French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Z-tight]

The club is financially stable and very balance, they offered Kylian Mbappe one of the biggest deal in the world of football and the 23years old is absolutely doing well in the team with outstanding form he developed. Rumours circling Mbappe wants to leave the club have been considered false as the player have already clear the air.

I have not seen Mbappe in outstanding form this season, he has just been good but not outstanding in my humble opinion, there is nothing that can justify what psg did with Mbappe, the contract, promises, French president calling him and other unnecessary things the club did to keep him, they did too much, if a player wants to go and the club have asked him to stay, if they player insists i feel the club should allow such player leave. Psg made Mbappe feel bigger than the club, that is why they are having problems with him and his attitude, the player and the club may claim that everything is fine between Mbappe and psg, but it is easy to know that it is not true.

[Getmon]

After 12 matches, now PSG are starting to make a point gap with second place in the provisional standings by having a temporary 32 unit points and there will still be more points that will be obtained in full by PSG against Troyes at home. PSG will continue to look like a king in Ligue 1 this season and PSG is a team that will get another Ligue 1 trophy this season considering other teams are not so competitive in playing in the past 12 matches.

PSG have always been the kings of Ligue 1, hopefully they will be again this time. But PSG's management wants to keep the top spot in the Champions League as well, for which they have added world's best forward Lionel Messi to the team. But they are yet to reap the benefits of the Champions League, with their biggest problem being 3 forwards who all want to score. In my opinion, if Mbappe leaves the team, Messi will have a great chemistry with Neymar and will be successful in the Champions League.

Much better if Mbappe leaves. His arrogant toxic and selfish attitude can only create weakness in the team. PSG appeared unbeatable and too strong at Ligue 1 just like Bayern Munich at the German Bundesliga. But their main goal is the Champions League. These are the goals and assists of Messi, Neymar and Mbappe in 11 games for the 2022-23.

                        Goals     Assists
Mbappe                10         2
Neymar                 9          7
Lionel Messi           6          9

I choose Messi and Neymar over Mbappe. PSG can cash-out on Mbappe.

[Distraction]

It looks like PSG are targeting to finish the season very early. The closest teams to them in the standings are Lorient - Lens duo. I don't think that any of these teams are capable of fighting with PSG for the title for a long time. The teams they can do this aren't having a good time in this season I'm afraid. Marseille seemed promising on the first weeks. But now they are declining in position by losing matches many times in a row.

The other teams that can do this normally are like Lille, Monaco, Lyon and Rennes. But none of them is close enough to PSG to be able to stay in the title competition. The league gets bored very early like every season and this decreases the attention level of people to the Ligue 1. This is the biggest factor why this league doesn't get enough investment from anyone.

[dataispower]

Lille 4 - 3 Monaco

Monaco missed big chance to take a good place at the top

This is the most exciting match in Ligue 1 I have watched this week.
They are chasing each other's goals and this of course really makes my adrenaline rush in watching.
2 times Lille's goal advantage was rewarded by Monaco and even created a third goal but I 2 Lille goals in the second half ended Monaco's victory in this match.
With this result Monaco must be willing to shift its position now.

Indeed quite a heated match between Monaco and Lille and regardless from shifting positions, the actual rank after 12 rounds is interesting with Lens and Lorient in top after PSG instead of Marseille, Lille, Monaco or even Nice, Rennes or Lyon.
PSG secured 5 points difference, Messi goal was good vs Ajaccio and both Messi and Mbappe were doing perfect, although the absence of Neymar.

Big game both side in the game came prepared they Both had a good match form one winning four league games that is lille meanwhile also Monaco has good for winning eight of the last league games they had and drew one. The match saw how much of an attacking side's thru can be they both produced four goals in the first half. Thru both defended well and some took good use of the promising chances they had. Nice is another game, they failed to win but a single point wasn't bad, Barkley and Pepe both had good performance last night.

[Jody.Drummer]

It looks like PSG are targeting to finish the season very early. The closest teams to them in the standings are Lorient - Lens duo. I don't think that any of these teams are capable of fighting with PSG for the title for a long time. The teams they can do this aren't having a good time in this season I'm afraid. Marseille seemed promising on the first weeks. But now they are declining in position by losing matches many times in a row.

The other teams that can do this normally are like Lille, Monaco, Lyon and Rennes. But none of them is close enough to PSG to be able to stay in the title competition. The league gets bored very early like every season and this decreases the attention level of people to the Ligue 1. This is the biggest factor why this league doesn't get enough investment from anyone.

