French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Slow death]

It's true that PSG will dominate Ligue 1 in the next few seasons, because PSG's finances are much different from other teams in Ligue 1.

unfortunately this has been a big factor that has determined who will be the winners of the leagues, all big teams that have a lot of money become dominant in the leagues and the small teams that can't even afford to pay salaries of players they have, are teams that they only participate in the major leagues just because they want to stay in the major league, they have no goal of becoming champions

So PSG can freely sign the star players they want, because PSG are willing to spend a very large budget to buy and pay their players.

rich clubs have great advantages, many top players want to play in rich clubs because their salary would be higher and this also makes rich clubs become richer because tv channels, newspapers, are always putting news about rich clubs and your players

[Velvet78]

Nice - PSG game seems to be a good one this week. It is three days later and PSG are the closer team to win too. But I don't think that this is going to be an easy game for PSG also. Nice are a really annoying team for PSG this season so far. They played a game against each other two times and Nice one of them. The other one ended in a draw. PSG would like to end their bad luck here but I still have a feeling like Nice won't lose again. Nice made PSG big difficulties even in an away game and it is a home game this time. But we will see what happens as it depends on the performance of PSG's attacking line too.

[KTChampions]

Nice - PSG game seems to be a good one this week. It is three days later and PSG are the closer team to win too. But I don't think that this is going to be an easy game for PSG also. Nice are a really annoying team for PSG this season so far. They played a game against each other two times and Nice one of them. The other one ended in a draw. PSG would like to end their bad luck here but I still have a feeling like Nice won't lose again. Nice made PSG big difficulties even in an away game and it is a home game this time. But we will see what happens as it depends on the performance of PSG's attacking line too.

At the moment, bookmakers provide an opportunity to place bets with the following odds:
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4,30 - 4,10 - 1,78

In my opinion, there is no point in betting on PSG - the odds are too low. Nice have been doing quite well this season and PSG are unlikely to have much motivation to go all out ahead of the big game against Real Madrid. I think a fair odds here would be somewhere around 2.0.

[asus09]

Anyway, PSG have good prospects and PSG will probably be like Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga who won the title in 9 consecutive seasons and if this season they are successful again then it will be the 10th title in a row. PSG haven't achieved that yet, but with the very good development so far it is possible that PSG will achieve such an achievement. But if that happens then maybe we will say Ligue 1 will be boring because it is not competitive but yes, higher achievement we can see their progress in UCL.

Seeing the quality of the squad that PSG has today, I have no doubts that they will continue to dominate Ligue 1 for the next few seasons, so far there is no single club that might be a strong competitor for PSG in the league, indeed we has see if Lille wins the title last season but of course we may need another 10 seasons to see teams other than PSG return to be champions later, the bundesliga competition in my opinion is a bit tighter than Ligue 1, even though dortmund is not able to win but at least dortmund is able to make bayern munchen depressed with a small difference in points every season And it's different from Ligue 1, where PSG has been run alone so far so far from other teams .
although the league is still long and it looks like PSG have locked the Ligue 1 title from now on and it is not surprising that now PSG main target is the champions league trophy right now.

The beginning of PSG's rise began in 2010 when psg was taken over by Qatari investors, who then poured abundant funds, but they also did not immediately rise, they also needed two seasons, just to be able to lift the title, their first league title was in 2012-2013 , then they managed to get successive league titles, having a rich boss will definitely make the team better, they have mastered the domestic league, but they are still overwhelmed against tough teams from Europe, PSG are all studded with star players, but unfortunately so far haven't also brought home the champions league trophy, is it possible this season PSG can bring home the champions league trophy to their country???

[sana54210]

So PSG can freely sign the star players they want, because PSG are willing to spend a very large budget to buy and pay their players.

rich clubs have great advantages, many top players want to play in rich clubs because their salary would be higher and this also makes rich clubs become richer because tv channels, newspapers, are always putting news about rich clubs and your players

Rich clubs are one thing, but wealthy club owners are a whole another level. I mean PSG could offer as much as 50 million euro after Mbappe leaves, just to one player if they want to. I do not see any player that deserves that much money at this point, maybe Haaland because he is young and getting him for a lot of seasons would be a great investment.

Like getting him for 50 million a year, for 5 year contract, that is 250 million dollars, and within that 5 years, you could even sell him, or get achievements that would pay itself back. This is why all these players like teams like PSG, if you are Mbappe then you can get money anywhere, but if you are not at that level then you could play and earn more than you could anywhere else.

