French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Pulsar77]

It is not easy for the Ligue 1 to attract sponsorships and investors too much while the English Premier League is the focal point for those. As long as the Ligue 1 doesn't do extra things which might draw the attention of people from that league more to themselves, there won't be anything changing. But as for how they can do this, it is a big question mark of course. To tell the truth I find Ligue 1 football quite boring except PSG's performance. While teams aren't rich it is impossible for them to build a squad similar to PSG's.

It looks like there are only two ways to increase the popularity of this league:

- Some more teams to be bought by very rich people to increase the competition level
- PSG's starting to win some Champions League titles to draw the attention here

[LUCKMCFLY]

Lille are still terrible at defending. They weren't having any problem with scoring but they were conceding goals very easily at the same time. As a result I was expecting the Marseille - Lille match to end over 2.5 goals which happened just as I expected. Marseille are on a really incredible run as this 2-1 win made their winning streak five matches in the league.

This is when I start betting against teams like this, odds will probably get worse and worse for their opponents as they rack up the win streak, so I'm hoping to see special flavouring odds but still annoyed it's only just above 3/1 with Rennes... though in 2 days Frankfurt is over 4/1 to win against them in Champions League.

Or is this time to double on the money on Marseille?

Well for me, Marseille and Lille were the teams that I thought were going to stand out the most in the French league, I thought they were going to face PSG, because a team like Marseille has everything it takes to be able to stop a team like PSG, my epseranzans changed in that direction, and it's not because I don't want PSG to stay in the league again, not at all, I just want a rival to come out that doesn't make it easy for them like it was last season, to That is very important to me, just as I think that for now these teams will hardly get out of where they are stuck, and PSG the only one that can give them a fight is any team from the UCL.

Yes, they are very different when compared to Paris Saint Germain, they not only lost in terms of players, money, also all aspects that the team needs. This makes it difficult for us to find competitive competition here. How is it possible that a team that doesn't have everything that Paris Saint Germain has will be able to provide stiff competition. I can't think of that in Ligue 1 competition.

Ligue 1 doesn't have more big investors going into each team, so only Paris Saint Germain are showing up more because they have the money and good players that the team needs. Because it will be very difficult for a team to be competitive if the team does not want to spend money to get better players. That's why Ligue 1 is not so exciting and competitive in terms of competition when compared to other Leagues in every season. This season in Ligue 1 I have only seen a slight difference in the Marseille team from several teams with the same performance as last season.

Marseille is only able to provide competition in the top flight but cannot break PSG dominance as Ligue 1 champions. From year to year only PSG are able to win the Ligue 1 title, other teams are only complementary. The quality of Ligue 1 is still below other top European leagues, for that reason investors are less interested in looking at Ligue 1. So it is not wrong if Ligue 1 is called an agricultural league because only PSG always dominates the standings.

All teams in Ligue 1 are very weak compared to PSG. While PSG has plenty of money, the rest of the Ligue 1 teams are not financially strong. And so they cannot buy star players to strengthen the squad. As long as clubs don't find rich owners, they won't be able to build a team as strong as PSG. As long as the teams are not able to strengthen themselves, we will continue to see PSG reign.

if you are partly right, it is very difficult to compete against a sheikh who has so much, so much money, but of course this gives room for teams like Marseille and Lyon to shake it off and that not all football should revolve around the stars, that they could also shine, it's like that time when Real Madrid had all the stars of the moment playing together, and Barcelona showed him that not everything was money but football that with good football they could win, something like that should be psyched up, you only need 1 or 2 stars in a team to shine, it all depends on the manager and the approach you want to give it, but Marseille and Lyon have the material to master.

It is not easy for the Ligue 1 to attract sponsorships and investors too much while the English Premier League is the focal point for those. As long as the Ligue 1 doesn't do extra things which might draw the attention of people from that league more to themselves, there won't be anything changing. But as for how they can do this, it is a big question mark of course. To tell the truth I find Ligue 1 football quite boring except PSG's performance. While teams aren't rich it is impossible for them to build a squad similar to PSG's.

It looks like there are only two ways to increase the popularity of this league:

- Some more teams to be bought by very rich people to increase the competition level
- PSG's starting to win some Champions League titles to draw the attention here

Well, it's no secret to anyone that we always see PSG as one of the top teams in the French League, but they don't show the football they should, with a team with such a high number of stars, it's for them to have won the UCL, and they didn't, so this is an index that they lack a lot as a team, Real Madrid, which is a team that has veteran stars and beat an Mbappé in the prime of his life, a veteran Messi who can win up to a World Cup, next to a Neymar who can do whatever he wants on the pitch, this is something that PSG leaves a bad taste in the mouth of its fans, we have to wait, one thing is the French league, another is the UCL.

