French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[LUCKMCFLY]

PSG is not an exciting team to watch play football these days even with the A-list players in the squad, they really lack teamwork and there is no good connection between the players. Neymar is playing so terribly, Messi's performance is not top notch and mbappe is not efficient today. I don't know if to blame the the coach, because even with their extra man advantage, they are still not impressive. I'm not impressed by their performance.

The truth is I don't know how a team as strong as PSG has so many problems, in the first instance all or most of us thought that PSG would win practically all the games in the league and that there was no doubt of its supremacy, and that in reality it was leaving. to see the maximum potential in the UCL, but judging by the performance with Man City I think that the team still needs to understand its top gunners, both Neymar and Mbappé played for themselves, Messi gave them a game but they could not engage .

[poldanmig]

PSG are far ahead of all of their competitors in the Ligue 1 now. Their closest competitor seem like Rennes and even they are 12 points behind PSG. Having a this big point difference in only 15 matches is really fascinating and very valuable for PSG. Of course, Rennes or some other team can upset the balances at some point. But it seems to me like a far possibility truthfully.

With a large difference in points, of course it will be very impossible for other teams, even the team in second place to catch PSG, I think PSG will be able to celebrate the championship before this season competition is over, maybe they will be able lock the cup before 10 or 15 matches the end of the competition.

[laurenB7742]

PSG are far ahead of all of their competitors in the Ligue 1 now. Their closest competitor seem like Rennes and even they are 12 points behind PSG. Having a this big point difference in only 15 matches is really fascinating and very valuable for PSG. Of course, Rennes or some other team can upset the balances at some point. But it seems to me like a far possibility truthfully.

PSG will no longer have to worry about winning the League 1 title this season. They are already well ahead in the fight to win the title. Now they should form a stable squad in every match. And full attention given to the Champions League match. In the previous match we saw that Neymar was badly injured again. Important players should not be fielded against weaker teams now. They should be better trained for the Champions League match.

[OcTradism]

PSG will no longer have to worry about winning the League 1 title this season. They are already well ahead in the fight to win the title. Now they should form a stable squad in every match. And full attention given to the Champions League match. In the previous match we saw that Neymar was badly injured again. Important players should not be fielded against weaker teams now. They should be better trained for the Champions League match.

They want to win it again especially if we know they lost it in the last season. They don't want to repeat mistake, focusing too much in Champions League and lost Ligue 1 title.

In this season, so far they are moving ahead of other clubs in Ligue 1 with big point difference and with the player resource, I believe that they will grab the title very easily.

About Neymar, it seems this injury is bad but not too serious. It is very lucky for him because when I saw the injury in slow motion, I were fearful that Neymar can have something very bad for his career.

About Messi, he won the seventh Ballon Dor that is unbelievable. I read a funny joke that CR7 now will want to change his number, to CR5. Because 7 is reminding about the total Ballon Dor of Messi. It will be nightmare for Ronaldo. I don't know how such guys can come out with such creative idea but it is not bad.

[hahay]

PSG will play against Nice in tomorrow's match, Nice themselves still have to get full points even though it's difficult, because Marseille have the same points and also have one game to go. Obviously, Nice will be difficult to win at Parc des Princes but I'm sure Nice will still put up a tough fight for the home team and of course PSG will still not be able to win with clean sheets.

[KTChampions]

I have just checked a couple of bookmakers (I can only check local ones since I am at work and I need a VPN) and I see that PSG is top five contenders for winning the Champions League. Yes, PSG are in 5th place and are quoted quite low, but isn't that justified by their weak performance? They have great performance in the home championship (but we all know that doesn't mean anything) and modest in the Champions League. In my opinion, their assessment corresponds to their real chances.

Ah that must have changed then since I last checked. They were in top 5 pre-season, but were 6th favourite when I looked mid-way. It's not just group finishing I think, PSG should go far but I think they just can't see them even reaching a final. Maybe odds have shifted once more now, and that's perhaps because of post-international club performance.

Again, bookies odds correspond to pundit analyses but okay, even 5th place seems too low for a team with a chockful of talents... and Ramos fit again yeah?

