French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[rendravolt]

Rennes crushed host Ajaccio with a landslide score of 0-5 without reply. Rennes were so powerful in this match by scoring 4 goals in the first half and at the same time locking their victory even though the second half was still remaining. Even one of Ajaccio Alphonse's players got a red card which made them have to play with 10 people starting in the 63rd minute. The superiority in the number of players was put to good use by Rennes by scoring 1 more goal and that also marked the hat trick recorded by Gouiri in the 71st minute. Now Rennese one step away from fighting for a place in the conference league next season and is just 1 point away from Lille.

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[X-ray]

Lens are on a positive trend in their last 4 matches, Lorient will be their opponents this week, and I think it will not be an easy match even though they are the favorites in this game. But betting on them is also something that is more promising to be able to win.

Lens will be taking full points from lorient very soon. Im not even feeling doubt about that. it's caused lens really needs to take full points to make sure if it will able to lock UCL spots from marseille. I don't even think if lens will try to miss it. It's very important for lens to win the match against lorient.

I don't think Paris Saint Germain will lose their easy match this week. Auxerre is a club that is at the bottom of the standings, while Paris Saint Germain is ready to celebrate. A draw was enough for them to claim the title. So I can say this is the last week for them to claim the title.

PSG will be facing auxerre which is a bad club in league 1. Auxerre has not yet placed at the relegation zone but it has horrible performance in league 1. No reason for PSG to lose against auxerre. PSG needs to make sure if it will be locking the league 1.

[bering]

Lens has odds @1.66 today and i think it's quite fair because they as favourite status and not necessary to talking about recent performance between these teams because obviously Lens is clearly better than Lorient because during this season Lens has been change became an strong team and they can able to beat tough teams such as Monaco and Marseille and if Lens can able to win from Lorient today Lens will have 78 points which mean they will have 5 difference points above to Marseille

This actually good opportunity to collect 3 points because Lorient is not strong team and if Lens can finish at 2nd position at the end of this season they will playing at champion league without passed qualification matches and for today match Kevin Danso will be unable to played because of suspension but besides him other players will be available and i think Lens win is safe bet for this match although the odds isn't really high but other options such as over 2.5 goals also seems good

[bitgov]

Lens are on a positive trend in their last 4 matches, Lorient will be their opponents this week, and I think it will not be an easy match even though they are the favorites in this game. But betting on them is also something that is more promising to be able to win.

Lens will be taking full points from lorient very soon. Im not even feeling doubt about that. it's caused lens really needs to take full points to make sure if it will able to lock UCL spots from marseille. I don't even think if lens will try to miss it. It's very important for lens to win the match against lorient.

I don't think Paris Saint Germain will lose their easy match this week. Auxerre is a club that is at the bottom of the standings, while Paris Saint Germain is ready to celebrate. A draw was enough for them to claim the title. So I can say this is the last week for them to claim the title.

PSG will be facing auxerre which is a bad club in league 1. Auxerre has not yet placed at the relegation zone but it has horrible performance in league 1. No reason for PSG to lose against auxerre. PSG needs to make sure if it will be locking the league 1.

PSG have always been and will always be the best in League One. Because so far in this league, there has not been a team strong enough to defeat PSG. So I don't consider PSG team as the best team yet, if PSG is able to perform one of the best in leagues like Champions League then this team can be called strong.

[Docnaster]

In Ligue 1 today, PSG, the number one team in the points table, will take the field against the number 16 team in the points table. PSG will need a win today to increase the points gap with Lens. PSG is currently at the top of the points table with 81 points. And Lens is number two in the points table with 6 points less than PSG. Today's match is very important for PSG to secure the title. Considering head to head, PSG has won 100% against Auxerre . PSG have not lost any match against Auxerre so far.

You carefully listed their position out but let's not hope on the result to come out based on the position of these two teams cuz the PSG I know is very unstable and fun of feeding their fans with surprises. The only good news about the match is that it won't affect their position even if they lose,  it may if they lose more but I'm not seeing that happen.  But Lenz as we speak is already leading with two goals which I don't think they allow Lorient to overturn the score board. This should be a motivation for PSG.

[swogerino]

Quite a lot of surprise results in the French Ligue 1 in today games,Troyes draw,Reims draw is something really that came as a surprise to me,especially Reims not being able to win against last place but I refrained from betting on this game as Reims does not play for anything and I choose Rennes which won comfortably with a tennis result against also one of the relegated team of Ligue 1 this year.

Now Lens is winning and I expect Paris also to win and things are looking quite clear for how the teams will be ranked in the end and which team will be playing in European competitions,I think Paris,Lens and Marseille deserve the places they have and then comes Lille and Rennes,well it was a predictable Ligue 1 this year after all.