I wasn't surprised when I saw Paris Saint Germain finish the season early because they have done so many times. Who doesn't believe in them now? They have all the facilities they need to do just that. Starting from luxury players, excellent financial capabilities and so on. I don't see any other club in Ligue 1 having everything you need other than Paris Saint Germain. Instead of seeing them win here, I would actually like to see them do it in the Champions League.
But will they be able to do that? Honestly, I'm a little doubtful myself.

[hd49728]

I wasn't surprised when I saw Paris Saint Germain finish the season early because they have done so many times. Who doesn't believe in them now? They have all the facilities they need to do just that. Starting from luxury players, excellent financial capabilities and so on. I don't see any other club in Ligue 1 having everything you need other than Paris Saint Germain.

With PSG, if they can not win Ligue 1, it would be a nightmare for them. However, if they win Ligue 1, it would be very normal and almost mean nothing for them and their fans. It is ridiculous to say so but it is how their fans expect from PSG players.

They want PSG to win Champions League and if they win it, losing Ligue 1 title is acceptable for fans. If they can not win both Champions League and Ligue 1, their coach will be sacked definitely and many players will be sold on the market.

Instead of seeing them win here, I would actually like to see them do it in the Champions League.
But will they be able to do that? Honestly, I'm a little doubtful myself.

If a title is given by player quality and value, PSG should win Champions League. In reality they must play to achieve it and in real matches, PSG so far still can not be strong during important minutes. They did created so good advantage to beat competitors and move next to win Champions League. By some lack of confidence and strong mentality at very important minutes, they lost and failed in Champions League.

This season, when Ramos and Messi are getting their best fitness and performance, they can help PSG to win it.

[LordShanken]

I wasn't surprised when I saw Paris Saint Germain finish the season early because they have done so many times. Who doesn't believe in them now? They have all the facilities they need to do just that. Starting from luxury players, excellent financial capabilities and so on. I don't see any other club in Ligue 1 having everything you need other than Paris Saint Germain.

With PSG, if they can not win Ligue 1, it would be a nightmare for them. However, if they win Ligue 1, it would be very normal and almost mean nothing for them and their fans. It is ridiculous to say so but it is how their fans expect from PSG players.

They want PSG to win Champions League and if they win it, losing Ligue 1 title is acceptable for fans. If they can not win both Champions League and Ligue 1, their coach will be sacked definitely and many players will be sold on the market.

Instead of seeing them win here, I would actually like to see them do it in the Champions League.
But will they be able to do that? Honestly, I'm a little doubtful myself.

If a title is given by player quality and value, PSG should win Champions League. In reality they must play to achieve it and in real matches, PSG so far still can not be strong during important minutes. They did created so good advantage to beat competitors and move next to win Champions League. By some lack of confidence and strong mentality at very important minutes, they lost and failed in Champions League.

This season, when Ramos and Messi are getting their best fitness and performance, they can help PSG to win it.

I don't see anything happening with Messi's performance, but if Messi is allowed to play like he did then he will play great like he did in Barcelona. But Messi is not getting that opportunity in PSG. But I don't see the previous performance of Ramos as he performed for Real Madrid. But maybe Ramos is trying to do better.

[Sirait]

Right from day one, Ajaccio are just an average team in the Ligue 1 and PSG are definitely no match for them because the parisians are the giant of France with countless league titles to their team trophies collection. The club is financially stable and very balance, they offered Kylian Mbappe one of the biggest deal in the world of football and the 23years old is absolutely doing well in the team with outstanding form he developed. Rumours circling Mbappe wants to leave the club have been considered false as the player have already clear the air.

mbappe's departure is just ordinary news, no need to exaggerate, we have seen for ourselves how mbappe provides assists to neymar, it indicates that he and neymar already have the same vision. against Haifa in the UCL, I'm sure both of them will look united again, PSG will be invincible if neymar and mbappe want to reduce their respective egos.

[visionE2]

Today we have seen some very entertaining matches with lots of goals. I can say that the closing match was a spectacular one. We saw 7 goals. Throughout the match, we were alone with the pressing game of the Lille team. Monaco found goals but not enough to win.  It's a good development for the league that there are mutual goals in every match. This means that everyone is capable of scoring against each other.

Match of the year, 7 goals in Ligue 1 has not happened in a long time. This is the best match of the Best weekend soccer league. If we ask about the definition of football, I show this match without hesitation From the game playing forward not even giving up leading to goal Great night.

