French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[DU18]

Lyon - Marseille game was suspended after a player from OM was hurt by a bottle from Lyon fans. Obviously there will be sanctions, probably few games without spectators for Lyon... I don't know how many games suspended for the same reason in Ligue 1..
Meanwhile Pochettino is reportedly open for talks about managing ManU if they are interested!

In modern football today of course events that occur like the lyon and marseille matches are really quite embarrassing and if i'm not mistaken, incidents like that have happened several times in Ligue 1 matches, and mostly when marseille played like last august when marseille faced with Nice, I think what the lyon fans do will certainly get a pretty big sanction from the french football authorities, so it will have a negative impact on the club later.

[Davidvictorson]

Lyon - Marseille game was suspended after a player from OM was hurt by a bottle from Lyon fans. Obviously there will be sanctions, probably few games without spectators for Lyon... I don't know how many games suspended for the same reason in Ligue 1..
Meanwhile Pochettino is reportedly open for talks about managing ManU if they are interested!

In modern football today of course events that occur like the lyon and marseille matches are really quite embarrassing and if i'm not mistaken, incidents like that have happened several times in Ligue 1 matches, and mostly when marseille played like last august when marseille faced with Nice, I think what the lyon fans do will certainly get a pretty big sanction from the french football authorities, so it will have a negative impact on the club later.

Growing up I thought the English and the Germans are brutal in football matches, but I am convinced now that the French championship is gradually deteriorating through violence and racial hatred. I keep wondering what all this crap is about in the stadium. You look forward to a super top game, and then it will simply be ruined by such angry people. They don't actually notice that they are damaging their own club. I just can't understand what's going on in such heads.

[hahay]

Yes, it's a shame for the Lyon - Marseille match which had only been running for a few minutes and the match was stopped, obviously it would be better to stop if the situation at the stadium could not be controlled. Basically, Ligue 1 is of course slowly becoming a league that will be highlighted in the media more because the PSG squad which has many star players, especially Messi who is a Ligue 1 magnet now will be more popular. But the fans there are still not able to control their emotions and so of course Ligue 1's popularity will be hampered, or maybe it will be tarnished because of the actions that occurred. Usually an incident like this will harm the team itself and of course for their supporters as well, such as punishment and fines of course that will be given.

[ILuckyGuyI]

PSG are in a very comfortable position in the league right now. Even though there are only 14 games played so far, they are already far ahead of their closest competitor in the table (11-point gap) and maintaining their lead safely. Nice is the closest competitor now with 26 points and Rennes follow them right behind by a 1-point difference. The teams at the 2nd and 3rd place are really surprising to me, to tell the truth. In the last season, Rennes ended at the 6th place and Nice were at the 9th place. Now, we see them both at top places. Maybe none of the teams will get even close to PSG during the whole season but surprise teams can end in top 3 seemingly for now. Because the closest follower of Nice and Rennes is Lens. This season is open for a surprise except the champion team. 

[poldanmig]

Lyon - Marseille game was suspended after a player from OM was hurt by a bottle from Lyon fans. Obviously there will be sanctions, probably few games without spectators for Lyon... I don't know how many games suspended for the same reason in Ligue 1..

This is something that is quite disturbing and quite embarrassing for the fans because this is a very stupid act, I saw some news that the bottle thrower had been arrested by the authorities and Aulas had personally apologized to Payet for this embarrassing incident.
and this has added to the bad image of the supporters after some time ago supporters from Nice also invaded the field when their favorite team Nice met Marseille.

Due to the actions of the fans, currently the French Ligue 1 Operator (LFP) is carrying out an investigation into the incident, and reportedly the next lyon home match will be played without spectators, I think what happened in that match should be a lesson for other clubs in the french league to set strict rules for all fans who come to the stadium, of course the club must provide severe penalties for those caught starting a riot including banning them from entering the stadium forever.

[AakZaki]

PSG are in a very comfortable position in the league right now. Even though there are only 14 games played so far, they are already far ahead of their closest competitor in the table (11-point gap) and maintaining their lead safely.
~snip~

Deserved them at the top, all the PSG players are very good. The 11-point gap is considerable, but remember the League game is still 24 times away. There's a chance Nice and rennes to frustrate.  PSG have a more busy schedule maybe they could have become unstable. Moreover their target this season is not only the League champions they want the UCL Champions. So maybe they can have 2 trophies this year, if you look at the players they have.

