French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[borovichok]

Mbappe is not too good at penalty spots but his confidence has been increasing. If he can learn a penalty kick technique from Neymar and Messi, he will be very dangerous at the spot. Both Neymar and Messi had bad penalty records but after they changed their kicking technique, they improved their successful rates a lot.

Mbappe having Leo Messi and Neymar Jr as teammates have boost his confidence on the pitch and he have improved in certain playing position offfront. Kylian Mbappe confidence in taking penalties have increased in recent times with a wonderful performance from the Qater 2022 world cup. He have pace and also skillful with the ball in additional good footings. There are many tough times the Frenchman have turnup for the Parisians. Yesterday game in the parc Des princes stadium, it was all luck for the home side due to the strong defend from the visitors.

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[GiftedMAN]

Extremely difficult victory for PSG. 1-1 until the last minute of stoppage time, in which PSG were awarded a penalty. Mbappe showed that he is cool and made it 2-1 for PSG. A good start with a win, but you can ask yourself why PSG had so much trouble with Strasbourg in this match.

PSG were very lucky to have escaped that one. They were dominant with the ball, having about 70% of the possession, but did little with it and looked neutered in the absence of Lionel Messi. At least this result sees PSG remain top of the table and extend their advantage over second-place Lens to eight points while Strasbourg are three adrift of safety.

Was that penalty meant to be awarded? Crazy they won at the last minute  I won't say they didn't play well due to the absence of Messi within the team.

It's Nice Lens today and Lens would be hoping of continuing the good form they had before the start of the World Cup they had a good winning streak as they have currently aimed to finish in the top to represent for the next European competition the Champions League will be a dream after several years. It will be a good good way to end 2023 by ensuring they win at Nice today.

[Fakhrulenclix]

Extremely difficult victory for PSG. 1-1 until the last minute of stoppage time, in which PSG were awarded a penalty. Mbappe showed that he is cool and made it 2-1 for PSG. A good start with a win, but you can ask yourself why PSG had so much trouble with Strasbourg in this match.

PSG were very lucky to have escaped that one. They were dominant with the ball, having about 70% of the possession, but did little with it and looked neutered in the absence of Lionel Messi. At least this result sees PSG remain top of the table and extend their advantage over second-place Lens to eight points while Strasbourg are three adrift of safety.

Was that penalty meant to be awarded? Crazy they won at the last minute  I won't say they didn't play well due to the absence of Messi within the team.

It's Nice Lens today and Lens would be hoping of continuing the good form they had before the start of the World Cup they had a good winning streak as they have currently aimed to finish in the top to represent for the next European competition the Champions League will be a dream after several years. It will be a good good way to end 2023 by ensuring they win at Nice today.

PSG's game is quite bad, especially on the front lines, with Messi's absence being felt by the team, Neymar has not returned to his best performance even he cannot control his emotions, I think this is inseparable from what he experienced in the qatar world cup,
and fortunately Mbappe managed to score from the penalty spot in stoppage time to secure full points for PSG.

while in the Lens game against Nice, I think it will be very difficult even though Lens is in good form this season but Nice is not an easy opponent to beat at home.

[Cryptmuster]

Nice - Lans
Lens are in great shape, they have won 8 matches in a row, putting them in second place now, and to maintain a 5-point gap against PSG, they need to win today. But despite the fact that Nice this season most likely will not qualify for the euro cups, but they are able to take points from Lance and break their winning streak. In any case, I think that Lance will not be able to compete with PSG in Ligue 1.

[Rigon]

Neymar got a red card back at PSG. World Cup Qatar 2022 for Brazil was not good at all even for Neymar. After the failure of the World Cup, Neymar returned to his club and saw a red card. Neymar picked up two yellow cards in less than two minutes in the second half of the match against Strasbourg.  First, at 60.17 minutes, Neymar saw his first yellow card after lightly slapping Strasbourg midfielder Adrian Thomason in the face. After 61.38 minutes, Strasburg dived in the D box and was shown a second yellow card by the referee. This PSG star footballer left the field after seeing the red card. After that, PSG became a team of ten in the 62 minute. However, PSG won this match 2-1.

[Polkeins]

Neymar got a red card back at PSG. World Cup Qatar 2022 for Brazil was not good at all even for Neymar. After the failure of the World Cup, Neymar returned to his club and saw a red card. Neymar picked up two yellow cards in less than two minutes in the second half of the match against Strasbourg.  First, at 60.17 minutes, Neymar saw his first yellow card after lightly slapping Strasbourg midfielder Adrian Thomason in the face. After 61.38 minutes, Strasburg dived in the D box and was shown a second yellow card by the referee. This PSG star footballer left the field after seeing the red card. After that, PSG became a team of ten in the 62 minute. However, PSG won this match 2-1.

