French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

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This is a very wonderful season for Lorient, they have played 10 matches so far in their League this seaso, they won eight of those matches drew one and lost one which is a very good stat. Then their past five matches are all wins for them, this is a very strong indication that the club will end in top 4 of the League One this season.  For the match against Reims, they will endeavour to have a win in the match. At the worse scenario will be draw. They aren't ready to lose the match for any reason.

Lorient are challengers for the League One title this season as their points are very close to the top of the table (PSG). Although the number of matches in League One is still very large, I believe Lorient will continue to play well in every game and Lorient will be fully concentrated on winning.

Moreover, if Lorient is able to beat PSG this season, obviously the result will be very extraordinary for Lorient. And for Lorient's match with Reims, I think Lorient needs to be careful and also have to try to play as well as possible because Lorient was beaten by Reims and also Reims played in a draw with Lorient last year and also with PSG this season.

[Docnaster]

This is a very wonderful season for Lorient, they have played 10 matches so far in their League this seaso, they won eight of those matches drew one and lost one which is a very good stat. Then their past five matches are all wins for them, this is a very strong indication that the club will end in top 4 of the League One this season.  For the match against Reims, they will endeavour to have a win in the match. At the worse scenario will be draw. They aren't ready to lose the match for any reason.

Everyone loses sooner or later - even the big clubs, and it's always "unexpected" so I wouldn't be so sure if the Lorient streak would continue.
By the way, France has only three direct tickets to the Champions League and the gap from 4th place is only 4 points, so I would not be so sure about getting Lorient into the Champions League either.

It s correct that every club losses at a certain time that is football for you but it is very rare for a team to lose at a time they are in top form. The Lorient team are in good form so I don't expect them to lose so easily this time around. The second half of the match just started and the scoreline is it still goalless. A winner could be determined this second half, otherwise both teams we share the points.

[Jody.Drummer]

This week will feature matches between top clubs namely Pari Saint Germain and Marseille. Yes it will be an interesting game in my opinion because they will affect their standings. If Paris Saint Germain win then they will widen their points gap from Marseille, while if marseille win then their points will equal points from Paris Saint Germain. They failed to get full points in their last match, Marseille had to lose and Paris Saint Germain only got 1 point.
From all considerations, Paris Saint Germain is more favored in this match.

[Davidvictorson]

mbappe's current transfer rate is unreasonable, and madrid has emphatically said it has no intentions of mbappe after 2 years of being ignored. whatever happens don't let madrid return to intending for mbappe before he changes his selfish nature because so far madrid is a very solid team.

With all of these hullabaloo, I will say I do not blame Mbappe. Instead I blame PSG for making a huge mistake with him from the onset. Can you imagine, man got's such a big ego and so much power bestowed upon him by the club -  he's the Sporting Director, coach and franchise player. If Madrid still wants him that's their problem but I know that they are going to mess up the current squad they have. Anyways in my estimation, no one can exactly say what's going on with Mbappe and PSG management.

[Doell]

This week will feature matches between top clubs namely Pari Saint Germain and Marseille. Yes it will be an interesting game in my opinion because they will affect their standings. If Paris Saint Germain win then they will widen their points gap from Marseille, while if marseille win then their points will equal points from Paris Saint Germain. They failed to get full points in their last match, Marseille had to lose and Paris Saint Germain only got 1 point.
From all considerations, Paris Saint Germain is more favored in this match.

The matches I've been waiting, as usual PSG are favorites in that match. Although Ramos is suspended, and Mendes, Kimpembe, Sanches are injured, but I seen another news that Messi has recovered from injury so it is very possible that PSG can win in that match. But it also does not close possibility that Marseille has the opportunity to at least steal points in this match to draw, hopefully there are no mistakes and PSG should be able to stay away from Lorient they currently in second position with 26 points.

[Docnaster]

Lorient 0:0 Reims FT

Lorient has failed to grab a whole 3 points in this match even when the opportunity was there. The Reims team guys were red carded twice at 46th minutes and  90th minutes but the Lorient players didn't take advantage. It was a really good fight by Reims and it is better 1 point than zero point.

[RealMalatesta]

Furthermore, we also know that when Madrid want a player they will go all out and will continue to chase that player but as long as that player does not want to be in Madrid then there is no way they will see that again.
The pursuit of Mbappe has been going on for 2 seasons and the last time they were even willing to submit a proposal of 200 million but Mbappe rejected it so there really was no reason for Madrid to keep pushing especially with some pretty big fan anger in last summer's transfer.

I personally don't really expect anything in this regard, they still haven't made a statement in this regard and we will probably wait what response Perez will give to this rumour.

I do agree that Mbappe won't go if he didn't want to, but that dude has been talking about wanting to be part of Real Madrid team for 2 seasons, that's the problem. Real is chasing him because he wants to be chased by Real Madrid and that means he could totally leave for them today if PSG and Real had a deal.

