French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[shogun47]

Balogun may not come back again to the arsenal. he is potentially coming back again to the reims. Arsenal has several strikers right now. It's hard for balogun to compete with gabriel, trossard and nketiah. he will always be on the bench if he will be back to arsenal.

Balogun has so far performed quite impressively in the French league and he has even been able to compete with Mbappe in the top scorer list while league 1, although he has appeared quite impressive so far it seems that Arsenal are not interested enough in returning him to the Emirates stadium and of course they have their reason, in my opinion he will again extend his contract with Arsenal for a few more seasons even though he will be loaned again to another club later, Balogun is a talented player that Arsenal will continue to maintain so that when he is truly ready and able to play in the premier league then it is likely that Arsenal will try to include him to their line up later but for now I don't think arsenal is ready to gamble by pulling balugon back into their main squad.

Balogun's contract is going for another 2.5 years roughly anyway. Quite possible that Arsenal will extend the contract and then let him play elsewhere to collect further experience. But it's also possible that Arsenal is going to take him into the Premier League because why not? If he has proven himself in Ligue 1 with a club like Stade Reims, he will have even better players around him to assist and serve him when he plays for Arsenal in the Premier League. It could both make sense and he hasn't much more to prove as of now.

Mbappe is a sad story. The guy should have at least 30 goals and more by the end of the season. They have 38 games and it isn't even sure whether he is going to be the best goal scorer in Ligue 1. How is that even possible?

[Falconer]

Balogun has so far performed quite impressively in the French league and he has even been able to compete with Mbappe in the top scorer list while league 1, although he has appeared quite impressive so far it seems that Arsenal are not interested enough in returning him to the Emirates stadium and of course they have their reason, in my opinion he will again extend his contract with Arsenal for a few more seasons even though he will be loaned again to another club later, Balogun is a talented player that Arsenal will continue to maintain so that when he is truly ready and able to play in the premier league then it is likely that Arsenal will try to include him to their line up later but for now I don't think arsenal is ready to gamble by pulling balugon back into their main squad.

How about next season? I think Arsenal should get good players on the bench instead of just relying on the players currently available. Consider that Jesus has again had to deal with injuries while other strikers are struggling with form, so Folarin Balogun should be able to count on there.

But maybe it will be different because the Premier League has never been the same as Ligue 1. Alexandre Lacazette, who last season only scored 4 goals in 30 Premier League matches with Arsenal, has impressed this season by scoring 17 goals in 25 appearances for Lyon. Different performances in different competitions are possible, so even if Folarin Balogun could join Arsenal next season his form is still in doubt, especially regarding goal productivity.

[püsür]

As strong as PSG's squad is, better performances were expected from them. They cannot play well in Ligue 1. Maybe they will win the Ligue 1 title, but I am not satisfied with their performance. A better performance was expected from such a strong and star-studded squad. PSG's performance in the Champions League was very disappointing. They lost badly against Bayern Munich. As PSG's performance is not improving after spending huge sums on star players. So now PSG management should look for an experienced coach. If the coach is experienced, maybe their performance will be somewhat stable.

It is acceptable if they have a bit difficult in Ligue 1 but go far in Champions League. However reality is they failed in Champions League at the first knock-out phase, round of 16 so any excuse for their not good enough performance in Ligue 1 does not mean anything. It's unacceptable for their fans to exit Champions League at round of 16 and see their star players turn to be meeky sheeps in Champions League.
In the last two seasons, PSG did not repeat their successful season when they went to Champions League final and failed under hands of Bayern Munich. Three seasons later, they failed against Bayern but at round of 16. No revenge after all for PSG after 3 years.

PSG is not going to be performing well in the Champions League. At least as long as they are not going to make a balanced team, they are not getting any huge achievements. I believe that this season there is going to be a big change in the PSG squad. At least two of the strikers that they have, Messi and Mbappe are actually going to leave the club, and I don't think Neymar is also going to stay around for long. I am very interested to see how the squad is going to be built. This was of course a very big loss project for PSG.

I agree with your point. Goat having a very strange second prime season. My guess is that he realized that things will not work in PSG anymore. He might come back to Barça and try one CL more. Because there are top class forwards, resistant midfielders, fast and technical wings in barça. If we only thought that Lewandowski was playing with Messi, we can only guess what Barça could achieve. Messi's goal-assist statistics are still superhuman, but in Messi's standard, they are eh. Looking at the statistics will mislead us, because this time the main factor that gives the premium is the dominance on the field rather than the goal-assist-form situation. If you've been following him this season, he has incredible dominance over everyone, including his teammates and opponents, in every game he plays. He takes place where and when it should be, with minimum effort, starting from the midfield and in front of the opponent's goal. It cannot be marked because it has the same effect all over the field.

