French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[execijutiere]

PSG gave their other rivals a bit of a scare with a 7-1 win over new coach Galtier's old team.The performance of the front three is evident.Mbappe scored 3 goals and Neymar 3 assists and 2 goals.  There is a noticeable increase in Neymar's performance. It really looks like this year will be a different year for him.

[DU18]

PSG gave their other rivals a bit of a scare with a 7-1 win over new coach Galtier's old team.The performance of the front three is evident.Mbappe scored 3 goals and Neymar 3 assists and 2 goals.  There is a noticeable increase in Neymar's performance. It really looks like this year will be a different year for him.

The difference in quality was the reason PSG won the match easily, winning 1-4 in the first half did not make PSG satisfied in the match, and instead made PSG even more violent by continuing to add to the collection of goals in the second half and make sure the score 1-7 becomes the final result, Neymar and Mbappe who in the past week often under the spotlight due to their clash but in that match showed a high attitude of professionalism in helping PSG win, even though Mbappe managed to a hat trick, but I think Neymar deserves to be the hero of the match with his 2 goals and 3 assists.

[Razmirraz]

I cannot imagine any results other than PSG winning this game. The question for me is with how many goals difference, 2 or more?

6 goals difference vs Lille, that's shockingly good
Mbappe scored 3, Neymar 2, Messi 1 and Hakimi 1 and 1 goal for Lille...
PSG didn't get that result vs weaker teams than Lille and with the actual performance of most of them, the 10 points difference by the 10th round seems very possible for me.

Ligue 1 has only been running for three weeks, but it looks like PSG will again become champions this season. Of the three matches that Neymar and friends have played, PSG have scored 17 goals against the opponent and they have only conceded three times. PSG has made Ligue 1 a farmer's league, it can't be separated from the less competitive Ligue 1 compared to the other four elite European leagues, the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and the Bundesliga. In fact, for the last few years only PSG have been able to dominate the French football competition.
PSG players always have fun playing games, their strikers find it easier to score goals, the midfielders dominate the midfield, the defenders also look like they have a brilliant game. Due to no strong competitors like in other leagues to fight for the title, PSG had already secured the Ligue 1 trophy before the league started.

[LGD2Business]

The goal they scored in 7 seconds was unbelievable. It was clear that it was a worked tactic. Mbappe started the season great. Messi is much better this season. Neymar also started to give himself to football. PSG can hurt a lot this season. They need to show their success in the French league in Europe as well.
There doesn't seem to be a team in France that will force PSG this year. Marseille, Lens and Lyon are close but they can't collect the same three points until the end of the season.

[OcTradism]

Neymar is having 5 goals and 6 assists which is surely an amazing start for him with many controversies about him and Mbappé around but these both doing good job and good team work if they are able to play like this in all season then it's going to be great for them and their team as well.

The drama from Mbappe and pressure on Neymar draws him back on training professionally and more focusing. Consequentlly, Neymar has been in his best and his performance in early of season is a very good evidence for his changes.

If any team have start like this surely it's going to be matter of worry about their opponents because no way to go for them and performance like this can give them good success in Champions League as well which is PSG's management main target.

They must continue this form and this good connection and collaboration amongst their star players if they want to win Champions League. They are not best club in the Europe so they must play with their best to win this one.

The difference in quality was the reason PSG won the match easily, winning 1-4 in the first half did not make PSG satisfied in the match, and instead made PSG even more violent by continuing to add to the collection of goals in the second half and make sure the score 1-7 becomes the final result, Neymar and Mbappe who in the past week often under the spotlight due to their clash but in that match showed a high attitude of professionalism in helping PSG win, even though Mbappe managed to a hat trick, but I think Neymar deserves to be the hero of the match with his 2 goals and 3 assists.

PSG has never had issues to win matches (rarely lose points) and win Ligue 1 and they often win very big. This big win yesterday is normal with them but the general sentiment and connection amongst their players are good and positively. It is a bit improvement from conflict and negative sentiment in the first match.

We see not only Mbappe, Neymar, Messi but other players are playing as a whole team and they are re-united very well yesterday. I hope that they will maintain it in a whole season, especially in important phase.

[samcoin]

PSG is another example of how money is destroying football, French League is the only league where you know the winner before the start of the competition. The league matches became training sessions for PSG in preparation for the Champions League. From other side, the lack of competitiveness had bad effect on them bearing in mind their match against Real Madrid in the second leg of the UCL second round.

