French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Naficopa]

I think that Messi should think of Manchester City as a second option after being free agent in the summer. He would surely prioritize returning to home, Barcelona. However there can still be some hindrances for Messi to go back there. FFP rules in the La Liga can block the way for Barcelona to make this transfer happen. Otherwise Barcelona also wants to sign him again and Xavi also agrees with the board.

If the deal between these two sides doesn't happen then I think Messi should think of Manchester City before PSG - I guess that he wouldn't like to leave Europe soon. Maybe he will need to adapt to a new team again but there is a big difference at this point. The difference is that he can adapt much faster to Manchester City's game plan compared to his first times at PSG.

Because he is already very familiar with Guardiola's system and he can feel like he is playing for Barcelona nearly.

Even when Messi was still in his prime, Guardiola came up with all sorts of excuses when asked if he wanted Messi to move to City. Now Messi and City are two different dimensions - he will never be taken there even if he pays them money and not vice versa. When you write that Messi should consider moving to City, it sounds absolutely crazy. It seems that you are poorly aware of the current state of affairs in football.

I'm poorly aware of it? When I said that of course I meant that Messi should consider in case Guardiola states that he would like to see him in his team.    If he doesn't then there is no problem. Messi can just return to Barcelona depending on FFP topic or he can just continue with PSG for at least one more year. I just don't expect him to leave Europe as of this summer.

But after one season I assume he would join a Saudi Arabia team just as Ronaldo did to secure the future of his family as well. Because those offers are really hard to reject normally although this kind of players already make a huge sum of money in Europe.

If PSG don't manage Messi well, this season might be the end of him in the club. Anything that makes Messi leaves PSG he will be going to Saudi Arabia league, he is needed over there badly and he may have interest to play in Saudi Arabia league because the high wage that will be given to him.

Lionel Messi has not achieved anything major from PSG so far. By now, joining another club would have given Lionel Messi a great opportunity and added something new to his career. Hopefully, if Lionel Messi joins another club, the last period of his football career can give us more.

[superman184]

Monaco have a Ligue 1 match today. In this match, Monaco is very likely because Monaco is much ahead of the opposition in terms of performance. And Monaco have secured victory in most of the previous matches against Monaco's opposition.

Against Monaco in the match they are playing now is the Angers team which is currently still in the bottom rank in the standings, so it is very clear who will win this match because I also don't think that Angers can win against Monaco even though this match is at their home ground Alone. Apart from that, Monaco itself will also try to win today in order to maintain its position in the top four of the Ligue1 standings until the end of the season.

[barisbilgili]

Monaco have a Ligue 1 match today. In this match, Monaco is very likely because Monaco is much ahead of the opposition in terms of performance. And Monaco have secured victory in most of the previous matches against Monaco's opposition.

Against Monaco in the match they are playing now is the Angers team which is currently still in the bottom rank in the standings, so it is very clear who will win this match because I also don't think that Angers can win against Monaco even though this match is at their home ground Alone. Apart from that, Monaco itself will also try to win today in order to maintain its position in the top four of the Ligue1 standings until the end of the season.

the match was in progress and Monaco had a 1 goal lead in the first half.
Monaco's performance in the last few matches has indeed declined quite a bit, they haven't even lost in the previous 2 matches, but now the opponent they are facing is a team at the bottom of the standings, which is far different in quality compared to Monaco.
of course no one doubts Monaco will be able to win this match.

[Velvet78]

This is a big advantage taken by Lens after beating Marseille once again. I think that this was enough to prove them they are better than Marseille this season. Besides they are two points ahead of Marseille now which could be very useful on the remaining four game weeks. As far as I see now Lens' remaining fixtures are more comfortable than them in general.

Because Marseille will have a game against Lille away as well. As Lille are also fighting for a spot in a European cup they would make big difficulties for them. I'm still supporting Marseille for the 2nd position but it looks like they might not be successful at it.

[buwaytress]

As we all knew along, Marseille et cetera simply unavailable to take any opportunity thrown their way. Still picked Monaco on a ticket today so am somewhat bemused they won...

Leaders can probably afford to lose every game left and still win, so Troyes is almost a bet I can't ignore right?

[hahay]

Because Lens managed to beat Marseille, the competition for second place will still occur, because if, for example, Marseille can win in that match, then at least Marseille and Lens will have a four-point gap. But yes, in the end Marseille didn't take advantage of the moment to beat Lens and at the moment, they have a two point gap which of course anything can still happen to finish in second place.