[judas]

What an interesting season we have been having so far! PSG have been just as most of us expected I guess. They are far ahead of the rest of the teams in the league standings now. There is no doubt that they will win the Ligue 1 title this season readily. But the thing I wonder the most is whether Lyon-Monaco-Lille trio will be able to climb to top positions in time. The best placed team among them are Monaco now but even they are at the 8th position. Because of this, different teams had a chance to capture the top positions. I wonder whether this will go on like this all the time or the big teams will capture these positions again.

[sana54210]

Growing up I thought the English and the Germans are brutal in football matches, but I am convinced now that the French championship is gradually deteriorating through violence and racial hatred. I keep wondering what all this crap is about in the stadium. You look forward to a super top game, and then it will simply be ruined by such angry people. They don't actually notice that they are damaging their own club. I just can't understand what's going on in such heads.

I would say French is still not as bad, even Germany is not as bad neither. I have been watching football for a long time and I have to say there are few nations with known brutal viewership. Premier league is certainly the most known one, it is both incredibly popular and very famous league not just on brutal front but also how good the teams are and how they win UCL and so forth, so they are known.

However watch Italian, Greek and Turkish games, some reason those mediterranean nations (is it in the water lol) have some weird amount of fandom, all those lighting fire thingies, throwing things to the pitch, and I mean like it is literally dangerous for the players at some point. So watching those really made it clear to me that these are the most dangerous ones. Of course if you go more east, you see a lot less quality but more brutality as well if you want to check that out but the games usually suck there.

[hahay]

What an interesting season we have been having so far! PSG have been just as most of us expected I guess. They are far ahead of the rest of the teams in the league standings now. There is no doubt that they will win the Ligue 1 title this season readily. But the thing I wonder the most is whether Lyon-Monaco-Lille trio will be able to climb to top positions in time. The best placed team among them are Monaco now but even they are at the 8th position. Because of this, different teams had a chance to capture the top positions. I wonder whether this will go on like this all the time or the big teams will capture these positions again.

If I look at their position, it seems difficult for Lille and the other teams you mentioned to be able to move up quickly, because of their inconsistency against mediocre teams who sometimes lose points. I'm just saying that for now, because their points difference isn't really that far away either and it's possible to catch up and I think that will happen in the second half of the season. Don't know for sure, because of course these big teams should get tickets for CL and EL for the next season, their management and winning mentality will certainly continue to be improved to be able to recover.

[Shasha80]

What an interesting season we have been having so far! PSG have been just as most of us expected I guess. They are far ahead of the rest of the teams in the league standings now. There is no doubt that they will win the Ligue 1 title this season readily. But the thing I wonder the most is whether Lyon-Monaco-Lille trio will be able to climb to top positions in time. The best placed team among them are Monaco now but even they are at the 8th position. Because of this, different teams had a chance to capture the top positions. I wonder whether this will go on like this all the time or the big teams will capture these positions again.

If I look at their position, it seems difficult for Lille and the other teams you mentioned to be able to move up quickly, because of their inconsistency against mediocre teams who sometimes lose points. I'm just saying that for now, because their points difference isn't really that far away either and it's possible to catch up and I think that will happen in the second half of the season. Don't know for sure, because of course these big teams should get tickets for CL and EL for the next season, their management and winning mentality will certainly continue to be improved to be able to recover.

Monaco, Lyon and Lille started the season very badly, especially Lille as Ligue 1 champions the previous season, this season playing like a different
team. I'm sure the three big teams will definitely rise from their adversity, they may still be looking for their best game. After all, there are still
many rounds to be played by the three big teams, so there is still hope that they will return to the top 5. So for Ligue 1 the first position will likely
belong to PSG until the end of the season, PSG's performance this season in Ligue 1 has been incredible, it's very difficult for other teams
to catch up. Interesting positions 2-5, still undetermined, because the difference in points is still close to each other. As in the previous few weeks
Lens was in second place, finally at week 14 Lens started to be inconsistent and finally fell to position 4. So I still believe Monaco, Lyon and Lille
will soon find their best game, and will slowly move up to the top 5. Because after all of them are big teams who have strong mentality, so soon they
will rise up, surely the three big teams want to play in the Champions League and Europa League competitions next season.

