French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[el kaka22]

PSG really didn't look like they are losing anything while not focusing on Mpabbe to score, he still scored from a penalty, but they changed it up and play as a team since they have a lot of good players and they became better.

Normally they put Mbappe to striker and then pass to him as much as they can, that is how they started at first, after the contract deal he was considered the most valuable player, but that didn't work out that well, and now they are just passing with each other no matter who has the ball, even if it is not Mbappe/Neymar/Messi trio, they pass to whoever they can, and this team ball managed to get them to score a lot more and play a lot better.

[SirLancelot]

Lorient started to perform bad earlier than Lens in that duo as it seems. After getting two draws in a row this time they lost to Nice home by 2-1. Their defending style is not good for two weeks as they conceded 4 goals in their last 2 matches in the league. They have started to become no different than Marseille these days.

When it comes to Marseille they are still a mess in the league. They performed really great in the first half and brought the score to 2-0 already. But they did a thing that they shouldn't have done in the first half. They started to play complacently and this helped Strasbourg to be hopeful about a point in this. They really got that point by scoring 2 goals in the last 15 minutes of the match. Marseille are still on a bad streak and it is four weeks now.

Look like their honeymoon period is going to end, and they are going to drop from top five spot with this form most chances in next week when they will be hosting PSG they could be down with Monaco and Marseille both are improving performance trying to have their higher rank which is surely going to happen with their current form they are losing momentum at home matches which is more concern and their attack is also not working as this was doing in early rounds.

In today match they were doing good in first half but suddenly in second half they lost their touch badly and concede two goals which give them shocking defeat in this round all top teams win their respective matches, just Lorient and Marseille both were unable to have positive end.

[Jody.Drummer]

I think PSG's defense is not weak, PSG is not focused on their defense. They changed their match strategy. And their main goal now is to attack and score a lot of goals. So they are not able to focus on their defense. Romas is playing like he is. Although Ramos is primarily a defender, he is rarely seen in defensive positions. He wants to score or assist. As a result, the team may score, but their defense is vulnerable. Galtier should be wary of the performance of his defenders right now. Otherwise, they will face a big loss in the Champions League.

Not focusing on defense is a weakness that must be corrected, no matter how hard they attack if they forget defense it will boomerang for them. See how they were almost humiliated by Troyes for often not focusing on defense. If they change their focus strategy to attack because of the quality of the opposing club below them that is a big mistake they should not do again. If what you say is true, then they seem to underestimate their opponent, and if they do it again be prepared for the worst that will happen to them.

[Alisha-k]

Lyon vs LOSC is heading towards the end of the first half and so far it is a goalless draw. It is a tough game has Lyon are struggling earnestly not to concede against LOSC. LOSC has a better chance of winning if the press further despite playing away but there could still be chance for a draw from the performance so far LOSC has a better control of the ball.

[Ratash]

Lyon are facing lille team right now its half time and the visitors seem to be in control of the game lille team was dangerous and had six goal attempts and they were so close to scoring, lyon players are still performing poorly and if they continue like this they will lose the game today.

[Doell]

Lyon are facing lille team right now its half time and the visitors seem to be in control of the game lille team was dangerous and had six goal attempts and they were so close to scoring, lyon players are still performing poorly and if they continue like this they will lose the game today.

Both teams are trying to get points in this match, so it's a difficult for Lyon to win. But I see the changes score that have occurred when Lacazette has managed to score for Lyon, and it looks like Lyon will also manage to get 3 points if the defense is tight. Meanwhile the match also a little bit more will be to ended, so it's a difficult for Lille to make draw.

[bekti3]

Lyon are facing lille team right now its half time and the visitors seem to be in control of the game lille team was dangerous and had six goal attempts and they were so close to scoring, lyon players are still performing poorly and if they continue like this they will lose the game today.

The game is almost over and it looks like it will be a win for Lyon over a goal scored by Lacazette in the 74th minute.
Lille played quite well but there are still some mistakes they made, otherwise in this match it looks like Lyon just want to wait for the mistakes made by Lille because they didn't play too much of the ball but this result is of course enough for them to secure the points.

[Tumanggor]

Lyon are facing lille team right now its half time and the visitors seem to be in control of the game lille team was dangerous and had six goal attempts and they were so close to scoring, lyon players are still performing poorly and if they continue like this they will lose the game today.

as the host, lyon did not waste the opportunity to win from lille, even though lille was more dominant but the effectiveness of lille's attack was very small

The match ended with Lyon's 1-0 win over Lille, this made the distance between Lille and Lyon in the standings only differ by 2 points

[Republikcoin.com]

as the host, lyon did not waste the opportunity to win from lille, even though lille was more dominant but the effectiveness of lille's attack was very small

The match ended with Lyon's 1-0 win over Lille, this made the distance between Lille and Lyon in the standings only differ by 2 points

Lyon is only able to reduce the distance between Lille and Lille in the standings, while its position is still under Lille. So both of them still have to struggle if they want to get a much better position this season, because in Ligue 1 only two positions can directly be in the Champions League, while the other two are for the Champions League and Europa League qualifications.

