season started with them thinking easily be top four, but they did too badly until last month and this is why they are barely recovering from that period now.

[Frankolala]

I don't know about you, but Paris Saint-Germain looks tired to me, worn out by all these high-level commitments.
I don't know if they'll be able to complete everything, after all they're human beings, not machines, sooner or later they'll feel tired and fatigued.

I hope they do not lose with more than 3 goals against Chelsea in the champions League because for them to request  for the postpoment of their game in the  league you could tell that they are very exhausted and fatigued could affect them in their next game. The players are professionals and yes they are humans if they have good second 11 this is the best time to rotate the players the manager can decide to play the 1st team in the champions League then rotate his team in the league match but I doubt if he would do that because of their rivals Lens that is close to them in point.

PSG isn't as strong as they were last season, and that will definitely affect their performance somehow especially, this period that they are playing from one competition to another. I hope fatigue doesn't eat up their quality because they really need a trophy this season. If they cannot manage their current form properly, it is obvious that they will not be able to win Ligue 1.

[cande86]

They've made it easier for PSG to widen the gap if they win their outsiding match and winning that match is very possible for PSG but they'll be more focused on dealing with Chelsea in the Champions League, they've already made it easier but would have to make sure that  Chelsea doesn't do a remontada. As the title defenders it would be disappointing that they go out of the tournament at this stage so I believe PSG won't disappoint thejr fans and fail to qualify for the quarter finals.

I don't think that PSG is a team that will be put down by Chelsea and they have already shown it, i think that they have all the cards in order for them to go through, even if this year they are decidedly less performing than previous years, in particular last year where they won all the available trophies

[FanEagle]

I understand PSG is doing wonderful at UCL once again, but if Lens managed to win the last game, they would be ahead once more.

This is way too close and PSG keeps giving Lens a chance to win and while PSG gets lucky because Lens time to time loses, it is not something that should go on for that long, I think they should be caring about it a lot more and need to focus on the league as well. Just because they have been leaders for a while, doesn't mean that they should be doing this badly and be close. Look at Bayern, those guys took the league months ago, PSG should have been like that.