[Ratash]

Monaco team is in a great spot to advance in the standings, they will have a home game against strasburg one of the relegation contenders it probably won't be easy but they will likely win, and if lens team lose in their game against Renne they will be able to take their spot and became third in the standings.

[izsara]

Monaco team is in a great spot to advance in the standings, they will have a home game against strasburg one of the relegation contenders it probably won't be easy but they will likely win, and if lens team lose in their game against Renne they will be able to take their spot and became third in the standings.

The possibility of 3 points is still a real thing, it's just that even though it's like that, Monaco still has to think about the worst possibility that could happen in this match.
Playing Home with Strasbourg could be a blessing but seeing as Strasbourg are now starting to be positive in terms of performance then this could be a surprise and they are held to a draw.

[Leviathan.007]

He is literally the most important player for PSG so I wonder how long they will be able to keep him. Because being eliminated in the Champions League this early must have made Mbappe really frustrated. Real Madrid would be in line to sign him for sure.

we can not rule out the fact that Mbappe is really have dream to be champions league title. he has felt he couldn't get it in club where don't have mental for that. the only way is to move and switch to another club like Madrid. On another side, Madrid is try to building the dream team, a new Galacticos v.3.0, where they want to try to create a new dream team attacker, Mbappe-Haaland. Which I think is not imposible to happen because they have unlimited money where they can print it on anytime.

Yeah this is a fact about Mbappe. It looks like he really wants to win the Champions League title with PSG as well. Actually they had another chance to go for it this season but they failed really hard. They have been eliminated so early I mean. Their opponent was Bayern Munich of course which was another big title contender. But still PSG should have performed much better against them.

I think Mbappe's decision might depend on whether their current manager is changed or not. I also don't think Galtier is the right manager for this team. If they bring a manager like Zidane for example then Mbappe would definitely like to stay for a long time.

For Mbappe and a player at his age, are young and wants to achieve more titles but it doesn't mean Mbappe should achieve all the goals with PSG, he can join another team to take another achievement other than the french league title, even if Zidane joins his team and start coaching PSG there is still a possibility for PSG to lose champions league in next season and just race for the french league just like this season.

[Prince Malik]

He is literally the most important player for PSG so I wonder how long they will be able to keep him. Because being eliminated in the Champions League this early must have made Mbappe really frustrated. Real Madrid would be in line to sign him for sure.

we can not rule out the fact that Mbappe is really have dream to be champions league title. he has felt he couldn't get it in club where don't have mental for that. the only way is to move and switch to another club like Madrid. On another side, Madrid is try to building the dream team, a new Galacticos v.3.0, where they want to try to create a new dream team attacker, Mbappe-Haaland. Which I think is not imposible to happen because they have unlimited money where they can print it on anytime.

Yeah this is a fact about Mbappe. It looks like he really wants to win the Champions League title with PSG as well. Actually they had another chance to go for it this season but they failed really hard. They have been eliminated so early I mean. Their opponent was Bayern Munich of course which was another big title contender. But still PSG should have performed much better against them.

I think Mbappe's decision might depend on whether their current manager is changed or not. I also don't think Galtier is the right manager for this team. If they bring a manager like Zidane for example then Mbappe would definitely like to stay for a long time.

For Mbappe and a player at his age, are young and wants to achieve more titles but it doesn't mean Mbappe should achieve all the goals with PSG, he can join another team to take another achievement other than the french league title, even if Zidane joins his team and start coaching PSG there is still a possibility for PSG to lose champions league in next season and just race for the french league just like this season.

I think zidane is the perfect coach for a team like psg and if he join i don't think mbappe or any other player will leave the club, zidane is a great coach and everyone will surely wish to be under his supervision, psg administration must do everything to convince zidane joining the club

[asriloni]

I think zidane is the perfect coach for a team like psg and if he join i don't think mbappe or any other player will leave the club, zidane is a great coach and everyone will surely wish to be under his supervision, psg administration must do everything to convince zidane joining the club

It's still a rumor. Zidane itself is not even making any statement as confirmation regarding so many rumors that linked him with the various clubs. It's not clear what team will become his new team. Some parties said that he will be going back to the real madrid or juventus while there are other parties who didn't know what's gonna his plan. It's not yet clear and galtier will remain at PSG until PSG will get a new coach. The performance of galtier in PSG is not good at this moment.