Finally I'm home, so:

Manchester City FC 3.95
Bayern Munich      4.90
Liverpool             6.15
Paris Saint-Germain 6.85
Chelsea               6.95
Manchester United 16.20
Real Madrid          17.40
Ajax                   20.20
from https://stake.com/sports/outright/soccer/international-clubs/uefa-champions-league/41983969-uefa-champions-league-21-22

Pure fourth place and their quotes are even higher than Chelsea's (how?). In my opinion, these are adequate odds, except maybe Real Madrid's underestimation.
By the way, there is a possibility that after yesterday's 7th Ballon d'Or for Messi, a tense situation will arise in the team due to this obvious injustice and ambitions of Mbappe and Neymar. At least I hope so 

[buwaytress]

Manchester City FC 3.95
Bayern Munich      4.90
Liverpool             6.15
Paris Saint-Germain 6.85
Chelsea               6.95
Manchester United 16.20
Real Madrid          17.40
Ajax                   20.20

Pure fourth place and their quotes are even higher than Chelsea's (how?). In my opinion, these are adequate odds, except maybe Real Madrid's underestimation.
By the way, there is a possibility that after yesterday's 7th Ballon d'Or for Messi, a tense situation will arise in the team due to this obvious injustice and ambitions of Mbappe and Neymar. At least I hope so 

Don't ask me how Chelsea, the defending champions and EPL leaders, are below PSG. Don't remember early season but Ajax deserve better quotes and Real are Real... they love UCL and UCL love them.

And don't get me started on Messi. Love the guy but he must be embarrassed to be there on stage but as I said before, awards are popularity contests and this one's voted by journalists for a French awardee haha

[BITCOIN4X]

About Messi, he won the seventh Ballon Dor that is unbelievable. I read a funny joke that CR7 now will want to change his number, to CR5. Because 7 is reminding about the total Ballon Dor of Messi. It will be nightmare for Ronaldo. I don't know how such guys can come out with such creative idea but it is not bad.

LOL, so I think we will also hear that Messi will change his number to LM7 because he has won the trophy 7 times in his career. But, it was just a joke but surely he deserved it. Congratulations to Messi and the fans.

The truth is I don't know how a team as strong as PSG has so many problems, in the first instance all or most of us thought that PSG would win practically all the games in the league and that there was no doubt of its supremacy, and that in reality it was leaving. to see the maximum potential in the UCL, but judging by the performance with Man City I think that the team still needs to understand its top gunners, both Neymar and Mbappé played for themselves, Messi gave them a game but they could not engage .

In my opinion, PSG will most likely win the Ligue 1 title this season because they are very strong but maybe not for the Champions League. PSG still need to improve teamwork to win the Champions League title and so far it seems true that the teamwork is still not good. There is a lot of ego involved between these top players, they don't seem mature enough as a team although it seems Messi is no longer interested in individual achievements.

[Minor Miner]

The truth is I don't know how a team as strong as PSG has so many problems, in the first instance all or most of us thought that PSG would win practically all the games in the league and that there was no doubt of its supremacy, and that in reality it was leaving. to see the maximum potential in the UCL, but judging by the performance with Man City I think that the team still needs to understand its top gunners, both Neymar and Mbappé played for themselves, Messi gave them a game but they could not engage .

In my opinion, PSG will most likely win the Ligue 1 title this season because they are very strong but maybe not for the Champions League. PSG still need to improve teamwork to win the Champions League title and so far it seems true that the teamwork is still not good. There is a lot of ego involved between these top players, they don't seem mature enough as a team although it seems Messi is no longer interested in individual achievements.

PSG is the strongest team in Ligue 1. The other teams in Ligue 1 are much weaker than PSG. Moreover, in Ligue 1, PSG is now far ahead of the teams. However, the situation in the Champions League is completely different. Almost all teams in the Champions League have strong squads. To do well here requires a strong squad as well as good teamwork. Moreover, it is not possible to win against a strong team without good tactics. Despite PSG's strong squad, their tactics and teamwork are not good. They have to work harder.

