French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Fesatmas]

I still see the only team that might be able to catch up with PSG and enter this title competition seriously as Marseille.

Because they are a bigger team than Lens and have a better squad also. This should make difference for them as long as they don't lose their concentration. Because their recent form hasn't been that much impressive. They lost 7 points in their last 5 matches in the league. They could have won against Montpellier and Strasbourg both if they played a little better. This would be enough to carry them right behind PSG. But considering that PSG are an unbalanced team I still give Marseille a chance to catch up for now.

Don't underestimate Lens because this team have a potention to break the domination of strong teams such as Marseille or even Monaco and last season Lens were finish at 7th but now they were joined for race title i think this is good achievement because Lens progress is very rapid and for Marseille last season too they were finish at 2rd and this makes them as strong contender for PSG and this season too it's not so different but they haven't change a lot although Marseille have already changed coach but they still remains unconsistent

Marseille recently lost so many points and i don't know why they cannot performing well against weak teams and the latest is Marseille were unable to win from Strasbourg and Montpellier but there is still time for them to catch up on PSG and all they have to do is try to be consistent in all remaining matches

I agree with you that Lens cannot be considered weaker than Marseille, it has been proven that Lens played well to win the game and his goal productivity is quite good when compared to Marseille.

That was a very big loss for Marseille in my opinion, that match Marseille should have brought full points, but there was power, Montpellier and Strasbourg forced them to draw until the end of the match, I think they could still contribute 1 point from the draw.

The next matches are Lens against Strasbourg and Marseille against Lorient, I'm sure Lens can win those matches but I'm not sure how Marseille will win, he has to win if he doesn't want to be completely moved by Lens.

[piebeyb]

Having this type of air in the league where teams do not know if PSG is doing well enough or not, made the rest of them not so great neither. I mean that's what happens when a good team leads the league, because you are not entirely sure if you should chase or not, when you try to chase and they end up with a better result, you feel like you are never going to catch up to them and makes you feel bad, and when you lose and they lose as well, you feel like you missed a big chance and that makes you feel even worse.

Only thing that could make you feel better is to win when they lose and that rarely could happen since they lose so rarely, and that's why it's a hard job.

PSG has lost for the second time after being humiliated against Rennes before and yesterday was beaten again by Lyon even though we know that PSG have a lot of great players but can't beat them, I think PSG needs to make changes to tactics so they don't suffer consecutive defeats, even though PSG still at the top of the standings but this must be taken seriously, PSG must completely overhaul in the future so as not to suffer previous defeats.

[Iranus]

Nice won another draw against Angers, even though a few weeks earlier Nice had also achieved the same result against Lorient, Nantes and Auxerre. This is definitely a bad result, they lost 12 points and only got 4 points during the week. Moreover, Nice could actually compete with Lille, but they were displaced by Rennes and Reims who got better results. I think coach Didier Digard must immediately evaluate the results of this series of draws and make it possible for them to win again in the next match.

The nice team shared points in 4 consecutive matches. Looking at their matches, I think they played only to share points. They also failed to win against Angers, who are at the bottom of the points table. Even Nice's performance in this match was worse than Angers' performance. Nice is very lucky that they managed to get 1 point in this match. Otherwise, the way they performed, they were likely to lose this match.
Nice's next match is against PSG. PSG is a strong team but they are not in good form. The PSG team is now in quite a crisis after losing the last two matches. PSG desperately needs 3 points against Nice. On the other hand, Nice will try to share the points in one more match.

Even though the statistics against Angers, Nice managed to control the ball possession with 64%, but even though they were able to dominate the game sometimes winning results were also very difficult to achieve if they couldn't create many opportunities. What's more, Angers are even superior to shoots on target. It is very clear that Nice's defense has a gap that is wide enough so that the Angers players are free to direct their shots at Nice's goal. For the next match against PSG, I think Nice will try to get full points in this match considering that PSG are still under pressure from poor performance and if Nice can take advantage of this opportunity then they can beat PSG.

