French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[BIT-BENDER]

Not the start to new life at Paris Mauricio Pochettino would have wanted to have, I think he is a talent of a coach and there was nothing the could have done more today lorient had answers to their question and days like this just goes wrong for the big team, I think he will build his team and not one he inherited from tuchel, they would still be French champions for me.

[judas]

The beauty of football has happened again as PSG lose away at Lorient.
Lorient 3 - 2 Paris Saint-Germain The loss has opened wide the title race with Lyon now back in the first position having one point ahead of PSG and Lille  (who have a game in hand).

Lille vs Dijon tonight; A win for Lille takes them to the top of the summit with 3 point above PSG and 2 points above Lyon, can they get the 3 points ? Discuss

What a game it was really. Lorient first scored but Neymar answered with 2 penalty goals after that. While I was expecting PSG to secure the win, shockingly Lorient turned the game around and won 3-2. This was a bad hit to PSG and they are at the 3rd place because Lille are 1-0 ahead now. If it ends with the victory of Lille, they will be the new leader.

[Iranus]

The beauty of football has happened again as PSG lose away at Lorient.
Lorient 3 - 2 Paris Saint-Germain The loss has opened wide the title race with Lyon now back in the first position having one point ahead of PSG and Lille  (who have a game in hand).

Lille vs Dijon tonight; A win for Lille takes them to the top of the summit with 3 point above PSG and 2 points above Lyon, can they get the 3 points ? Discuss

What a game it was really. Lorient first scored but Neymar answered with 2 penalty goals after that. While I was expecting PSG to secure the win, shockingly Lorient turned the game around and won 3-2. This was a bad hit to PSG and they are at the 3rd place because Lille are 1-0 ahead now. If it ends with the victory of Lille, they will be the new leader.

A team as small as Lorient will score 3 goals against a giant team like PSG and win the match is really unexpected. I am disappointed to see the gameplay of PSG. They have scored only 2 goals. And both from penalty. They could not make any good attack.

[blue Snow]

The beauty of football has happened again as PSG lose away at Lorient.
Lorient 3 - 2 Paris Saint-Germain

PSG my favorite team, sad to hear they lost by promotion team. Pelissier's has a brilliant idea by substituting the players at the end of the game and create a history to subverting the favorite team. people who betting in Lorient will get a return of 50 thousand percent.

[Shasha80]

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What a game it was really. Lorient first scored but Neymar answered with 2 penalty goals after that. While I was expecting PSG to secure the win, shockingly Lorient turned the game around and won 3-2. This was a bad hit to PSG and they are at the 3rd place because Lille are 1-0 ahead now. If it ends with the victory of Lille, they will be the new leader.

A team as small as Lorient will score 3 goals against a giant team like PSG and win the match is really unexpected. I am disappointed to see the gameplay of PSG. They have scored only 2 goals. And both from penalty. They could not make any good attack.

Everyone must be very surprised that a weak team like Lorient can beat PSG, even though the match is dominated by PSG with a ball possession of
66%. Pelissier's strategy worked well by relying on counter attacks, making PSG concede 3 goals. Because PSG players must be very aggressive
in attacking with a rising defensive line, this is what Lorient takes advantage of. It was disappointing that the PSG game only managed to score
2 goals through a penalty kick. Even though PSG have fielded their best players, but in fact it couldn't win the match. This is a lesson for Pochettino
to improve the defense line.

[Iranus]

Everyone must be very surprised that a weak team like Lorient can beat PSG, even though the match is dominated by PSG with a ball possession of
66%. Pelissier's strategy worked well by relying on counter attacks, making PSG concede 3 goals. Because PSG players must be very aggressive
in attacking with a rising defensive line, this is what Lorient takes advantage of. It was disappointing that the PSG game only managed to score
2 goals through a penalty kick. Even though PSG have fielded their best players, but in fact it couldn't win the match. This is a lesson for Pochettino
to improve the defense line.