[rby]

Nice - PSG game seems to be a good one this week. It is three days later and PSG are the closer team to win too. But I don't think that this is going to be an easy game for PSG also. Nice are a really annoying team for PSG this season so far. They played a game against each other two times and Nice one of them. The other one ended in a draw. PSG would like to end their bad luck here but I still have a feeling like Nice won't lose again. Nice made PSG big difficulties even in an away game and it is a home game this time. But we will see what happens as it depends on the performance of PSG's attacking line too.

The match between Nice and psg is taking two dimensions because the two clubs are fighting for two different things. Where we can be correct that psg is no longer fighting for anything because they will win the French ligue-1. Nice in the other hand is  fighting to remain in the top four to be able to register in Champions league which they came last in 2016. This will mean that Nice will give their best in every match to atleast go home with a point.

[slaman29]

Sorry to comment about the cup game but I thought that maybe, maybe, Monaco might be able to do something special in that competition if not in Ligue 1 but it fooled me again I guess. All they needed to do was win, and they get a final appearance, and for sure with a great shout.

Nice-Nantes final instead we get, which isn't bad of course as Nantes hasn't been in this final for 22 years but really wanted Monaco to start getting a foot back into winning trophies.

[BuNga_cute]

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It's true that PSG will dominate Ligue 1 in the next few seasons, because PSG's finances are much different from other teams in Ligue 1.
So PSG can freely sign the star players they want, because PSG are willing to spend a very large budget to buy and pay their players.
Although the previous season Lille managed to win Ligue 1, I can say it's a coincidence and won't happen this season and the next few seasons.
Moreover, this season the difference in points between PSG and Marseille, who are in second place, is quite far. So it's almost certain that PSG
will win this season and it's no wonder that in the end PSG are more focused on aiming for the Champions League trophy. Because in
the Champions League competition PSG has many competitors who have good financial strength too, so PSG won't be easy to win the Champions
League trophy.

The fact that PSG is a rich team is the reason for them to easily dominate the league, because with the wealth they have today, of course no club will refuse to sell their star players at high prices to PSG, besides that there are actually many great teams  in Ligue 1 like monaco, lyon or marseille but every year they are not able to keep their star players and I think that's normal because the club's financial condition is not strong, maybe the only way to get a competitive league in france is to the adoption of PSG rival teams by Middle Eastern investors as happened to PSG before.

I agree it would be more interesting if there were some other teams in Ligue 1 that had rich investors, so the competition in Ligue 1 will be much
more interesting like the competition in the Premier League. It's true to be successful not only requires good financial strength, but how the club
manages money well. By bringing in the right players and coaches, don't be like Barcelona's poor management of finances, so they experienced
a financial crisis and had a negative impact on Barcelona's performance. For now, to be honest Ligue 1 looks boring, because PSG are too strong
for other teams. We'll see this week PSG will play against Nice, although Nice is in 3rd position, I predict PSG will beat Nice easily. Because Nice
have quality players that are far below the quality of PSG players, even some PSG reserve players in my opinion are better than Nice Main players.

[kro55]

Sorry to comment about the cup game but I thought that maybe, maybe, Monaco might be able to do something special in that competition if not in Ligue 1 but it fooled me again I guess. All they needed to do was win, and they get a final appearance, and for sure with a great shout.

Nice-Nantes final instead we get, which isn't bad of course as Nantes hasn't been in this final for 22 years but really wanted Monaco to start getting a foot back into winning trophies.

Well, I guess it was quite hard for them to 'just win'. Because it's really hard to come back from a two-goal deficit.
But they tried, I would say luck wasn't on their side.
And about the final, I think Nice is going to be the winner because they already beat FC Nantes twice pretty recently.
Or maybe there could be a twist in the tale. But I really think Nice will win.

[Roidz]

Nice - PSG game seems to be a good one this week. It is three days later and PSG are the closer team to win too. But I don't think that this is going to be an easy game for PSG also. Nice are a really annoying team for PSG this season so far. They played a game against each other two times and Nice one of them. The other one ended in a draw. PSG would like to end their bad luck here but I still have a feeling like Nice won't lose again. Nice made PSG big difficulties even in an away game and it is a home game this time. But we will see what happens as it depends on the performance of PSG's attacking line too.