I don't think that we can  blame Neymar for the failure of the Brazilian national team. He just did what he could and even scored a goal for the Croatians in extra time and maybe if they gave a chance to Neymar for the penalty spot everything would not be so sad.
I am not a fan of Neymar, but considering how many fouls they put on him, how much he gets kicked, I understand why he sometimes doesn't hold back. Although in this game he played so-so, yes, he gave a goal pass to Marcianos, but if it wasn't for Mbappe, then probably the ceiling for PSG would have been a draw with Strasbourg.

[swogerino]

For today games I have bet on Lorient vs Montpellier at both teams to score yes,it has an unusual low odd of 1.63 for the French Ligue 1 but that is because these teams have conceded goals both of them in 4 of their last 5 games and both teams have also scored in 4 of their last 5 games so to me this looks like the more logical bet for today games.

The fact that Paris won yesterday just add to the boring and monotony that this league has become,no other team can afford to spend as much as Paris does and thus the Ligue 1 is not interesting at all in this regard.

[indah rezqi]

Neymar helped PSG a lot in this match with 2 silly yellow cards as usual, he got fired and luckily PSG got 3 points while playing with 10 players thanks to a late penalty scored by Mbappe..

The match that was expected to be easy for PSG turned out to be very difficult to win. That means PSG always have the potential to drop points even if people believe PSG are up against a weaker team on paper. In that match, PSG were certainly lucky to win a few minutes before the end of the match, and even then because the referee awarded them a penalty.

This difficult victory has certainly made PSG stronger at the top of the standings with a total of 44 points from 16 matches. PSG managed to widen the point gap with Lens to 8 points, while Lens has the opportunity to reduce this point gap if it beats Nice today. Lens and PSG are playing match in early January, so if Lens lose today against Nice then they will very likely have more points gap should PSG beat them in their next match.

[Alanaz]

For today games I have bet on Lorient vs Montpellier at both teams to score yes,it has an unusual low odd of 1.63 for the French Ligue 1 but that is because these teams have conceded goals both of them in 4 of their last 5 games and both teams have also scored in 4 of their last 5 games so to me this looks like the more logical bet for today games.

Lorient has not been able to win in their last 5 matches which has made their position slumped to 7th in the standings table. Montpellier is the same way, in fact they are worse than Lorient, so betting on Lorient's victory will be very promising at this time. Moreover, this will be a home game from Lorient which makes them more likely to get full points in front of their own supporters.

[onecall123]

During PSG's match against Strasbourg, Neymar was sent off for diving. The referee deserves a lot of credit. It would be great if more people acted with courage when blatant dishonesty is exposed. PSG had a very difficult time winning the match. Mbappe saved the day at the last minute, almost bringing most of us to tears. PSG's Kylian Mbappe scores the winning goal in the 96th minute. It was Mbappe who saved investors. Thanks to him, we won. I bet on PSG to win, and I won.

[rahmad2nd]

For today match Lorient had poor records from Montpellier that from 5 latest matches Lorient has lose 4 times and only can able to get draw result once and actually they want to used this match to bounce back and ended their poor results period but seems possibly Lorient can be slipped today because seems Montpellier is became the team who hard to beat by them and my prediction the match will be very tight and probably draw result is decent for them considering recent performance from both of teams is very similar so betting options draw or both teams to scores seems good to be considering

As you said, if we refer from the H2H history between the meetings of these two teams. Lorient always lose against Montpellier, both at home and away. however, when referring to the current standings of the two teams. that in fact, Lorient is better than Montpellier. and currently, Lorient is ranked 7th and Montpellier is ranked 15th in the Ligue 1 standings. plus, in Montpellier's last 7 matches in Ligue 1, they did not even win a game and were only able to produce 2 draws.

As for Lorient, in their last 5 matches they have not been as good as Montpellier either. it's just that, Lorient is better when compared to the opposing team, they only experienced two defeats and three draws. however, in truth this match should have belonged to the home team. because after all, this game is Lorient's home game. which they are more seeded and have better statistics this season. according to my estimation, this game will be owned by the home team.

[Iranus]

Although indeed, Monaco can turn things around so that they can win the match, but if I consider from the existing statistics where Monaco is a team that is in a higher standing area then I think that is a statistic that is not good for Monaco. Indeed, statistics are not something that is important because the most important thing is the full points obtained, but as a top team against a bottom team then I think at least Monaco can get good statistics too.
Because Auxerre is currently in the relegation zone or at least a team that is at the bottom of the Ligue 1 standings, but in reality Auxerre was able to score first and almost won at half time.