Also with the success of Lens being able to win in this match, at least this victory is also proof that Lens has very good consistency this season for home matches. Therefore, I hope Lens has better luck this season, because with his high consistency, Lens deserves to be able to win the title or just finish in second place.

[bitgov]

As we all knew along, Marseille et cetera simply unavailable to take any opportunity thrown their way. Still picked Monaco on a ticket today so am somewhat bemused they won...

Leaders can probably afford to lose every game left and still win, so Troyes is almost a bet I can't ignore right?

Marseille and Lens are the two teams behind PSG in Ligue 1. That is, these two teams are able to perform extraordinary after PSG. Lens and Marseille match was today. In this match, both teams attacked each other brilliantly from the start. But in the end Lens managed to secure victory in a remarkable way. Marseille had some great mistakes in the match.

[rendravolt]

Reims got back to winning ways after beating Lille 1-0 at home. We know very well that Reims is very strong at home and it is a good result to add to their winning record at home. Reims has slumped in the last 5 matches and only got 1 win, obviously it's not a good result and I think this win can be a great way to get the next win. As for Lille, they failed to shift Monaco on the standings because of this defeat and of course Monaco is quite calm about Lille's defeat.

Reims has almost done the same as last season. they don't change much. lost a lot of points in several matches and was not very productive in scoring goals.
maybe they will not change much like last season with a mid-table finish. it is still too difficult to compete with other teams that are currently superior.

In another match, Marseille struggled against hosts Lens. currently, Marseille is 2-0 down and that will make a change in position in the standings. at least the top 3 Ligue 1 teams will still be fighting hard in the battle for the trophy this season. they don't have much of a points gap and are nearing the end of the season which will only get more and more tense.

For Reims, the results of this season are far from their expectations. Unfortunately, the lack of consistency has caused them to be thrown back into the mid-table. But they at least don't give up and are always able to improve what they have to do. Maybe they have to prepare more carefully for the next season so they can compete with other teams at the top.

Lens' match against Marseille was won by Lens with a score of 2-1 and it seems that Marseille failed to shift Lens this time. Meanwhile, Lens they are very happy to finally be closer and only 2 points away from PSG. But PSG will only have today's match against Troyes. I think that even though PSG's internal environment is not doing well, they should focus as much as possible on winning today's game.

[Docnaster]

Lens team is leading 1 0 after an hour against marseille this will be agreat result if they manage to get the three points because they will get marseille second spot but it wont be easy marseille team is dominating the second half and they seem really dangerous i doubt the game will end with this score.

The Lens game against Olympic Marseille yesterday ended in a 2:1 win for Lens. Like I said last week, Lens has been the surprise of the season as no one expected them to be competing for the title at this stage of the French domestic league season.
Their win yesterday closed the gap between them and league leaders Paris Saint Germain to jus three but just that PSG has an outstanding match. Lens has already outdone the expectation of their fans this season but they're still trying to make history by winning the league French Ligue 1 title which I think isn't impossible considering the current happenings at  PSG

[Ryu_Ar1]

This is a big advantage taken by Lens after beating Marseille once again. I think that this was enough to prove them they are better than Marseille this season. Besides they are two points ahead of Marseille now which could be very useful on the remaining four game weeks. As far as I see now Lens' remaining fixtures are more comfortable than them in general.

Because Marseille will have a game against Lille away as well. As Lille are also fighting for a spot in a European cup they would make big difficulties for them. I'm still supporting Marseille for the 2nd position but it looks like they might not be successful at it.

This match is quite exciting and indeed for Lens this is clearly very good because they apart from successfully stopping the series of positive results from Marseille, they have also now taken over position 2 with a gap of 2 points in this match/.
But if Alexis' goal hadn't been ruled out by VAR at the start of the first half, then I think it could have been the difference but when it was ruled out Lens still went back to their original scheme and that's a good thing for them.

With the current situation, they might be able to get 2nd place if results like this continue to happen especially if they see their opponents in the remaining matches I think this is not a significant problem for now.

[asriloni]

Im still watching the match between nantes vs strasbourg now. Nantes was losing 0-2 in the second half. Strasbourg was dominating the match against nantes by making more shots with good accuracy. Duo habib was able making strasbourg to win the game against nantes. I see no chance anymore for nantes at this moment.
It will get no points from this match. Nantes will be relegated this season with anger, ajaccio and troyes. These clubs are rarely getting win in the league 1. Surprisingly strasbourgh was able leaving from the relegation zone at the end of season.