[borovichok]

My predictions for the mid week games in the French league

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

[Luzin]

PSG vs Nice 3-2

The difference in points is quite far owned by PSG, they are comfortable in first place with 40 points. That's a 12-point gap with Rennes in 2nd place. Against Nice of course PSG's star squad will be superior, let alone Messi has a high motive because he just got the Ballon d'Or title for seven. Although many are opposed to it, but it looks like the title will remain with him.
Looking at the history of the dominance match still has PSG, their last five matches PSG have never lost. Maybe tomorrow they will also win, even though Neymar and seven other players is injured and will miss this match.  I think PSG will win 2-0.   

[justdimin]

I never understand why every year they have few teams in hot favourite list because these teams have very fewer chances to win title, but they are creating hype just for punters and this is their very popular strategy for many years like Manchester City, Bayern and PSG every year having spot in top 6 teams.

It is good for their business point of view but this year we are having some good teams with very good results like Ajax, Liverpool and Chelsea with outsider Real Madrid these all having very juicy odds for winning and these can do this year as well.

For PSG we all know having serious issues with many big names in team but still not doing as fans were expecting and surely this year these big three teams have very fewer chances for winning title.

I would say even with the current situation, I would put PSG at second right now. City is at first for me and PSG is at the second, with Bayern coming in at third but you could change PSG and bayern if you want to and it wouldn't be too much of a difference.

What I believe however is the fact that we could potentially have a situation where we could see something a lot more important in this case. Don't get me wrong the odds are very important as well, but we are going to see some tough matchups very early on because of so many teams being good which means we are going to have at least one team who had a good chance end up eliminated even before quarter finals. This does happen time to time but it is not very common. Which is why I believe that we should be looking out on the matchups, that is going to decide on so many things if we could let them.

[W Jr.]

Leader Paris SG, third place in the league, will play Nice. Paris SG, which has a 12-point gap with the second team Rennes, wants to increase this gap. League runner-up Rennes will play last year's champion Lille. Lille has started badly this year. They are currently ranked 13th in the league.

[S4VV4S]

PSG already have a very complete squad at this time after Sergio Ramos recovered from injury, only last week they had to lose Neymar who suffered a serious injury. But this week against Nice, who is in 3rd place, is not difficult for PSG and can win easily with a score of 2-0 or 3-0, especially since Messi who won the Ballon D'or this season makes PSG more confident against Nice.

[savetheFORUM]

PSG is the strongest team in Ligue 1. The other teams in Ligue 1 are much weaker than PSG. Moreover, in Ligue 1, PSG is now far ahead of the teams. However, the situation in the Champions League is completely different. Almost all teams in the Champions League have strong squads. To do well here requires a strong squad as well as good teamwork. Moreover, it is not possible to win against a strong team without good tactics. Despite PSG's strong squad, their tactics and teamwork are not good. They have to work harder.

Ligue 1 and Champions League both are completely different things in many ways, so if PSG is really strongest in Ligue 1 then it is not going to have any advantage in Champions League because currently we have some much better and quality teams in this competition which are the biggest threat for any team.

In Ligue 1 we have some big difference between quality and finances, so it is having big impact on many teams but still with limited things these teams having some good games and sometime good upsets but still it needs some better things for all teams if French Soccer Authorities want some better results in this league like we have in England and Italy because these teams having some good in finances which are not available here in this league.

[poldanmig]

PSG already have a very complete squad at this time after Sergio Ramos recovered from injury, only last week they had to lose Neymar who suffered a serious injury. But this week against Nice, who is in 3rd place, is not difficult for PSG and can win easily with a score of 2-0 or 3-0, especially since Messi who won the Ballon D'or this season makes PSG more confident against Nice.

In the last match of the two teams, PSG and Nice achieved very different results, Nice lost 0-1 against Metz, their making the still in third place in the standings, while PSG were able to win in their last match against Saint Etienne last week with a score of 3 -1 and ensure that PSG are getting further away from the team that is currently in second place, I think Nice is not a difficult opponent for PSG later, because the quality of the players that PSG has is far from that of Nice, I think the last match will end with 3-0 win for PSG.

