French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Ratash]

Interesting matches happened yesterday... In Spain, Barcelona destroyed Real Madrid away... Monaco left no chance for PSG at home... The leaders of the standings unexpectedly lost by a big score!  It's moments like this that make me think of manipulated games... But it's probably just coincidences! But still, such a big defeat for PSG from Monaco hasn't happened for a long time...

These two games were a shock even if the score will not have an impact on the standings since both real madrid and psg are on a comfortable situation on top of the table but such games need to be competitive a 4 0 score like yesterday's will make the game boring i think psg and real madrid players are to blame since they are taking it easy because of the comfort.

[W Jr.]

Now they have no reason not to field the best squad because at this time they can be said to have nothing to expect from other competitions and only Ligue 1 remains.
Maybe this will be the difference in this match, in my opinion, even though they can't be overtaken by anyone, but it's clear they won't be wasting points in this league continuation.

Although PSG had a strong squad, their performance did not satisfy us. They also lose points against weaker teams. Winning against Monaco will not be easy for PSG. This is Monaco's home match. I would say this match is most likely to be a draw. Messi has not yet adapted to the team. The coach has failed in his duty properly. PSG will win if Mbappe can play well.

It seems that public discontent with PSG is increasing now
What kind of match is this, they didn't move at all against Monaco with a squad like this.
They are too happy to play the ball and focus on attack so they forget the defense that can be used well by Monaco.
I'm very disappointed with their current performance even though they are not too affected in the points but still it's quite disappointing

I couldn't understand the defeat of Paris SG against Monaco. They suffered an unexpected defeat. This defeat didn't matter as the gap to the second Marseille was huge, but I can't say that the fans liked it. Marseille beat Nice 2-1. They got 3 points from an important team. I want to congratulate Marseille.

[blackened515]

Interesting matches happened yesterday... In Spain, Barcelona destroyed Real Madrid away... Monaco left no chance for PSG at home... The leaders of the standings unexpectedly lost by a big score!  It's moments like this that make me think of manipulated games... But it's probably just coincidences! But still, such a big defeat for PSG from Monaco hasn't happened for a long time...

These two games were a shock even if the score will not have an impact on the standings since both real madrid and psg are on a comfortable situation on top of the table but such games need to be competitive a 4 0 score like yesterday's will make the game boring i think psg and real madrid players are to blame since they are taking it easy because of the comfort.

PSG and Real Madrid underestimated their opposite. They thought they are more stronger, and can possibly crash any team. But, to our greatest surprise, they both got defeated yesterday. The Monaco match was probably very interesting. While, Barcelona really deserve the winning, because they tried in the game, Real Madrid defense was terrible. However, them been in a comfortable place on the standings, doesn't means they shouldn't take their matches serious, it will probably lead to them dropping more points.

[Doell]

Interesting matches happened yesterday... In Spain, Barcelona destroyed Real Madrid away... Monaco left no chance for PSG at home... The leaders of the standings unexpectedly lost by a big score!  It's moments like this that make me think of manipulated games... But it's probably just coincidences! But still, such a big defeat for PSG from Monaco hasn't happened for a long time...

Monaco first goal was a beautiful goal, the second goal I see PSG who gave the room or Donnarumma in her worst appearance, the third goal was a penalty through fouls in the forbidden box. I think the same as you this games being manipulated, PSG gave Monaco a lot of chances and PSG didn't take the game seriously. As if they didn't care about the points they could take.

[el kaka22]

I do not think that PSG cares about losing that game as much as you guys think they do. I mean don't get me wrong they probably do care about losing, but not as much as you guys think they do, they probably just didn't even want to fight for this game. At the end of the day, why should it matter that they lost? They managed to get the league already, anyone thinks that they would lose this year?

Of course not, they will win the league, and all the other chances are gone already anyway, so they just didn't care. Mbappe is already gone in his mind, Neymar probably is dreading next off-season and considers what PSG will do, Messi hasn't been here for a long time.