Nice managed to have 64% ball possession in this match. They performed slightly better than Angers. But their attacking performance was not good enough. Nice had a total of 12 shots in this match, only 3 of which were on target. Angers, on the other hand, had only 36% ball possession. And made a total of 6 on target shots. If Nice's match strategy is tweaked a bit, it looks like we could see a better performance from this team. The nice team is now in eighth place in the points table. They are also safe from the relegation zone. And there is no chance of going to the top four of the points table. So it is not very important for this team to perform well in every match.

[Alanaz]

This week Paris Saint Germain will travel to Nice headquarters, they want to stop their negative results in the previous 2 matches which ended in defeat. Nice also doesn't want to lose full points again after in 4 matches they could only get a draw. Both teams are in the same motivation now, that is, they both want to win the match. Nice has the advantage of playing at home, while Paris Saint Germain have the advantage of the quality of their players.

[buwaytress]

I still see the only team that might be able to catch up with PSG and enter this title competition seriously as Marseille.

Because they are a bigger team than Lens and have a better squad also. This should make difference for them as long as they don't lose their concentration. Because their recent form hasn't been that much impressive. They lost 7 points in their last 5 matches in the league. They could have won against Montpellier and Strasbourg both if they played a little better. This would be enough to carry them right behind PSG. But considering that PSG are an unbalanced team I still give Marseille a chance to catch up for now.

Well, if any one of us believes PSG can still lose 2 more games, while drawing at least one (their GD means this needs to happen), while Lens/Marseille/Monaco get a perfect streak in these last 9 games, then well, might as well put good money on it. It would be the most spectacular stumble I'll have seen for a decade or so.

Messi does seem to be doing all he can to help this happen, don't blame him, either.

I'm much more interested in pretending Monaco is silently making amends... think they just unravelled a bit of a surprise in Ben Seghir, looks so good with Taki now that Embolo's out. Minus his stepovers, though, heh.

[swogerino]

This week Paris Saint Germain will travel to Nice headquarters, they want to stop their negative results in the previous 2 matches which ended in defeat. Nice also doesn't want to lose full points again after in 4 matches they could only get a draw. Both teams are in the same motivation now, that is, they both want to win the match. Nice has the advantage of playing at home, while Paris Saint Germain have the advantage of the quality of their players.

Nice has been really weak and inconsistent during the most part of this whole season and despite them playing at home it does not mean anything against the best team of the whole Ligue 1,sure Paris is being not on a good run either but compared to Nice they are on another level.I think that PSG is going to win this and Nice cannot really do anything about it,even if the motivation level is the same on both teams the level and performance of the players is completely different as PSG has super star players while Nice has average quality players and based on this I predict an easy win for Paris during this encounter.

[rendravolt]

The next matches are Lens against Strasbourg and Marseille against Lorient, I'm sure Lens can win those matches but I'm not sure how Marseille will win, he has to win if he doesn't want to be completely moved by Lens.

Previously, I was quite surprised by the position of the top team in the standings, especially Lens and Marseille, both of whom have the same number of points. This must be because Marseille was held to a draw by Montpellier in last week's game. For Lens, they took second place after they were quite choked up at the beginning of last February, they didn't get maximum results. In the next match, Lens will face an opponent that I think is quite easy, Strasbourg, so victory is likely to be closer to Lens. On the other hand, Marseille will face Lorient which in my opinion will be quite a troublesome opponent, if Marseille can get full points in this match then they will again compete with Lens.

[tygeade]

The Ligue is less interesting than La Liga, the English Premier League, and the Serie. However, after the recent setbacks of PSG, the following clubs, Marseille, Lens, and even Monaco are still in the running for the title.

Messi getting a ton of offers from various clubs are undeniably more fascinating in the news. That is harder to predict than PSG to win the Ligue. He thinks about a Barcelona return, but the serious financial situation might prevent him from returning, especially since PSG has made him big offers and Al Hilal, a Saudi Arabian club that pays him 400 euros per year, is too good to pass up.