[crunck]

Well, it's no secret to anyone that we always see PSG as one of the top teams in the French League, but they don't show the football they should, with a team with such a high number of stars, it's for them to have won the UCL, and they didn't, so this is an index that they lack a lot as a team, Real Madrid, which is a team that has veteran stars and beat an Mbappé in the prime of his life, a veteran Messi who can win up to a World Cup, next to a Neymar who can do whatever he wants on the pitch, this is something that PSG leaves a bad taste in the mouth of its fans, we have to wait, one thing is the French league, another is the UCL.

There is no doubt that PSG will win the Ligue 1 title. But winning the UCL title is not easy. For this, star players are needed in the team. Bonding between players needs to be strong. Performance requires consistency. And lastly, experienced coaches are needed now. Because the coach will decide the strategy in the match. And without good match strategy, winning the title is impossible. Last season Real Madrid managed to win only because of great match tactics. So if Galtier can't create a good match strategy for PSG, there is no chance for PSG to win the UCL.

[sana54210]

Marseille is only able to provide competition in the top flight but cannot break PSG dominance as Ligue 1 champions. From year to year only PSG are able to win the Ligue 1 title, other teams are only complementary. The quality of Ligue 1 is still below other top European leagues, for that reason investors are less interested in looking at Ligue 1. So it is not wrong if Ligue 1 is called an agricultural league because only PSG always dominates the standings.

Yeah, they could be however ready to go to champions league back to back for a few seasons, and that's not that bad neither is it? I mean imagine a ligue 1 team constantly being in the group stages of UCL, if you do that a few years in a row then you are earning a good amount of money, both from UCL but also increasing merchandise and ticket sales as well, all of those income equals to finally having some more money and establishing your place, instead of being like Lille where you win once, then be bad later on.

The aim should not be one good season, the aim should be building a team that is always successful and always in the top 4 at all times.

[Alisha-k]

Well, it's no secret to anyone that we always see PSG as one of the top teams in the French League, but they don't show the football they should, with a team with such a high number of stars, it's for them to have won the UCL, and they didn't, so this is an index that they lack a lot as a team, Real Madrid, which is a team that has veteran stars and beat an Mbappé in the prime of his life, a veteran Messi who can win up to a World Cup, next to a Neymar who can do whatever he wants on the pitch, this is something that PSG leaves a bad taste in the mouth of its fans, we have to wait, one thing is the French league, another is the UCL.

There is no doubt that PSG will win the Ligue 1 title. But winning the UCL title is not easy. For this, star players are needed in the team. Bonding between players needs to be strong. Performance requires consistency. And lastly, experienced coaches are needed now. Because the coach will decide the strategy in the match. And without good match strategy, winning the title is impossible. Last season Real Madrid managed to win only because of great match tactics. So if Galtier can't create a good match strategy for PSG, there is no chance for PSG to win the UCL.

With the caliber of players they have, the league is already theirs. And this is not because they put in so much to maintain the spot but because there is no competition in the Ligue 1. They very reason we see professional players play like average players in the CL and i doubt if there is any possibility they will make it through the the Semi finals

[KTChampions]

I would like to know how much profit (real and not using fake advertising contracts) PSG have when they spend space money on players  I think that the club is deeply unprofitable. As for the difference in points, I would look at the number of points lost - PSG have only 2 lost points in 8 games. This is a very good result and at the moment, out of the top 5 leagues, only Real Madrid has a better result.

It's difficult because at first glance it's clear PSG are very good in every way but inside them now it's clear there are some problems and not impossible as you say.
No matter how strong the advantages are when they see several players including special players, they obviously need more spending for this and things like this need good financial management so that they don't go down in the end.

There is nothing difficult in conducting an honest audit, but no one is interested in this (PSG has close corrupt ties with UEFA). Obviously, no auditor would believe the story (as UEFA believed) when Neymar received a ton of money as "Football Ambassador to Qatar" and used it to buy out his contract from Barcelona to go play for PSG. These are stories for morons.

[Z-tight]

- Some more teams to be bought by very rich people to increase the competition level
- PSG's starting to win some Champions League titles to draw the attention here

The first point will be great for the league, if some Billionaires can buy a club or two in the league, and build a very strong team for those clubs, it may not happen fast, but after a few years the clubs should be strong and provide competition to psg for the title, more viewers and businesses may find the league more attractive if it happens.

