French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[shogun47]

Leagues are finally starting and that's a lot of betting chances, we are going to get like 5 leagues to bet on the big ones, if you like other leagues then we can say as high as 10 leagues worthy of betting and that means every week once again it's a lot of studying to see who is doing how. I have missed this, PSG clear winner almost every game, that's given, but I do wonder who would be close to them.

It's never really understood, I mean look at Lille last year, they became champions and get to the league and lost a lot of players and ended up finishing badly. So, it's never really known in Ligue 1 who would be the closest team to PSG this year but at least we know who will be the champions even before the league starts.

I think it is bad for any league if things are too clear even beforehand. France is really crazy right now, there is literally no chance for any other club to compete with PSG. Germany is relatively boring as well. The Premier League is the most spectacular league in my eyes. I have no numbers in my head right now, but honestly when you look at what PSG can spend on signing fees and salaries, that's probably 10x of what the next club can afford in Ligue 1...

[Ratash]

An interesting match, tonight will be for Ajaccio... First game after promotion to Ligue 1, but I think Lyon will easily take the three points... They have no European games and can focus on the home league, especially against an outsider... But I think Ajaccio can score...

It seems that the game was much difficult than we expected  especially after anthony lopez red card, lyon team has to thank lacazette who was the man of the match with a goal and an assist, the first game of the season was entertaining and the win was the most important thing for lyon but now they have to work on their weaknesses and how to become better.

[Oluwa-btc]

An interesting match, tonight will be for Ajaccio... First game after promotion to Ligue 1, but I think Lyon will easily take the three points... They have no European games and can focus on the home league, especially against an outsider... But I think Ajaccio can score...

It seems that the game was much difficult than we expected  especially after anthony lopez red card, lyon team has to thank lacazette who was the man of the match with a goal and an assist, the first game of the season was entertaining and the win was the most important thing for lyon but now they have to work on their weaknesses and how to become better.

Didn't expect so much bookings in the first half but it didn't go as planned for me. Lacazzette had a goal and assist tonight with his goal coming from the penalty spot
The second half was not really intense pressing from both sides since they both got red carded. Lyon sits at the top of the table they should have at least kept clean sheet in the first game.

[Shasha80]

An interesting match, tonight will be for Ajaccio... First game after promotion to Ligue 1, but I think Lyon will easily take the three points... They have no European games and can focus on the home league, especially against an outsider... But I think Ajaccio can score...

It seems that the game was much difficult than we expected  especially after anthony lopez red card, lyon team has to thank lacazette who was the man of the match with a goal and an assist, the first game of the season was entertaining and the win was the most important thing for lyon but now they have to work on their weaknesses and how to become better.

Lyon won not easily, even though their opponent was only a promoted team. I expect Lyon to win easily, after they scored two goals in 22 minutes.
But everything changed when Anthony Lopes got a red card, after that Ajaccio managed to score a goal in the 31st minute. Unfortunately Ajaccio
also got a red card, so they struggled to score again. Finally Lyon could win the match, and indeed Lyon deserved to win the match. Because statistics
show Lyon dominate the match and create more chances. Moreover, the quality of Lyon's players is also much better than Ajaccio, so it is only natural
that Lyon win the match.

[Rabi3]

An interesting match, tonight will be for Ajaccio... First game after promotion to Ligue 1, but I think Lyon will easily take the three points... They have no European games and can focus on the home league, especially against an outsider... But I think Ajaccio can score...

good call, I always like betting new comers to score on not lose with a big score in the first match, I was lucky to bet on the handicap, a good match in general, the first half had a lot of conflict and players were a bit aggressive, but got calmer in the 2nd half, 3 points is all that matters to Lyon and they got it, not quite easily so PSG  probably shouldn't worry about Lyon, they should honestly just get the trophy now and celebrate.

[snipie]

Yeah quite low odds but it appears that it might be profitable if Lyon continues like that.
In just 23 minutes, Lyon are leading with 2 goals vs 0 for Ajaccio. So far they are controlling the game and chances for Ajaccio to recover are very very low. Almost no attempts to score..

Edit: well Ajaccio scored a penalty. 2-1 after 32 minutes!

Even after the return goal, the odds of Lyon winning are only 1.13. I hope in the second half Lyon will increase their advantage to make their victory more reliable (I added this outcome to my multibet). I would not want some random goal to turn a victory into a draw. This would be extremely strange, especially given that Lyon are playing at home.