[Swordsoffreedom]

I wasn't surprised when I saw Paris Saint Germain finish the season early because they have done so many times. Who doesn't believe in them now? They have all the facilities they need to do just that. Starting from luxury players, excellent financial capabilities and so on. I don't see any other club in Ligue 1 having everything you need other than Paris Saint Germain.

With PSG, if they can not win Ligue 1, it would be a nightmare for them. However, if they win Ligue 1, it would be very normal and almost mean nothing for them and their fans. It is ridiculous to say so but it is how their fans expect from PSG players.
They want PSG to win Champions League and if they win it, losing Ligue 1 title is acceptable for fans. If they can not win both Champions League and Ligue 1, their coach will be sacked definitely and many players will be sold on the market.

Instead of seeing them win here, I would actually like to see them do it in the Champions League.
But will they be able to do that? Honestly, I'm a little doubtful myself.

If a title is given by player quality and value, PSG should win Champions League. In reality they must play to achieve it and in real matches, PSG so far still can not be strong during important minutes. They did created so good advantage to beat competitors and move next to win Champions League. By some lack of confidence and strong mentality at very important minutes, they lost and failed in Champions League.
This season, when Ramos and Messi are getting their best fitness and performance, they can help PSG to win it.

I don't see anything happening with Messi's performance, but if Messi is allowed to play like he did then he will play great like he did in Barcelona. But Messi is not getting that opportunity in PSG. But I don't see the previous performance of Ramos as he performed for Real Madrid. But maybe Ramos is trying to do better.

Messi was the main striker in Barcelona. Barcelona's match strategy was made around Messi. And every player assisted Messi to score goals. Messi's bonding with the players was excellent. So Messi could consistently perform well and score a lot of goals. But PSG's main striker is Mbappe. I think Messi is now playing the role of an attacking midfielder. So we don't get the good performance we expected from Messi. Although he may not score a lot of goals, Messi's contribution to each match is quite visible.

[DU18]

Right from day one, Ajaccio are just an average team in the Ligue 1 and PSG are definitely no match for them because the parisians are the giant of France with countless league titles to their team trophies collection. The club is financially stable and very balance, they offered Kylian Mbappe one of the biggest deal in the world of football and the 23years old is absolutely doing well in the team with outstanding form he developed. Rumours circling Mbappe wants to leave the club have been considered false as the player have already clear the air.

mbappe's departure is just ordinary news, no need to exaggerate, we have seen for ourselves how mbappe provides assists to neymar, it indicates that he and neymar already have the same vision. against Haifa in the UCL, I'm sure both of them will look united again, PSG will be invincible if neymar and mbappe want to reduce their respective egos.

Mbappe and Neymar are rumored to have a less than harmonious relationship, especially after the quarrel that occurred some time ago at the training ground which made the two of them even more often at odds, but I think the PSG coach and management have taken the attitude to reconcile them even though it was not entirely successful because they both have a big ego, but I salute Neymar and Mbappe even though they have a bad relationship but it looks like they can still be professional when they are playing like you said.

[Luzin]

Messi was the main striker in Barcelona. Barcelona's match strategy was made around Messi. And every player assisted Messi to score goals. Messi's bonding with the players was excellent. So Messi could consistently perform well and score a lot of goals. But PSG's main striker is Mbappe. I think Messi is now playing the role of an attacking midfielder. So we don't get the good performance we expected from Messi. Although he may not score a lot of goals, Messi's contribution to each match is quite visible.

Messi has always had a privilege, he can always score goals from various positions. I think it doesn't matter to him, because he's a creator and the finish shoot towards the goal is equally good. This is the busiest he can still score six goals in twelve match this season.
 
Here's a list of Ligue 1 Top Scorers
1. Kylian Mbappé  10 goals
2. Jonathan David  9 goals
3. Neymar 9 goals
4. Terem Moffi  8 goals
5. Folarin Balogun  7 goals
7. Alexandre Lacazette 7 goals
8. Martin Terrier  7 goals
9. Lionel Messi 6 goals
10. Florian Sotoca  6 goals

Sumber: https://www.worldfootball.net/goalgetter/fra-ligue-1-2022-2023/

[Furious 7]

Lille 4 - 3 Monaco

Monaco missed big chance to take a good place at the top

This is the most exciting match in Ligue 1 I have watched this week.
They are chasing each other's goals and this of course really makes my adrenaline rush in watching.
2 times Lille's goal advantage was rewarded by Monaco and even created a third goal but I 2 Lille goals in the second half ended Monaco's victory in this match.
With this result Monaco must be willing to shift its position now.

