French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[shogun47]

PSG were almost held to a draw by the home team Brest and I think a result like this will not happen in this match because after all PSG has an easy chance to win. But who would have thought, even though PSG was free from the pressure to play in the Champions League, this still made PSG have to make a bigger effort just to score the decisive goal in the match against Brest.

But yes, maybe PSG really wants to relax more because after all, PSG's position in the Ligue 1 standings is also safe to lock in the title this season. Because if PSG's position is threatened to be overtaken, then of course PSG will be able to recover quickly to get good results in every match.

PSG situation is very serious, despite them having a difference of 10 points in the table, they have serious problems such as:

1 - PSG has serious problems in defense, which makes it difficult for the team to play without conceding goals, to get an idea of the seriousness of what I'm talking about

PSG 2 - 1 Brestois

in this game, PSG conceded a goal, but if we look at this goal that PSG conceded, we can see that it was a serious mistake in PSG's defense, and to add that PSG is not managing to play well against brestois, which are a team that are competing with teams from the relegation zone

PSG 4 - 2 Nantes

PSG conceded 2 goals in this game

I'm not going to post more games, but the most important thing is to show that PSG's defense is not good in certain games, of course if we look globally we will see that in 27 games they conceded 26 goals, and that's a good thing. but in the last few games they have conceded a lot of goals sometimes

2 - PSG will no longer have neymar this season, it is safe to say that PSG's attack is already weakened, so it is possible that even their opponents will be able to win the Ligue 1 this season

I can't call it anything but bad luck to not win after 2-0 up until 88 minutes. However, Strasbourg's performance in this match was really good.

Marseille were playing with 10 players from the 29th minute, but even so they managed to score 2 goals, but it is still shocking to concede a goal and in the next minute to concede another goal. it was very bad luck for them and the mistake of the guy who received the red card. It is very difficult for a team that is playing with fewer players to win a game, these are very difficult situations.

These are some good points that you brought up. But this has been the case for quite a while and they have never really had a strong defense. That was also their problem against Bayern Munich, but conceding goals against them is still ok. As you described conceding goals against a team that is even one man down is a shame, but this season is pretty much finished for them anyway. No more Coup de France, no more Champions League either and I wonder how this team is supposed to motivate themselves for the coming weeks. If you are a guy like Mbappe and your season is pretty much over by the beginning of March, it can't get any worse than that.

[skarais]

Problems with PSG defense is clear that makes them weak in Champions League but in Ligue 1, it does not mean a lot for them. Their attacking system can cover weakness of their defense and they are still a strongest club there. 10 point gap is a solid evidence of their domination in Ligue 1 even they have not too strong defense and spent their focus on Champions League in many weeks.

I agree that the poor defense and the aggressiveness of the players who are not good have made PSG fail from the Champions League this season.
But of course it will not negatively affect their chances in Ligue 1. PSG appear to dominate Ligue 1 with better quality players than many other teams, and a 10 point advantage over their rivals will take PSG closer to the title this season.

However, PSG must also focus on improving its defensive performance. As a big team that can always qualify for the Champions League, PSG must have a good stability of the team which will ultimately affect their chances. If PSG's squad depth is evenly distributed in all positions, then their chances of reaching the final are better.

[Z-tight]

PSG win the champions of the France Ligue 1 is not longer any news and neither will it be an excitement or a surprise to the fans. The fans are tired of the league 1 trophy they want something like the Champions League trophy and that is where the expectation of the fan and that of the footballers and also that of the management is but it is quite unfortunate that every efforts made by the management of PSG to win the champions league has proven futile. Let me see any effort by next season.

Now psg have to wait for next season again, i know they want to win the champions league, but the only trophy they have a chance of winning now is the Ligue 1 and there is nothing they can do about it, Bayern munich were better than them, that is why they were able to beat them 3-0 on aggregate. Now psg have to focus on the Ligue 1, they would have been in danger of not winning the Ligue 1 if the other top teams were consistent, but they were not, and now psg have a 10 point advantage and they must surely win the Ligue 1 now.