Honestly, I didn't expect to see Ajaccio scoring today especially in the first half after receiving 2 goals.. I still wonder how Lyon goalkeeper was thinking when he did that weird jump apart from being the first carded player in Ligue 1!
At the end Lyon were able to get 3 points and indeed a random goal would be a catastrophic start for them.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Actually I believe that Messi and Neymar both have left their brightest times behind. However PSG don't need their best ever performances now. They just need to see them being more productive than the previous season. This is very important to achieve the Champions League title now. The trio of Messi-Neymar-Mbappe can be even the best one in the world now. But if they don't play strongly all this wouldn't change anything. They would have another heartbreaking season in the CL.

The trio on paper is the best in the world currently. They can do really big things if they want too. Problem with Neymar is that he either dosent want to play or gets injured and that is the main problem for him. While Messi still needs time i guess to play at his elite level

Although I think the same, they are still a very dangerous trident, I am inclined to say that PSG their next card to fight will be the negotiation to acquire Haaland, I don't know, but he is a young, strong player, he is giving a lot to talk about City, already in the friendly he scored goals, and for me the Sheikh is considering it for him, at present maybe not, but I think that in a few months when new contracts are opened, and especially after the World Cup (where he will not go Haaland) will not have as much vision, since he will be a major reference for the sheikh, obviously I am speculating on this, but seeing how he thinks, he is very interested in Haaland, it is just a hunch.

Honestly, I didn't expect to see Ajaccio scoring today especially in the first half after receiving 2 goals.. I still wonder how Lyon goalkeeper was thinking when he did that weird jump apart from being the first carded player in Ligue 1!
At the end Lyon were able to get 3 points and indeed a random goal would be a catastrophic start for them.

I was also taken by surprise by what happened to the goalkeeper, then after seeing that strange jump I started to think that sometimes the way a player shows his nerves is by doing that kind of thing, the bad thing is that it can harm the team, and in fact that is reason enough for the technical director to have him in his sights and not put him in more, I understand that it is a first game, but that type of blunders cannot happen anymore, and now more than ever, the Lyon is showing that it started with a firm footing and that things will not be very easy for them, one of the things that I like about the French league is because this league demonstrates a high level of football, perhaps that is why they are always the favorites in all the competitions.

[tulusikhlas]

2 red cards colored the opening match of the French League which in my opinion is quite unfortunate. But this is football full of drama.
The match ended in Lyon's 2-1 win over Ajaccio. But I think Lyon deserved this win because of their impressive performance and quite promising. Besides that, I hope that there are other teams that can compete with the dominance of Paris Saint Germain.

[Cryptmuster]

Honestly, I didn't expect to see Ajaccio scoring today especially in the first half after receiving 2 goals.. I still wonder how Lyon goalkeeper was thinking when he did that weird jump apart from being the first carded player in Ligue 1!
At the end Lyon were able to get 3 points and indeed a random goal would be a catastrophic start for them.

It's hard to call a draw in the first round a disaster, it's just the beginning. Well, if you look at Lyon’s prospects in Ligue 1, then let’s be honest, they won’t be able to fight PSG for the title, there will be no competitor for PSG in the League, unless Galtier makes the team’s game so terrible (I’m joking). The real fight in Ligue 1 is possible only for the second and third place, this is something Lyon should really worry about.

[bering]

Messi looks different now that he already move on from his previous team Barcelona and seems Messi can enjoy each matches from PSG and during pre season tour i can see his potention will score a lot of goals this season and today against Clermont i think possibly PSG will win with big score especially head to head records showed PSG always be win from Clermont with big score so i think this match also will not so different and besides that i'm waiting for Messi goals but for bet option because the odds for PSG was quite low i think over 2.5 goals is good

[terrorJR]

Messi looks different now that he already move on from his previous team Barcelona and seems Messi can enjoy each matches from PSG and during pre season tour i can see his potention will score a lot of goals this season and today against Clermont i think possibly PSG will win with big score especially head to head records showed PSG always be win from Clermont with big score so i think this match also will not so different and besides that i'm waiting for Messi goals but for bet option because the odds for PSG was quite low i think over 2.5 goals is good

He should have done something like this from the start because indeed when it comes to adaptation it can be said that Messi is quite behind there but now it looks like he can adapt well at PSG.
Even though it's still quite difficult to score points but at least he can still interfere with the impressive performance he did there.

[Sirait]

2 red cards colored the opening match of the French League which in my opinion is quite unfortunate. But this is football full of drama.
The match ended in Lyon's 2-1 win over Ajaccio. But I think Lyon deserved this win because of their impressive performance and quite promising. Besides that, I hope that there are other teams that can compete with the dominance of Paris Saint Germain.

the lyon players did play well and were compact but their back line looked very weak, With this defensive power, I doubt they will be able to compete with PSG for the Ligue 1 trophy. other than that I see the strategy the bosz gave to lyon players is not that good.