Even these two lose creating some interest in this league after dominating throughout this season but still situation is under control of PSG because they have enough firepower with we have news around for the Messi's possible transfer which is going to happen for surely because he is already having few good offers like Al Hilal which is not under his radar because he wants to stay into Europe with Barcelona FFP situation is not good so most chances he will be not going back there as well so now how things will be managed by him this is not clear but something big going to happen in near future.

Marseille and Lens are hunting for the title and both have good matches in coming round with Monaco is also trying for the top three but current Lens form is amazing and most chances will not allow them to have this opportunity.

[KTChampions]

Well, if any one of us believes PSG can still lose 2 more games, while drawing at least one (their GD means this needs to happen), while Lens/Marseille/Monaco get a perfect streak in these last 9 games, then well, might as well put good money on it. It would be the most spectacular stumble I'll have seen for a decade or so.

Messi does seem to be doing all he can to help this happen, don't blame him, either.

I'm much more interested in pretending Monaco is silently making amends... think they just unravelled a bit of a surprise in Ben Seghir, looks so good with Taki now that Embolo's out. Minus his stepovers, though, heh.

It would be funny if the team whose players occupy all the top 10 places in the ranking of the highest paid players in the league did not become a champion. But unfortunately it's hard to believe, first of all, because there is no clear leader among the competitors and in the end they all interfere with each other in favor of PSG.
Messi should always be blamed, he had two seasons to show at least 20% of what PR says about him, and if the first season could be explained "he left Barcelona for the first time," now no excuses work.

[Luzin]

PSG has lost for the second time after being humiliated against Rennes before and yesterday was beaten again by Lyon even though we know that PSG have a lot of great players but can't beat them, I think PSG needs to make changes to tactics so they don't suffer consecutive defeats, even though PSG still at the top of the standings but this must be taken seriously, PSG must completely overhaul in the future so as not to suffer previous defeats.

Strange, even a defeat that is hard to accept. Two consecutive defeats. I think PSG are not doing well at the moment. It is fortunate that they still have a gap of six points at this time. So they still remain comfortable at the top.  But this defeat is a serious threat to Christophe Galtier with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). Reportedly Zidane will replace Galtier if he loses again in the next match. In addition, there are many rumors of Messi and Mbappe's departure. But if Mbappe leaves I think PSG will find it difficult to compete in Ligue1. Relying on Neymar is unlikely to work. Interesting rumors, let's see the beginning of the next transfer season.

[nara1892]

PSG has lost for the second time after being humiliated against Rennes before and yesterday was beaten again by Lyon even though we know that PSG have a lot of great players but can't beat them, I think PSG needs to make changes to tactics so they don't suffer consecutive defeats, even though PSG still at the top of the standings but this must be taken seriously, PSG must completely overhaul in the future so as not to suffer previous defeats.

Strange, even a defeat that is hard to accept. Two consecutive defeats. I think PSG are not doing well at the moment. It is fortunate that they still have a gap of six points at this time. So they still remain comfortable at the top.  But this defeat is a serious threat to Christophe Galtier with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). Reportedly Zidane will replace Galtier if he loses again in the next match. In addition, there are many rumors of Messi and Mbappe's departure. But if Mbappe leaves I think PSG will find it difficult to compete in Ligue1. Relying on Neymar is unlikely to work. Interesting rumors, let's see the beginning of the next transfer season.

A big team with all the advantages also the fact that they have serious problems, it proves that with a lot of money it doesn't guarantee they are a stable team. 2 losses in a row is like a heavy punch to their face, I don't think it's an exaggeration when I say that, because seeing what they have it should be. I understand very well that this is football where it is very possible for such things to happen, but once again if they are a team that has good chemistry and a good relationship between their players, of course this kind of thing can be avoided.

[S A KHAIR]

PSG has lost for the second time after being humiliated against Rennes before and yesterday was beaten again by Lyon even though we know that PSG have a lot of great players but can't beat them, I think PSG needs to make changes to tactics so they don't suffer consecutive defeats, even though PSG still at the top of the standings but this must be taken seriously, PSG must completely overhaul in the future so as not to suffer previous defeats.

