French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

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2 matches left this week and one of them is the match between Rennes vs Marseille. This will be an interesting match because both clubs will need a win to maintain their position in the standings table. Rennes acts as the host in this match, but Marseille is more favored. I think maybe a draw will happen in this match, because both clubs are chasing points. If any one of them is going to win, I think Marseille will get it.

So far this season Rennes has had good results when Rennes is playing at home and in fact, Rennes is better than Marseille for the home match record this season. But even so, the reality is that Marseille is the team that is in the top position based on the record of away matches so far this season, so this match is of course a good chance for Marseille to still get points.

Whatever the result can happen, because both of these teams have good abilities for home and away matches. But yes, because at this moment Marseille is in second place in the Ligue 1 standings so I will still be confident to have Marseille win.

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[Tony116]

Though I love Neymar and Messi, I'm happy for mbappe. At his age, He has really shown that he is capable of showing more.  I barely find a player of his era play to that capacity. Mbappe will do more if he also sees the idea of contributing to other peoples goal as a priority.i believe this and this alone will help him get close to attending the height of the already existing icons like Ronaldo, Messi,  and Neymar. Mbappe is one of the greatest of his own time.

Mbappe is still very young, he is only 24 years old but his quality has been recognized worldwide.
Of course he is still very likely to develop and reach the peak of his performance, but sometimes we still think he is little selfish. It has to work on and he has to be very humble about the other players, it will only help him improve a lot.

However, in recent matches it seems that Mbappe is starting to show something different. He has to get used to doing things on behalf of the team, not for himself. Having a good relationship with Messi will make Mbappe better, but it only depends on how Mbappe serves his colleagues.

In the end, it all comes down to Mbappe having a little too much power than he should have. If any player in the squad is decided to have power that is above other players he is of course going to exercise that power. I believe that's what he wants to do. He wants everyone to follow his saying and his rule. But of course, the other players are not going to do that.

The PSG team could have been the best in the whole world with a better defensive lineup. They should have been the unbeatable team. But because of his selfishness, this game is not performing as it should. I know, there is a little bit of a problem with the coaching as well. But I believe the attacking lineup could have worked a lot better.

[Naficopa]

Though I love Neymar and Messi, I'm happy for mbappe. At his age, He has really shown that he is capable of showing more.  I barely find a player of his era play to that capacity. Mbappe will do more if he also sees the idea of contributing to other peoples goal as a priority.i believe this and this alone will help him get close to attending the height of the already existing icons like Ronaldo, Messi,  and Neymar. Mbappe is one of the greatest of his own time.

Mbappe is still very young, he is only 24 years old but his quality has been recognized worldwide.
Of course he is still very likely to develop and reach the peak of his performance, but sometimes we still think he is little selfish. It has to work on and he has to be very humble about the other players, it will only help him improve a lot.

However, in recent matches it seems that Mbappe is starting to show something different. He has to get used to doing things on behalf of the team, not for himself. Having a good relationship with Messi will make Mbappe better, but it only depends on how Mbappe serves his colleagues.

In the end, it all comes down to Mbappe having a little too much power than he should have. If any player in the squad is decided to have power that is above other players he is of course going to exercise that power. I believe that's what he wants to do. He wants everyone to follow his saying and his rule. But of course, the other players are not going to do that.

The PSG team could have been the best in the whole world with a better defensive lineup. They should have been the unbeatable team. But because of his selfishness, this game is not performing as it should. I know, there is a little bit of a problem with the coaching as well. But I believe the attacking lineup could have worked a lot better.

I never considered PSG's defense lineup strong. The team's defense lacks considerable strategy. Because in some matches, if PSG is in the lead, at some point they have to be defeated by the smaller teams due to the mistakes of the defense. Also, I think the midfielder is useless to support the attacking players.

[Alanaz]

A strange game yesterday between PSG and Nantes. PSG quickly came to 1-0 and not much later it also became 2-0. Then you would think the game is over but a little later when I looked at the scoreboard I saw 2-2 at half time. The final result of PSG does not surprise me, they are very good and with Mbappe there you can still decide these games in the final phase of a game, which is what happened now. And perhaps the last year together for Mbappe and Messi. He could just go back to Barcelona next season or maybe they're both gone.