[maju69]

In Ligue 1 today, PSG, the number one team in the points table, will take the field against the number 16 team in the points table. PSG will need a win today to increase the points gap with Lens. PSG is currently at the top of the points table with 81 points. And Lens is number two in the points table with 6 points less than PSG. Today's match is very important for PSG to secure the title. Considering head to head, PSG has won 100% against Auxerre . PSG have not lost any match against Auxerre so far.

Nothing can be expected from Auxerre to be able to beat Paris Saint Germain, the difference in quality from the two teams that will compete is very different, so victory shouldn't be a difficult thing for them to get. Just imagine if they lost this match, it would be so embarrassing. The championship title that is already in front of their eyes should not be postponed any longer.

[hahay]

Of course, the top three positions in Ligue 1 will no longer change, PSG and Lens are two teams that can be confirmed to play in the Champions League next season. Unlike Marseille, even though Marseille's position will not change and still finish in third place, but Marseille still has to go through the play-offs. This, of course, makes Marseille still unable to promise to play in the Champions League next season, because Marseille must also be able to win in the play-off round later to qualify.

So yes, Marseille's defeat by Lille certainly made Marseille really lose the chance to finish in second place. But, with Lille's success in defeating Marseille too, of course, Lille managed to overtake Rennes. Also, with this victory, of course, Lille has a good chance of finishing in the top five at least for Europa Conference League tickets, or maybe Lille can still overtake Monaco for Europa League tickets. It will be interesting to look forward to, because Monaco and Lille are only two points apart.

[kotwica666]

Of course, the top three positions in Ligue 1 will no longer change, PSG and Lens are two teams that can be confirmed to play in the Champions League next season. Unlike Marseille, even though Marseille's position will not change and still finish in third place, but Marseille still has to go through the play-offs. This, of course, makes Marseille still unable to promise to play in the Champions League next season, because Marseille must also be able to win in the play-off round later to qualify.

So yes, Marseille's defeat by Lille certainly made Marseille really lose the chance to finish in second place. But, with Lille's success in defeating Marseille too, of course, Lille managed to overtake Rennes. Also, with this victory, of course, Lille has a good chance of finishing in the top five at least for Europa Conference League tickets, or maybe Lille can still overtake Monaco for Europa League tickets. It will be interesting to look forward to, because Monaco and Lille are only two points apart.

No matter how well the other teams in League One are performing, PSG are always beaten. And in League One, PSG will be hoping to secure the title again. Because other teams don't have the power to beat PSG. However, the PSG team needs to perform in other leagues as well as League One.

[rendravolt]

Lens managed to steal full points at home to Lorient with a score of 1-3. Actually, this result is quite easy to predict because Lens usually wins with a landslide score according to H2H statistics. On the other hand, in the match the two teams played fairly evenly, it's just that Lens was much more able to take advantage of opportunities that could be converted into goals. These results put Lens in 2nd place with 78 points and it seems that Marseille will have quite a hard time catching up with Lens with a distance of 5 points from now.

[Masplanc]

No matter how well the other teams in League One are performing, PSG are always beaten. And in League One, PSG will be hoping to secure the title again. Because other teams don't have the power to beat PSG. However, the PSG team needs to perform in other leagues as well as League One.

Sure.. psg will always be top team in the league, PSG has quality players and it is expected that they must lead the league. It will be shameful after having star players and they are behind other teams in the league.  Psg missed the Champions league title,  they need to get the French league title.

[rahmad2nd]

In Ligue 1 today, PSG, the number one team in the points table, will take the field against the number 16 team in the points table. PSG will need a win today to increase the points gap with Lens. PSG is currently at the top of the points table with 81 points. And Lens is number two in the points table with 6 points less than PSG. Today's match is very important for PSG to secure the title. Considering head to head, PSG has won 100% against Auxerre . PSG have not lost any match against Auxerre so far.

On paper, PSG will win this fight easily. because after all, these two teams have a fairly obvious gap. both in terms of players, ratings and H2H. so, 3 points is a mandatory result for PSG. although several PSG players were still injured, plus Hakimi was suspended due to a red card. it shouldn't be a problem for a team as strong as PSG against Auxerre.
well, referring to the predicted line-up that Galtier will apply in this match. apparently, he will use the new system with a 3-4-3 pattern. because, now Ekitike is believed to be back as the main starter. even if the scenario says otherwise, it could be using the 3-5-2 pattern. what is certain, PSG must gain points in this match to ensure their ranking remains safe at the top of the standings.