Strange, even a defeat that is hard to accept. Two consecutive defeats. I think PSG are not doing well at the moment. It is fortunate that they still have a gap of six points at this time. So they still remain comfortable at the top.  But this defeat is a serious threat to Christophe Galtier with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). Reportedly Zidane will replace Galtier if he loses again in the next match. In addition, there are many rumors of Messi and Mbappe's departure. But if Mbappe leaves I think PSG will find it difficult to compete in Ligue1. Relying on Neymar is unlikely to work. Interesting rumors, let's see the beginning of the next transfer season.

I think PSG management should sack Galtier even if they win the next matches. Because PSG's performance in Champions League was very bad. At the same time, PSG is not playing well in Ligue 1 now. Since PSG's main target is the Champions League title, they should definitely hire an experienced coach. If the coach is not experienced, the PSG team will not be able to play well in the Champions League. If Zidane is interested in coming to PSG then Galtier should be sacked quickly and Zidane should be given the job of PSG coach.

[rahmad2nd]

This week Paris Saint Germain will travel to Nice headquarters, they want to stop their negative results in the previous 2 matches which ended in defeat. Nice also doesn't want to lose full points again after in 4 matches they could only get a draw. Both teams are in the same motivation now, that is, they both want to win the match. Nice has the advantage of playing at home, while Paris Saint Germain have the advantage of the quality of their players.

So, what do you think and which team has a big chance to win this match.

Well, as we all agreed in terms of quality that PSG are qualified to win this fight. but unfortunately, their performance has recently experienced a lot of decline. My guess is that the problems in the locker room became one of the triggers for Galtier's squad. but this match should have been won by PSG, even though Nice was playing as the home team. after all, these two teams have quite different gaps based on quality and ranking. So the problem is, at the moment PSG's playing is like a team that has lost the spirit to play. plus, many unsavory rumors adorn the SPG star players. well, let's see how it goes when Galtier's team plays the game. in particular, for the midfielders who should have contributed when PSG built attacks.

Meanwhile, Didier Digard is well aware that to keep up with the game from PSG is not easy for his team. however, Nice can take advantage of the momentum that is happening to PSG's current performance. it's just that after all, on paper PSG is more in the favorites to win this fight. So, will Nice be able to provide fierce resistance to PSG, even topple them, let's wait.

[hahay]

The next matches are Lens against Strasbourg and Marseille against Lorient, I'm sure Lens can win those matches but I'm not sure how Marseille will win, he has to win if he doesn't want to be completely moved by Lens.

Previously, I was quite surprised by the position of the top team in the standings, especially Lens and Marseille, both of whom have the same number of points. This must be because Marseille was held to a draw by Montpellier in last week's game. For Lens, they took second place after they were quite choked up at the beginning of last February, they didn't get maximum results. In the next match, Lens will face an opponent that I think is quite easy, Strasbourg, so victory is likely to be closer to Lens. On the other hand, Marseille will face Lorient which in my opinion will be quite a troublesome opponent, if Marseille can get full points in this match then they will again compete with Lens.

At this moment Lens is the favorite to win because in fact, so far this season Lens is the best team for home matches. So, playing against Strasbourg which is in the bottom zone, of course Lens should be able to win in this match, because from the available odds it is clear that the chance for Strasbourg is indeed difficult to gain points in this match.

But, if I consider the head to head in their last three meetings, the reality is Lens can't beat Strasbourg at all. Because after all, even though Strasbourg is in the lower zone in the current Ligue 1 standings, but sometimes Strasbourg can surprise when playing against top teams. But yes, after all Lens still has a good chance to win, as a way to end the bad record when Lens played against Strasbourg.

[shogun47]

Well, if any one of us believes PSG can still lose 2 more games, while drawing at least one (their GD means this needs to happen), while Lens/Marseille/Monaco get a perfect streak in these last 9 games, then well, might as well put good money on it. It would be the most spectacular stumble I'll have seen for a decade or so.

Messi does seem to be doing all he can to help this happen, don't blame him, either.

I'm much more interested in pretending Monaco is silently making amends... think they just unravelled a bit of a surprise in Ben Seghir, looks so good with Taki now that Embolo's out. Minus his stepovers, though, heh.