I don't think that's a strange thing because Nantes himself didn't play too bad and didn't give up with the 2 early goals scored by Paris Saint Germain early in the first half. They didn't have much possession of the ball, but Nantes managed to be effective in attacking every time they had chances in the first half. But Paris Saint Germain are too strong a team for them to pull off a surprise.

[FanEagle]

Mbappe definitely deserved this record, sure PSG had some players back in its day but no superstar like Mbappe and certainly not from such a young age. Dude already broke the record and he is still super young which means that he could still do so much more, he could score 3x more than this, 600+ goals and it wouldn't even be a shock, as long as he stays with the team of course, if he leaves then all the potential future goals will be gone with him.

I still think that he will stay though, sure it looks like there were a lot of rumors of him leaving, but I haven't heard of them in a while and look how happy he was to celebrate the record as well.

[Sirait]

Mbappe definitely deserved this record, sure PSG had some players back in its day but no superstar like Mbappe and certainly not from such a young age. Dude already broke the record and he is still super young which means that he could still do so much more, he could score 3x more than this, 600+ goals and it wouldn't even be a shock, as long as he stays with the team of course, if he leaves then all the potential future goals will be gone with him.

I still think that he will stay though, sure it looks like there were a lot of rumors of him leaving, but I haven't heard of them in a while and look how happy he was to celebrate the record as well.

I hope that the new record set by mbappe at PSG will not make him arrogant. PSG is increasingly away at the top of the standings with 63 points. soon we will witness the match between rennes vs marseille, marseille's winning percentage reaches 40% while rennes reaches 32%, my prediction is a narrow 1-0 win for marseille.

[Jody.Drummer]

2 matches left this week and one of them is the match between Rennes vs Marseille. This will be an interesting match because both clubs will need a win to maintain their position in the standings table. Rennes acts as the host in this match, but Marseille is more favored. I think maybe a draw will happen in this match, because both clubs are chasing points. If any one of them is going to win, I think Marseille will get it.

So far this season Rennes has had good results when Rennes is playing at home and in fact, Rennes is better than Marseille for the home match record this season. But even so, the reality is that Marseille is the team that is in the top position based on the record of away matches so far this season, so this match is of course a good chance for Marseille to still get points.

Whatever the result can happen, because both of these teams have good abilities for home and away matches. But yes, because at this moment Marseille is in second place in the Ligue 1 standings so I will still be confident to have Marseille win.

The match had started and it looked like Marseille wanted to make a splash early on by creating a few chances in the first 10 minutes. This is a bit good enough because they want to create conditions where they dominate the match at the start of the game. Even though in this case Rennes can still not be affected, but if Marseille already has the early minutes, it seems that it will be difficult for them to get out of the rhythm that Marseille is doing.

The conditions are now a bit tilted in favor of Marseille I think although in this case they are playing away and I agree with what you said about Marseille who will win this game given the conditions at the start now.

[püsür]

A strange game yesterday between PSG and Nantes. PSG quickly came to 1-0 and not much later it also became 2-0. Then you would think the game is over but a little later when I looked at the scoreboard I saw 2-2 at half time. The final result of PSG does not surprise me, they are very good and with Mbappe there you can still decide these games in the final phase of a game, which is what happened now. And perhaps the last year together for Mbappe and Messi. He could just go back to Barcelona next season or maybe they're both gone.

It's really inconceivable that every time a football player gets a ball, he turns that ball into danger. I watched the match for 90 minutes. When Messi gets the ball, he somehow turns the ball into a dangerous attack. This year, Messi scored in the overhead kick, scored from 35 meters, free kicks, kicked the goalkeeper, he gives very good passes in every match. This guy is 35, I remind you, he'll probably win Ballondor for the 8th Time! Mbappe is selfish from head to toe. Messi always does what is most appropriate. Mbappe, on the other hand, is worried that I will score and the rest is not important. The forward line is enormous, it's officially scary, but this line of defense is very open for some reason. In football, if your defense and midfield are bad, your chance to win the match is difficult even if your forward line is scary. Messi carrying the team but in the future, problems with Mbappe might arise.

[Ratash]

Despite being goalless the game between Rennes and marseille is really entertaining the first half was open and both teams had various chances of scoring especially Rennes i think they might regret it in the second half if marseille team can score the first goal, there are high stakes in the game a win for both teams will solidify their current position.