[CLS63]

As far as I can see, the most important game of the night is PSG vs Nice. PSG are the leader in the standings now by 40 points now. And Nice are at the 3rd place by 26 points. There is a huge gap even between PSG and the team at the second place now. Neymar and Herrera are not expected to play for PSG. Messi and Paredes' conditions are also unknown for now due to stomach disorder. And Icardi's condition is also doubtful due to muscle injury. Having this many missing players could affect PSG in a bad way against Nice tonight. Nice are one of the teams on the rise this season and they would like to take advantage of this condition of PSG. But even with Mbappe, PSG are very strong. I feel like Nice will score first but PSG will turn the game around and win.

[Alanaz]

The truth is I don't know how a team as strong as PSG has so many problems, in the first instance all or most of us thought that PSG would win practically all the games in the league and that there was no doubt of its supremacy, and that in reality it was leaving. to see the maximum potential in the UCL, but judging by the performance with Man City I think that the team still needs to understand its top gunners, both Neymar and Mbappé played for themselves, Messi gave them a game but they could not engage .

In my opinion, PSG will most likely win the Ligue 1 title this season because they are very strong but maybe not for the Champions League. PSG still need to improve teamwork to win the Champions League title and so far it seems true that the teamwork is still not good. There is a lot of ego involved between these top players, they don't seem mature enough as a team although it seems Messi is no longer interested in individual achievements.

PSG is the strongest team in Ligue 1. The other teams in Ligue 1 are much weaker than PSG. Moreover, in Ligue 1, PSG is now far ahead of the teams. However, the situation in the Champions League is completely different. Almost all teams in the Champions League have strong squads. To do well here requires a strong squad as well as good teamwork. Moreover, it is not possible to win against a strong team without good tactics. Despite PSG's strong squad, their tactics and teamwork are not good. They have to work harder.

That is clear because the UCL is considered to be at a different level from the current leagues because the teams that compete in the UCL are the best teams in each league in all parts of Europe.
So it is not surprising when a team of PSG caliber who is so strong in Ligue 1 is very difficult and has to struggle in the UCL because the level of the team in the league is above average.

But maybe for now they are still safe because they are just waiting for the draw in the last 16 because it is certain that they will be in that phase no matter if they win or lose in the last match.

[jakdanyel]

There is a tough match that attracts my attention which is Angers - Monaco. Angers are only two points ahead of Monaco now. And when we compare their recent forms, they both are in a bad shape. Monaco couldn't win a match for four weeks. And Angers won only once in their last five matches. The most probable thing seems to be a draw by goals to me.

[KTChampions]

Manchester City FC 3.95
Bayern Munich      4.90
Liverpool             6.15
Paris Saint-Germain 6.85
Chelsea               6.95
Manchester United 16.20
Real Madrid          17.40
Ajax                   20.20

Pure fourth place and their quotes are even higher than Chelsea's (how?). In my opinion, these are adequate odds, except maybe Real Madrid's underestimation.
By the way, there is a possibility that after yesterday's 7th Ballon d'Or for Messi, a tense situation will arise in the team due to this obvious injustice and ambitions of Mbappe and Neymar. At least I hope so 

Don't ask me how Chelsea, the defending champions and EPL leaders, are below PSG. Don't remember early season but Ajax deserve better quotes and Real are Real... they love UCL and UCL love them.

And don't get me started on Messi. Love the guy but he must be embarrassed to be there on stage but as I said before, awards are popularity contests and this one's voted by journalists for a French awardee haha

Yes, the chances of such experienced cup fighters as Chelsea and Real look like clearly erroneous, it's a pity that the distance of the tournament is too great - I have no desire to freeze my money for such a period of time to get only a couple of tens of percent of the profit.
Today I'm expecting a repetition of the PSG pattern: an unsuccessful start and a hard victory in the last minutes, if it works out I'll bet, the opponent is pretty serious, so the odds will be good.