It would be funny if the team whose players occupy all the top 10 places in the ranking of the highest paid players in the league did not become a champion. But unfortunately it's hard to believe, first of all, because there is no clear leader among the competitors and in the end they all interfere with each other in favor of PSG.
Messi should always be blamed, he had two seasons to show at least 20% of what PR says about him, and if the first season could be explained "he left Barcelona for the first time," now no excuses work.

That's well described and the fact that we are talking about it is even bad enough for PSG. The Ligue 1 is so bad that PSG can't motivate themseves to win it easily. To me it is not a sign of the strength of the other teams, it is a sign of the weakness within PSG. They aren't good, they can't compete at their maximum. They miss the competition during the entire season until they finall are up against a world class team but when the time has come they aren't prepared themselves. This project PSG isn't going anywhere from here. Some say that Zidane wants to take over, but do you really believe that? Is the Ligue 1 the place where he wants to continue his career? I don't see that happening.

[Bobrox]

At this moment Lens is the favorite to win because in fact, so far this season Lens is the best team for home matches. So, playing against Strasbourg which is in the bottom zone, of course Lens should be able to win in this match, because from the available odds it is clear that the chance for Strasbourg is indeed difficult to gain points in this match.

But, if I consider the head to head in their last three meetings, the reality is Lens can't beat Strasbourg at all. Because after all, even though Strasbourg is in the lower zone in the current Ligue 1 standings, but sometimes Strasbourg can surprise when playing against top teams. But yes, after all Lens still has a good chance to win, as a way to end the bad record when Lens played against Strasbourg.

Current standings, Strasbourg one strip left from relegation zone right now and their position is not safe right now because have the same points with Auxerre last team from relegation. No doubt with Lens winning against Strasbourg next match and try keep compete on top position with PSG behind 6 points left.

Have crucial up coming next match after facing Strasbourg because PSG have waiting for and important games for Lens have chance for stopping PSG dominance in Ligue 1. Lens on 2rd standings awhile have chance with Champion League spot for next season but have 9 matches left looking on how consistent their performance or not.

[alpamar99]

First off, I think the PSG team right now needs to focus more on team work than playing individual football which I think is the major problem of the team. Them being on top of the League right now with 6 points gives more room for more competition in the League and with Marseille and Lens fighting so hard to meet and over take them they have nothing then to fight back and get back to good form. They can't really relax right now they will end up losing out in all side and That will be so bad for the huge some of money they spent getting the stars in the team.

There are times when a match doesn't go according to plan even though they are playing as a team. Individual quality seems also good to expect more collective play between players, but against Lyon I think it was really difficult. I saw Messi several times pass to Mbappe but a bad finishing meant that PSG didn't get a goal.

PSG play as a team now, but there has always been an assumption that conflicts between players are the reason they are not in good form. I don't agree on all assumptions even though I've seen some players being too egotistical with other players.

PSG came home with a defeat at home against Lyon which disappointed most of the fans, none of the many kicks launched worked. Four minutes later, PSG again disturbed the Lyon defense through a combination of Messi and Mbappe, Messi's backheel was continued by Mbappe with a shot at the far post, but only resulting in a shot off target. I saw Lyon being superior in possession of the ball than PSG, and their attacks almost always endangered the PSG goal, Messi and Mbappe were not enough to win in the end, because Barcola made Lyon score 1-0, I think from here PSG will change tactics and His formations are back and rely more on teamwork. Even though PSG lost by one point, they still top the standings.

This is really really bad. Their second defeat in the last 2 matches carried out.
The absence of Neymar is still very much felt in this regard and they really played very badly in finishing in this game. There was nothing wrong in possession and the chances were the same as always but the finishing was really bad and the chance was wasted.
Now seems like the right time to give Galtier a rest as some coaches have been kicked out before for big clubs.