[Ludmilla_rose1995]

Not focusing on defense is a weakness that must be corrected, no matter how hard they attack if they forget defense it will boomerang for them. See how they were almost humiliated by Troyes for often not focusing on defense. If they change their focus strategy to attack because of the quality of the opposing club below them that is a big mistake they should not do again. If what you say is true, then they seem to underestimate their opponent, and if they do it again be prepared for the worst that will happen to them.

PSG's defense was very chaotic for Troyes, even though Troyes scored the first goal, the next match that PSG will face is against Juve in the UCL, if PSG doesn't improve their defense then Juve will definitely have a chance to destroy PSG's defense, especially at this time Juve performance is on the rise.

[Prince Malik]

Not focusing on defense is a weakness that must be corrected, no matter how hard they attack if they forget defense it will boomerang for them. See how they were almost humiliated by Troyes for often not focusing on defense. If they change their focus strategy to attack because of the quality of the opposing club below them that is a big mistake they should not do again. If what you say is true, then they seem to underestimate their opponent, and if they do it again be prepared for the worst that will happen to them.

PSG's defense was very chaotic for Troyes, even though Troyes scored the first goal, the next match that PSG will face is against Juve in the UCL, if PSG doesn't improve their defense then Juve will definitely have a chance to destroy PSG's defense, especially at this time Juve performance is on the rise.

I don't think juve can make troubles for PSG and even if juve scored i believe pag will scored more and can easily win this match, it's true that their performance is good in the last matches but they still show many signs of weakness and they should make more efforts to be able to win against psg, also don't forget that this match mean nothing for them as they already out of the champoins league

[Maidak]

Rennes beat an opponent who had lost for 4 weeks this week, extending their winless streak to 5 weeks. Montpellier failed to capitalize on their chances. Rennes is a good team and they have good players. We saw this in the midweek match against Fenerbahce.
Monaco also beat their out of form opponent and are now in 6th place.

Rennes played well against Montpellier. This was expected. Rennes was playing really well in this match and also had really smooth coordination between the players. Montpellier did not have that type of coordination while attacking and they were a disaster in the defense as a whole.

Monaco vs Angers

This was a very exciting match. In the first half, I found it surprising that neither team scored. Missed penalties, disallowed penalties, as well as some terrific saves from the Angers goalkeeper kept everything level. Despite this, Monaco played excellently in the second half, and some of their goals were very skillfully finished as well, particularly the second goal, which was a lovely finesse shot from the right flank.

[bering]

Poor performance has displayed by Lorient yesterday that they were continue their poor results from Nice that playing at home Lorient cannot break the defense of Nice although on the first half Lorient was able to scoring goal but during second half Nice was playing more better than them and the result is really unexpected me because before the match i thought Lorient can beat Nice however during the match Kasper Schmeichel has succesfully to managed his performance with very well even he has blocked several attempts from Lorient players and i think he has deserved as man of the match and next week will be hard match for Lorient because they have to fight against PSG

[Alisha-k]

Lyon vs LOSC today's match between these two teams I thought LOSC will play very well in this match but LOSC did not play very well in this match. Lyon scored a goal at the end of the match.  After that no more goals were scored in this match. However, in this match Lyon played a very good game from the beginning.

With the dominance from LOSC i was expecting them to leave with their away 3 points but Lyon were able to defend their home and won by a goal difference. Lyon tried in their defense but LOSC was the better team but were unable to net the ball behind the keeper. A lucky day for Lyon although their effort was amazing on average they played well.

[rahmad2nd]

I think PSG's defense is not weak, PSG is not focused on their defense. They changed their match strategy. And their main goal now is to attack and score a lot of goals. So they are not able to focus on their defense. Romas is playing like he is. Although Ramos is primarily a defender, he is rarely seen in defensive positions. He wants to score or assist. As a result, the team may score, but their defense is vulnerable. Galtier should be wary of the performance of his defenders right now. Otherwise, they will face a big loss in the Champions League.

Not focusing on defense is a weakness that must be corrected, no matter how hard they attack if they forget defense it will boomerang for them. See how they were almost humiliated by Troyes for often not focusing on defense. If they change their focus strategy to attack because of the quality of the opposing club below them that is a big mistake they should not do again. If what you say is true, then they seem to underestimate their opponent, and if they do it again be prepared for the worst that will happen to them.

When PSG conceded first in the 3rd minute, with a quick goal scored by striker Troyes.
PSG responded by increasing their attacking pressure. however, in the absence of Danilo Pereira, of course, plays an important role in their defense. Presnel Kimpembe, didn't contribute much and his performance was terrible. in the end, Galtier pulled him off in the 59th minute and replaced with Marquinhos.

I don't think SPG underestimates any team they are against. only, Galtier's rotation didn't go according to their plan.
However, I think PSG can turn things around by winning the game.
and one more thing, SPG will play a champions league match and they have the same points as Benfica. So, it's only natural that Galtier's attention is more on the more prestigious competition.

[S A KHAIR]

Lyon vs LOSC today's match between these two teams I thought LOSC will play very well in this match but LOSC did not play very well in this match. Lyon scored a goal at the end of the match.  After that no more goals were scored in this match. However, in this match Lyon played a very good game from the beginning.