But for the next match between PSG v Strasbourg, I personally am very sure that PSG will be able to win, even I am sure that PSG can win with a wide goal difference. What's more, if PSG can win big with clean sheets, then of course that will be a very good result in this match.
Indeed, Messi was not played in this match because he was still given more time to rest. But even though there is no Messi in the PSG squad in this match, I personally feel that this will not be an obstacle for PSG to be able to win with a big score. Because yes, basically PSG still has other players and also, PSG still has other goalscoring players who can still play very well.

First of all, I believe that Monaco needs to improve. Their performance has not been up to the mark this season. They finished third in the last season. But they are currently in the fifth position on the table this season. So, improvements needed to be made for them. They are obviously in a good position right now and they can obviously get ahead on the table. But they will have to improve quickly otherwise they won’t have a chance to improve because half of the season is already gone.

There is no reason to worry about PSG in this league. I believe that whatever happens, PSG will be able to win. The level of players that they have in the team is matched with any other team in this league.

In PSG and Strasbourg, it was a 2-1 win for PSG. Even though it might not seem like it, I would say this was rather comfortable for PSG.

[KTChampions]

Neymar helped PSG a lot in this match with 2 silly yellow cards as usual, he got fired and luckily PSG got 3 points while playing with 10 players thanks to a late penalty scored by Mbappe..
That was supposed to be an easy match for PSG
Lyon under new owners scored 4 goals and got 3 points although their opponent isn't that good.
The remaining games aren't less important, especially Lens and Nice which should be competitive.

Neymar obviously hasn't gotten over the failure at the World Cup yet. In principle, emotional instability has always been considered one of the characteristics of players from South America. I hope he picks himself up as soon as possible.

By the way, Mbappe scored another important penalty, I'm surprised that he still doesn't have haters who started calling him Mbapenal - by analogy with Penaldo and Pessi 

[posi]

Mbappe and Messi were enemies at the World Cup. But now they are teammates. They will play in the same team. And if Messi, Neymar, Mbappe and Ramos continue to perform well, PSG have the ability to win against any team. Strasbourg is a very weak team. They have won just one match this season. My guess PSG team will win against Strasbourg by at least 3 goals. Both Messi and Mbappe will score.

in the French Ligue 1, I wouldn't look at any other team than PSG. although sometimes they perform badly, in the end, the champion is PSG. no other club is as powerful as PSG in Ligue 1. as long as other clubs don't have enough money like PSG. it will be hard to compete within the league. the others would probably only be fighting for second and third place.

Wouldn't it be a shocker if somehow they just blow up? I mean think about it, if Neymar wants out because of some issues with Mbappe, and then Mbappe wants Messi to be gone because of world cup situation, and he gets an offer from Real that he accepts and leaves as soon as he is capable, suddenly in a year they are all gone and PSG is left with nothing. That would bring some justice and equality to Ligue 1, but knowing how rich they are, if those players were gone, they would just spend a few hundred million on some other players and become great again. Ligue 1 needs to find a non-psg payment clause so that other teams could get some money, this way just doesn't work.

Despite the fact that all three players in that PSG forward line are actually gone from the team for some strange reason, I do not think that they will be hurt too much in the long run as a result of this. Whenever the transfer market is open, I believe they will be able to bring in new players very soon since they have enough money. I personally do not think that it will present too much of a problem for PSG as a result of this change. It is certain that there will be a slight hiccup in the process. But not something that will suddenly bring them down to the last five positions on the table.

[S A KHAIR]

I'm almost certain they'll win the 3 points tonight. Strasbourg is one of the last teams in the league and they don't want to be the league's top scorer against Paris SG. That's why I think they're going to play defensively. Maybe they will want to achieve a miracle with counter attacks. After all, Paris SG is a “dream team” made up of the most successful players in the world cup.

I am also very sure that they will win easily in this match, yes that belief is natural because the two teams also play at different levels. Paris Saint Germain with world-class players, even with extraordinary individual achievements. Meanwhile, Strasbourg is a team that can be said to be sober when compared to Paris Siant Germain.
In another match, Monaco made it into the top 5 after beating Auxerre with a final score of 2-3. The two teams exchanged goals, and Monaco managed to secure 3 points from the hosts.

The score was not very convincing for PSG. And another thing is I do not think there was any reason for Neymar to pick up the red card. He could have avoided that in my opinion. Anyway, even if both Neymar and Messi do not play in the next match, I think they are still going to win. After all, they have mapped in the team. Who already scored two goals in this match after the break of the World Cup. He carried his form from the World Cup straight into this match.

[Xxmodded]

Maybe it was little questionable with the referee's decision to award a penalty to PSG even though Marquinhos scored successful goal in in the match against Strasbourg, there shouldn't have been penalty kick because the position of the ball was advantageous for PSG after goals scoring by Marquinhos.