The future of galtier in PSG still remain uncertain at this moment. I do think that galtier may be sacked by PSG anytime. PSG shall try to get a new coach with good quality to re build the team again.
PSG needs overhaul.

Even messi is still uncertain about his future at this moment. So many uncertain. things around PSG right now.

[turneps]

I think zidane is the perfect coach for a team like psg and if he join i don't think mbappe or any other player will leave the club, zidane is a great coach and everyone will surely wish to be under his supervision, psg administration must do everything to convince zidane joining the club

It's still a rumor. Zidane itself is not even making any statement as confirmation regarding so many rumors that linked him with the various clubs. It's not clear what team will become his new team. Some parties said that he will be going back to the real madrid or juventus while there are other parties who didn't know what's gonna his plan. It's not yet clear and galtier will remain at PSG until PSG will get a new coach. The performance of galtier in PSG is not good at this moment.

The future of galtier in PSG still remain uncertain at this moment. I do think that galtier may be sacked by PSG anytime. PSG shall try to get a new coach with good quality to re build the team again.
PSG needs overhaul.

Even messi is still uncertain about his future at this moment. So many uncertain. things around PSG right now.

It would be great if Zidane were the coach of PSG, I think PSG has it all, it lacks a good captain, and Zidane will fill that lack. But now PSG is having many problems, player salaries need to be lowered, maybe they will cut that cost, meaning only keep 1 or 2 in the trio of Messi, Neymar, and Mbappe.
As for Messi, he is also under too much pressure when the press and fans criticize him, and blame him for past failures, I see that he is no longer attached to PSG. Maybe he will leave in the next transfer window, although PSG still wants to keep him.

[wmaurik]

I think zidane is the perfect coach for a team like psg and if he join i don't think mbappe or any other player will leave the club, zidane is a great coach and everyone will surely wish to be under his supervision, psg administration must do everything to convince zidane joining the club

The problem is that Zidane's willingness to train PSG is not yet there, so that has not happened until now, even though the PSG administration can still persuade Zidane at this time to train PSG. And it would be extraordinary if PSG were able to bring a coach like Zidane into their team the following season. But I still have doubts about this because I remember the will of Zidane himself, who may not yet be there to train PSG.

[slaman29]

I was really hopeful about Marseille before about maintaining their title claim but it is really gone now. The gap is seven points which is quite huge when we think they are competing against PSG for that. PSG made us really surprised by losing to Rennes in a home match but I still don't expect them to make bigger mistakes to not lose their advantage. As long as they play even with one or two of their great trio in the attacking side there should be no problem to win the title as well.

Marseille just need to concentrate on keeping their current position now. Because who knows maybe one of Lens - Monaco duo can steal it from them. Monaco are still more likely to do so I think despite Lens' being ahead of them.

Me too, man, me too. Well, if you look back to my earliest posts, my original hope was on Monaco and they lied to me initially, so they will not win but if they cost Marseille something, while getting nothing for themselves it will be a shot in my mouth for picking these too. Lens as I often say, they cannot outlast with their style, so it is a matter of time.

This is a season of mistakes from the top, but inability of the next best teams to take advantage. Shame!

I really do want to see Messi somewhere else too, so my hope is somehow that PSG rot even more and he goes elsewhere.

[rendravolt]

Angers vs Nice

I think Nice need to steal points at home to Angers so they have additional points to shift Lille's position in the standings. In head to head Nice is always ahead with wins but most of them end with a thin score. This is quite doubtful for Nice's victory after in their previous game they only drew against Lorient. Meanwhile, Angers are having a very bad season they haven't won in the last 20 matches in Ligue 1, moreover they are currently at the bottom of the relegation zone should not make it difficult for Nice to beat them.

[rahmad2nd]

Angers vs Nice

I think Nice need to steal points at home to Angers so they have additional points to shift Lille's position in the standings. In head to head Nice is always ahead with wins but most of them end with a thin score. This is quite doubtful for Nice's victory after in their previous game they only drew against Lorient. Meanwhile, Angers are having a very bad season they haven't won in the last 20 matches in Ligue 1, moreover they are currently at the bottom of the relegation zone should not make it difficult for Nice to beat them.

Angers, is the team that is at the bottom, they are 11 points adrift of Ajaccio and Troyes. meaning, it is highly likely that this team will be eliminated from Ligue 1 next season. in their 28 matches, they were only able to win two matches, draw four, lose the rest. inversely proportional to the opposing team, Nice, which is currently ranked 7th in the standings, only 5 points adrift of Lille. in their 11 matches in Ligue 1, Nice has managed to impress without defeat. five of which resulted in draws, the rest in wins. which means, these two teams have quite a gap. even though Angers is the home team, it is difficult for them to beat their opponents.