On the other hand, even though Auxerre is playing as the home team, to overthrow PSG is not an easy matter. plus, several Auxerre players were also injured. but that does not mean, they will let PSG win the match easily. at least, Auxerre will put up a fight. and even if Auxerre falls in this match, their position will still be safe.  at least, for this week.

[Jossque]

Rennes got a comfortable win against their relegation opponent.The away team, who dominated the match in general, showed us a terrific first half performance with 4 goals in the first half.This score was actually enough for them to win the match, but of course the matches are not like that.In the second half, with ajaccio down to 10 men, rennes increased the pressure and managed to find one more goal and won 5-0 in total.
Lens, on the other hand, continued to maintain its claim in the championship race by not losing points in the tough lorient away.Lens, which reduced the point difference with PSG to 3 again by winning the match, will wait for PSG to lose points.Lens, who did not leave the match despite conceding the first goal, closed the first half 2-1 ahead with 2 goals before the end of the first half.Lens, who found the last goal towards the end of the match, got 3 points with 3 goals in total.
PSG, on the other hand, will fight with relegation candidate Auxerre.Auxerre is likely to push PSG, but I don't think they are strong enough to beat them.We will see how the match will end in about 4 hours.

[KTChampions]

All relations between France and Qatar are not about prestige, but about murky schemes and money. The purchase of PSG, Qatar's winning the right to host the 2022 World Cup in 2010 and the purchase of aircraft by Qatar from France for $15 billion, the emergence of the BeIN Sports channel (Al Jazeera's branch) in France are all links in the same chain. All this was pushed through on bribes and corruption. The Sunday Times journalists described this scheme in some detail and, for example, Blatter himself confirmed many points from that investigation.
This is European football - it's not only a sport, but also dirt, corruption, money laundering and politics.

I don't have any merits left or otherwise I would send some your way, but you added a few important points here. I am not sure if it was the Sunday Times journalists that I also gathered information from, but there are a couple of articles and documentaries dealing with those investments from Eastern countries.

I wonder if the pull effect will become even stronger in the future as there is still a lot of money in the hands of Eastern billionaires that needs to be invested. Assuming that PSG will become the Ligue 1 champion for 10 -15 years in a row, will that rather lead to more billionaires flooding Ligue 1 with money or will it make Ligue 1 as a product so unattractive that no other club will be pushed like PSG? That also counts for other leagues and all of this has just gotten started 15 - 20 years ago. What is going on in 20 years from now? Is it a billionaires' race only in all kinds of sports? At least there are also failures when sheikhs buy a club, for instance Malaga. They have been bought in 2010 by a Qatari and Malaga is 19th in Segunda Division in Spain.

But I can imagine that clubs like Monaco will be pushed harder in the future. They are already in the hands of the daughter of a Russian oligarch. What a sleazy blend of corruption, money laundering and politics, as you say.

This is a very interesting question and I think about it all the time, only it seems to me that this is not a question of such a long time, but everything will happen much earlier. In this sense, it is best to look at the Premier League - to some extent this league is in the future relative to others and now it already has huge problems despite the fact that it is simply flooded with money (even the club that ranks last there receives more money for TV rights than the champion of Italy).
A huge amount of money (especially dirty money, not business money that makes you make meaningful spending) leads to the fact that everyone tries to spend more than competitors (in order to succeed which is quite logical) but in the end it turns out that everyone spends all the money, even the best ones end up in loss because the profit does not justify the expenditure.
In my opinion, the Premier League is already close to this (just look at Chelsea as a particular example) since the number of top clubs is much greater than the "prizes" they can collect to recoup their expenses.
To avoid this dead spiral (when everyone spends more and more to outperform or at least keep up) a spending cap is needed, but with existing corruption, dirty officials and dirty politics, this will not happen. Will it end in bankruptcy? Quite possible. In the Premier League, this will be seen in the next 2-5 years.

[LUCKMCFLY]

I don't know how Messi and Neymar would end up in this summer. But one thing is certain that Mbappe is everything for PSG right now. He is a much more valuable player than even Messi and Neymar combined for PSG in my opinion. Even their spending an insane deal of money on his contract should be an indicator of this for example. They are building their game over Mbappe in the end. Besides Mbappe can be one of the legends as well if he continues to play consistently for many more years.

It looks like PSG can keep Mbappe in the club at least for next season. Because it doesn't look like Mbappe has plans to leave in the near future. However I can't say the same for a season after. It might depend on how successful PSG will be next time as well. Because Mbappe wants to win the Champions League title with them. But if they disappoint people again then he might seriously consider Real Madrid's interest in him.