[DU18]

Lyon - Marseille game was suspended after a player from OM was hurt by a bottle from Lyon fans. Obviously there will be sanctions, probably few games without spectators for Lyon... I don't know how many games suspended for the same reason in Ligue 1..
Meanwhile Pochettino is reportedly open for talks about managing ManU if they are interested!

In modern football today of course events that occur like the lyon and marseille matches are really quite embarrassing and if i'm not mistaken, incidents like that have happened several times in Ligue 1 matches, and mostly when marseille played like last august when marseille faced with Nice, I think what the lyon fans do will certainly get a pretty big sanction from the french football authorities, so it will have a negative impact on the club later.

Growing up I thought the English and the Germans are brutal in football matches, but I am convinced now that the French championship is gradually deteriorating through violence and racial hatred. I keep wondering what all this crap is about in the stadium. You look forward to a super top game, and then it will simply be ruined by such angry people. They don't actually notice that they are damaging their own club. I just can't understand what's going on in such heads.

The atmosphere of English football fans now may has been better than what happened in France and Germany in my opinion, although there have been some cases of racism in the Premier League but at least it didn't lead to clashes between fans in the stadium, and to be honest I saw what happened in the lyon and marseille matches was really very embarrassing for football and a group of supporters like that was not worthy of supporting a football club anywhere.

[bekti3]

Lyon - Marseille game was suspended after a player from OM was hurt by a bottle from Lyon fans. Obviously there will be sanctions, probably few games without spectators for Lyon... I don't know how many games suspended for the same reason in Ligue 1..

This is something that is quite disturbing and quite embarrassing for the fans because this is a very stupid act, I saw some news that the bottle thrower had been arrested by the authorities and Aulas had personally apologized to Payet for this embarrassing incident.
and this has added to the bad image of the supporters after some time ago supporters from Nice also invaded the field when their favorite team Nice met Marseille.

Due to the actions of the fans, currently the French Ligue 1 Operator (LFP) is carrying out an investigation into the incident, and reportedly the next lyon home match will be played without spectators, I think what happened in that match should be a lesson for other clubs in the french league to set strict rules for all fans who come to the stadium, of course the club must provide severe penalties for those caught starting a riot including banning them from entering the stadium forever.

it will definitely be like that, it is impossible for the LFP to be silent when something like this happens, and of course there will be strict sanctions both to the team and to the supporters who will indeed harm themselves.
on the other hand this is a pretty heavy blow for lyon especially with the current condition they are still stumbling in their game performance.
I think this is something that must be paid more attention to the fans and the team who really have to take firm action so that something like this doesn't happen again.

[LUCKMCFLY]

PSG made me really worried after Navas got a red card and their opponent Nantes scored the equalizer in around ten minutes. But they were still the PSG we know and they would still be able to destroy Nantes. And that was what they did after. Appiah's own goal came in only five minutes and Messi scored his first ever goal in the Ligue 1 six minutes after that. And this finished Nantes' hopes about getting a point here. Messi's goal was really delightful though.

I think the same as you, Messi's goal was something that fell very well, especially for Messi fans, since he had had a long day of the qualifying rounds and fortunately they are finally having a good moment, I think Messi as they I'm going to have more goals, the team will shoulder, I don't know if it's because of Mbappé that Messi respects and it's not like in Barcelona, but I think that the Lion is waking up and this is not pleasant for the teams in the League, If Messi uncovers himself like when he played for Barcelona, it will be quite a show.

[ShowOff]

I think the same as you, Messi's goal was something that fell very well, especially for Messi fans, since he had had a long day of the qualifying rounds and fortunately they are finally having a good moment, I think Messi as they I'm going to have more goals, the team will shoulder, I don't know if it's because of Mbappé that Messi respects and it's not like in Barcelona, but I think that the Lion is waking up and this is not pleasant for the teams in the League, If Messi uncovers himself like when he played for Barcelona, it will be quite a show.

PSG will face Manchester City in 30 minute from now where I believe Messi will be in the main line-up. Messi just scored his first goal for PSG in the match vs Nantes and that has turned a lot of boos against him into praise, and today he will be back on the pitch in better spirits. I hope he can also score in this match although at the same time I want Manchester City to win this match. I support Manchester City to win at least 2-1, but if it is a draw then it will be better for both team who both want to qualify for the next round.