I don't agree with you. Lille's performance was better than Lyon's in this match. Although Lille did not manage to win this match, I would still say that Lille's performance was good. Lille has a lot of attacks. Lyon's players on the other hand only resisted Lille's attacks and tried to score from counterattacks. And Lyon's players succeeded. They won the match with defensive gameplay. I would say Lyon was very lucky.

[DanWalker]

Apart from that I am still interested in continuing to monitor the progress of Marseille, whether they will stay on their path because they have bad habits. As I have said before, Marseille is a difficult team to be consistent with to get good performances and luck like the previous season. But on the other hand, when they have a bad season but the next season they get a very good performance and they keep repeating that season after season.

At least that was also evident in last night's match, when Marseille had taken the lead but in the end Strasbourg could equalize in the last minute of the match. At least it was a bad turn of events and an unlucky one for them, and I was lucky to only bet on the double chance option for Marseille.

Marseille had a really strong chance of getting all 3 points from this match. They were unlucky because they hit the post in the first half and they were also denied by the Strasbourg goalkeeper a few times. And I have to say in the second half Marseille was not defending as well as they should have and Strasbourg took that chance very well to come away with a point from this match. This point is going to help them a lot in their battle to get out of the relegation zone. Marseille completely disappointed me in this match.

Marseille will play Lyon in the next match and I don't think it will surprise me if they lose by the same margin.

[tulusikhlas]

Poor performance has displayed by Lorient yesterday that they were continue their poor results from Nice that playing at home Lorient cannot break the defense of Nice although on the first half Lorient was able to scoring goal but during second half Nice was playing more better than them and the result is really unexpected me because before the match i thought Lorient can beat Nice however during the match Kasper Schmeichel has succesfully to managed his performance with very well even he has blocked several attempts from Lorient players and i think he has deserved as man of the match and next week will be hard match for Lorient because they have to fight against PSG

I must say that Nice played very well in this match. Playing for the visitors did not frighten them in the slightest and continued to provide fierce resistance against Lorient. The result they can turn things around by creating 2 goals to ensure victory.
This gives the impression that the teams that are in the top 4 and trying to put pressure on Paris Saint Gemain are not too strong to do that.

[kro55]

I think PSG's defense is not weak, PSG is not focused on their defense. They changed their match strategy. And their main goal now is to attack and score a lot of goals. So they are not able to focus on their defense. Romas is playing like he is. Although Ramos is primarily a defender, he is rarely seen in defensive positions. He wants to score or assist. As a result, the team may score, but their defense is vulnerable. Galtier should be wary of the performance of his defenders right now. Otherwise, they will face a big loss in the Champions League.

Not focusing on defense is a weakness that must be corrected, no matter how hard they attack if they forget defense it will boomerang for them. See how they were almost humiliated by Troyes for often not focusing on defense. If they change their focus strategy to attack because of the quality of the opposing club below them that is a big mistake they should not do again. If what you say is true, then they seem to underestimate their opponent, and if they do it again be prepared for the worst that will happen to them.

I agree with you. PSG's defenders are experienced. But not focusing on defense is a weakness. And it really needs to be fixed. PSG's midfield is stable now. There was infighting among their forward players. Now, this is also solved. Now Galtier should focus on strengthening his defense. Sometimes only strategy and strong defense can defeat tough opponents. Ligue 1 title

PSG is almost certain to win. Because the second and third-placed teams in the table are 5 and 8 points behind PSG respectively. Now their target should be the Champions League. And if we want to do well in the Champions League knockout round, a strong defense is absolutely necessary. Otherwise, it is very difficult to win the match. Last season we saw the performance of the Bayern Munich team. Despite a strong attack, they were eliminated from the Champions League with a defeat against Villarreal.

[Minecache]

Poor performance has displayed by Lorient yesterday that they were continue their poor results from Nice that playing at home Lorient cannot break the defense of Nice although on the first half Lorient was able to scoring goal but during second half Nice was playing more better than them and the result is really unexpected me because before the match i thought Lorient can beat Nice however during the match Kasper Schmeichel has succesfully to managed his performance with very well even he has blocked several attempts from Lorient players and i think he has deserved as man of the match and next week will be hard match for Lorient because they have to fight against PSG

I must say that Nice played very well in this match. Playing for the visitors did not frighten them in the slightest and continued to provide fierce resistance against Lorient. The result they can turn things around by creating 2 goals to ensure victory.
This gives the impression that the teams that are in the top 4 and trying to put pressure on Paris Saint Gemain are not too strong to do that.

It was not easy for Nice to win against Lorient. Lorient was a strong team. And their performance this season is quite good. And Lorient was expected to fight PSG for the title this season. But they lost 2-1 against Nice. While Lorient's performance was not bad, Nice's players performed well. The match was competitive and enjoyable. The players of both teams performed well. And Nice's players took advantage of the weakness of Lorient's defenders to score two goals. Nice's performance at the start of the season was not good. But their performance in the last four matches is quite good and stable. Perhaps they will continue to try to move higher up the points table.