French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[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.

[püsür]

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.

We saw once again how great a football player Messi is in this match. Without the man, the team turns into something mediocre. The man is officially the brain of the team, he reads the game, it is not clear what he will do when he takes it on his feet. Without Messi, it is obvious how struggling PSG is, even against an easy team. Mbappe's pattern had little effect on the match, only wasted positions. 35-year-old Messi is contributing more than anyone. Mbappe can score a lot of goals, Ronaldo can do a lot, but no football player has come to football history as well-equipped as Messi. And they say Maradona, yes, he was a great football player, but he only played 5-6 years at the top level. Messi is definitely better than him. Messi has been playing at this level for 15 years, the man has been making us watch recitals for years. We are so lucky to have the chance to watch this man's entire career live.

[ginsan]

I didn't watch this match, but I saw the match statistics provided and it was clear that PSG had to work hard to get 3 points in this match, I think PSG had luck in this match because of the victory they got through a penalty point, and it happened  in extra time.

without messi, neymar also got a red card and mbappe had to try hard with 10 men but they managed to get 3 points and maintain their unbeaten form until the 16th match they have played.

the ongoing match is also very exciting to watch between Nice vs lens where lens is still having trouble beating the host because the match has entered 81 minutes in normal time but the score is still 0-0. if Lens fails to get full points maybe they will be a little overwhelmed to catch up with points from psg.

[Z-tight]

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.

I do not like it when a team doesn't play so well and fans then believe it was because of a player that was probably absent as a result of injury or something else, in Messi's case it is the world cup break. In case you forgot psg have also had bad games when Messi played, he is a player than can change everything in seconds, but it is possible that if he was available yesterday, psg would still struggle or maybe even fail to win. If a team performs poorly it is better to say it is the teams fault rather than believe it is because one player was absent. Neymar would have surely regretted his actions, the first offense was an obvious yellow card, and the dive for the second one was clear too, he is a wonderful professional and he should know what is not acceptable, i am sure this will make him really upset and he would put that out in his game when next he plays.

[savetheFORUM]

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.

In today match, we have too many casualties those suffer loses due to poor form of Lorient as they have lost against Montpellier by 0 - 2 with most were feeling this break could be good for them, and they will be fight back with win because before break they were suffering badly and having five matches without any win but now it's almost six at home they fail to score any goal which is also not good start for them after break.

Now in coming round they will face bottom side team Angers which will helpful for them because with this hopefully they will be able to have backed their confidence and winning streak also started which is much needed after suffering loses like these which bring them down from third to seventh.

[Emitdama]

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.

Nice keep the nerve and not allowed Lens at Allianz Riviera to win this game with both teams were level in performance and quality even Lens were superior in first half, but Nice defense were alert which was surely helpful for them to have one point from this match which is surely going to have good impact on few teams ranking in coming days.

Lens which is still at the second spot behind PSG now having gape of seven points with now in next match they are going to host PSG at Stade Bollaert-Delelis which could be good opportunity for them to cut the gape of points with PSG by four points but if they are not able to perform better than surely this could be more widen by 10 points and this could be surely not good for them and other competitors even if Lens not able to win this match then Marseille could be having good time for replacing them at the second spot because gape could be cut by only one point.

[Velvet78]

Marseille - Toulouse was such an interesting game honestly.

Because the statistics are telling the person who looks at it like it was a competitive game. But the final result doesn't say that at all. This 6-1 victory must be a huge help for Marseille mentally. They already beat Lyon and Monaco before this game and this victory would make them concentrated on their league games even more. They are out of the Champions League as they finished the group stage at the last position. They need to focus on their Ligue 1 games to finish the season at the 2nd position at worst.

[bekti3]

Marseille - Toulouse was such an interesting game honestly.

Because the statistics are telling the person who looks at it like it was a competitive game. But the final result doesn't say that at all. This 6-1 victory must be a huge help for Marseille mentally. They already beat Lyon and Monaco before this game and this victory would make them concentrated on their league games even more. They are out of the Champions League as they finished the group stage at the last position. They need to focus on their Ligue 1 games to finish the season at the 2nd position at worst.