[flipme]

Mbappe has full potential to be a new legendary player in next 10 to 15 years. However to reach to his highest, he must control his high ego that is harmful for his connections with other players. He can not do everything and he actually needs support from other players to show his best.

I totally agree with you on this. For example, Messi had turned into a better football player with the support of Xavi and Iniesta. Another example, Ronaldo had turned into a better football player with the support of Mesut Özil and Benzema. If Mbappe gets the opportunity to play with good football players who can support him, he can become a legend just like Messi and Ronaldo. Ashraf Hakimi can do that for him. But it would be better if there are players who can help him at the forward end.

[snipie]

Despite being goalless the game between Rennes and marseille is really entertaining the first half was open and both teams had various chances of scoring especially Rennes i think they might regret it in the second half if marseille team can score the first goal, there are high stakes in the game a win for both teams will solidify their current position.

Rennes 0-1 Marseille with only few minutes left in the game. Marseille goal was scored in the beginning of the second half.
With such victory, Marseille could keep the gap at 8 points and prohibit Rennes from getting closer to Lens and Monaco.
So far PSG is dominating the league again after being close to the other teams, namely Lens and Marseille. They still can't keep up with PSG and fail to grab the league title from it.

[Leviathan.007]

Mbappe has full potential to be a new legendary player in next 10 to 15 years. However to reach to his highest, he must control his high ego that is harmful for his connections with other players. He can not do everything and he actually needs support from other players to show his best.

I totally agree with you on this. For example, Messi had turned into a better football player with the support of Xavi and Iniesta. Another example, Ronaldo had turned into a better football player with the support of Mesut Özil and Benzema. If Mbappe gets the opportunity to play with good football players who can support him, he can become a legend just like Messi and Ronaldo. Ashraf Hakimi can do that for him. But it would be better if there are players who can help him at the forward end.

But it's too soon to talk about a player in the next ten years, there are many possibilities and we can't be sure about anything for example if he faces a hard injury or if he leaves PSG for another team and they couldn't be performed well in that team for any reason, but if everything goes well and even if PSG fails to keep Neymar and Messi still Mbappe can be a good investment for long term.

[execijutiere]

Marseille was the winner in the most important match of the day. Despite being away, Marseille got 3 points and continued to follow PSG. The points difference with PSG is now 8. This is of course a sad result for Rennes. Their rivals behind them have reduced the points difference and could overtake them soon. From now on, Rennes will not tolerate any more point losses. Monaco's draw was also important for Marseille and Lens.

[Gosgosking]

Mbappe has full potential to be a new legendary player in next 10 to 15 years. However to reach to his highest, he must control his high ego that is harmful for his connections with other players. He can not do everything and he actually needs support from other players to show his best.

I totally agree with you on this. For example, Messi had turned into a better football player with the support of Xavi and Iniesta. Another example, Ronaldo had turned into a better football player with the support of Mesut Özil and Benzema. If Mbappe gets the opportunity to play with good football players who can support him, he can become a legend just like Messi and Ronaldo. Ashraf Hakimi can do that for him. But it would be better if there are players who can help him at the forward end.

Mbappe is a good player their is no doubt about it, I'm very sure in time coming in the future he will be world best. Connecting with other players in football is very much important,  it will help him alot because he can not do everything alone, he needs support.

[shogun47]

After that fixture with Nantes, the next match of PSG in the Champions League. Don't you think otherwise that they will like to reserve their good players such as messi and mbappe for the Champions League. They really have to reserve this players because Neymar Junior is already injured, and if Messi or Mbappe get injured again. It will be a difficult match for PSG to contend.
So you might not witness many goals in that match as usual.

PSG will aim at Champions League with a very tough match in Munich. They must win the match as a guest, not as a host especially they were destroyed by Bayern in Paris weeks ago. I believe their mind is reserved totally for Champions League and Ligue 1 is not their focus at the moment.

Now that Neymar is definitively ruled out for the game against Bayern Munich, it is even more interesting to exactly listen to the words Galtier used when he explained Neymar's situation:

Neymar missing is bad for PSG but it's good news for Mbappe. He will be able to have his full show and let's see will he be able to bring PSG to quarter final of Champions League. Luckily for Mbappe, he will still get support from Messi in Munich.

