French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Wawa2013]

Strasbourg were the most disadvantageous team of last week. Because they couldn't keep their existence in top five. Monaco and Rennes won and increased the gap with Strasbourg to five points. And Nice also defeated Bordeaux by 1-0 today and this was very helpful for them to take the fifth position in the league standings. Strasbourg will have a more difficult work to do from now on. We have only three weeks left in the Ligue 1 and Strasbourg will need to work very hard to push themselves inside top five again. If this great season ends up badly, it would be really disappointing for them.

Strasbourg was unlucky to have to face PSG, which is the strongest team in Ligue 1, so they struggled to win. Even the draw obtained by Strasbourg is
a good achievement, considering their opponent is PSG, so they do not experience defeat is already something that must be appreciated. Despite
Strasbourg's current position outside the top 5, but Strasbourg still has a chance to enter the top 5, if we see there are still 3 matches remaining.

Moreover, the difference in points between Strasbourg and Nice which is in 5th position is only a difference of 3 points, therefore the chances of
Strasbourg being in the top 5 are still quite open. Most importantly Strasbourg are trying to win the remaining 3 matches, but unfortunately out of
the 3 teams that Strasbourg will face, there is Marseille who is in second place now to be defeated by Strasbourg. It was a tough match to win
to be honest, but it must be remembered that Strasbourg had managed to draw against PSG who were much stronger than Marseille, so there should
still be hope for Strasbourg to beat Marseille. Most importantly Strasbourg put out the best in the remaining 3 games, then the desired target
will be achieved.

[lulumiya]

There were no surprises this week except the Marseille - Lyon game. Because for this game, Lyon somehow managed to literally destroy Marseille by 3-0. I have no idea about how it happened as both had similar efforts actually. It was an unlucky day for Marseille that's for sure. This loss cost the gap with their nearest opponents to be closed a little more. This is just giving a new hope to Rennes and Monaco now. The team at the second spot qualify for the Champions League groups directly in the end.

[Smack That Ace]

If Nice win against Bordeaux then they will jumped to 5th position under Monaco and on the paper Nice was favourite because Bordeaux records this season was very bad and they are as the worst defense team in France league even often to Bordeaux lose with big score such as their recent match that they were conceded 5 goals against Nantes so hopefully Nice will playing well and win the match

Nice did win in the last match against Bordeaux [1-0] and they are in the fifth position right now. I am not going to say that the match was really convincing for anything but they did the job and that's what matters.
And to be honest, everyone expected Nice to win that match because they were facing a team that is in the relegation zone and It really seems like they are not going to get out of the relegation zone this season.


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Duke

[blackened515]

Lyon won against Marseille. The game was quite an impressive win for the away team. it's one of the worst defeat so far this season for Marseille, they hardly lose at home. Although, Marseille dominated the game full time but has a terrible defense. Lyon didn't come to dominate the game against Marseille, rather they applied a defensive and attacking game against the home team. Perhaps Marseille are still maintaining the second place on the league table. Marseille are sitting on safer side of the table despite losing. While Lyon are still struggling to meet up 5th position on the table.

[Sirait]

Lyon won against Marseille. The game was quite an impressive win for the away team. it's one of the worst defeat so far this season for Marseille, they hardly lose at home. Although, Marseille dominated the game full time but has a terrible defense. Lyon didn't come to dominate the game against Marseille, rather they applied a defensive and attacking game against the home team. Perhaps Marseille are still maintaining the second place on the league table. Marseille are sitting on safer side of the table despite losing. While Lyon are still struggling to meet up 5th position on the table.

That's right, the 3-0 loss to Lyon yesterday was a big blow for the fans and also for the gamblers. even though I bet with a small capital but I feel like I bet without analysis even though there are many prediction sites that predict that marseille will win easily against lyon at home. the difference in points between rennes and marseille is getting smaller, the chances of rennes taking second place until the season ends are getting bigger.

[rby]

Atlanta ended it with Salernitana this night with 1 goal draw. Atlanta impressed me this season and they played beautiful football and scored good goals but I am not much impressed that they could not make europa league stage.
Roma and Lazio are already balanced at the europa spot with 59 points each against Fiorentina and Atlanta at 56 each and below them.
Nevertheless, one match mistake could change every single arrangement in the Italian table as it stands.

[darewaller]

If Nice win against Bordeaux then they will jumped to 5th position under Monaco and on the paper Nice was favourite because Bordeaux records this season was very bad and they are as the worst defense team in France league even often to Bordeaux lose with big score such as their recent match that they were conceded 5 goals against Nantes so hopefully Nice will playing well and win the match

Nice did win in the last match against Bordeaux [1-0] and they are in the fifth position right now. I am not going to say that the match was really convincing for anything but they did the job and that's what matters.
And to be honest, everyone expected Nice to win that match because they were facing a team that is in the relegation zone and It really seems like they are not going to get out of the relegation zone this season.

As long as you win the game, there is nothing that you should be worried about. The real worry is that they have a few good players that look to be promising and with the way they are playing, those players will want to get out, and even if they could convince bigger clubs to pay a good sum for them, they are not going to be able to build a team with that money that would be at least this good, probably will be worse because convincing great players to come to Nice wouldn't be easy.