All of this comes down to PSG ownership who is super rich, they are richer than we can even imagine how much money, they are not "forbes richest people" list rich, they are beyond that. So not wanting Mbappe to leave means spending hundreds of millions of euro for them, and Real can't compete with that with regular rich football club money.

[LittleBitFunny]

Lorient 0:0 Reims FT

Lorient has failed to grab a whole 3 points in this match even when the opportunity was there. The Reims team guys were red carded twice at 46th minutes and  90th minutes but the Lorient players didn't take advantage. It was a really good fight by Reims and it is better 1 point than zero point.

Lorient did not perform as well as we expected. They drew the match. By securing full points in today's match, they will be able to occupy the top spot in the points table for the first time. But they scored 1 point in this match. The Lorient team is now level on points with PSG. and 3 points ahead of Marseille. Raims team was relatively weak. They have earned only 9 points in 11 matches. Lorient could not get 3 points against such a weak team. This is their fault. They should have played more carefully and should have played a bit more attacking strategy.

[Docnaster]

Lorient 0:0 Reims FT

Lorient has failed to grab a whole 3 points in this match even when the opportunity was there. The Reims team guys were red carded twice at 46th minutes and  90th minutes but the Lorient players didn't take advantage. It was a really good fight by Reims and it is better 1 point than zero point.

Lorient did not perform as well as we expected. They drew the match. By securing full points in today's match, they will be able to occupy the top spot in the points table for the first time. But they scored 1 point in this match. The Lorient team is now level on points with PSG. and 3 points ahead of Marseille. Raims team was relatively weak. They have earned only 9 points in 11 matches. Lorient could not get 3 points against such a weak team. This is their fault. They should have played more carefully and should have played a bit more attacking strategy.

If yoy will blame Lorient for drawing the match today also remember that PSG was unable to beat the same team last week. If Reims could hold PSG to a full-time draw it means that Laurent also should be applauded for getting a draw.
That is how I see football, it is not easy especially when both teams are playing with the same number of players. I blame Lorient only on not been able to utilise the red card advantage given to them

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Lorient 0:0 Reims FT

Lorient has failed to grab a whole 3 points in this match even when the opportunity was there. The Reims team guys were red carded twice at 46th minutes and  90th minutes but the Lorient players didn't take advantage. It was a really good fight by Reims and it is better 1 point than zero point.

Later or sooner this was going to happen but still they are at the top of the game and have good chance for staying at this spot for some more weeks even now they could be strong contender for challenging PSG for title race which could be interested because in current season we have disappointing start from few top clubs specially Lyon is badly struggling and now tomorrow we have big match between PSG vs Marseille which is also going to be important because if PSG lost then surely we are going to have three-way race otherwise Marseille is also going to be dropped with Monaco would be in frame for having third or fourth spot which will have more entertaining season because in last few years we have all dominance by PSG but in current season few teams are at their best and soccer is also having good shape.

[Joca97]

Lorient 0:0 Reims FT

Lorient has failed to grab a whole 3 points in this match even when the opportunity was there. The Reims team guys were red carded twice at 46th minutes and  90th minutes but the Lorient players didn't take advantage. It was a really good fight by Reims and it is better 1 point than zero point.

Lorient missed the perfect chance to take the first place . Really wierd that they didnt take the opportunity that they had . Two missing players from Reims was a huge advantage. Reims also had some really good chances and could have taken all three points even with red cards.

[Bobrox]

Everyone loses sooner or later - even the big clubs, and it's always "unexpected" so I wouldn't be so sure if the Lorient streak would continue.
By the way, France has only three direct tickets to the Champions League and the gap from 4th place is only 4 points, so I would not be so sure about getting Lorient into the Champions League either.

Left many games later and early predict about Lorient into the champion league although have the same points with PSG right now, but Lorient have well performance in this season because can reach the same points with PSG and likely Ligue 1 named with farm league can be removed this season depending points received by all top standing team gap 3 and 2 points between under team position Lens and Marseille. Not any impossible dreaming actually for Lorient if want to play at Champion League next season, depending with Ligue 1 have three direct ticket and the 3rd standing should qualifier way I see Lorient have bigger chance can lead 2nd or 3rd standing if consistent.

[Ratash]

Lyon team is in a bad shape recently and unlucky for them they will have a difficult game tomorrow against Rennes and its an away one they didn't win in the last five games four losses and one draw at home in the last round i highly doubt they could beat Rennes with such poor performance.

[Prince Malik]

This is a very wonderful season for Lorient, they have played 10 matches so far in their League this seaso, they won eight of those matches drew one and lost one which is a very good stat. Then their past five matches are all wins for them, this is a very strong indication that the club will end in top 4 of the League One this season.  For the match against Reims, they will endeavour to have a win in the match. At the worse scenario will be draw. They aren't ready to lose the match for any reason.