[Zlantann]

These are some good points that you brought up. But this has been the case for quite a while and they have never really had a strong defense. That was also their problem against Bayern Munich, but conceding goals against them is still ok. As you described conceding goals against a team that is even one man down is a shame, but this season is pretty much finished for them anyway. No more Coup de France, no more Champions League either and I wonder how this team is supposed to motivate themselves for the coming weeks. If you are a guy like Mbappe and your season is pretty much over by the beginning of March, it can't get any worse than that.

I totally agree with your comments because the focus of PSG is nothing but the UEFA Champions League. They have ten points lead over Marseille which means there is every possibilty that the club will win the French league. The club is now in disarray because Mbappe's future in the club is unclear. This youngstar wants to lift the Champions league and it is clear that his current team doesn't have the quality or capacity to compete for this prestigious competition. When he was asked about his future by some journalist, he unveiled to them that his focus now is the league and his future will be discussed at the end of the season.

I also don't know if Coach Christophe Galtier will still be in charge of the team next season considering the strict approach of management by Nasser Al-Khelaifi and his Qatar Sports Investments. With the current quality players the club has it it's disposal, one might one to asked when will PSG win the Champions League?

[kro55]

PSG win the champions of the France Ligue 1 is not longer any news and neither will it be an excitement or a surprise to the fans. The fans are tired of the league 1 trophy they want something like the Champions League trophy and that is where the expectation of the fan and that of the footballers and also that of the management is but it is quite unfortunate that every efforts made by the management of PSG to win the champions league has proven futile. Let me see any effort by next season.

Now psg have to wait for next season again, i know they want to win the champions league, but the only trophy they have a chance of winning now is the Ligue 1 and there is nothing they can do about it, Bayern munich were better than them, that is why they were able to beat them 3-0 on aggregate. Now psg have to focus on the Ligue 1, they would have been in danger of not winning the Ligue 1 if the other top teams were consistent, but they were not, and now psg have a 10 point advantage and they must surely win the Ligue 1 now.

I personally think PSG's dream of winning the Champions League will not be fulfilled until they get an experienced coach like Zidane, Guardiola, or Ancelotti. PSG has a lot of money. They are capable of forming very strong squads. But it is not possible to win the Champions League title without an experienced coach. Because the PSG squad needs an experienced coach to control the star players.
If the performances of teams like Marseille, Monaco and Lens were consistent, it would have been difficult for PSG to win the Ligue 1 title. However, the performance of these teams is not stable. Therefore, the points gap between these teams will increase with PSG in the future.

[Leviathan.007]

These are some good points that you brought up. But this has been the case for quite a while and they have never really had a strong defense. That was also their problem against Bayern Munich, but conceding goals against them is still ok. As you described conceding goals against a team that is even one man down is a shame, but this season is pretty much finished for them anyway. No more Coup de France, no more Champions League either and I wonder how this team is supposed to motivate themselves for the coming weeks. If you are a guy like Mbappe and your season is pretty much over by the beginning of March, it can't get any worse than that.

I totally agree with your comments because the focus of PSG is nothing but the UEFA Champions League. They have ten points lead over Marseille which means there is every possibilty that the club will win the French league. The club is now in disarray because Mbappe's future in the club is unclear. This youngstar wants to lift the Champions league and it is clear that his current team doesn't have the quality or capacity to compete for this prestigious competition. When he was asked about his future by some journalist, he unveiled to them that his focus now is the league and his future will be discussed at the end of the season.

I also don't know if Coach Christophe Galtier will still be in charge of the team next season considering the strict approach of management by Nasser Al-Khelaifi and his Qatar Sports Investments. With the current quality players the club has it it's disposal, one might one to asked when will PSG win the Champions League?

They have currently the best forwards in the world that's the reason to say we expected to see much more from them instead of just racing for the French league, I also heard some news that they want to use another coach for the next season because they had good players and they could get good results so maybe Galtier will not continue working on PSG in the next season, even Zidane linked to PSG and I think he has a good chance to be the next coach of PSG.