On the other hand, Nice needs a win to get close to the points gap of the team above it. plus, on paper Nice shouldn't have any problems when they travel to Anggers headquarters. but interestingly, one of the wins that Anggers won in this competition was topple Nice in the first meeting this season. So, whether Anggers can take advantage of his momentum again, we will be interested to wait.

[RealMalatesta]

Angers, is the team that is at the bottom, they are 11 points adrift of Ajaccio and Troyes. meaning, it is highly likely that this team will be eliminated from Ligue 1 next season. in their 28 matches, they were only able to win two matches, draw four, lose the rest. inversely proportional to the opposing team, Nice, which is currently ranked 7th in the standings, only 5 points adrift of Lille. in their 11 matches in Ligue 1, Nice has managed to impress without defeat. five of which resulted in draws, the rest in wins. which means, these two teams have quite a gap. even though Angers is the home team, it is difficult for them to beat their opponents.

On the other hand, Nice needs a win to get close to the points gap of the team above it. plus, on paper Nice shouldn't have any problems when they travel to Anggers headquarters. but interestingly, one of the wins that Anggers won in this competition was topple Nice in the first meeting this season. So, whether Anggers can take advantage of his momentum again, we will be interested to wait.

Obviously saying that Nice will win this game is a no brainer. There is no possible way for Angers to get this one, they rarely get any points to begin with and I doubt that it would be this one that they will start winning.

However, the odds do not look like it worths anything and it is better to pair that up with some other games. Like for example if you wager that but also Marseille to win and PSG to win, and Monaco to win, when you have those 4 games as wins, the odds become a bit better. I like to do it that way, not go with like 10+ games, that sounds crazy, but having about 4 games that are sure things makes it 3-4 odds together and that's a good return.

[lalabotax]

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I think maybe PSG underestimated Rennes too much so when they surprised PSG with 2 goals it made PSG even more frustrated playing so they couldn't make a comeback. yesterday's defeat was a mistake that might be corrected for the next match considering that PSG, who did not qualify in the UCL, should be able to focus more on Ligue 1 and pursue the Ligue 1 championship this season.

That's it. The underestimating the opponent is a fault, they will not know what exactly the opponent has been preparing. Even having more players who are greater, will not be enough if not playing optimally. Well, that loss was hurt and add really bad experiences again to PSG, moreover after the loss in UCL. They have failed several times in UCL, even with big players inside. Although they always have trophy in French League, but tis is not enough.

[indah rezqi]

It would be great if Zidane were the coach of PSG, I think PSG has it all, it lacks a good captain, and Zidane will fill that lack. But now PSG is having many problems, player salaries need to be lowered, maybe they will cut that cost, meaning only keep 1 or 2 in the trio of Messi, Neymar, and Mbappe.
As for Messi, he is also under too much pressure when the press and fans criticize him, and blame him for past failures, I see that he is no longer attached to PSG. Maybe he will leave in the next transfer window, although PSG still wants to keep him.

The possibility is very small because Zidane has no plans to manage the club yet. It seems Zidane is very interested about the national team instead of club level which is actually good enough for him at the moment. In fact, in the last few seasons, he has been linked with several top Premier League teams, but in the end, all of them could not make it happen.

Some of PSG's top players like Messi, Neymar and Mbappe will leave in the end, that is an undeniable reality. Messi has been linked with a return to Barcelona, ​​while Mbappe to Real Madrid or perhaps the Premier League. We will definitely find PSG in deep trouble without their star players if all of them leave next season.

[GiftedMAN]

Angers vs Nice

I think Nice need to steal points at home to Angers so they have additional points to shift Lille's position in the standings. In head to head Nice is always ahead with wins but most of them end with a thin score. This is quite doubtful for Nice's victory after in their previous game they only drew against Lorient. Meanwhile, Angers are having a very bad season they haven't won in the last 20 matches in Ligue 1, moreover they are currently at the bottom of the relegation zone should not make it difficult for Nice to beat them.

Nice appear to be a better team than Angers this season looking at their position in the league standing and a quick review of their history shows Nice winning more of their games and looking at the performance of Angers this season they should be going to relegation should the Ligue1 ends today because they have been in poor form since the beginning of the season till this moment. But to be honest Nice needs to be very smart and careful when they take on Angers because as a team fighting to move out of relegation if they win all their matches they can turn things around and become a strong opposition to the teams they play against in the remaining matches but with Nice having the advantage of their home ground, the game should end in their favour may be with small margin of goals but the 3 points is sure for the home team Nice .