I don't hate Mbappe but I don't like his high ego and I am really curious to see how he will play in Munich. If he can help PSG to win and move next, he will demonstrate that he is capable of bringing his club to success against big competitors in Champions League.

Missing the match is bad for Neymar but his career in PSG is mostly over. He and his team are looking for a new club for him in the summer. Rumor that he is aiming at Premier League and a club in his interest list is Chelsea.

Saying that Neymar is missing is good news for Mbappe is not quite right I guess. Neymar is a guy who doesn't spread positive energy and leads and motivates the team. He has bad nerves and is prone to losing control over his emotions.

But there is no doubt that he can also decide a game with the perfect pass or the perfect shot. Especially his passing, his high quality to assist goals is what benefits Mbappe a lot. That is why I think Neymar is missing is in total a disadvantage.

But I just read a couple of articles and PSG is optimistic and motivated to turn this around in Munich. I am not that optimistic, but wouldn't say that Bayern is safe yet. With Mbappe in a best condition and Messi also being fit, there is always a possibility for them to score two quick goals like we have seen when France played against Argentina and nobody thought France can come back.

[Doell]

Marseille was the winner in the most important match of the day. Despite being away, Marseille got 3 points and continued to follow PSG. The points difference with PSG is now 8. This is of course a sad result for Rennes. Their rivals behind them have reduced the points difference and could overtake them soon. From now on, Rennes will not tolerate any more point losses. Monaco's draw was also important for Marseille and Lens.

Yes so sad for Rennes tonight, they can't widen the gap with Lille which is currently in 6th place. There is still a possibility also for Lille to move up and replace Rennes, because in the remaining 12 matches opponents of Rennes it looks difficult if compared with Lille. But I hope a miracle for Rennes to at least stay in the top five.

[visionE2]

Mbappe is a good player their is no doubt about it, I'm very sure in time coming in the future he will be world best. Connecting with other players in football is very much important,  it will help him alot because he can not do everything alone, he needs support.

Yes I agree as you say. Mbappe and Messi are indeed key players and also the best players that Paris Saint-Germain currently have. The two players with the best performance at the 2022 World Cup were the key to the success that PSG achieved. With the positive results that PSG have achieved and PSG's game starting to look beautiful, maybe they are ready to face Bayern Munich in the second leg later.

[herurist]

2 matches left this week and one of them is the match between Rennes vs Marseille. This will be an interesting match because both clubs will need a win to maintain their position in the standings table. Rennes acts as the host in this match, but Marseille is more favored. I think maybe a draw will happen in this match, because both clubs are chasing points. If any one of them is going to win, I think Marseille will get it.

Your prediction is correct in this case. The match was quite exciting and indeed neither team wanted to give in but in terms of taking advantage of Marseille's opportunities it was better and they were able to win even with a narrow score.
With this result it is clear that they are safe from the pursuit of Monaco after Monaco were previously held to a 2-2 draw by Troyes.

[Velvet78]

Honestly I wasn't expecting Marseille to win against Rennes in an away game this week. But they really did it by 1-0. This was a very important win for them at the same time because their nearest opponents in the standings lost points as well. Maybe PSG have got quite away from Marseille but at least Marseille have consolidated the second position a little more.

It was unexpected to see Monaco losing points against Troyes as well. I was seeing it a clear win for Monaco side. This is the second game in a row for them in which they lose points. They need to collect themselves not to fall behind Marseille too much.

[MoonOfLife]

Mbappe is a good player their is no doubt about it, I'm very sure in time coming in the future he will be world best. Connecting with other players in football is very much important,  it will help him alot because he can not do everything alone, he needs support.

Yes I agree as you say. Mbappe and Messi are indeed key players and also the best players that Paris Saint-Germain currently have. The two players with the best performance at the 2022 World Cup were the key to the success that PSG achieved. With the positive results that PSG have achieved and PSG's game starting to look beautiful, maybe they are ready to face Bayern Munich in the second leg later.

Messi and Mbappe are PSG's main players. Even though PSG have a lot of star players, Messi and Mbappe are the key to PSG's attacking performance. PSG's overall gameplay is better if these two players are able to play well. PSG lost the first leg against Bayern Munich. They need to dominate and win the second leg. If Messi and Mbappe can play well. And if PSG's defensive performance is stable then PSG team can win against Bayern Munich.