[KTChampions]

I agree with everything you have listed, but I don’t understand why this is important for PSG this season? They have already been knocked out in the cup and in the Champions League. Bookmakers estimate the chances of a Ligue 1 title as 1.01 (lol I wonder if someone will bet on such a negligible odds).
In fact, PSG should already be preparing for the next season, everything else is trifles.

Again they were knocked out in the Champions League too early but it does not wipe out their chance in Ligue 1. Weeks ago, other clubs have very close gaps with PSG but now it has become 10 point gap to a second club. That is impossible for those clubs to close those big gaps and beat PSG when the season is no longer long time left.

Problems with PSG defense is clear that makes them weak in Champions League but in Ligue 1, it does not mean a lot for them. Their attacking system can cover weakness of their defense and they are still a strongest club there. 10 point gap is a solid evidence of their domination in Ligue 1 even they have not too strong defense and spent their focus on Champions League in many weeks.

For the second year in a row, PSG are relegated to the 1/8 of the Champions League and 1/8 of the French Cup. Now they will fill the statistics (they have nothing else to do anyway). I remember how last year PSG seriously increased its performance in this segment and many wrote that "finally Mbappe, Neymar and Messi found mutual understanding on the field and next season PSG will perform hoo well"  And now a year has passed, and PSG is in a worse position than it was - the squad is aging and there are no prospects.

[Slow death]

PSG situation is very serious, despite them having a difference of 10 points in the table, they have serious problems such as:
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I agree with everything you have listed, but I don’t understand why this is important for PSG this season? They have already been knocked out in the cup and in the Champions League. Bookmakers estimate the chances of a Ligue 1 title as 1.01 (lol I wonder if someone will bet on such a negligible odds).
In fact, PSG should already be preparing for the next season, everything else is trifles.

there are still many games left to finish the league, and PSG don't have neymar and have problems in defense, even to win games against teams that on paper they would win without difficulty, in practice they were very close to losing, to think that they already winning the league is a serious mistake, even if the bookmakers put odds of @1.01 for PSG to win the league, this is not something guaranteed, I have seen many, many games where the favorite had odds of @1.10 and they lost , just yesterday I bet on a tennis match in which the favorite had odds of @1.22 and the guy lost, low odds are not a guarantee of victory

when will PSG win the Champions League?

PSG will be able to win the champions league when they manage to hire a good coach, PSG's problem is in the coach and the sporting director, to solve PSG's problem it is necessary to remove the current coach and the sporting director. the next step is to hire a good coach who has a lot of experience with the champions league, and this new coach should hire new players to improve the defense and midfield and two more good forwards, and change the formation to be playing with 3 forwards , that's why they need to have messi, mbappe and two new good strikers and sell neymar because he is constantly injured and has a high salary, it makes no sense to keep neymar in the team

I don't understand how PSG manages to make so many mistakes, the first big mistake was in choosing the coach and the second big mistake was not selling Neymar when he was injury-free and now PSG will be spending a lot of money on his salary and he's just sitting without producing results on the pitch, I hope PSG fixes this

[KTChampions]

I agree with everything you have listed, but I don’t understand why this is important for PSG this season? They have already been knocked out in the cup and in the Champions League. Bookmakers estimate the chances of a Ligue 1 title as 1.01 (lol I wonder if someone will bet on such a negligible odds).
In fact, PSG should already be preparing for the next season, everything else is trifles.

there are still many games left to finish the league, and PSG don't have neymar and have problems in defense, even to win games against teams that on paper they would win without difficulty, in practice they were very close to losing, to think that they already winning the league is a serious mistake, even if the bookmakers put odds of @1.01 for PSG to win the league, this is not something guaranteed, I have seen many, many games where the favorite had odds of @1.10 and they lost , just yesterday I bet on a tennis match in which the favorite had odds of @1.22 and the guy lost, low odds are not a guarantee of victory

A coefficient of 1.22 means that in 18 cases out of a hundred the favorite will lose. This is almost every fifth game. This is a little different from 1.01 - 99% win rate and just one out of 100 in favor of the underdog. You gave an example that is 20 times (to be precise 18) different from the case under discussion. I have full confidence in the bookmakers' assessment and I am 100% sure that PSG will not miss the title.