[alastantiger]

PSG came home with a defeat at home against Lyon which disappointed most of the fans, none of the many kicks launched worked. Four minutes later, PSG again disturbed the Lyon defense through a combination of Messi and Mbappe, Messi's backheel was continued by Mbappe with a shot at the far post, but only resulting in a shot off target. I saw Lyon being superior in possession of the ball than PSG, and their attacks almost always endangered the PSG goal, Messi and Mbappe were not enough to win in the end, because Barcola made Lyon score 1-0, I think from here PSG will change tactics and His formations are back and rely more on teamwork. Even though PSG lost by one point, they still top the standings.

It was an unexpected outcome from PSG.
To be sincere i was disapointed because they have every advantage of wining the match. Maybe it was too much confidence.
PSG's performance became poor since Nermar got hurt. It shows that Neymar is their piller which is not suppose to be so. Even after Lyon missed a penalty they still scored.
Having Messi and Mpape is a big plus to PSG and a guarantee of winning but it all turnaround. PSG need to improve in their team work and change their attacking strategy.

[KTChampions]

It would be funny if the team whose players occupy all the top 10 places in the ranking of the highest paid players in the league did not become a champion. But unfortunately it's hard to believe, first of all, because there is no clear leader among the competitors and in the end they all interfere with each other in favor of PSG.
Messi should always be blamed, he had two seasons to show at least 20% of what PR says about him, and if the first season could be explained "he left Barcelona for the first time," now no excuses work.

That's well described and the fact that we are talking about it is even bad enough for PSG. The Ligue 1 is so bad that PSG can't motivate themseves to win it easily. To me it is not a sign of the strength of the other teams, it is a sign of the weakness within PSG. They aren't good, they can't compete at their maximum. They miss the competition during the entire season until they finall are up against a world class team but when the time has come they aren't prepared themselves. This project PSG isn't going anywhere from here. Some say that Zidane wants to take over, but do you really believe that? Is the Ligue 1 the place where he wants to continue his career? I don't see that happening.

It is unlikely that Zidane will agree to lead a team (even if we do not take into account the fact that he has Marseille roots and is "historically" an enemy of PSG) where he will not have full power. As long as the team has such anchors as Neymar and Messi, a normal coach will not go there (only for space money or for other unsportsmanlike reasons). In general, PSG is largely a political project, and given that politics is dirt, not everyone agrees to get dirty.
Last season PSG after being eliminated from the Champions League in Ligue 1 really improved their performance - I remember they had a lot of big wins, it seems that this season they don't have the moral strength to force themselves to finish the season normally.

[Leviathan.007]

It would be funny if the team whose players occupy all the top 10 places in the ranking of the highest paid players in the league did not become a champion. But unfortunately it's hard to believe, first of all, because there is no clear leader among the competitors and in the end they all interfere with each other in favor of PSG.
Messi should always be blamed, he had two seasons to show at least 20% of what PR says about him, and if the first season could be explained "he left Barcelona for the first time," now no excuses work.

That's well described and the fact that we are talking about it is even bad enough for PSG. The Ligue 1 is so bad that PSG can't motivate themseves to win it easily. To me it is not a sign of the strength of the other teams, it is a sign of the weakness within PSG. They aren't good, they can't compete at their maximum. They miss the competition during the entire season until they finall are up against a world class team but when the time has come they aren't prepared themselves. This project PSG isn't going anywhere from here. Some say that Zidane wants to take over, but do you really believe that? Is the Ligue 1 the place where he wants to continue his career? I don't see that happening.

It is unlikely that Zidane will agree to lead a team (even if we do not take into account the fact that he has Marseille roots and is "historically" an enemy of PSG) where he will not have full power. As long as the team has such anchors as Neymar and Messi, a normal coach will not go there (only for space money or for other unsportsmanlike reasons). In general, PSG is largely a political project, and given that politics is dirt, not everyone agrees to get dirty.
Last season PSG after being eliminated from the Champions League in Ligue 1 really improved their performance - I remember they had a lot of big wins, it seems that this season they don't have the moral strength to force themselves to finish the season normally.

I'm not sure about how Zidane likes to receive a good amount of salary but I know since PSG spent lots of money got the players, they can even spend much more to hire a good coach, and for Zidane, this can be an interesting option to join PSG as a french team and earn more salary compared to other similar teams.