French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[snipie]

Auxerre - St-Etienne first leg match will be played in 2 days in Auxerre.
According to odds, it will be a close one with a slight advantage for Auxerre @2.55 vs 2.95 for St-Etienne with very close odds between BTTS or not 1.83/1.95
Quite risky match. St-Etienne received a mean of 2 goals per match while scoring 1. For Auxerre it scored 3 times more than what received but of course the gap between Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 is quite big so the comparison cannot be made. Earlier Hamburg lost to Hertha although Hertha was very bad and lost with 1 goal in the first leg.. So everything is possible in these relegation play-offs.

[Zlantann]

Paris Saint German would still dominate the French League next season. They have the best players in the league and no other club is bringing better players to France like them. Maybe it might be because of their financial strength that outways other teams. Also PSG coach is technically sound and one of the best in Europe. This season has been great but the club needs the Champions League trophy and I am hoping that next season they might lift it. Mpappe's new contract is a major boast to the team and I am hoping that Messi would be an outstanding player like he use to be next season.

[izsara]

Paris Saint German would still dominate the French League next season. They have the best players in the league and no other club is bringing better players to France like them. Maybe it might be because of their financial strength that outways other teams. Also PSG coach is technically sound and one of the best in Europe. This season has been great but the club needs the Champions League trophy and I am hoping that next season they might lift it. Mpappe's new contract is a major boast to the team and I am hoping that Messi would be an outstanding player like he use to be next season.

PSG dominating in League 1 has become a natural thing and there is no need to question it because the competitiveness there is of course very low and it is certain that PSG will continue their dominance here.
As for the coach, I still don't see the great potential of Poche, actually regardless of what experience he has coached a big team is still very minimal and he still hasn't been able to maximize a team of PSG's caliber.

[minime0105]

Paris Saint German would still dominate the French League next season. They have the best players in the league and no other club is bringing better players to France like them. Maybe it might be because of their financial strength that outways other teams. Also PSG coach is technically sound and one of the best in Europe. This season has been great but the club needs the Champions League trophy and I am hoping that next season they might lift it. Mpappe's new contract is a major boast to the team and I am hoping that Messi would be an outstanding player like he use to be next season.

I think PSG has dominated the French League for some time now but with the recent form and tactical display of Monaco, The league will experience a change and there will be competitions on which team that will win the league next season. PSG has the best players in the league no doubt but I think a team like Monaco will do well too if they bring more quality players to their team.

[RealMalatesta]

what happens in france and germany is something bad, there is no competition, in france PSG is simply undefeatable in the matter of being the winner of the championship, the same has happened in the bundesliga. for example:

If I ask everyone who do you think will be next season's Ligue 1 champions? everyone will have no doubts that it will be PSG, so everyone will just be betting on the games of the other teams and also on some PSG games but no one will have expectations about who will be the champion because everyone already knows that PSG will be champions even before the championship itself starts

That's right, it does even look like the championship thing is in the hands of even before the league restarts.
But indeed things like this may be very difficult to change, because there is no club that can make the league more attractive because it has lost in terms of financial and player strength, so it is very natural that there is no one who can be used as a rival there.
Maybe in this case the Bundesliga is still Dortmund and in Ligue 1 there is still Marseille which is still called Rivalry but again this becomes tasteless

PSG could be champions in this league, that wouldn't be shocking to anyone but the fact is that they are owned by a rich person is the only reason. If another rich person ever buys one French team, then we are going to slowly see a big competition start. This is why I suggest not to let these people do takeovers to these teams, it makes the league a lot worse.

What did anyone gain from that oil king type of person own PSG? Now France is a horrible league that I rarely ever watch. And they suck in UCL as well, money can't buy you championship there, because the teams there are also great teams and results with clashing experience versus money.

[bering]

I just realized that PSG achievement currently equal to Saint-Étienne that they are currently 10 trophies each from this league but for PSG it is possible they will continue their domination for next season and get 11th trophy especially after Mbappe decide to extended his contract with fantastic amount of money but unfortunately i didn't see any teams will be strong contender for them even the teams such as Monaco or Marseille always be behind them from financial side and the quality of players

[Fakhrulenclix]

I just realized that PSG achievement currently equal to Saint-Étienne that they are currently 10 trophies each from this league but for PSG it is possible they will continue their domination for next season and get 11th trophy especially after Mbappe decide to extended his contract with fantastic amount of money but unfortunately i didn't see any teams will be strong contender for them even the teams such as Monaco or Marseille always be behind them from financial side and the quality of players

they have far more advanced finances than their competitors and that makes them very likely to be able to dominate the league in the next few years. with the composition of players that PSG have there is no doubt that they can win the league trophy next season.
but the number of star players they recruit is not just because they can compete with their competitors in the league but they want to compete for the UCL trophy, it will be a little difficult even though they have a lot of money.
Mbappe's persistence at PSG is currently confusing for the progress of the PSG team itself because Mbappe is too spoiled by being given some privileges that other players don't have, maybe that way Mbappe will be able to bring PSG to a better performance or maybe it will be boomerang for PSG.