I feel if psg wins the champions league it will also be good for the league, they will be kings of Europe for as long as they are champions, and more eyes will be on them, and in the greater picture eyes will also be directed at the league. This year may be the year of psg in the champions league, their star players are in great form and shape.

[Doell]

Marseille is only able to provide competition in the top flight but cannot break PSG dominance as Ligue 1 champions. From year to year only PSG are able to win the Ligue 1 title, other teams are only complementary. The quality of Ligue 1 is still below other top European leagues, for that reason investors are less interested in looking at Ligue 1. So it is not wrong if Ligue 1 is called an agricultural league because only PSG always dominates the standings.

Yeah, they could be however ready to go to champions league back to back for a few seasons, and that's not that bad neither is it? I mean imagine a ligue 1 team constantly being in the group stages of UCL, if you do that a few years in a row then you are earning a good amount of money, both from UCL but also increasing merchandise and ticket sales as well, all of those income equals to finally having some more money and establishing your place, instead of being like Lille where you win once, then be bad later on.

The aim should not be one good season, the aim should be building a team that is always successful and always in the top 4 at all times.

I agree with your argument, it's the same with "building finances" my opinion this is the most important fact for any club, so that later they can buy expensive players. Being in the UCL isn't bad, in fact that's what all clubs excpet in this league and any league. For now yes PSG do dominate league 1, but in the future we will don't know what happens because the improvement of any club is always be surprise.

[Docnaster]

PSG are the only hope for the country now but even they aren't able to win the Champions League title even for once. Even if they achieve the title this season it is still not enough for this league. The Ligue 1 management don't seem like they are intending to take some action about this topic also. It isn't easy to increase the quality of a league in a short time period of course. But they can do this in time if they take the right steps to attract the investors here.

The league needs a long time to raise its standards. The league has to be attractive. The sponsor will then be interested in investing more. Then the management of each team can provide large funds to build their team. If the management of the teams does not attach star players to the team then the quality of Ligue 1 will not increase. Every season we will only see the dominance of PSG. Because they have a lot of money and they don't feel stingy to spend a lot of money to recruit players.

Ligue 1 could just transform after this season. What they need is just one or two clubs that will buy big players to compete with Psg. When this happens, one step is achieved successfully. Another step is to make Psg win champions league and if they do, Mbappe would be projected for Ballon d'Or and he will win the prestigious award. These are the promises that kept Mbappe in the club against going to Real Madrid.

[ShowOff]

Ligue 1 could just transform after this season. What they need is just one or two clubs that will buy big players to compete with Psg. When this happens, one step is achieved successfully. Another step is to make Psg win champions league and if they do, Mbappe would be projected for Ballon d'Or and he will win the prestigious award. These are the promises that kept Mbappe in the club against going to Real Madrid.

I'm not sure about PSG in the Champions League, but this season they have good stats with 2 wins in the group stages. For that, PSG have to prove many things, especially they have to get used to playing as a big team with very good cohesiveness. Mbappe, Messi and Neymar would be terrible if they helped each other but several times I have actually seen Mbappe play alone when he has the ball.

Earlier this season Messi had good stats for PSG. He started to feel like he found his game again and that made him perform better than the previous season. However, some players at PSG had high egos, it didn't really help the team in the end.

[Joca97]

It is not easy for the Ligue 1 to attract sponsorships and investors too much while the English Premier League is the focal point for those. As long as the Ligue 1 doesn't do extra things which might draw the attention of people from that league more to themselves, there won't be anything changing. But as for how they can do this, it is a big question mark of course. To tell the truth I find Ligue 1 football quite boring except PSG's performance. While teams aren't rich it is impossible for them to build a squad similar to PSG's.

It looks like there are only two ways to increase the popularity of this league:

- Some more teams to be bought by very rich people to increase the competition level
- PSG's starting to win some Champions League titles to draw the attention here

Ligue 1 problem is with marketing they arent on the level as premier league and they wont come even close to it. England fans are always on stands and their leagues stadiums are always full even the leagues below. PSG is the richest team in the league and the only one so this is why they win the title every year and dont have any competition. While in england premier league a lot of rich clubs and really powerfull clubs.

[Ratash]

It seems that marseille team will put the pressure on psg and they will have a difficult time winning the ligue 1 on the contrary of what we expected but they still need to put a better performance especially when they face the leader in less than a month i think that game will have a major role on whatever they can compete for the title.

[buwaytress]

Or is this time to double on the money on Marseille?