[bering]

Angers vs Nice

I think Nice need to steal points at home to Angers so they have additional points to shift Lille's position in the standings. In head to head Nice is always ahead with wins but most of them end with a thin score. This is quite doubtful for Nice's victory after in their previous game they only drew against Lorient. Meanwhile, Angers are having a very bad season they haven't won in the last 20 matches in Ligue 1, moreover they are currently at the bottom of the relegation zone should not make it difficult for Nice to beat them.

Angers, is the team that is at the bottom, they are 11 points adrift of Ajaccio and Troyes. meaning, it is highly likely that this team will be eliminated from Ligue 1 next season. in their 28 matches, they were only able to win two matches, draw four, lose the rest. inversely proportional to the opposing team, Nice, which is currently ranked 7th in the standings, only 5 points adrift of Lille. in their 11 matches in Ligue 1, Nice has managed to impress without defeat. five of which resulted in draws, the rest in wins. which means, these two teams have quite a gap. even though Angers is the home team, it is difficult for them to beat their opponents.

On the other hand, Nice needs a win to get close to the points gap of the team above it. plus, on paper Nice shouldn't have any problems when they travel to Anggers headquarters. but interestingly, one of the wins that Anggers won in this competition was topple Nice in the first meeting this season. So, whether Anggers can take advantage of his momentum again, we will be interested to wait.

Recently Nice has successfully to improved their performance and in the last 11 matches Nice can able to managed their records and unbeatable even at that time they got several important winnings from big teams such as Marseille and Monaco so i am sure they are in the good shape and compared to Angers who already passed 20 matches without winning i think Nice is clearly better however if we talking about betting options i have seen the current odds for Nice win is @1.60 i think it's quite decent even this is safe picked for this match because i am sure Nice can take a revenge from Angers and gets 3 points

[rendravolt]

Angers vs Nice

I think Nice need to steal points at home to Angers so they have additional points to shift Lille's position in the standings. In head to head Nice is always ahead with wins but most of them end with a thin score. This is quite doubtful for Nice's victory after in their previous game they only drew against Lorient. Meanwhile, Angers are having a very bad season they haven't won in the last 20 matches in Ligue 1, moreover they are currently at the bottom of the relegation zone should not make it difficult for Nice to beat them.

Angers, is the team that is at the bottom, they are 11 points adrift of Ajaccio and Troyes. meaning, it is highly likely that this team will be eliminated from Ligue 1 next season. in their 28 matches, they were only able to win two matches, draw four, lose the rest. inversely proportional to the opposing team, Nice, which is currently ranked 7th in the standings, only 5 points adrift of Lille. in their 11 matches in Ligue 1, Nice has managed to impress without defeat. five of which resulted in draws, the rest in wins. which means, these two teams have quite a gap. even though Angers is the home team, it is difficult for them to beat their opponents.

On the other hand, Nice needs a win to get close to the points gap of the team above it. plus, on paper Nice shouldn't have any problems when they travel to Anggers headquarters. but interestingly, one of the wins that Anggers won in this competition was topple Nice in the first meeting this season. So, whether Anggers can take advantage of his momentum again, we will be interested to wait.

For the lowest position with so many points, it will definitely be difficult for any team to climb up the standings and it seems that Angers will be relegated this season. The comparison between the two teams is also too far and even though the first meeting this season Nice was defeated by Angers, I'm sure they (Nice) will take revenge in this meeting this time for sure they will win.

[dezoel]

I think zidane is the perfect coach for a team like psg and if he join i don't think mbappe or any other player will leave the club, zidane is a great coach and everyone will surely wish to be under his supervision, psg administration must do everything to convince zidane joining the club

The problem is that Zidane's willingness to train PSG is not yet there, so that has not happened until now, even though the PSG administration can still persuade Zidane at this time to train PSG. And it would be extraordinary if PSG were able to bring a coach like Zidane into their team the following season. But I still have doubts about this because I remember the will of Zidane himself, who may not yet be there to train PSG.

Before Galtier there were clear rumors about Zidane but at the end there have some internal issues which prevent him from doing this like PSG management having different levels of treatment to players which are not acceptable for any good coach and then few other issues were also preventing top rank coaches for having spot here but as things are going right now we can expect good changes specially as right now we have management is ready to take few tough decisions then we can expect something better because discipline is most important for the success and if PSG management will bring these changes then surely we can expect good results in Champions League as well from them even few top players will leave this club but still they are capable of doing better.

With nothing is clear who is going to leave and who is new going to join, most chances we will have new coach in summer and how things will be for this all we have to wait for some more time about this all.