Indeed quite a heated match between Monaco and Lille and regardless from shifting positions, the actual rank after 12 rounds is interesting with Lens and Lorient in top after PSG instead of Marseille, Lille, Monaco or even Nice, Rennes or Lyon.
PSG secured 5 points difference, Messi goal was good vs Ajaccio and both Messi and Mbappe were doing perfect, although the absence of Neymar.

Both teams did have an extraordinary performance in this match because they really didn't want to give up on each other which made me tense while watching
For PSG they are still continuing a good trend, Neymar still hasn't solved his problem at the moment and indeed he has to focus on solving his problem at the moment and then playing again. But indeed in this case they look more comfortable when there is no one of Mbappe and Neymar on the pitch lol

[DanWalker]

It looks like PSG are targeting to finish the season very early. The closest teams to them in the standings are Lorient - Lens duo. I don't think that any of these teams are capable of fighting with PSG for the title for a long time. The teams they can do this aren't having a good time in this season I'm afraid. Marseille seemed promising on the first weeks. But now they are declining in position by losing matches many times in a row.

The other teams that can do this normally are like Lille, Monaco, Lyon and Rennes. But none of them is close enough to PSG to be able to stay in the title competition. The league gets bored very early like every season and this decreases the attention level of people to the Ligue 1. This is the biggest factor why this league doesn't get enough investment from anyone.

I think Marseille created a lot of chances on the attacking side. However, I think they were unable to put them away because, in my opinion, there was not enough coordination between the players while the attack was in progress. The team managed to create a few reasonable chances, but the problem was that the deliveries were not going to the right places. Marseille was not able to score any points on offense, and their defense was also not up to par.

On the other hand, Lens played a very competent game. It is true that they were better than the other team, but at the same time, I'm not willing to say they were much better. In the beginning, when I thought that Marseille was going to be a competition for PSG, I did not realize that they were going to lose their form at this early stage of the season already.

[Doell]

Right from day one, Ajaccio are just an average team in the Ligue 1 and PSG are definitely no match for them because the parisians are the giant of France with countless league titles to their team trophies collection. The club is financially stable and very balance, they offered Kylian Mbappe one of the biggest deal in the world of football and the 23years old is absolutely doing well in the team with outstanding form he developed. Rumours circling Mbappe wants to leave the club have been considered false as the player have already clear the air.

mbappe's departure is just ordinary news, no need to exaggerate, we have seen for ourselves how mbappe provides assists to neymar, it indicates that he and neymar already have the same vision. against Haifa in the UCL, I'm sure both of them will look united again, PSG will be invincible if neymar and mbappe want to reduce their respective egos.

Mbappe and Neymar are rumored to have a less than harmonious relationship, especially after the quarrel that occurred some time ago at the training ground which made the two of them even more often at odds, but I think the PSG coach and management have taken the attitude to reconcile them even though it was not entirely successful because they both have a big ego, but I salute Neymar and Mbappe even though they have a bad relationship but it looks like they can still be professional when they are playing like you said.

Same, I also salute with them. When in match mode they show healthy competition, by not wasting the opportunity to score, this is a form of solidarity between teams that should exist in every club. Their are dominates at standings table League 1 because the other clubs are still not enough to stop PSG progress, they are strong in defense and attack, in my opinion vs Maccabi Haifa in the UCL it will be a not difficult at all for PSG.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Messi was the main striker in Barcelona. Barcelona's match strategy was made around Messi. And every player assisted Messi to score goals. Messi's bonding with the players was excellent. So Messi could consistently perform well and score a lot of goals. But PSG's main striker is Mbappe. I think Messi is now playing the role of an attacking midfielder. So we don't get the good performance we expected from Messi. Although he may not score a lot of goals, Messi's contribution to each match is quite visible.

Messi has always had a privilege, he can always score goals from various positions. I think it doesn't matter to him, because he's a creator and the finish shoot towards the goal is equally good. This is the busiest he can still score six goals in twelve match this season.

I agree with you. Messi is able to adapt himself very well to any position. And so Messi is playing quite well this season too. Maybe he is not the highest scorer. But from his position, the way he is performing is very admirable. And if the bonding between PSG's players is strong. At the same time, if Mbappe could resolve his conflict with the coach and Neymar, PSG's performance would be stronger and more consistent. Coach Galtier is trying his best to make the PSG team stronger. Hopefully, we will see a stronger performance from PSG in the Champions League this season than last season.