The match between Nice and psg is taking two dimensions because the two clubs are fighting for two different things. Where we can be correct that psg is no longer fighting for anything because they will win the French ligue-1. Nice in the other hand is  fighting to remain in the top four to be able to register in Champions league which they came last in 2016. This will mean that Nice will give their best in every match to atleast go home with a point.

PSG are currently focusing their attention more on the champions league match, but that does not mean PSG will let Nice win easily in the match in the League 1  later, so far PSG are quite safe at the top of the standings and even they have a point difference that is impossible for other teams to catch, but even so I am a little doubtful that PSG will let Nice get points in this week match, especially in last match PSG also showed no mercy by destroying Etienne with a score of 3-1.
The head to head of both teams shows that Nice have not won against PSG in their previous 8 league matches, so I think it is very likely that PSG will get back 3 points in that match with a final score of 1-2.

[bekti3]

PSG are currently focusing their attention more on the champions league match, but that does not mean PSG will let Nice win easily in the match in the League 1  later, so far PSG are quite safe at the top of the standings and even they have a point difference that is impossible for other teams to catch, but even so I am a little doubtful that PSG will let Nice get points in this week match, especially in last match PSG also showed no mercy by destroying Etienne with a score of 3-1.
The head to head of both teams shows that Nice have not won against PSG in their previous 8 league matches, so I think it is very likely that PSG will get back 3 points in that match with a final score of 1-2.

In terms of quality the PSG players are much better and of course they will not mess with this match.
Now they will play at the Allianz Riviera but still PSG will be big favorites with the form they showed before and the quality of their players.
PSG's odds for this match are 1.85 and I'm quite happy with this chance and I will definitely be on PSG's side now.

[judas]

PSG are already in such a great condition in the league that even losing the Nice game wouldn't be a big problem for them. And as PSG are going to have their rematch in the Champions League only a few days after the Nice game, they might rotate the squad a little too. But I still expect them to have Messi and Mbappe playing for around 60 minutes or maybe a little more. Nice have been successful against PSG so far in this season. They didn't lose in the league and they eliminated PSG in the Coupe de France also. Maybe they could do the same Nantes did to PSG and get even a win here.

[Zilon]

Nice - PSG game seems to be a good one this week. It is three days later and PSG are the closer team to win too. But I don't think that this is going to be an easy game for PSG also. Nice are a really annoying team for PSG this season so far. They played a game against each other two times and Nice one of them. The other one ended in a draw. PSG would like to end their bad luck here but I still have a feeling like Nice won't lose again. Nice made PSG big difficulties even in an away game and it is a home game this time. But we will see what happens as it depends on the performance of PSG's attacking line too.

The match between Nice and psg is taking two dimensions because the two clubs are fighting for two different things. Where we can be correct that psg is no longer fighting for anything because they will win the French ligue-1. Nice in the other hand is  fighting to remain in the top four to be able to register in Champions league which they came last in 2016. This will mean that Nice will give their best in every match to atleast go home with a point.

PSG are currently focusing their attention more on the champions league match, but that does not mean PSG will let Nice win easily in the match in the League 1  later, so far PSG are quite safe at the top of the standings and even they have a point difference that is impossible for other teams to catch, but even so I am a little doubtful that PSG will let Nice get points in this week match, especially in last match PSG also showed no mercy by destroying Etienne with a score of 3-1.
The head to head of both teams shows that Nice have not won against PSG in their previous 8 league matches, so I think it is very likely that PSG will get back 3 points in that match with a final score of 1-2.

PSG vs Nice shouldn't be much of a distraction for PSG ahead of the championships league game with Real Maldrid. Nice should even be a much easier game considering the point difference between both teams. I hope to see an easy win on 5th and no excuse against Maldrid. With all the have the can secure both the league 1 and the championships league

[tygeade]

Well, I guess it was quite hard for them to 'just win'. Because it's really hard to come back from a two-goal deficit.
But they tried, I would say luck wasn't on their side.
And about the final, I think Nice is going to be the winner because they already beat FC Nantes twice pretty recently.
Or maybe there could be a twist in the tale. But I really think Nice will win.

Monaco is trying their best for having something good in this season, but their performance is unpredictable, and their luck is also not favoring them for having some better chance in this cup, so they drop two penalties and give Nantes a dream entry into final. Now they have two very tough tasks in their coming matches first against inform Marseille and second against Braga in Europa cup if they want to do something positive in this season then surely they need to do something special against these teams because if they fail to give better results then surely they are going to be in hot waters.