All in all I see this as a temporary year and I fear that they will do a lot worse in the upcoming periods, which would be difficult but not permanent, they need to get better.

[mrongoz_imut]

Marseille 0-3 Lyon

A shocking results from Marseille tonight who lost at home to Lyon with solid 3 unreplied goals. The win keeps Lyon in contention for europa league football with 3 games to spare. Can Lyon overturn a 5 point gap ? Will Marseille goof in the race for champions league football next season ?

Very shocking result with Marseille defeated 0-3 by Lyon and right now their second position standing not safety remaining 3 points with Rennes on 3 match left, I think Marseille will be strongest when playing home but actually most shocking result defeating by Lyon as close chance for finish on top standing. Three match left most difficult for Marseille because begin Lorient and I think have chance with 3 points but next two match can Marseille defeat Rennes and Strasbourg are team have chance can finish on champion league spot this season.

[Bloodseekers]

Marseille 0-3 Lyon

A shocking results from Marseille tonight who lost at home to Lyon with solid 3 unreplied goals. The win keeps Lyon in contention for europa league football with 3 games to spare. Can Lyon overturn a 5 point gap ? Will Marseille goof in the race for champions league football next season ?

Very shocking result with Marseille defeated 0-3 by Lyon and right now their second position standing not safety remaining 3 points with Rennes on 3 match left, I think Marseille will be strongest when playing home but actually most shocking result defeating by Lyon as close chance for finish on top standing. Three match left most difficult for Marseille because begin Lorient and I think have chance with 3 points but next two match can Marseille defeat Rennes and Strasbourg are team have chance can finish on champion league spot this season.

This is a result that is beyond the predictions of many people, but because it makes the competition for UCL tickets next season even more fierce, from the remaining 3 matches this season there are 4 teams that have the opportunity to enter the top 3 positions to get a slot to the Champions League next season.

[Razmirraz]

Marseille 0-3 Lyon

A shocking results from Marseille tonight who lost at home to Lyon with solid 3 unreplied goals. The win keeps Lyon in contention for europa league football with 3 games to spare. Can Lyon overturn a 5 point gap ? Will Marseille goof in the race for champions league football next season ?

Interesting enough to answer your question.

Of course, with a record that Lyon must win the remaining 3 matches, Strasbourg has lost at least once.

No, Marseille will not make the same mistake again as it did with Lyon. Marseille must keep their chances of finishing as Runner Up by winning all remaining matches. I think Marseille will do it.

[Fakhrulenclix]

Marseille 0-3 Lyon

A shocking results from Marseille tonight who lost at home to Lyon with solid 3 unreplied goals. The win keeps Lyon in contention for europa league football with 3 games to spare. Can Lyon overturn a 5 point gap ? Will Marseille goof in the race for champions league football next season ?

Interesting enough to answer your question.

Of course, with a record that Lyon must win the remaining 3 matches, Strasbourg has lost at least once.

No, Marseille will not make the same mistake again as it did with Lyon. Marseille must keep their chances of finishing as Runner Up by winning all remaining matches. I think Marseille will do it.

in the remaining 3 matches with a difference of 5 points I think it is almost impossible for Lyon to replace OGC Nice in 5th place to get a ticket to the Europa League.
With Marseille's defeat, there was a tight competition for positions 2 to 4 to get a ticket to the UCL next season, there were 4 teams that were only 3 points apart and so everything was still possible, and Marseille was very insecure in position 2 in the standings for at the moment.

[Distraction]

Marseille's remaining matches all are very difficult ones I think. These are against Lorient (away), Rennes (away) and Strasbourg (home). Lorient are making an effort not to relegate from the Ligue 1 currently. And we already know how strong Rennes and Strasbourg are now. Rennes are trying to take the second position from Marseille and the current gap is only three points. And Strasbourg are trying to win the position they lost back at least. Therefore, Marseille will need to show a good performance against all of them to have good results.

[Lordhermes]

Lyon won Marseille 3 goals to nil. The game was full of surprisely goals from Lyon in the second half. Although the first half ended in a goal-less draw for the two sides. When the second half started, Marseille made fallible mistakes which the away team really took good advantage of it. Moussa Dembele remarkable assist to lukeba was quite impressive and he was the only threat to Marseille, he recorded an assist and a goal in the match. Marseille conceded 3 goals in the second half due to their poor defense. Although they have already secure their place in the champions league for next season while Lyon are struggling to slide in the 5th position inother to qualify for europa League next season. The side that deserve the win was Lyon and they got.

[herurist]

Marseille's remaining matches all are very difficult ones I think. These are against Lorient (away), Rennes (away) and Strasbourg (home). Lorient are making an effort not to relegate from the Ligue 1 currently. And we already know how strong Rennes and Strasbourg are now. Rennes are trying to take the second position from Marseille and the current gap is only three points. And Strasbourg are trying to win the position they lost back at least. Therefore, Marseille will need to show a good performance against all of them to have good results.