[kotwica666]

Messi was the main striker in Barcelona. Barcelona's match strategy was made around Messi. And every player assisted Messi to score goals. Messi's bonding with the players was excellent. So Messi could consistently perform well and score a lot of goals. But PSG's main striker is Mbappe. I think Messi is now playing the role of an attacking midfielder. So we don't get the good performance we expected from Messi. Although he may not score a lot of goals, Messi's contribution to each match is quite visible.

Messi has always had a privilege, he can always score goals from various positions. I think it doesn't matter to him, because he's a creator and the finish shoot towards the goal is equally good. This is the busiest he can still score six goals in twelve match this season.

I agree with you. Messi is able to adapt himself very well to any position. And so Messi is playing quite well this season too. Maybe he is not the highest scorer. But from his position, the way he is performing is very admirable. And if the bonding between PSG's players is strong. At the same time, if Mbappe could resolve his conflict with the coach and Neymar, PSG's performance would be stronger and more consistent. Coach Galtier is trying his best to make the PSG team stronger. Hopefully, we will see a stronger performance from PSG in the Champions League this season than last season.

Messi is a player who can adapt to any club, this is also one of his talents. After Messi joined PSG, his game was erratic for a few days, but now Messi is performing brilliantly. He has developed a good bond with Neymar, Mbappe. In fact, if the coach knows the right strategy, it is possible to achieve something special for the team with Messi.

[Jody.Drummer]

I wasn't surprised when I saw Paris Saint Germain finish the season early because they have done so many times. Who doesn't believe in them now? They have all the facilities they need to do just that. Starting from luxury players, excellent financial capabilities and so on. I don't see any other club in Ligue 1 having everything you need other than Paris Saint Germain.

With PSG, if they can not win Ligue 1, it would be a nightmare for them. However, if they win Ligue 1, it would be very normal and almost mean nothing for them and their fans. It is ridiculous to say so but it is how their fans expect from PSG players.

They want PSG to win Champions League and if they win it, losing Ligue 1 title is acceptable for fans. If they can not win both Champions League and Ligue 1, their coach will be sacked definitely and many players will be sold on the market.

Of course in this case it is true because it will be very painful if they have to be stuck in Ligue 1 with the condition of their great players but in this case I think it is difficult to happen because from any angle it is very difficult actually for other teams to fight against PSG so victory in Ligue 1 will be a little ordinary because it is considered natural.

Instead of seeing them win here, I would actually like to see them do it in the Champions League.
But will they be able to do that? Honestly, I'm a little doubtful myself.

If a title is given by player quality and value, PSG should win Champions League. In reality they must play to achieve it and in real matches, PSG so far still can not be strong during important minutes. They did created so good advantage to beat competitors and move next to win Champions League. By some lack of confidence and strong mentality at very important minutes, they lost and failed in Champions League.

This season, when Ramos and Messi are getting their best fitness and performance, they can help PSG to win it.

The problem is that apart from the good condition of the team from an individual point of view, for the Champions League of course there are other factors such as experience and good teamwork. The location of the problem is here. PSG are indeed very good in terms of individuals but in terms of experience and teamwork they are still minimal. There is indeed teamwork but when compared to other big teams like City or Madrid of course they still lose in this regard.

[dezoel]

Both teams did have an extraordinary performance in this match because they really didn't want to give up on each other which made me tense while watching
For PSG they are still continuing a good trend, Neymar still hasn't solved his problem at the moment and indeed he has to focus on solving his problem at the moment and then playing again. But indeed in this case they look more comfortable when there is no one of Mbappe and Neymar on the pitch lol

Both teams are level in quality and performance because both are doing open game from the start of this season and right now have sixth and seventh spots which can change in future because two teams which are at the top are doing good job but can they keep this momentum it's not easy to predict with as things will be clear in January then surely many clubs will be on their best for having their best rank before end of this season.

In this game, we have seven goals which are surely amazing job because we have few games like this in French league where both teams on same level have results like this here we can predict title surely going to be in favor of PSG as they are still dominating force and for other spots it's never been easy this needs good time sometime things change at the end of season which done good entertainment for fans in this bore league.

[Ratash]

What a game it was yesterday between lille and monaco seven goals scored between the two teams, with lille winning they managed to close the distance to the fifth position so now there is only one point difference between them and marseille, i think remy cabella was the man of the match by scoring two goals.