[Velvet78]

Marseille - Nice game was really important for the second position. And I hoped Marseille to win it by a close gap. It was exactly what happened as Marseille defeated Nice by 2-1 in this home game. Now they are three points ahead of Nice in the standings. And Rennes took advantage of their clash too and destroyed Metz by 6-1. And they have taken the third position from Nice too now. It was a really bad week for Nice but I expect this rivalry to go on till the last weeks of the season.

[doomloop]

PSG and Real Madrid underestimated their opposite. They thought they are more stronger, and can possibly crash any team. But, to our greatest surprise, they both got defeated yesterday. The Monaco match was probably very interesting. While, Barcelona really deserve the winning, because they tried in the game, Real Madrid defense was terrible. However, them been in a comfortable place on the standings, doesn't means they shouldn't take their matches serious, it will probably lead to them dropping more points.

Maybe you are right but still many peoples now have doubts about things like this and things like this happened mostly on Sundays because we have too many matches around European Leagues and peoples have no enough time for think about these results, so they manipulate results for their own sack because we all know A Billion Of USD involved in betting so just one or two results like these have very big impact on punters and their money mostly we have punters those love to play on favorites, so these hurt them very badly just for an example I read nearly 15 to 20 peoples on this forum lost their dozens of bets singles and multi just because of these two matches even it's a very small case, and we can have millions around the globe, so I am also agreed here we can say these results were manipulated.

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When the PSG lost many games,but it was not an end.Every team had a soft and hard part.In a same manner,every team had a weaker and stronger part.When the Monaco had a good match,the opponent had loss the game.I had congrats the Monaco team.PSG should concentrate on the new games.Or else they will lose the following game.The defeat are the lesson to them.

That's the problem of PSG, the defeat isn't a lesson for them! They are playing in a league where basically all teams are way under them in terms of performance, players quality, staff and budget... Imagine playing with a bunch of stars in EPL, they will not pass ManU actual position when performing like that.
This criticism is a blame for PSG as a whole. They should build a real team that could guarantee champions league, there is unfortunate some players that aren't improving, other useless for the squad, just bring a young one to substitute Mbappe at least or else they will be in trouble for real next year, they are still counting on him staying with them

[AndySt]

Interesting matches happened yesterday... In Spain, Barcelona destroyed Real Madrid away... Monaco left no chance for PSG at home... The leaders of the standings unexpectedly lost by a big score!   It's moments like this that make me think of manipulated games... But it's probably just coincidences! But still, such a big defeat for PSG from Monaco hasn't happened for a long time...

These two games were a shock even if the score will not have an impact on the standings since both real madrid and psg are on a comfortable situation on top of the table but such games need to be competitive a 4 0 score like yesterday's will make the game boring i think psg and real madrid players are to blame since they are taking it easy because of the comfort.

It's not that Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid are overly relaxed because of the comfortable situation in the table, but rather that they cannot always extract from themselves all the forces that their competitors can extract from themselves. I don't think Real Madrid and especially Paris Saint-Germain will miss out on their titles, which is exactly what would happen if these clubs really relaxed too much. By the way, such inability to pull super-strength at the right moment is one of the main reasons for failures in the Champions League, which are repeated with regular frequency.

[mrongoz_imut]

Marseille - Nice game was really important for the second position. And I hoped Marseille to win it by a close gap. It was exactly what happened as Marseille defeated Nice by 2-1 in this home game. Now they are three points ahead of Nice in the standings. And Rennes took advantage of their clash too and destroyed Metz by 6-1. And they have taken the third position from Nice too now. It was a really bad week for Nice but I expect this rivalry to go on till the last weeks of the season.

Important match between Marseille vs Nice last week but not lucky for Nice and give chance for Marseille back to second position standing place, Nice have drop to 4th standing place after defeating by Marseille and have working have how to set champion league spot by finish on 3rd as champion league play off qualifier and actually finish on 2nd position automatically have slot on champion league without play off way. I think still have chance between Nice and Renner left 2 points and 3 points behind Marseille, just take all match left with 3 points if want to get standing applause from fans qualifying to champion league.