[Davidvictorson]

I just realized that PSG achievement currently equal to Saint-Étienne that they are currently 10 trophies each from this league but for PSG it is possible they will continue their domination for next season and get 11th trophy especially after Mbappe decide to extended his contract with fantastic amount of money but unfortunately i didn't see any teams will be strong contender for them even the teams such as Monaco or Marseille always be behind them from financial side and the quality of players

AS Monaco became a shadow of their former self when they sold  Falcao, Mbappe, Rodriguez, Fabinho and Bernardo Silva. AS Monaco sold their best players and did not sign top class players. The players they have now isn't doing them good. I think one of the things they need right now is  an experienced manager, experienced players to get back the glory. On the other hand, Marseille are slowly rising maybe we will see them in the Europa Conference League champions next season since they didn't make it through this season.

[hahay]

I just realized that PSG achievement currently equal to Saint-Étienne that they are currently 10 trophies each from this league but for PSG it is possible they will continue their domination for next season and get 11th trophy especially after Mbappe decide to extended his contract with fantastic amount of money but unfortunately i didn't see any teams will be strong contender for them even the teams such as Monaco or Marseille always be behind them from financial side and the quality of players

they have far more advanced finances than their competitors and that makes them very likely to be able to dominate the league in the next few years. with the composition of players that PSG have there is no doubt that they can win the league trophy next season.
but the number of star players they recruit is not just because they can compete with their competitors in the league but they want to compete for the UCL trophy, it will be a little difficult even though they have a lot of money.
Mbappe's persistence at PSG is currently confusing for the progress of the PSG team itself because Mbappe is too spoiled by being given some privileges that other players don't have, maybe that way Mbappe will be able to bring PSG to a better performance or maybe it will be boomerang for PSG.

Yes and also, Mbappe's age is 23 which means he is very young to get all these privileges. I don't understand what their goal is to give Mbappe all these privileges, because if they want Mbappe to stay they can increase his salary and not with the many privileges that are given. Maybe they think Mbappe is an asset to them but believe me, PSG is just a great team in France or in Ligue 1 because if we look at other big teams outside of France they build teams financially and also by maintaining a very good cohesiveness. Forming a team like that would certainly be better because it builds chemistry and makes the squad more solid, if PSG only indulges Mbappe then of course over time there will be many players who will also demand or one by one players will leave because of the inequality in it.

[onecall123]

I just realized that PSG achievement currently equal to Saint-Étienne that they are currently 10 trophies each from this league but for PSG it is possible they will continue their domination for next season and get 11th trophy especially after Mbappe decide to extended his contract with fantastic amount of money but unfortunately i didn't see any teams will be strong contender for them even the teams such as Monaco or Marseille always be behind them from financial side and the quality of players

they have far more advanced finances than their competitors and that makes them very likely to be able to dominate the league in the next few years. with the composition of players that PSG have there is no doubt that they can win the league trophy next season.
but the number of star players they recruit is not just because they can compete with their competitors in the league but they want to compete for the UCL trophy, it will be a little difficult even though they have a lot of money.
Mbappe's persistence at PSG is currently confusing for the progress of the PSG team itself because Mbappe is too spoiled by being given some privileges that other players don't have, maybe that way Mbappe will be able to bring PSG to a better performance or maybe it will be boomerang for PSG.

Yes and also, Mbappe's age is 23 which means he is very young to get all these privileges. I don't understand what their goal is to give Mbappe all these privileges, because if they want Mbappe to stay they can increase his salary and not with the many privileges that are given. Maybe they think Mbappe is an asset to them but believe me, PSG is just a great team in France or in Ligue 1 because if we look at other big teams outside of France they build teams financially and also by maintaining a very good cohesiveness. Forming a team like that would certainly be better because it builds chemistry and makes the squad more solid, if PSG only indulges Mbappe then of course over time there will be many players who will also demand or one by one players will leave because of the inequality in it.