[KTChampions]

Quotes for today's game Lille - PSG are as follows:

7.00 - 5.00 - 1.40

Given that Lille is a serious irritant for PSG and the first strong club on its way this season, a victory is important for both the team and Galtier. So 1.4 looks like a value bet, what do you say? Might be worth waiting for the live mode to do it with the best odds (>1.5 would be ideal).

I see this odd of @1.40 being very good to add to a parlay, I bet on PSG

As I said, PSG were motivated and just trampled on the opponent, it seems that in the next game against Monaco we will see some ridiculous odds like 1.2 but they will also be useful for multibets.
I see that you also made a bet on the City, like me  An unexpected result in the oil derby.

[bekti3]

17 goals in 3 games that is something really extraordinary. The 7 goals they scored against Lille made them continue to increase their productivity in scoring goals. What's interesting here is how Mbappe seems to be happy, because he is able to create a hattrick  . Neymar and Messi also contributed to PSG's lead.

[Jody.Drummer]

PSG is another example of how money is destroying football, French League is the only league where you know the winner before the start of the competition. The league matches became training sessions for PSG in preparation for the Champions League. From other side, the lack of competitiveness had bad effect on them bearing in mind their match against Real Madrid in the second leg of the UCL second round.

That's because other clubs can't match what Paris Saint Germain has. Even if there were probably no more than two clubs who could have what Paris Saint Germain have. Even then they have to start from scratch first. But now, as we see, almost no club can compete with Paris Saint Germain especially when it comes to money. But unfortunately, the advantages they have can only conquer the domestic league, without being able to talk more in more prestigious competitions.

[ILuckyGuyI]

PSG did more than I expected from them to do. It was an embarrassing result for Lille certainly. The Messi - Mbappe - Neymar trio were awesome in this game. Mbappe scored maybe the earliest goal in the Ligue 1 history. It is good to see PSG playing like this despite the Neymar - Mbappe situation. Maybe they have started to take a step to end the disagreements between them and I hope they do this.

[arimamib]

17 goals in 3 games that is something really extraordinary. The 7 goals they scored against Lille made them continue to increase their productivity in scoring goals. What's interesting here is how Mbappe seems to be happy, because he is able to create a hattrick  . Neymar and Messi also contributed to PSG's lead.

If this goal productivity happened in the Premier League or Serie A it would be something extraordinary, because the EPL and Serie A are very competitive. For this reason PSG always fail in the Champions League stage, because in the domestic league they do not find a balanced opponent. PSG have always dominated Ligue 1, but not in the Europa League, they will have a hard time when they meet other elite clubs.

[Ratash]

PSG did more than I expected from them to do. It was an embarrassing result for Lille certainly. The Messi - Mbappe - Neymar trio were awesome in this game. Mbappe scored maybe the earliest goal in the Ligue 1 history. It is good to see PSG playing like this despite the Neymar - Mbappe situation. Maybe they have started to take a step to end the disagreements between them and I hope they do this.

No one expected such a large win against a tough team like lille, i really liked psg performance they scored almost from all their on goal shots which is a good thing i think we are witnessing the best version of the trio and psg team in general.

[Balmain]

It was the fastest opening goal I've seen in a long time, and it was the earliest scored in league history. Mbappe, Messi and Neymar played completely technically and simply effortlessly and produced an amazing result. Of course it was a bad day for Lille but there is not much they can do against these stars. I can try +7 goals from time to time for PSG matches in league 1

[topman21]

It was the fastest opening goal I've seen in a long time, and it was the earliest scored in league history. Mbappe, Messi and Neymar played completely technically and simply effortlessly and produced an amazing result. Of course it was a bad day for Lille but there is not much they can do against these stars. I can try +7 goals from time to time for PSG matches in league 1

Off course it's the first goal I've seen come into play just eight seconds into the game . The goal came just eight seconds after Messi had assisted Mbappe from a lofted short. But in another game that day, Barca's Lewandowski scored in the first minute.

[hd49728]

It was the fastest opening goal I've seen in a long time, and it was the earliest scored in league history. Mbappe, Messi and Neymar played completely technically and simply effortlessly and produced an amazing result. Of course it was a bad day for Lille but there is not much they can do against these stars. I can try +7 goals from time to time for PSG matches in league 1

I believe they actually spent time in training for it. All first touches, passes and set up are very accurate and timing.

Mbappe is simply too fast and before the opponent's defenders can realize what happened, he already faced to face with the goalkeeper. The rest is essy for Mbappe.

It reminds me the goal of AC Milan scored by Leao two seasons ago with an assist from Cahalnoglu. However the goal from Mbappe is even faster and looks more beautiful.