[Minecache]

Interesting matches happened yesterday... In Spain, Barcelona destroyed Real Madrid away... Monaco left no chance for PSG at home... The leaders of the standings unexpectedly lost by a big score!   It's moments like this that make me think of manipulated games... But it's probably just coincidences! But still, such a big defeat for PSG from Monaco hasn't happened for a long time...

These two games were a shock even if the score will not have an impact on the standings since both real madrid and psg are on a comfortable situation on top of the table but such games need to be competitive a 4 0 score like yesterday's will make the game boring i think psg and real madrid players are to blame since they are taking it easy because of the comfort.

It's not that Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid are overly relaxed because of the comfortable situation in the table, but rather that they cannot always extract from themselves all the forces that their competitors can extract from themselves. I don't think Real Madrid and especially Paris Saint-Germain will miss out on their titles, which is exactly what would happen if these clubs really relaxed too much. By the way, such inability to pull super-strength at the right moment is one of the main reasons for failures in the Champions League, which are repeated with regular frequency.

No one expected this type of performance after the champions League match from both teams. Both of these matches are upsets and for Real Madrid, I think we could make an argument that the players are a little aged and they get tired within a short period of playtime.

But what is the argument for PSG I wonder! And it's not like they lost by a small margin. They lost by 3 and 4 goals. Obviously, both of the teams are going to win the league title but these matches can certainly show their weakness.

[onetwostep]

Rennes have been doing great in the last few weeks, they hadn't lost points for a long time anyway. Their win this week was incredible. Their opponent was not strong, but they played as if they were in a training match, they tried 21 shots and managed to score 6 goals. Guirassy made hattrick
If they continue with this performance, they will finish second this year

[hahay]

Rennes have been doing great in the last few weeks, they hadn't lost points for a long time anyway. Their win this week was incredible. Their opponent was not strong, but they played as if they were in a training match, they tried 21 shots and managed to score 6 goals. Guirassy made hattrick
If they continue with this performance, they will finish second this year

Great, it's a perfect winning streak if I look at the last five matches and only Rennes has that record at the moment. In the next match Rennes will play against Nice and also, before the end of the season in mid-May Rennes will play against Marseille who are both competitors currently in the standings. Even in their first match of the season Rennes lost by Nice and also Marseille, but with his current performance that looks good I'm still curious if in the next match Rennes still has the same morale against Nice. Because only by winning the match at least the position will be safer, before finally against Marseille which might be the decider for their final position in the season.

[alpamar99]

It seems that public discontent with PSG is increasing now
What kind of match is this, they didn't move at all against Monaco with a squad like this.
They are too happy to play the ball and focus on attack so they forget the defense that can be used well by Monaco.
I'm very disappointed with their current performance even though they are not too affected in the points but still it's quite disappointing

After losing and being eliminated from the champions league I think PSG will vent their anger in the remaining Ligue 1 matches this season, but when you see the match against Monaco, it seems that the confidence or mentality of the PSG players are still very low due to the defeat they got to Madrid, even though PSG looks quite dominant at home to monaco but they started the game quite badly and even by playing like that it was lucky for PSG not to concede many goals, indeed with this defeat PSG position is still very safe at the top but it looks like PSG fans are now starting to continue to boo their players himself who continues to look bad and doesn't seem to have a winning mentality.

If I'm not mistaken, their motivation was slightly reduced in that match, so they didn't play with All Out there. Moreover, their strategy was so monotonous which made their game scheme easy for opponents to read.
Apart from the players who were there with the star label, I don't think this has any effect if they continue like this, then it is very easy to be arrested even though the individual player's play is quite good

[KTChampions]

Today I read criticism of Neymar in the news (it seems from one of the former players, I don’t remember exactly) - he says that Neymar is very tired of PSG and football, he often appears at training slightly drunk (lol). I wonder if this is "preparing the ground" in order to sell Neymar, or a simple statement of the terrible state of affairs at the club?

[laurenB7742]

Today I read criticism of Neymar in the news (it seems from one of the former players, I don’t remember exactly) - he says that Neymar is very tired of PSG and football, he often appears at training slightly drunk (lol). I wonder if this is "preparing the ground" in order to sell Neymar, or a simple statement of the terrible state of affairs at the club?