Well for me, Marseille and Lille were the teams that I thought were going to stand out the most in the French league, I thought they were going to face PSG, because a team like Marseille has everything it takes to be able to stop a team like PSG, my epseranzans changed in that direction, and it's not because I don't want PSG to stay in the league again, not at all, I just want a rival to come out that doesn't make it easy for them like it was last season, to That is very important to me, just as I think that for now these teams will hardly get out of where they are stuck, and PSG the only one that can give them a fight is any team from the UCL.

To be fair, the expectations on them are more or less the same every season. Even last season, everyone expected Lille to fall apart (and they actually did I guess, if you consider what they'd achieved the season before), it was a last-gasp effort and PSG had a hell of a blip of a season.

Monaco I think have been on a slow and arduous road to recovery but I think they're just suspect at the back now, but this season I do think Marseille (and Lens) are still unbeaten.

What are you talking about PSG not staying in the league? Ha.

[Docnaster]

Ligue 1 could just transform after this season. What they need is just one or two clubs that will buy big players to compete with Psg. When this happens, one step is achieved successfully. Another step is to make Psg win champions league and if they do, Mbappe would be projected for Ballon d'Or and he will win the prestigious award. These are the promises that kept Mbappe in the club against going to Real Madrid.

I'm not sure about PSG in the Champions League, but this season they have good stats with 2 wins in the group stages. For that, PSG have to prove many things, especially they have to get used to playing as a big team with very good cohesiveness. Mbappe, Messi and Neymar would be terrible if they helped each other but several times I have actually seen Mbappe play alone when he has the ball.

Earlier this season Messi had good stats for PSG. He started to feel like he found his game again and that made him perform better than the previous season. However, some players at PSG had high egos, it didn't really help the team in the end.

The internal ego and competition is much with Mbappe than the other two star players. Obviously Messi has nothing to bother about in football except winning the World Cup. He is old and he is successful and he is arguably the best player football has produced, left for him there won't be troubles in the psg squad.
The challenge will always be Neymar because he cannot overlook Mbappe. Neymar is young and could have a better season still, that is why he is not always comfortable with Mbappe claiming dominance in the team.

[arimamib]

With the caliber of players they have, the league is already theirs. And this is not because they put in so much to maintain the spot but because there is no competition in the Ligue 1. They very reason we see professional players play like average players in the CL and i doubt if there is any possibility they will make it through the the Semi finals

In the slightest there is no doubt that PSG will win the Ligue 1 title again this season, because no team can break PSG dominance as the strongest team in Ligue 1. PSG squad is very difficult to match other teams, it's natural that PSG often get big wins in the Domestic League because the difference in team quality is very far. The only weakness of PSG when they come to the Champions League, since forming the strongest team in Ligue 1, PSG has not once been able to win the Champions League trophy. Maybe because Ligue 1 is less competitive, PSG have difficulty when facing other strong teams.

[Shasha80]

With the caliber of players they have, the league is already theirs. And this is not because they put in so much to maintain the spot but because there is no competition in the Ligue 1. They very reason we see professional players play like average players in the CL and i doubt if there is any possibility they will make it through the the Semi finals

In the slightest there is no doubt that PSG will win the Ligue 1 title again this season, because no team can break PSG dominance as the strongest team in Ligue 1. PSG squad is very difficult to match other teams, it's natural that PSG often get big wins in the Domestic League because the difference in team quality is very far. The only weakness of PSG when they come to the Champions League, since forming the strongest team in Ligue 1, PSG has not once been able to win the Champions League trophy. Maybe because Ligue 1 is less competitive, PSG have difficulty when facing other strong teams.

We can see PSG's performance this season, which of the 8 matches played, PSG are completely unbeaten. Even 5 matches were won by PSG with
a fairly large score. One of them when PSG managed to beat Lille with a score of 1-7, this is PSG's biggest win this season. It proves PSG too strong
in Ligue 1, and I'm 99% sure PSG will win the Ligue 1 trophy again this season. Because the difference in strength of PSG with other teams in Ligue 1 is
too far, so it's very difficult for other teams to compete with PSG. That's why PSG's management always prioritizes the Champions League trophy
to be won. Unfortunately, no matter how much money PSG has spent to bring in star players, it can't make PSG win the Champions League trophy.
Because when playing in the Champions League PSG has a lot of competitors, we will see if PSG this season can win the Champions League trophy,
or for the many times PSG again failed to win the Champions League trophy. If we see the cooperation of PSG players is not too solid, my prediction is
that PSG will again fail to win the Champions League trophy this season.