Mbappe is now the PSG chief judge since everything revolves around him. Mbappe's voice must be heard, and PSG must follow his instructions. The club should now change its name to Mbappe FC. But, what about PSG is purposely trying to fool people by putting Mbappe's name on everything they do? That's media always trying to get attention or talk about something.

[m_nief]

Mbappe is now the PSG chief judge since everything revolves around him. Mbappe's voice must be heard, and PSG must follow his instructions. The club should now change its name to Mbappe FC. But, what about PSG is purposely trying to fool people by putting Mbappe's name on everything they do? That's media always trying to get attention or talk about something.

Right now after extended contract with PSG, Mbappe have double job as player and manager. As rumors he has try to retired Pocchetino and Leonardo out from PSG next season. Looks have deal and agreement on Mbappe contract extended for PSG getting new head coach next season. I worry if all controlling by Mbappe have bad reputation for new manager on PSG next season, will be if not have good relationship with Mbappe will out from PSG early.

[Alanaz]

That's right, it does even look like the championship thing is in the hands of even before the league restarts.
But indeed things like this may be very difficult to change, because there is no club that can make the league more attractive because it has lost in terms of financial and player strength, so it is very natural that there is no one who can be used as a rival there.
Maybe in this case the Bundesliga is still Dortmund and in Ligue 1 there is still Marseille which is still called Rivalry but again this becomes tasteless

PSG could be champions in this league, that wouldn't be shocking to anyone but the fact is that they are owned by a rich person is the only reason. If another rich person ever buys one French team, then we are going to slowly see a big competition start. This is why I suggest not to let these people do takeovers to these teams, it makes the league a lot worse.

What did anyone gain from that oil king type of person own PSG? Now France is a horrible league that I rarely ever watch. And they suck in UCL as well, money can't buy you championship there, because the teams there are also great teams and results with clashing experience versus money.

indeed in this case it looks like they have absolute power now because indeed not many clubs in Ligue 1 can compete with them even their chances of competing are like only a few per cent of 100 per cent.
It's hard to make this competitive but chances are, as you said, if one more billionaire buys it will probably change everything here.

For ligue 1 last season I still saw some games there but maybe for now I will only see PSG massacre other teams next season

[DU18]

Mbappe is now the PSG chief judge since everything revolves around him. Mbappe's voice must be heard, and PSG must follow his instructions. The club should now change its name to Mbappe FC. But, what about PSG is purposely trying to fool people by putting Mbappe's name on everything they do? That's media always trying to get attention or talk about something.

Right now after extended contract with PSG, Mbappe have double job as player and manager. As rumors he has try to retired Pocchetino and Leonardo out from PSG next season. Looks have deal and agreement on Mbappe contract extended for PSG getting new head coach next season. I worry if all controlling by Mbappe have bad reputation for new manager on PSG next season, will be if not have good relationship with Mbappe will out from PSG early.

PSG seem desperate to convince mbappe so stay, so they offer a high salary plus have an influence on every decision taken by the manager, in this case PSG has indirectly made the manager have to submit to mbappe and not the other way around, I think the manager decision must be absolutely without any intimidation from any player in a club so that the squad will remain stable because the manager has full rights to regulate, but if mbappe is given full power by the management of course we will see many divisions that occur in the squad later.

[Distraction]

Mbappe's extending his contract was not a very expected result to me truthfully. I was feeling very confident about seeing him at Real Madrid in this summer. But he chose to stay here and earn a lot more money. I can't blame him of course as he can do whatever he likes to do. And if the rumours about his new contract is true, I can even say that he did the right thing.    But I still hope to see Mbappe playing for Real Madrid in the future. And I believe it will definitely happen on some day in the future.

[CryptoBuds]

Mbappe's extending his contract was not a very expected result to me truthfully. I was feeling very confident about seeing him at Real Madrid in this summer. But he chose to stay here and earn a lot more money. I can't blame him of course as he can do whatever he likes to do. And if the rumours about his new contract is true, I can even say that he did the right thing.    But I still hope to see Mbappe playing for Real Madrid in the future. And I believe it will definitely happen on some day in the future.

I also thought Mbappe would no longer be at PSG, he would join Real Madrid. But Mbappe has prolonged his contract with PSG, dispelling all rumors. It looks like PSG will be aiming for the Champions League title this season. And they are willing to spend more money. However, if PSG wants to win the title, they must change their coach. If Zidane is PSG's coach then maybe PSG will be able to perform better in the Champions League.