[Pulsar77]

The next station for PSG is St Etienne. The leader is going to play against the second worst team in the league. St Etienne are not a bad team normally. But in this season, things have started going really wrong for them and they are still struggling as for gathering themselves up. They got only 2 wins in 14 games so far. This is really bad but they are lucky that they are very close to upper positions although we left 14 weeks behind. I'm afraid they will get another lose in this game. I don't think that they have any chance against PSG while they are this bad. And maybe Messi can continue to score in the league by this game also.

[fullhdpixel]

Monaco, Lyon and Lille started the season very badly, especially Lille as Ligue 1 champions the previous season, this season playing like a different team. I'm sure the three big teams will definitely rise from their adversity, they may still be looking for their best game. After all, there are still many rounds to be played by the three big teams, so there is still hope that they will return to the top 5. So for Ligue 1 the first position will likely belong to PSG until the end of the season, PSG's performance this season in Ligue 1 has been incredible, it's very difficult for other teams to catch up.

Lille sold players worth total of 70+ million euro according to transfer market, and 52 million euro payment all together, and instead they spent 13 million and got players worth under 30 million back. That 40 million difference could very well be the reason why they are doing so much worse. I mean look at Inter as well, they are not doing as badly but they were the winners of last year in Serie A and yet they are not at the top this year neither.

Pandemic season of last year caused a lot of "good" teams of last year to end up selling their players to cover the difference. Success usually brings money with it but last season was a bit different and teams made a loss so it is understandable why they are worse this year. If it was any other year they would put on top of what they did probably, still could fail but at least roster would be stronger, now even the roster is weaker.

[Shasha80]

Monaco, Lyon and Lille started the season very badly, especially Lille as Ligue 1 champions the previous season, this season playing like a different team. I'm sure the three big teams will definitely rise from their adversity, they may still be looking for their best game. After all, there are still many rounds to be played by the three big teams, so there is still hope that they will return to the top 5. So for Ligue 1 the first position will likely belong to PSG until the end of the season, PSG's performance this season in Ligue 1 has been incredible, it's very difficult for other teams to catch up.

Lille sold players worth total of 70+ million euro according to transfer market, and 52 million euro payment all together, and instead they spent 13 million and got players worth under 30 million back. That 40 million difference could very well be the reason why they are doing so much worse. I mean look at Inter as well, they are not doing as badly but they were the winners of last year in Serie A and yet they are not at the top this year neither.

Pandemic season of last year caused a lot of "good" teams of last year to end up selling their players to cover the difference. Success usually brings money with it but last season was a bit different and teams made a loss so it is understandable why they are worse this year. If it was any other year they would put on top of what they did probably, still could fail but at least roster would be stronger, now even the roster is weaker.

It makes sense what you say, the sale of several Lille players, such as Mike Maignan, Boubakary Soumare and Luiz Araujo. That's what has caused
Lille's performance this season to decline a lot,  this was indeed done by several teams to overcome the financial crisis due to the pandemic.
As said by Jose Fonte who is one of the Lille players, that Lille are tightening their budget, and cannot buy many players. Some of the Lille players
have even received a pay cut. With the internal problems that happened to Lille, it's no wonder it affects Lille's performance this season.
Unlike PSG, which brought in many high-paid players this season, so it's no surprise PSG are at the top right now.

[borovichok]

My Ligue 1 Weekend Correct -score Predictions.

Lens 1-2 Angers. Lille 2-1 Nantes
Nice 2-0 Metz. Saint Etienne 1-2 PSG
Bordeaux 2-0 Brest. Lorient 0-2 Rennes
Monaco 3-1 Strasbourg. Reims 0-0 Clermont foot
Montpellier 1-2 Lyon. Marseille 2-0  Troyes

[kro55]

My predictions for this weekend league 1 matches

Lens Vs Angers 1-2

This match between Lens vs. Angers is more likely to be a draw cause both teams are equal strength. It is sure Lens now does not want to go further back in the points table.
On the other hand, you know, Angers is not a weak team. I think Lens will try their best to win the match at any cost, But somehow if they can't win against them.
My prediction is that the match will be drawn at 1-1.

[KTChampions]

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Saint Etienne Vs PSG 1-2
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It can be assumed that despite the status of the playing clubs PSG will be losing 0-1 during the match, but will score a couple of goals at the very end of the match  If this pattern repeats itself, it will already be a complete mockery of PSG fans. But if Saint-Etienne comes out ahead in this match, then I will bet on PSG 100%.