[Velvet78]

Lyon have had a nice start by defeating Ajaccio 2-1. However it was an interesting game at the same time. The first half was the most attracting period of the game. Because we watched all of the goals and saw two red cards in the same half. Lyon were the much more dominant side obviously in the whole game. By the way Lacazette started awesome as well. He got one goal and one assist. It looks like he is very happy to be back at his old team now.

[hahay]

Looks like Ligue 1 really has tough gameplay, just imagine the opening match of Lyon v AC Ajaccio was colored with a red card. But apart from that Lyon's chance in this match to win is of course the case but unfortunately, with such statistical superiority Lyon can only win with a narrow score of 2-1. Even though the odds are very low, which allows Lyon to win with an even higher score, but in betting I will still control myself and only choose the option for Lyon to win at sufficient odds not looking for other options such as handicaps for higher odds.

[KTChampions]

Even after the return goal, the odds of Lyon winning are only 1.13. I hope in the second half Lyon will increase their advantage to make their victory more reliable (I added this outcome to my multibet). I would not want some random goal to turn a victory into a draw. This would be extremely strange, especially given that Lyon are playing at home.

Honestly, I didn't expect to see Ajaccio scoring today especially in the first half after receiving 2 goals.. I still wonder how Lyon goalkeeper was thinking when he did that weird jump apart from being the first carded player in Ligue 1!
At the end Lyon were able to get 3 points and indeed a random goal would be a catastrophic start for them.

I didn't see this jump (lots of bets, lots of different events that I follow in text streams) but the final slippery result of the game is really unexpected. Despite the fact that Lyon is the favorite in the fight for second place, I probably won't bet on it next game because it looks unreliable, plus the game will be away.

[Z-tight]

2 red cards colored the opening match of the French League which in my opinion is quite unfortunate. But this is football full of drama.
The match ended in Lyon's 2-1 win over Ajaccio. But I think Lyon deserved this win because of their impressive performance and quite promising. Besides that, I hope that there are other teams that can compete with the dominance of Paris Saint Germain.

Lyon did win, but it was closer than a lot of us thought, though i never predicted Lyon to win by a big margin of goals, neither did i expect 2 red cards and 6 yellows, and just for one goal to separate the teams, i thought it would have been more comfortable for Lyon, well 3 points in the end for Lyon is what matters, and a good start for them to the season.

As for other teams competing with psg for the title, i don't feel it is possible now, psg have more money that the other teams in the league, that is why they have bought the type of quality players they have, no team in the french league has close to the quality psg has, and that is why they will win the title again, an upset may be waiting for them in the future, but i don't feel it can be this season.

[Pulsar77]

Seeing many incidents in the Lyon - Ajaccio game was interesting. Because starting the season like this wasn't the thing I was expecting to see. Lyon still kept their superiority to their opponent in this game and got a deserved win also. I'm so happy for Lacazette too because he is back in business with Lyon now.    His performance was delightful with a goal and an assist. We might really see him bringing back his old times here after all those years.

[shogun47]

Seeing many incidents in the Lyon - Ajaccio game was interesting. Because starting the season like this wasn't the thing I was expecting to see. Lyon still kept their superiority to their opponent in this game and got a deserved win also. I'm so happy for Lacazette too because he is back in business with Lyon now.    His performance was delightful with a goal and an assist. We might really see him bringing back his old times here after all those years.

That was a pretty rough one for the referee I would say. Still the game was pretty fair as both teams lost a player in the first half. All too often is a red card kind of a decider when it happens very early. This way it was still a close game that was fun to follow. There was said to be some argument between Mbappe and Messi a few weeks ago. Will be exciting to see how they deliver as a team on pitch.

[dwminer1]

In yesterday's game Olympique Lyon defeated AC Ajaccio as predicted. Today, PSG is a clear favorite in the away game against Clermont. In today's second match, Strasbourg - Monaco, it's hard for me to name a favorite. Strasbourg was one of the best teams at home last season. However, I do not deny the chances of Monaco, which can be dangerous for any opponent in the French league.

[Balmain]

After a good opening match in the French league, Lyon 2-1 Ajaccio Lyon made a good opening, congratulations to the Ajaccio team, they competed well. Lacazette made a legendary comeback to the league, 1 goal and 1 assist in 22 minutes. By the way, the performance of right-winger Tete impressed me a lot.It looks like it's going to be a great season for Lacazette. It will contribute a lot.