Neymar will miss half of the season due to injury. PSG provide high wages to Neymar. If a player like Neymar is not with the squad before the crucial match, then the opponent's morale becomes stronger. It is very risky to have such an injured player in the team. So I think PSG's decision to sell Neymar is the right one.

[Maidak]

Today I read criticism of Neymar in the news (it seems from one of the former players, I don’t remember exactly) - he says that Neymar is very tired of PSG and football, he often appears at training slightly drunk (lol). I wonder if this is "preparing the ground" in order to sell Neymar, or a simple statement of the terrible state of affairs at the club?

Neymar will miss half of the season due to injury. PSG provide high wages to Neymar. If a player like Neymar is not with the squad before the crucial match, then the opponent's morale becomes stronger. It is very risky to have such an injured player in the team. So I think PSG's decision to sell Neymar is the right one.

If you look at this from PSG’s point of view I think it is quite understandable. no one wants a player in their team who is taking really higher amount of salary but not giving anything in return.

Bro, I am not saying Neymar is not giving anything to the team but most of the time he is injured and that is certainly taking a toll on the economy of the club.

But the club obviously cannot say that the current situation is just because of Neymar. the current situation is created by the club itself in my opinion. to manage great players the club needed a great coach.

[mia_houston]

Today I read criticism of Neymar in the news (it seems from one of the former players, I don’t remember exactly) - he says that Neymar is very tired of PSG and football, he often appears at training slightly drunk (lol). I wonder if this is "preparing the ground" in order to sell Neymar, or a simple statement of the terrible state of affairs at the club?

Neymar will miss half of the season due to injury. PSG provide high wages to Neymar. If a player like Neymar is not with the squad before the crucial match, then the opponent's morale becomes stronger. It is very risky to have such an injured player in the team. So I think PSG's decision to sell Neymar is the right one.

Neymar injury has made him miss a lot this season and I think it is very natural that many people are disappointed in Neymar right now, but it is unethical for them to conclude that Neymar is the cause of PSG current decline, especially in the Champions League, I think Neymar has given everything and doing his best for PSG so far, but as a footballer of course he will experience a decline in performance due to injury and also the age factor so I think it's normal if Neymar doesn't play like when he was first recruited by PSG, the defeat of a team must absolutely be borne all players and not the other way around must pass the blame on the individual.

[wiss19]

Rennes have been doing great in the last few weeks, they hadn't lost points for a long time anyway. Their win this week was incredible. Their opponent was not strong, but they played as if they were in a training match, they tried 21 shots and managed to score 6 goals. Guirassy made hattrick
If they continue with this performance, they will finish second this year

Great, it's a perfect winning streak if I look at the last five matches and only Rennes has that record at the moment. In the next match Rennes will play against Nice and also, before the end of the season in mid-May Rennes will play against Marseille who are both competitors currently in the standings. Even in their first match of the season Rennes lost by Nice and also Marseille, but with his current performance that looks good I'm still curious if in the next match Rennes still has the same morale against Nice. Because only by winning the match at least the position will be safer, before finally against Marseille which might be the decider for their final position in the season.

With the current form most chances they will stay here until end of this season because they are only with 15 points from last five matches, and amazingly they have done twenty goals which is surely great work from them with this sudden aggressive approach before end of the season is going to help them for having their Champions League slot for next season even it's all premature as we have some good number of matches, but current form is very good, and now they are going to face Nice in next match after break which is also good but recently their form have some decline which is surely not good just before end of the season.

Lille is also another team which is trying their best for having some better slot but for me now it's very late for them as they have terrible season after winning last year.

[judas]

I believe that Marseille - Nice was the most competitive game of the week. And it was important too as the winner was going to finish the week at the second position in the standings. I say "winner" because Rennes destroyed Metz and took the second position from Marseille before this game. Marseille didn't have any other choice rather than defeating Nice. And they made it by a 2-1 result here. Marseille were already favoured to win this game. And I think they will finish the season at this position too. But Rennes have joined this race also and it is going to be fun to watch.