For Lorient maybe this will be a little easy for them but it's a different story when they face Rennes and Starsbourgh even though Starsbourgh is currently still having a bit of difficulty in maintaining performance, but they are still quite scary dark horses this season, not to mention Rennes who still has a chance to win. accompany PSG in the Champions League next season.
but this can also be key if Marseille can win then there is no hope for Rennes to compete with Marseille.

[KTChampions]

Marseille's remaining matches all are very difficult ones I think. These are against Lorient (away), Rennes (away) and Strasbourg (home). Lorient are making an effort not to relegate from the Ligue 1 currently. And we already know how strong Rennes and Strasbourg are now. Rennes are trying to take the second position from Marseille and the current gap is only three points. And Strasbourg are trying to win the position they lost back at least. Therefore, Marseille will need to show a good performance against all of them to have good results.

I think that Rennes is absolutely indifferent to the second place, but it wants to keep its third place and get into the Champions League, which will be quite difficult to do since two clubs Monaco and Nice are waiting for its mistakes. A similar situation with Strasbourg - now they are in the euro cup zone, but if they make at least one mistake, then Lyon and Lance will be happy to overtake it.

[Reosta_]

Marseille really have difficult matches ahead of them in the rest of the season. And Rennes seem to be the most serious opponent for them. Because they are only three points away in the standings at the moment. And playing a home match is going to be a big advantage for Rennes too. But when it comes to my opinion, I still expect to see Marseille finishing the season at the second position anyway. But it might be by a really close point difference I think. Finishing the season there is important for these teams as they are going to be in the CL groups then.

[Shasha80]

Marseille really have difficult matches ahead of them in the rest of the season. And Rennes seem to be the most serious opponent for them. Because they are only three points away in the standings at the moment. And playing a home match is going to be a big advantage for Rennes too. But when it comes to my opinion, I still expect to see Marseille finishing the season at the second position anyway. But it might be by a really close point difference I think. Finishing the season there is important for these teams as they are going to be in the CL groups then.

Marseille's defeat when faced with Lyon was very detrimental to them, because with this defeat it gave Rennes and Monaco an opportunity to get
closer to Marseille's points. Now the difference between Marseille's points with Rennes and Monaco is only 3 points. So if Marseille lose points again,
it is not impossible that Marseille will be replaced by Rennes or Monaco. If that happens it will be quite painful for Marseille, because if Marseille fail
to hold on to their position, Marseille's opportunity to play in the Champions League next season was lost. So Marseille must be able to win the remaining
3 games to ensure they can be in second place until the end of the season. But it will not be easy, because Marseille will still face Rennes who is
one of Marseille's strongest competitors.

[Roidz]

Marseille really have difficult matches ahead of them in the rest of the season. And Rennes seem to be the most serious opponent for them. Because they are only three points away in the standings at the moment. And playing a home match is going to be a big advantage for Rennes too. But when it comes to my opinion, I still expect to see Marseille finishing the season at the second position anyway. But it might be by a really close point difference I think. Finishing the season there is important for these teams as they are going to be in the CL groups then.

After PSG managed to celebrate their championship trophy a few days ago, now the competition in Ligue 1 is only focused on fighting for the champions league zone ticket next season, marseille who is in second place has squandered the opportunity to secure a champions league ticket in last week match, although still are in 2nd place but their position is starting to be threatened by rennes, monaco and nice at this time especially by rennes, rennes who might want to be safe of course will try their best to get second position, so that way they don't have to take part in the preliminary round of the champions league to determine their fate next season.

[dezoel]

I honestly do not think that it is as shocking as people claim the game to be. Yes we usually wait a much better result from Marseille when they are a lower level team but at the end o the day this is Lyon, the team that won it like maybe 10 times in a row or something, sure nowhere near that level anymore but it is something to behold and it is an important situation to be in for sure.

This just means that we have seen Marseille not caring anymore, they will most likely finish at the second position anyway and they do not have anything to care about anymore. Maybe they may drop to third but that is unlikely so we will see them not care too much.

[mrongoz_imut]

Marseille really have difficult matches ahead of them in the rest of the season. And Rennes seem to be the most serious opponent for them. Because they are only three points away in the standings at the moment. And playing a home match is going to be a big advantage for Rennes too. But when it comes to my opinion, I still expect to see Marseille finishing the season at the second position anyway. But it might be by a really close point difference I think. Finishing the season there is important for these teams as they are going to be in the CL groups then.

After PSG managed to celebrate their championship trophy a few days ago, now the competition in Ligue 1 is only focused on fighting for the champions league zone ticket next season, marseille who is in second place has squandered the opportunity to secure a champions league ticket in last week match, although still are in 2nd place but their position is starting to be threatened by rennes, monaco and nice at this time especially by rennes, rennes who might want to be safe of course will try their best to get second position, so that way they don't have to take part in the preliminary round of the champions league to determine their fate next season.

Losing 0-3 from Lyon last matchday I think Marseille still not safe on second poaition standing place and looks interested to know who will get champion league apot next season? Rennes and Monaco are under poaition from Marseille have collected 62 points left 3 points from Marseille but have not easy match against with Rennes and Strassbourg. But give advantage for Monaco becuase 3 match left they have easy team for fighting and have close can back to champion league next season.