If Mbappe's penalty missed, it might be long debate over the decision made by the referee by awarding penalty kick, on other side Marquinhos has scored goal and even celebrated, but the referee has a different point of view and decision than usual. Win over Strasbourg made PSG have 8 points left from Lens who is in 2nd place and has one game against Nice today.

[poldanmig]

There is no reason to worry about PSG in this league. I believe that whatever happens, PSG will be able to win. The level of players that they have in the team is matched with any other team in this league.

In PSG and Strasbourg, it was a 2-1 win for PSG. Even though it might not seem like it, I would say this was rather comfortable for PSG.

PSG have dominated the standings since the league started and even now they have started to leave rival teams with a difference of 8 points, just like last season maybe we will see this season will not be much different especially so far PSG has managed to go through 16 matches without defeat at all, as it is you, I will also say that PSG performance will not change much in the league even though previously many of their players played in the world cup because to be honest League 1 is the most uncompetitive league so far because there really is no other club that is really worth facing PSG in league.

[rendravolt]

Extremely difficult victory for PSG. 1-1 until the last minute of stoppage time, in which PSG were awarded a penalty. Mbappe showed that he is cool and made it 2-1 for PSG. A good start with a win, but you can ask yourself why PSG had so much trouble with Strasbourg in this match.

PSG were very lucky to have escaped that one. They were dominant with the ball, having about 70% of the possession, but did little with it and looked neutered in the absence of Lionel Messi. At least this result sees PSG remain top of the table and extend their advantage over second-place Lens to eight points while Strasbourg are three adrift of safety.

I think the game against Strasbourg will be an easy match for PSG, but it seems that with Lionel Messi absent they are still having a hard time getting a win. Moreover, in that match Neymar received a red card and had to miss the next game against Lens. Maybe in the next match Lionel Messi can strengthen PSG again, he is the figure that the team needs in the midfield, his creativity in providing bait or damaging the opponent's defense is Messi's strength.

[sana54210]

Neymar helped PSG a lot in this match with 2 silly yellow cards as usual, he got fired and luckily PSG got 3 points while playing with 10 players thanks to a late penalty scored by Mbappe..

The match that was expected to be easy for PSG turned out to be very difficult to win. That means PSG always have the potential to drop points even if people believe PSG are up against a weaker team on paper. In that match, PSG were certainly lucky to win a few minutes before the end of the match, and even then because the referee awarded them a penalty.

This difficult victory has certainly made PSG stronger at the top of the standings with a total of 44 points from 16 matches. PSG managed to widen the point gap with Lens to 8 points, while Lens has the opportunity to reduce this point gap if it beats Nice today. Lens and PSG are playing match in early January, so if Lens lose today against Nice then they will very likely have more points gap should PSG beat them in their next match.

There are always unexpected loss of points, a draw or a loss because that is what football is about. But, you do not go against a lower level team and say "hmm is this the game we finally lose?" and play like that. You imagine every game is a win for PSG and let the unexpected loss to be unexpected. If you keep expecting them to eventually lose, you are going to miss out on making a profit from them.

There is a reason why they do not pay out great for PSG win, because if you play PSG win all year, eventually you are going to not make a profit due to the fact of them having draws and losses which combine to be bigger than the profit you make from their wins.

[Docnaster]

Extremely difficult victory for PSG. 1-1 until the last minute of stoppage time, in which PSG were awarded a penalty. Mbappe showed that he is cool and made it 2-1 for PSG. A good start with a win, but you can ask yourself why PSG had so much trouble with Strasbourg in this match.

PSG was very lucky to have escaped that one. They were dominant with the ball, having about 70% of the possession, but did little with it and looked neutered in the absence of Lionel Messi. At least this result sees PSG remain top of the table and extend their advantage over second-place Lens to eight points while Strasbourg is three adrift of safety.

I think the game against Strasbourg will be an easy match for PSG, but it seems that with Lionel Messi absent they are still having a hard time getting a win. Moreover, in that match, Neymar received a red card and had to miss the next game against Lens. Maybe in the next match Lionel Messi can strengthen PSG again, he is the figure that the team needs in the midfield, and his creativity in providing bait or damaging the opponent's defense is Messi's strength.

The match wasn't that easy for them, though they won. It shows that Messi has a very big role to play in the PSG team. His absence was so obvious. Neither Neymar nor mbappe could perform to the expected standards.
Alexander Djiku made it so difficult for PSG to convert their numerous ball-winning to goals. Though Galcier and Marco Veratti gave out a Unique performance, yet I still believe PSG wouldn't have had a hard time scoring if Nuno Mendez and Messi were around. But I'm glad they won because currently, Strasbourg players are all fit.