Everyone loses sooner or later - even the big clubs, and it's always "unexpected" so I wouldn't be so sure if the Lorient streak would continue.
By the way, France has only three direct tickets to the Champions League and the gap from 4th place is only 4 points, so I would not be so sure about getting Lorient into the Champions League either.

same, i don't think Lorient can keep up, Lille are getting back strong, Lens lost only one match so far, Marseille are very close, and Monaco can finish third easily, there is a lot of competition for the those places, and from all the names i mentioned, i can't pick Lorient to be the best of them.

[snipie]

Lyon team is in a bad shape recently and unlucky for them they will have a difficult game tomorrow against Rennes and its an away one they didn't win in the last five games four losses and one draw at home in the last round i highly doubt they could beat Rennes with such poor performance.

Both teams aren't in their best shape honestly but Rennes seems better especially in the latest games while Lyon is on failure mode.
The odds for this game is relatively close in favour of Rennes obviously since it is playing home too. I think they will win and best thing Lyon could do is to get 1 point from there.
This round is important too for PSG since they could increase the gap between them and the others to 3 points and 6 points with Marseille if they win against them. PSG odds are way better.

[Velvet78]

Reims should consider themselves lucky after getting one point anyway against Lorient. Because they played the second half with 10 players and they got another red card in the stoppage time. Something was wrong with Lorient in this game this time and they couldn't score any goal. But of course any team can have this kind of unlucky games. This still doesn't change the fact that Lorient are having a great season.

The biggest game of the week is obviously PSG - Marseille. PSG are the absolute favourite to win this game. The last time Marseille won in this stadium was in 2020. This is a really good season they are having in the league as well. But I still think that PSG wouldn't let any surprising result to happen. There is no Champions League game next week so there is no need for rotation as well. PSG would take the win.

[W Jr.]

This is a very wonderful season for Lorient, they have played 10 matches so far in their League this seaso, they won eight of those matches drew one and lost one which is a very good stat. Then their past five matches are all wins for them, this is a very strong indication that the club will end in top 4 of the League One this season.  For the match against Reims, they will endeavour to have a win in the match. At the worse scenario will be draw. They aren't ready to lose the match for any reason.

Everyone loses sooner or later - even the big clubs, and it's always "unexpected" so I wouldn't be so sure if the Lorient streak would continue.
By the way, France has only three direct tickets to the Champions League and the gap from 4th place is only 4 points, so I would not be so sure about getting Lorient into the Champions League either.

The league is a little more exciting this year. Paris SG are the only team without a defeat. I thought they were going to dominate the league on their own and they are doing very well for now. They will play a very critical match against Marseille today. If Marseille wins, they will meet defeat in the league and have the same score. If Paris SG wins, the point gap will widen even more. There is an Mbappe crisis in these times and things may be different than usual at Paris SG.

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The league is a little more exciting this year. Paris SG are the only team without a defeat. I thought they were going to dominate the league on their own and they are doing very well for now. They will play a very critical match against Marseille today. If Marseille wins, they will meet defeat in the league and have the same score. If Paris SG wins, the point gap will widen even more. There is an Mbappe crisis in these times and things may be different than usual at Paris SG.

Paris Saint German will continue their winning streak this season if they will Marseille in the Parc Des Princes stadium. We all know it's not going to be easy game for the parisians as they drawed their last game both in the champions league and their league game. Christophe Galtier will want to win this game inother to maintain a wide gap difference on the table. We might be expecting a draw from the game because Marseille are very good when it comes to defending tactics.

[rahmad2nd]

The league is a little more exciting this year. Paris SG are the only team without a defeat. I thought they were going to dominate the league on their own and they are doing very well for now. They will play a very critical match against Marseille today. If Marseille wins, they will meet defeat in the league and have the same score. If Paris SG wins, the point gap will widen even more. There is an Mbappe crisis in these times and things may be different than usual at Paris SG.

PSG should be able to win this match, apart from them playing as hosts. the good news, Messi will return to play after two weeks out due to injury. however, it looks like this match will not be easy for PSG to win. because after all, the visitors are doing very well in Ligue 1.
Marseille will come up with a full squad, they also need a win to close the gap from first place.

IMO, Marseille slightly benefited from an unfavorable situation after Mbappe's statement that he wanted to leave SPG.
PSG's current situation can have a negative impact on their performance in the match later. but yes, in terms of strength SPG have a better chance of winning the match and Galtier wants full points to widen the gap on the points difference from Lorient.

[bering]

Before today Marseille really not in the good shape because they were surprisingly lose from the team who in the relegation zone Ajaccio and now against PSG it's really hard for Marseille back to winning track from this match because PSG is too strong for them but meetings statistics showed although PSG can able to win from Marseille several times but PSG only can able to beat them with slim scores so for this match i will assume PSG don't have any problem to win but might be the scores also will not so different such as their previous meetings and besides PSG win i think under 2.5 goals also good