[RealMalatesta]

Problems with PSG defense is clear that makes them weak in Champions League but in Ligue 1, it does not mean a lot for them. Their attacking system can cover weakness of their defense and they are still a strongest club there. 10 point gap is a solid evidence of their domination in Ligue 1 even they have not too strong defense and spent their focus on Champions League in many weeks.

I agree that the poor defense and the aggressiveness of the players who are not good have made PSG fail from the Champions League this season.
But of course it will not negatively affect their chances in Ligue 1. PSG appear to dominate Ligue 1 with better quality players than many other teams, and a 10 point advantage over their rivals will take PSG closer to the title this season.

However, PSG must also focus on improving its defensive performance. As a big team that can always qualify for the Champions League, PSG must have a good stability of the team which will ultimately affect their chances. If PSG's squad depth is evenly distributed in all positions, then their chances of reaching the final are better.

I always thought that lack of decent midfield was the main reason for their losses, both in the league and at UCL as well. Lets take a look at the midfield of the team that lost to Bayern, Nuno mendes at left (normally a wing back) fabian ruiz, veratti, vitinha, hakimi (once again wing back) and to be fair their defense is not the defense we all remember neither, not anyone aside from marquinhos, because it is a very old ramos plus perreira there too.

So, can we really say that this was a good midfield? Not even good defense but it's a horrible midfield if you ask me. In a game where they have world stars mbappe and messi at the front, not having anyone like that anywhere else is the real reason.

[jayce]

I always thought that lack of decent midfield was the main reason for their losses, both in the league and at UCL as well. Lets take a look at the midfield of the team that lost to Bayern, Nuno mendes at left (normally a wing back) fabian ruiz, veratti, vitinha, hakimi (once again wing back) and to be fair their defense is not the defense we all remember neither, not anyone aside from marquinhos, because it is a very old ramos plus perreira there too.

So, can we really say that this was a good midfield? Not even good defense but it's a horrible midfield if you ask me. In a game where they have world stars mbappe and messi at the front, not having anyone like that anywhere else is the real reason.

Yes horrible is the best word to represent their midfielders. I understand why they let Wijnaldum go to AS Roma due to his injury and lack of playing time, but the departure of Di Maria, Paredes, and Gueye is their biggest mistake. Beside that, Marquinhos now has made so many mistakes while playing, not only in PSG but also in Brazil team. I clearly remember he was the main reason why Brazil lost to Croatia.

[shinratensei_]

Now psg have to wait for next season again, i know they want to win the champions league, but the only trophy they have a chance of winning now is the Ligue 1 and there is nothing they can do about it, Bayern munich were better than them, that is why they were able to beat them 3-0 on aggregate. Now psg have to focus on the Ligue 1, they would have been in danger of not winning the Ligue 1 if the other top teams were consistent, but they were not, and now psg have a 10 point advantage and they must surely win the Ligue 1 now.

PSG will be winning league 1. it's just like a guaranteed trophy for PSG for sure. In another case, even with some great players like messi, neymar and mbappe. PSG was still unable to go to the final of UCL that being said the next season gonna be even worst for PSG caused by neymar and messi will be leaving from the club. Galtier must be so confusing to pick the new player that can replace messi and neymar. That will also make the performance of the club different this time.

10 points are big gap while at the same time its competitor marseille is still trying so hard to recover from the bad performance that already achieved by it. The next season gonna be a very hard season for PSG in UCL.