[Tumanggor]

PSG is another example of how money is destroying football, French League is the only league where you know the winner before the start of the competition. The league matches became training sessions for PSG in preparation for the Champions League. From other side, the lack of competitiveness had bad effect on them bearing in mind their match against Real Madrid in the second leg of the UCL second round.

I think it's not only you who think so, but all football enthusiasts have also thought about PSG's dominance in Ligue 1 similar to the dominance of Bayern in the Bundesliga (both teams were predicted to have won from the start)

PSG is currently at the top of the Ligue 1 standings with Lens in 2nd and Marshall in 3rd

[savetheFORUM]

It was the fastest opening goal I've seen in a long time, and it was the earliest scored in league history. Mbappe, Messi and Neymar played completely technically and simply effortlessly and produced an amazing result. Of course it was a bad day for Lille but there is not much they can do against these stars. I can try +7 goals from time to time for PSG matches in league 1

With the performance of Neymar and all other players look like PSG management tactics working for them, and they can earn much better results than they have in past pressure on Neymar and having good play from Messi and Mbappé mean their attack could be most lethal and their defense is also right now doing their best which was much needed because now they need to change history for themselves in both French League and Champions League where they are choking badly for many years and not having their desired results.

Now as they are destroying here top French teams even they have no enough quality, but they can do same in Champions League and go through for their best chances which is much needed for them in this season.

[Zlantann]

PSG is another example of how money is destroying football, French League is the only league where you know the winner before the start of the competition. The league matches became training sessions for PSG in preparation for the Champions League. From other side, the lack of competitiveness had bad effect on them bearing in mind their match against Real Madrid in the second leg of the UCL second round.

Its really a sad reality that has come to stay in most professional leagues. Except there are some exceptions, these big clubs would keep dominating their leagues because of their ability to buy the best players. I am advocating for strict regulations of the transfer market. Let these big clubs be heavily taxed each time they are buying new players and let the revenue from the tax be given to smaller teams to boast their financial strength to also buy world class players. If we keep seeing the same team topping various leagues, them football would become less competitive and hence boring.

PSG did more than I expected from them to do. It was an embarrassing result for Lille certainly. The Messi - Mbappe - Neymar trio were awesome in this game. Mbappe scored maybe the earliest goal in the Ligue 1 history. It is good to see PSG playing like this despite the Neymar - Mbappe situation. Maybe they have started to take a step to end the disagreements between them and I hope they do this.

The transfer saga between Neymar and PSG made him a better player. I am sure he is working very hard because he wants to prove to PSG that selling him would have been a great blunder.     

[püsür]

PSG starts the season with an incredible squad every year, this is normal for all of us, but this year all the players are very motivated; There is a different team spirit this year. This team can win the Champions League this year. The Neymar Mbappe Messi trio showed how dangerous they are when they have no problems. Really great recital. If it continues like this, the coming of the champions league trophy is not impossible. I don't understand how a person loves football but doesn't like Messi. The man always does the hard thing, but somehow he makes everything he does look very, very simple. He takes the ball at his feet, goes as far as he wants to go, sends the pass to the point he wants to throw, and puts the ball in the point where he wants to put the ball in the goal.

[shogun47]

I think when PSG concedes one or two goals before scoring themselves, we might see some more drama on the pitch between Neymar and Mbappe. One question will be whether Messi can contribute to keep his teammates calm and act like a unit on the pitch.

Messi cannot contribute to stabilizing the team or strengthening the bond between his teammates. As we have seen in the previous match, even though Messi is Mbappe's senior, Mbappe shows no respect. I would say he is very rude. Mbappe should behave more elegantly. If Mbappe is not able to control himself, PSG's team situation will not change. At the same time, Mbappe's performance will continue to deteriorate.

I get your point but you can't argue against Mbappe being able to decide games single-handedly. We have seen that in the Champions League last season and he is brutal in 1vs1 anywhere on the pitch and around/inside the box. I am not entirely sure whether he really is satisfied with his decision to stay at PSG instead of transferring to Real Madrid or Manchester City. Financially he won't ever regret it, but I believe that players of his calibre might at some point get a bad feeling if they aren't playing against the best of the best on a daily basis. Playing in Ligue 1 for such a long time when you are someone like Neymar or Mbappe is almost a bit odd.

It might however also just be a character thing that he developed over the last one or two years. He wasn't always like that but he assumed some attitudes over time that I agree are not very beneficial to him as an individual as well as to the team as a whole. If he is serious about winning the Champions League and maybe even become the best player in the world he definitely needs to work on his behavior. When he stopped playing entirely last game or so (the scene really struck me hard when he just stopped running and complained instead) that was extremely rude.