[izsara]

Mbappe's extending his contract was not a very expected result to me truthfully. I was feeling very confident about seeing him at Real Madrid in this summer. But he chose to stay here and earn a lot more money. I can't blame him of course as he can do whatever he likes to do. And if the rumours about his new contract is true, I can even say that he did the right thing.    But I still hope to see Mbappe playing for Real Madrid in the future. And I believe it will definitely happen on some day in the future.

I also thought Mbappe would no longer be at PSG, he would join Real Madrid. But Mbappe has prolonged his contract with PSG, dispelling all rumors. It looks like PSG will be aiming for the Champions League title this season. And they are willing to spend more money. However, if PSG wants to win the title, they must change their coach. If Zidane is PSG's coach then maybe PSG will be able to perform better in the Champions League.

actually they have been eyeing something like this for a long time but if you look at the presence or absence of Mbappe now it doesn't have much impact in the UCL. for attack maybe they are strong but their tactics and strategy is really weak. I think the new coach might be able to, although it's still quite difficult actually. because the Champions League is not an easy place to beat considering there are so many strong opponents there

[fullhdpixel]

Mbappe's extending his contract was not a very expected result to me truthfully. I was feeling very confident about seeing him at Real Madrid in this summer. But he chose to stay here and earn a lot more money. I can't blame him of course as he can do whatever he likes to do. And if the rumours about his new contract is true, I can even say that he did the right thing.    But I still hope to see Mbappe playing for Real Madrid in the future. And I believe it will definitely happen on some day in the future.

Nobody expected it. He dragged it long enough to make us think that he must be leaving to another club if he has been dragging it for this long. I mean it must be something that another team offered that made him reject all the offers from PSG, because if he were to just end up in PSG  then why not accept it last year when they did offer him a contract? Turns out, he was just looking for a huge pay, and he got it.

The talks are he will be getting 100+ million just as a signing bonus and that alone is a lot more than most players are making, the world is filled with players who get 10 million or less, there are not that many players who get more than 10 million, probably 100 or less, and this guy made 10 years worth of it in a single signing bonus let alone his salary.

[sayaya17]

Mbappe's extending his contract was not a very expected result to me truthfully. I was feeling very confident about seeing him at Real Madrid in this summer. But he chose to stay here and earn a lot more money. I can't blame him of course as he can do whatever he likes to do. And if the rumours about his new contract is true, I can even say that he did the right thing.    But I still hope to see Mbappe playing for Real Madrid in the future. And I believe it will definitely happen on some day in the future.

Nobody expected it. He dragged it long enough to make us think that he must be leaving to another club if he has been dragging it for this long. I mean it must be something that another team offered that made him reject all the offers from PSG, because if he were to just end up in PSG  then why not accept it last year when they did offer him a contract? Turns out, he was just looking for a huge pay, and he got it.

The talks are he will be getting 100+ million just as a signing bonus and that alone is a lot more than most players are making, the world is filled with players who get 10 million or less, there are not that many players who get more than 10 million, probably 100 or less, and this guy made 10 years worth of it in a single signing bonus let alone his salary.

Everyone was shocked about Mbappe's decision to extend his contract with PSG, having previously refused several times a contract extension
offer from PSG and showed an attitude of wanting to join Real Madrid. But finally everyone realized that all this time Mbappe had refused
a new contract offer from PSG was Mbappe's strategy to get more money. It turns out that the strategy worked, now Mbappe is getting
a fantastic contract that is difficult for other players to get. Although in the end Real Madrid's management was very disappointed with
Mbappe's decision, it was Mbappe's right to determine his future. Hopefully Mbappe can show even better performance by getting a new contract,
don't let what happened to Neymar happen again with Mbappe. We will see if next season Mbappe can help PSG win the Champions League trophy,
or Mbappe's performance will decrease after getting a new contract.

[Velvet78]

Mbappe is the center of attention for most people now and it is totally normal too of course. Because his rumoured contract consists of very interesting details. He is like a money machine now.    It looks like that he wants to make as much money as he can before leaving the team. I don't expect him to earn a very low amount of money at Real Madrid too but I'm pretty sure that they wouldn't be able to pay this much. Maybe in his last year of his contract, he can decide to leave this time and we would start watching him playing for Real Madrid. Time will show that.

[3meek]

I don't understand how Saint-Etienne ended up in the relegation zone this season.... I don't often follow the French Ligue, but I know it's one of the most titled French clubs! Now Auxerre have a great opportunity to make a comeback and get into Ligue 1... I don't think they will miss out!