The PSG players failed miserably in this match. They could not make a good attack in the whole 90 minutes. I think they thought the Lorient team was an easy opponent. And PSG went down to play without adequate study about Lorient. So PSG has done such a bad performance

[ILuckyGuyI]

Lille are going to play an away game against Bordeaux this week. Lille are the leader with 48 points and Bordeaux are the 10th with 32 points. Lille lost only once (4W 1L) and Bordeaux also lost once (3W 1D 1L) in the last 5 games in the league. Lille lost only once (6W 3D 1L) in their away games. In the last 5 head-to-head games, Lille won 3 times and Bordeaux won the rest of them. At Bordeaux, Otavio (1 goal) and Mehdi Zerkane are injured. At Lille, Jeremy Pied and Burak Yilmaz (9 goals) are injured. I think a tough game waiting for us and it will end in a draw.

[Altryist]

Everyone must be very surprised that a weak team like Lorient can beat PSG, even though the match is dominated by PSG with a ball possession of
66%. Pelissier's strategy worked well by relying on counter attacks, making PSG concede 3 goals. Because PSG players must be very aggressive
in attacking with a rising defensive line, this is what Lorient takes advantage of. It was disappointing that the PSG game only managed to score
2 goals through a penalty kick. Even though PSG have fielded their best players, but in fact it couldn't win the match. This is a lesson for Pochettino
to improve the defense line.

Pochettino is just forming the team and it was expected that at first it takes time for the team to play well. Nothing catastrophic has happened, sensations in football happen and quite often. It is important to be able to draw conclusions and not repeat mistakes. Pochettino is a good coach, if give him time, he will be able to achieve great results with PSG, he may even achieve the long-awaited victory in the Champions League, which has been dreamed of in Paris for so long.

[aesma]

Guys, that's the beauty of football ! If the best team on paper always won, it would be very boring. And betting would also not be possible !

[casperBGD]

Guys, that's the beauty of football ! If the best team on paper always won, it would be very boring. And betting would also not be possible !

yeah, easy season was expected for PSG, but it will not be that easy in the end, Lille and Lyon are good teams that can make the difference until the end, especially Lyon, so will be interesting to see how the things are going to turn out until the end, PSG is now third and pressure is mounting on them to deliver better performances

Monaco can also join the race, they have three "easy" matches in a row, and than PSG in Paris, would be an interesting season after all

[judas]

Monaco can also join the race, they have three "easy" matches in a row, and than PSG in Paris, would be an interesting season after all

Yes, I agree. Monaco have been fantastic for seven weeks in the league. They won 6 games and got a draw. The point difference with the leader Lille is just 6 now. They are also just 3 points behind PSG. There are still 16 weeks ahead of us. So, everything is possible.

[jaberwock]

Guys, that's the beauty of football ! If the best team on paper always won, it would be very boring. And betting would also not be possible !

yeah, easy season was expected for PSG, but it will not be that easy in the end, Lille and Lyon are good teams that can make the difference until the end, especially Lyon, so will be interesting to see how the things are going to turn out until the end, PSG is now third and pressure is mounting on them to deliver better performances

Monaco can also join the race, they have three "easy" matches in a row, and than PSG in Paris, would be an interesting season after all

I would have to say it looks like it could still be quite easy for them. There are stil too many games left and that means we are talking about an easy win if things go their way. The difference is only 3 points and it is PSG we are talking about, sure many teams have domination over their leagues, Bayern usually wins bundesliga, Serie A has Juventus for the past decade, I would have to say PSG is one of those teams and it is for ligue 1 so I think that is not going to change unless other teams have a major overhaul type of situation.

When it is only 3 point  difference having like this 10 point streak where you lose over 10 points would mean that PSG will put a 7+ difference on you easily, and that is going to be the challenge for Lille, how could they continue to play like this for that many games left? I doubt that would be possible for the teams to be honest.

[CLS63]

Guys, that's the beauty of football ! If the best team on paper always won, it would be very boring. And betting would also not be possible !

I totally agree with you. These kind of things make football much more attracting and beautiful for sure. Of course I feel sad when the team I bet on loses its game. But if we look from a different perspective, these kind of things should happen to increase the competition in a league.

[hahay]

Guys, that's the beauty of football ! If the best team on paper always won, it would be very boring. And betting would also not be possible !

Teams on paper usually only get low odds so that's what gets bored, so when the team on paper plays then I usually look for other options that will at least get higher odds. So, when the team on paper wins, my bet can still lose and it won't be boring I think but yeah, when the team on paper loses then of course it will be hot news.