The result is quite clear if nantes lose in this match against strasbourg. I think that's gonna be a disaster for nantes caused by it will be going to the lower division again.
Poor nantes. It could do even better this season rather than always become a team that was always giving easy points to another club.

[cozytrade]

The match between Nantes vs Strasbourg in the French Soccer League is almost over. Strasbourg is still leading by 2 goals. Nantes team has not scored any goals yet. Strasbourg has scored 2 goals before half time. Now it is a matter of seeing if Nantes team will score 2 goals.  If they can score, this match will be a draw. It seems that Nantes will not score any goals. The quality of the players of Nantes team is very bad. Strasbourg team will probably win today by 2 goals.

[piebeyb]

As we all knew along, Marseille et cetera simply unavailable to take any opportunity thrown their way. Still picked Monaco on a ticket today so am somewhat bemused they won...

Leaders can probably afford to lose every game left and still win, so Troyes is almost a bet I can't ignore right?

Marseille and Lens are the two teams behind PSG in Ligue 1. That is, these two teams are able to perform extraordinary after PSG. Lens and Marseille match was today. In this match, both teams attacked each other brilliantly from the start. But in the end Lens managed to secure victory in a remarkable way. Marseille had some great mistakes in the match.

Lens' advantage in this match was very clear even though Marseille controlled the match and had more ball possession than Lens, as a host Lens had a lot of full support from their supporters they played well, I'm happy to see Lens can get Three points from this match, you can see it is clear that Lens is much better than Marseille, even Lens can score two goals against Marseille, but even so Marseille can reduce their defeat in the 88th minute to Payet.

Lens has a three-point gap from PSG at the moment but If tomorrow PSG wins against Troyes then Lens' opportunity to get even closer and will have a difference of six points, but Lens played quite well in the game against Marseille. they deserve to win

[zuzie]

I think that Messi should think of Manchester City as a second option after being free agent in the summer. He would surely prioritize returning to home, Barcelona. However there can still be some hindrances for Messi to go back there. FFP rules in the La Liga can block the way for Barcelona to make this transfer happen. Otherwise Barcelona also wants to sign him again and Xavi also agrees with the board.

If the deal between these two sides doesn't happen then I think Messi should think of Manchester City before PSG - I guess that he wouldn't like to leave Europe soon. Maybe he will need to adapt to a new team again but there is a big difference at this point. The difference is that he can adapt much faster to Manchester City's game plan compared to his first times at PSG.

Because he is already very familiar with Guardiola's system and he can feel like he is playing for Barcelona nearly.

Even when Messi was still in his prime, Guardiola came up with all sorts of excuses when asked if he wanted Messi to move to City. Now Messi and City are two different dimensions - he will never be taken there even if he pays them money and not vice versa. When you write that Messi should consider moving to City, it sounds absolutely crazy. It seems that you are poorly aware of the current state of affairs in football.

I'm poorly aware of it? When I said that of course I meant that Messi should consider in case Guardiola states that he would like to see him in his team.    If he doesn't then there is no problem. Messi can just return to Barcelona depending on FFP topic or he can just continue with PSG for at least one more year. I just don't expect him to leave Europe as of this summer.

But after one season I assume he would join a Saudi Arabia team just as Ronaldo did to secure the future of his family as well. Because those offers are really hard to reject normally although this kind of players already make a huge sum of money in Europe.

If PSG don't manage Messi well, this season might be the end of him in the club. Anything that makes Messi leaves PSG he will be going to Saudi Arabia league, he is needed over there badly and he may have interest to play in Saudi Arabia league because the high wage that will be given to him.

Lionel Messi has not achieved anything major from PSG so far. By now, joining another club would have given Lionel Messi a great opportunity and added something new to his career. Hopefully, if Lionel Messi joins another club, the last period of his football career can give us more.

If Galtier gives him priority on the pitch instead of using him only as support for other strikers, we might have seen something different this time around. It all depends on the management, if the team wants something more from Messi then they have to give him more power on the pitch

I don't think it's the right choice to leave Paris Saint Germain considering his short career period, I doubt there is another big team in Europe who wants to use his talent, but if he wants to follow in the footsteps of CR7 he will end his career at a different level

[Polkeins]

Lens team is leading 1 0 after an hour against marseille this will be agreat result if they manage to get the three points because they will get marseille second spot but it wont be easy marseille team is dominating the second half and they seem really dangerous i doubt the game will end with this score.