[Prince Malik]

Now psg have to wait for next season again, i know they want to win the champions league, but the only trophy they have a chance of winning now is the Ligue 1 and there is nothing they can do about it, Bayern munich were better than them, that is why they were able to beat them 3-0 on aggregate. Now psg have to focus on the Ligue 1, they would have been in danger of not winning the Ligue 1 if the other top teams were consistent, but they were not, and now psg have a 10 point advantage and they must surely win the Ligue 1 now.

PSG will be winning league 1. it's just like a guaranteed trophy for PSG for sure. In another case, even with some great players like messi, neymar and mbappe. PSG was still unable to go to the final of UCL that being said the next season gonna be even worst for PSG caused by neymar and messi will be leaving from the club. Galtier must be so confusing to pick the new player that can replace messi and neymar. That will also make the performance of the club different this time.

10 points are big gap while at the same time its competitor marseille is still trying so hard to recover from the bad performance that already achieved by it. The next season gonna be a very hard season for PSG in UCL.

I really surprised by psg elimination from the champions league, this team have many good players and i expected that they will get the qualification from Allianz arena but their preformence was very catastrophic, i saw the whole match and i think if they play against Bayern with the same preformence for 1000 match they can't win or even get a draw

[blue Snow]

I really surprised by psg elimination from the champions league, this team have many good players and i expected that they will get the qualification from Allianz arena but their preformence was very catastrophic, i saw the whole match and i think if they play against Bayern with the same preformence for 1000 match they can't win or even get a draw

I don't surprise because PSG don't have mentally champion league like other big club. PSG just filled a superstar player who suitable on ligue 1. Even have Messi and Neymar who have experience on champions league but PSG is just one a rich club who just stepped into Europe and just adapted like Manchester city next.

[shogun47]

These are some good points that you brought up. But this has been the case for quite a while and they have never really had a strong defense. That was also their problem against Bayern Munich, but conceding goals against them is still ok. As you described conceding goals against a team that is even one man down is a shame, but this season is pretty much finished for them anyway. No more Coup de France, no more Champions League either and I wonder how this team is supposed to motivate themselves for the coming weeks. If you are a guy like Mbappe and your season is pretty much over by the beginning of March, it can't get any worse than that.

I totally agree with your comments because the focus of PSG is nothing but the UEFA Champions League. They have ten points lead over Marseille which means there is every possibilty that the club will win the French league. The club is now in disarray because Mbappe's future in the club is unclear. This youngstar wants to lift the Champions league and it is clear that his current team doesn't have the quality or capacity to compete for this prestigious competition. When he was asked about his future by some journalist, he unveiled to them that his focus now is the league and his future will be discussed at the end of the season.

I also don't know if Coach Christophe Galtier will still be in charge of the team next season considering the strict approach of management by Nasser Al-Khelaifi and his Qatar Sports Investments. With the current quality players the club has it it's disposal, one might one to asked when will PSG win the Champions League?

I think the idea to buy a club in a mediocre league and then win the Champions League trophy has its errors. In order to win the Champions League, you need pressure year round to constantly be forced to deliver the best performance possible. If you only have to give your best every few weeks, that might be ok and work out in the domestic league, but it doesn't work out in the Champions League. Imagine you face Manchester City and they have just played Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham and then play in the Champions League. Their basic performance level is different. PSG is playing against these relatively weak teams in Ligue 1 and then they have to switch gears out of a sudden and play against the top teams from Europe. This switch is hard in my opinion.

PSG doesn't really have a single top game, like a really top top game year round. In most of the other leagues you have at least one fierce competitor who has a realistic chance to beat you.

[CageMabok]

I really surprised by psg elimination from the champions league, this team have many good players and i expected that they will get the qualification from Allianz arena but their preformence was very catastrophic, i saw the whole match and i think if they play against Bayern with the same preformence for 1000 match they can't win or even get a draw

PSG's style of play is actually quite good overall, it's just that the PSG players on several lines don't seem to be well coordinated so that PSG only looks strong on the front lines. Meanwhile, the other lines still looked weak and this was proven when PSG met opponents who were not bad this season, such as Bayern Munich. So PSG needs to improve some of the weak lines in order to be able to compete again next season in the Champions League because in Ligue1 PSG is strong enough.