[swogerino]

Guys, that's the beauty of football ! If the best team on paper always won, it would be very boring. And betting would also not be possible !

I totally agree with you. These kind of things make football much more attracting and beautiful for sure. Of course I feel sad when the team I bet on loses its game. But if we look from a different perspective, these kind of things should happen to increase the competition in a league.

That is the beauty of football I agree however seeing a team with odd 13 beat one with odd 1.14 can only be seen once during a couple of seasons.This does not happen often otherwise we would not have odds of 1.15 anymore and that is why bookies always try to deceive us with the odds.

The lost game of Psg against a really weak team like Lorient opened the French Championship which is dominated by Psg so this lost game of them gave hope to other teams to try and fight for the title.

[snipie]

Guys, that's the beauty of football ! If the best team on paper always won, it would be very boring. And betting would also not be possible !

Teams on paper usually only get low odds so that's what gets bored, so when the team on paper plays then I usually look for other options that will at least get higher odds. So, when the team on paper wins, my bet can still lose and it won't be boring I think but yeah, when the team on paper loses then of course it will be hot news.

PSG is one of the best team in Europe and what we blame in French league 1 is the lack of competition. Until now Lyon and Lille are making things harder for PSG which is good.
This round best goal is Dubois one, magnificent!

[ILuckyGuyI]

Rennes are going to play a home game against Lorient tomorrow night. Rennes are the 5th with 36 points and Lorient are the 18th with 18 points. Rennes lost only once (2W 2D 1L) in their last 5 games and Lorient won their last 2 games in the league. Lorient got only one win in their away games so far (1W 2D 7L). In the last 5 (official) head-to-head games, Rennes won 3 times, Lorient won once and one game ended in a draw. At Rennes, Flavien Tait and M'Baye Niang (1 goal) are injured. At Lorient, the main goalkeeper Paul Nardi, Thomas Fontaine, Vincent Le Goff, Boisgard Quentin (1 goal) and Stephane Diarra are injured. Lorient got a surprising win against PSG in their last game but I think they won't do the same against Rennes. I expect Rennes to beat them.

[CLS63]

Rennes are going to play a home game against Lorient tomorrow night. Rennes are the 5th with 36 points and Lorient are the 18th with 18 points. Rennes lost only once (2W 2D 1L) in their last 5 games and Lorient won their last 2 games in the league. Lorient got only one win in their away games so far (1W 2D 7L). In the last 5 (official) head-to-head games, Rennes won 3 times, Lorient won once and one game ended in a draw. At Rennes, Flavien Tait and M'Baye Niang (1 goal) are injured. At Lorient, the main goalkeeper Paul Nardi, Thomas Fontaine, Vincent Le Goff, Boisgard Quentin (1 goal) and Stephane Diarra are injured. Lorient got a surprising win against PSG in their last game but I think they won't do the same against Rennes. I expect Rennes to beat them.

Teams like Lorient can't usually do the same thing consecutively. We can give an example for it. E.g. In the Premier League, Sheffield defeated Manchester Utd 2-1 away and surprised everyone. But they lost to a big team which was Manchester City right after that. Rennes are one of the powerful teams now. I think they will do the same thing as M. City did and defeat Lorient. By the way, of course this is football and everything is possible. But I don't give a chance to Lorient to win this match too.

[judas]

PSG got a huge defeat against a surprise team like Lorient and I think they will absolutely want to make up for that loss in their next game against Nimes. Neymar who scored 2 goals in the last game will not play because of being suspended. Keylor Navas still has an injury and he might not play too. I think this time PSG won't make any mistake and defeat their weak competitor easily.

[casperBGD]

two matches from bottom and top teams in France today, Lyon playing in Dijon, and PSG home match with Nimes

Lyon will have a tougher job in Dijon, since they like to play draws, and will probably try to pass another one today, and PSG should win tonight, but I do not expect much goals in that match, since they will play without some notable players, Neymar included

nevertheless, most interesting should be in Bordeaux, where Lille will try to win and hold on their top position in the Ligue 1, and it is a good value, since Lille won last four away matches, have a good strike and play solid football in 2021, will put them on my ticket