The Lens game against Olympic Marseille yesterday ended in a 2:1 win for Lens. Like I said last week, Lens has been the surprise of the season as no one expected them to be competing for the title at this stage of the French domestic league season.
Their win yesterday closed the gap between them and league leaders Paris Saint Germain to jus three but just that PSG has an outstanding match. Lens has already outdone the expectation of their fans this season but they're still trying to make history by winning the league French Ligue 1 title which I think isn't impossible considering the current happenings at  PSG

PSG not only has a three-point lead over Lance, but also has one game to spare. In any case, it is true that Lance had a phenomenal season and the fact that with its financial capabilities Lance is fighting with PSG for the championship to the end speaks volumes.

In general, most likely the first three will not change and there will be PSG, Lance and Marseille, but who will take what place will show the next rounds.
Monaco is also likely to finish fourth and qualify for the European Cup, but Lille and Rennes are probably still fighting for fifth place and for a ticket to the European Cup.   

[rahmad2nd]

Lens team is leading 1 0 after an hour against marseille this will be agreat result if they manage to get the three points because they will get marseille second spot but it wont be easy marseille team is dominating the second half and they seem really dangerous i doubt the game will end with this score.

The Lens game against Olympic Marseille yesterday ended in a 2:1 win for Lens. Like I said last week, Lens has been the surprise of the season as no one expected them to be competing for the title at this stage of the French domestic league season.
Their win yesterday closed the gap between them and league leaders Paris Saint Germain to jus three but just that PSG has an outstanding match. Lens has already outdone the expectation of their fans this season but they're still trying to make history by winning the league French Ligue 1 title which I think isn't impossible considering the current happenings at  PSG

Well, this fight was beyond my expectations, it's a shame that Samuel Gigot was injured in this fight, Igor Tudor had to withdraw him in the 29th minute. two other defenders, such as Sead Kolasinac and Mbambe played underperform. which in the end, Lens managed to score in the 42nd minute. unfortunately, Sanchez also had problems in this match so he was pulled out in the 46th minute. which in the end, Marseille was unable to display its best performance. although from statistics, Marseille has less ball possession with 57%.

On the other hand, Lens managed to shift Marseille's ranking even though it was only 2 points apart. if Lens is able to win the remaining matches, then they will automatically qualify for the Champions League. or, Lens could just shift PSG's ranking, if Galtier's team's squad slipped in its last few matches. for sure, the rest of this match makes this competition more interesting.  So, in a few hours PSG will have a match against Troyes, let's see how these two teams fight in this match.

[Ratash]

Almost all of this round games are over except for the psg one which they will likely win, strasburg team managed an important win today because they managed to beat one of their relegation rivals and got out of the zone i think they were the most profitable team in this round along side lens who by beating marseille they took over their spot which will allow them to play the champions league next season.

[Sirait]

the match between lyon vs montpellier was very exciting, the two teams attacked and defended each other, lacazette successfully scored 3 goals in this match while the montpellier player (wahi) successfully scored 4 goals in this match, i think wahi is the man of the match and he still has opportunity to make his fifth goal in this match.

[keyscore44]

the match between lyon vs montpellier was very exciting, the two teams attacked and defended each other, lacazette successfully scored 3 goals in this match while the montpellier player (wahi) successfully scored 4 goals in this match, i think wahi is the man of the match and he still has opportunity to make his fifth goal in this match.

Really enjoyed the Lions match tremendously. I thought the match would be a 4-4 draw in the end. But the Lions managed to score a remarkable goal in the last minute of extra time. Lion's celebration was truly a sight to behold.

[rendravolt]

The match between Nantes vs Strasbourg in the French Soccer League is almost over. Strasbourg is still leading by 2 goals. Nantes team has not scored any goals yet. Strasbourg has scored 2 goals before half time. Now it is a matter of seeing if Nantes team will score 2 goals.  If they can score, this match will be a draw. It seems that Nantes will not score any goals. The quality of the players of Nantes team is very bad. Strasbourg team will probably win today by 2 goals.

Nantes' performance this season has been very poor and they have struggled to win in almost all of their matches. Strasbourg deserved this victory and the game ended 0-2 without any additional goals in this match. These results make Nantes sink further into the relegation zone and Strasbourg rises to a safer position from the zone. We will still be waiting for the first win from Nantes because in the last 10 matches they have not won at all and for the most part they have only lost and drawn. There are 4 games left for Nantes, if they still can't win then they won't be in Ligue 1 next season.