[Sterbens]

With the caliber of players they have, the league is already theirs. And this is not because they put in so much to maintain the spot but because there is no competition in the Ligue 1. They very reason we see professional players play like average players in the CL and i doubt if there is any possibility they will make it through the the Semi finals

In the slightest there is no doubt that PSG will win the Ligue 1 title again this season, because no team can break PSG dominance as the strongest team in Ligue 1. PSG squad is very difficult to match other teams, it's natural that PSG often get big wins in the Domestic League because the difference in team quality is very far. The only weakness of PSG when they come to the Champions League, since forming the strongest team in Ligue 1, PSG has not once been able to win the Champions League trophy. Maybe because Ligue 1 is less competitive, PSG have difficulty when facing other strong teams.

Paris Saint Germain's super power in Ligue 1 is unquestionable. We already know that even just mentioning the name Paris Saint Germain can already imagine the luxury they have. Not only about the existing players but also as a whole. I don't think any other team will be able to match the luxury that Paris Saint Germain have now. The only thing they lack is that they still can't give their best in the Champions League.

[OcTradism]

Paris Saint Germain's super power in Ligue 1 is unquestionable. We already know that even just mentioning the name Paris Saint Germain can already imagine the luxury they have. Not only about the existing players but also as a whole. I don't think any other team will be able to match the luxury that Paris Saint Germain have now.

They have most valuable players in Ligue 1 and their squad is the most expensive one in the league too. It is boring to discuss about the domination, super power of PSG in Ligue 1 that is well known.

The only thing they lack is that they still can't give their best in the Champions League.

It's right. They are obsessed with Champions League after spending lot of money for player transfers and salary. They bought Neymar, signed with Messi and convinced Mbappe to stay as well as buying other good players only to win Champions League.

The only weakness of PSG when they come to the Champions League, since forming the strongest team in Ligue 1, PSG has not once been able to win the Champions League trophy. Maybe because Ligue 1 is less competitive, PSG have difficulty when facing other strong teams.

They are not weak in Champions League but they just lack of ability to protect advantages, leading goals they had and lost at the ends. It happened in many recent seasons but I believe soon they will be able to fix it. Then they will win Champions League. Chelsea can win Champions League so PSG will be able to win it. Matter of time only.

[Sirait]

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Ligue 1 problem is with marketing they arent on the level as premier league and they wont come even close to it. England fans are always on stands and their leagues stadiums are always full even the leagues below. PSG is the richest team in the league and the only one so this is why they win the title every year and dont have any competition. While in england premier league a lot of rich clubs and really powerfull clubs.

PSG's goal of buying great and expensive players like messi and neymar is actually to increase the interest of the audience and also investors to be interested in ligue 1 but over time it doesn't seem to work at all. Premier League is the best league in the world and also has the most loyal fans, this is what makes investors interested in Premier League clubs, besides Serie A is also the best after the EPL. btw, if PSG can get the UCL trophy then I'm sure they will make history and make investors see that ligue 1 is a league with potential for the long term.

[W Jr.]

Yes, they are very different when compared to Paris Saint Germain, they not only lost in terms of players, money, also all aspects that the team needs. This makes it difficult for us to find competitive competition here. How is it possible that a team that doesn't have everything that Paris Saint Germain has will be able to provide stiff competition. I can't think of that in Ligue 1 competition.

Ligue 1 doesn't have more big investors going into each team, so only Paris Saint Germain are showing up more because they have the money and good players that the team needs. Because it will be very difficult for a team to be competitive if the team does not want to spend money to get better players. That's why Ligue 1 is not so exciting and competitive in terms of competition when compared to other Leagues in every season. This season in Ligue 1 I have only seen a slight difference in the Marseille team from several teams with the same performance as last season.

Marseille is only able to provide competition in the top flight but cannot break PSG dominance as Ligue 1 champions. From year to year only PSG are able to win the Ligue 1 title, other teams are only complementary. The quality of Ligue 1 is still below other top European leagues, for that reason investors are less interested in looking at Ligue 1. So it is not wrong if Ligue 1 is called an agricultural league because only PSG always dominates the standings.

All teams in Ligue 1 are very weak compared to PSG. While PSG has plenty of money, the rest of the Ligue 1 teams are not financially strong. And so they cannot buy star players to strengthen the squad. As long as clubs don't find rich owners, they won't be able to build a team as strong as PSG. As long as the teams are not able to strengthen themselves, we will continue to see PSG reign.

If a team is to be bought in the French league after Paris SG, it would be Lyon or Marseille. Paris SG will continue to dominate the French league until these teams are sold. League 1 is to Paris SG what the Bundesliga is to Bayern Munich. Both teams win by dominating their respective leagues and are said to be champions before the league starts. Of course, Paris SG can easily do this with its financial superiority.