The comparisons are quite far in this match.
Marseille played very comfortably even though in terms of dominance they were actually even, especially for ball possession. But seeing the good finishing done by Marseille in this match, I think the quality of the players differed a bit.
Toulouse's defense could not do much when facing attacks from Marseille which in the end they lost quite badly.

[snipie]

Marseille - Toulouse was such an interesting game honestly.

Because the statistics are telling the person who looks at it like it was a competitive game. But the final result doesn't say that at all. This 6-1 victory must be a huge help for Marseille mentally. They already beat Lyon and Monaco before this game and this victory would make them concentrated on their league games even more. They are out of the Champions League as they finished the group stage at the last position. They need to focus on their Ligue 1 games to finish the season at the 2nd position at worst.

Marseille missed many points in the previous games, that's why they aren't second, otherwise finishing in the second spot might be challenging unless Lens continues dropping points like in today's game vs Nice, same goes for Rennes since they let Marseille pass them. Otherwise, scoring 6 goals was interesting for Marseille.

[Popkon6]

This Brazilian star Neymar is going to create a scene in this match that he was not ready at all.  But at the last moment, his performance caught the eye of the referee.  And the first yellow card was shown to Neymar, who received the first card for shoving a footballer from the club of Strasbourg into the field and immediately after he fell alone in the Dbox, the referee caught the eye of the referee and there he received another yellow card.  And in exchange for two yellow cards, the referee immediately sent him off the field with a red card.  The PFG star walked off the field with a sad heart and 10 players battled Strasbourg for PFG.

[blue Snow]

Marseille - Toulouse was such an interesting game honestly.

Marseille has motivated to beat the 2nd position stand (Champions League zone) from Lens (after draw in Nice), that's the way they play impressive last night. That many surprising Alexis Sanchez didn't create a goal last night when many people expect to him create at least 1 to complete victory. The good news is back in play Eric Bailly from injured, he is a good defender who doesn't have a place on MU because they can't compete with Maquire.

[Juggy777]

This Brazilian star Neymar is going to create a scene in this match that he was not ready at all.  But at the last moment, his performance caught the eye of the referee.  And the first yellow card was shown to Neymar, who received the first card for shoving a footballer from the club of Strasbourg into the field and immediately after he fell alone in the Dbox, the referee caught the eye of the referee and there he received another yellow card.  And in exchange for two yellow cards, the referee immediately sent him off the field with a red card.  The PFG star walked off the field with a sad heart and 10 players battled Strasbourg for PFG.

@Popkon6 the media has rightly compared his antics to Ronaldo who had left the stadium early while the game was yet on, but despite this I don’t expect Neymar to quit PSG.

Furthermore credit to Mbappe for all the emotions he must be feeling after not being able to win the World Cup, he gave it all for PSG and scored the winning goal and thus proved once again why he’s turning out to be one of best player’s of this sport.

[8rch7]

PSG got advantage with other match result between Nice vs Lens with draw and make 7 points awhile at position standing, no doubt with PSG dominance in Ligue 1 every season and have great chance for next PSG make PSG behind 10 points left from 2nd position standing if can win on matchday 17, Lens vs PSG.

There are have gap points in Ligue 1 between 1st and 2nd standing position team where PSG always dominance with many points left until end season, actually PSG will get advantage for next matchday with Lionel Messi will return back to PSG squad after absent last match against Strasbourg.

[bering]

Surprisingly Rennes was lose from their opponent Reims and before the match begin i was hoping Rennes can continue their good records and earn 3 points but apparently Reims was performing well and can secured points from them on the other hand Marseille apparently can utilized the situation after Rennes lose yesterday that playing at home Marseille can win with big scores from Toulouse with score 6-1 and actually the match looks equal because Marseille isn't too control the game but Marseille playing very effective that from 7 total shot on goals they can makes 6 goals from that and so far this is their biggest scoring win of the season

[swogerino]

I am very disappointed with Lorient vs Montpellier game,not because Lorient lost the game but because both teams had been scoring goals so I bet on both teams to score yes and the game ended 1-0 for Montpellier.I love the both teams to score bet but apparently two times I have tried here,one with Angers game vs Ajaccio and one in yesterday game didn't work out for me.I conclude that this league is not a good one for betting both teams to score as most teams here do not play that openly for this bet to come true most of the times.