[Alanaz]

I really surprised by psg elimination from the champions league, this team have many good players and i expected that they will get the qualification from Allianz arena but their preformence was very catastrophic, i saw the whole match and i think if they play against Bayern with the same preformence for 1000 match they can't win or even get a draw

PSG's style of play is actually quite good overall, it's just that the PSG players on several lines don't seem to be well coordinated so that PSG only looks strong on the front lines. Meanwhile, the other lines still looked weak and this was proven when PSG met opponents who were not bad this season, such as Bayern Munich. So PSG needs to improve some of the weak lines in order to be able to compete again next season in the Champions League because in Ligue1 PSG is strong enough.

To be honest, I wasn't surprised by their failure in the Champions League, because I saw that they weren't really ready to compete at a higher level like the Champions League. It may be true that they have a very promising squad filled with lots of star players, but that's no guarantee they will be successful in the competition. I admit they are a strong team, but they have to improve themselves again to be able to compete in a competition where many strong teams take part.

[Juggy777]

I really surprised by psg elimination from the champions league, this team have many good players and i expected that they will get the qualification from Allianz arena but their preformence was very catastrophic, i saw the whole match and i think if they play against Bayern with the same preformence for 1000 match they can't win or even get a draw

PSG's style of play is actually quite good overall, it's just that the PSG players on several lines don't seem to be well coordinated so that PSG only looks strong on the front lines. Meanwhile, the other lines still looked weak and this was proven when PSG met opponents who were not bad this season, such as Bayern Munich. So PSG needs to improve some of the weak lines in order to be able to compete again next season in the Champions League because in Ligue1 PSG is strong enough.

To be honest, I wasn't surprised by their failure in the Champions League, because I saw that they weren't really ready to compete at a higher level like the Champions League. It may be true that they have a very promising squad filled with lots of star players, but that's no guarantee they will be successful in the competition. I admit they are a strong team, but they have to improve themselves again to be able to compete in a competition where many strong teams take part.

@Alanaz the price for this elimination will be paid by their head coach who’s bound to be sacked once this season ends, and on top of it I’m hearing rumours that they’ll be selling/letting go of their few player’s and thus I believe that Messi could probably depart. Furthermore I won’t be surprised if Neymar is also sold, because it’s clear that he’s not enjoying life at PSG and it’s best for all the parties involved that he’s sold.

[Litzki1990]

I don't surprise because PSG don't have mentally champion league like other big club. PSG just filled a superstar player who suitable on ligue 1. Even have Messi and Neymar who have experience on champions league but PSG is just one a rich club who just stepped into Europe and just adapted like Manchester city next.

To be crowned Europe's best, it is not just about buying attacking players, it is about filling the squad with the best players everywhere. PSG thought they could win the Champions League trophy only by buying Pelléar in the attacking department. That's why they didn't give much importance to the midfield. I think they have felt the void in this midfield. A team's midfield can play a huge role in the team's victory. If the team's midfield is not good, then the defense will not be able to give good tackles, and those who play in the forward position will not get good ball supply, as a result of which they will not score goals. And another big problem for PSG is injuries and not having a good relationship between the players in the team.

[shinratensei_]

I really surprised by psg elimination from the champions league, this team have many good players and i expected that they will get the qualification from Allianz arena but their preformence was very catastrophic, i saw the whole match and i think if they play against Bayern with the same preformence for 1000 match they can't win or even get a draw

Having so many didn't mean that PSG would able to win the UCL easily. Messi will go out from PSG along with neymar too. That will be even harder for PSG to get UCL as its target. There are so many strong clubs. Just because PSG owned some of the best players in the world and there's no guarantee that these players will help the club win the UCL trophy. I think that you must also be aware of this too. Bayern has proven that it's still one step ahead compared with PSG. You might be rarely heard that bayern's player in the ballon d'or but bayern has proven that its team is even better compared with PSG. that's it.