With very good form surely Nice is hot favorite for winning this cup but nothing is sure in these cup games and any team can give shocking result with Nantes is coming after very long time in this final, and they already beat PSG, so we can expect some good game from these two teams.

[arallmuus]

PSG are already in such a great condition in the league that even losing the Nice game wouldn't be a big problem for them. And as PSG are going to have their rematch in the Champions League only a few days after the Nice game, they might rotate the squad a little too. But I still expect them to have Messi and Mbappe playing for around 60 minutes or maybe a little more.

The fact that there isnt any team in Ligue 1 that could close the gap with PSG is what makes the league less interesting in some sense. It was expected that PSG will win the league but atleast some team should be able to get close to them but yeah it doesnt really matter if PSG lose a game or two at this point because they are far ahead then any other teams

[Pulsar77]

Marseille - Monaco is also a game that is attracting to me. It might be even more exciting than the Nice - PSG game I think. Marseille are going to be targeting to keep their second position in the standings by having a positive result here. And Monaco would like to put an end to their bad form and win finally. And a probable win might carry them to the position right behind Strasbourg. Marseille defeated them before in an away game by 2-0. And there is nothing holding them back from doing it twice. But I think that this game will end in a draw and both teams will be scoring.

[beerlover]

I do not think that Nice has any chance of getting even a draw. PSG is getting ready for champions league, and we all know how important that is for them. If they just leave their players out to get rested, that would be harder because they are not too tired anyway and players would lose match sharpness if they miss this game.

Maybe Messi would, since he is a bit older but Mbappe is healthy and young so he will play and even him alone makes all the difference. I believe that PSG doesn't really feel not favorites to win against any team. Nice could be third, and they could be doing well in the league but that is not against PSG, that's just too much of a difference.

[snipie]

French Cup final will be between Nice and Nantes, interesting, although I don't know how Nantes was able to made it this far! It is curious also to see them in front of Lille in the table when they survived relegation in the previous season.
This round PSG will face Nice with a very unbalanced odds imo. PSG one is correct tho @1.8 but Nice @4.1...they aren't that bad although last month wasn't their best but I believe they could be competitive for PSG.

[Juggy777]

I do not think that Nice has any chance of getting even a draw. PSG is getting ready for champions league, and we all know how important that is for them. If they just leave their players out to get rested, that would be harder because they are not too tired anyway and players would lose match sharpness if they miss this game.

Maybe Messi would, since he is a bit older but Mbappe is healthy and young so he will play and even him alone makes all the difference. I believe that PSG doesn't really feel not favorites to win against any team. Nice could be third, and they could be doing well in the league but that is not against PSG, that's just too much of a difference.

@beerlover normally a team is expected to rest all it’s key player’s before a big champions league game, and in this case PSG has a huge lead over other teams, hence I feel that they should rest their entire playing 11 to keep them fit and injury free to play against Real Madrid. Also Nice should try and attack right from the start, because PSG will be without most of it’s key player’s hence this is the best time to beat them and gain 3 valuable points.

[mrongoz_imut]

I do not think that Nice has any chance of getting even a draw. PSG is getting ready for champions league, and we all know how important that is for them. If they just leave their players out to get rested, that would be harder because they are not too tired anyway and players would lose match sharpness if they miss this game.

Maybe Messi would, since he is a bit older but Mbappe is healthy and young so he will play and even him alone makes all the difference. I believe that PSG doesn't really feel not favorites to win against any team. Nice could be third, and they could be doing well in the league but that is not against PSG, that's just too much of a difference.

@beerlover normally a team is expected to rest all it’s key player’s before a big champions league game, and in this case PSG has a huge lead over other teams, hence I feel that they should rest their entire playing 11 to keep them fit and injury free to play against Real Madrid. Also Nice should try and attack right from the start, because PSG will be without most of it’s key player’s hence this is the best time to beat them and gain 3 valuable points.

I think all eleven staring regular player for PSG will take rest against with Nice on this week because right now PSG as dominance team on Ligue 1 behind 15 points from Marseille, not worry although PSG have loss three points on this weekend but they need focus on important match against Real Madrid on second leg Champion league. Looks agree with all PSG player will on bench on this match because without any trouble maybe PSG have been 90% as Ligue 1 champion because left 15 points is hardest for Marseille how to make close with PSG.