I am not sure whether you actually know the statistics Messi is the best scorer in Ligue 1 if you combine goals and assists and he is a big reason that Mbappe can score as much.

What I see in PSG is that they will leave their star players behind, Ney's case is something else, he has a serious injury, it can be ruled out for now, but Messi's case is more important, he wants to leave, but to Barcelona? what will he do there? There is already a group of players who said that they were not going to allow their salary to be lowered so that Messi could come in and that seems good to me, a club cannot do that, I consider that as indirect dismissal, and also a lack of respect, They want to do everything that Messi did or wanted to do to not leave Barcelona at the time, so now the other case is in Mbappé, and I don't think Madrid want it, he already told them no.

Lens is really putting in an incredible amount of effort and determination in the league. It's really commendable how far they've come in their push for the title! However, nothing can stop psg from winning the league. They're currently sitting 3 points ahead of Lens, with an extra game in hand, with a better goals difference. It's hard to any team stopping them from winning the league at this point, even if Lens manages to win all their remaining matches. Parisian only needs to secure 2 more wins from their last 4 games, and the title will be theirs.

The Lens team is performing well in League One. Looking at the performance of the Lens team, it seems that this team will do great things in the next seasons. And it is also realistic that if they continue to perform like this, the team can qualify to take on PSC in a big way next season.

I admit that Lens' performance has improve a lot compare to previous seasons, but to equal or even surpass Paris Saint Germain they still have to make a new breakthrough next season because of course it's not an easy task to equal Paris Saint Germain.
Lens' achievements this season is the first step towards achieve even high for the coming season

Well, we know that all the teams in Ligue 1 are at a maximum level, but of course PSG is too and much higher. It cannot be denied that due to their problems, they have quite poor performance, but it will be difficult for them to reach them again. Personally, I think that these things with respect to PSG are becoming a lot thanks to Messi, it is said that Messi's shirt is no longer available in the official PSG stores, and if that is the case, it is because the player has already decided to leave, and that is not a good thing for the club, they are letting go of the goose that lays the eggs of gold.

No matter how well the other teams in League One are performing, PSG are always beaten. And in League One, PSG will be hoping to secure the title again. Because other teams don't have the power to beat PSG. However, the PSG team needs to perform in other leagues as well as League One.

Sure.. psg will always be top team in the league, PSG has quality players and it is expected that they must lead the league. It will be shameful after having star players and they are behind other teams in the league.  Psg missed the Champions league title,  they need to get the French league title.

There is no doubt about it , I think that it is the best team in Ligue 1 for now , for the next season I think that other teams will do much better, because they already have in their mind that PSG has some Troubles and that they don't they can Sustain what they want a lot , as far as I'm concerned I think they can make exceptions Regarding the players, the speculation that Mesi is leaving, that he is not leaving, that is something that should not even be discussed, the sheikh should not let go of this player or any, with the amount of money that PSG has it is for them to hire more players , to go for Haaland or to go for the most Valuable players , they have the Money , They just have to buy them.

Paris Saint-Germain announced on Friday that they had extended the contract of Marquinhos until 2028. As a result, he 29-year-old defender will likely spend the rest of his prime years in the French capital.

However, French football and RMC Sport pundit Jérôme Rothen believes that the French giants should be moving on from the Brazil international instead of extending his contract.

“Marquinhos has been there for 11 years, in fact he is responsible for nothing in terms of image,” Rothen said (h/t Paris Fans). “It was supposedly him who was to take over after the departures of Thiago Silva and [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic … ultimately nothing.

Source: https://psgtalk.com/2023/05/pundit-explains-why-psg-shouldnt-have-signed-marquinhos-to-contract-extension/

[Iranus]

In Ligue 1 today, PSG, the number one team in the points table, will take the field against the number 16 team in the points table. PSG will need a win today to increase the points gap with Lens. PSG is currently at the top of the points table with 81 points. And Lens is number two in the points table with 6 points less than PSG. Today's match is very important for PSG to secure the title. Considering head to head, PSG has won 100% against Auxerre . PSG have not lost any match against Auxerre so far.

PSG odds are way better. They will play vs a team that is trying to survive from relegation so I expect some fighting there and all depends from the performance of Mbappe mainly in order to see many goals. PSG have its surprising moments and Auxerre are in critical situation down the table.
Many matches started and I see Reims and Strasbourg leading with 1 goal. Rennes game ended with 5 - 0 vs Ajaccio. Poor Ajaccio confirmed relegation and yet they got beaten hard.

We knew PSG's odds would be better. And PSG is definitely the favorite in this match. But let's not forget that PSG will be playing against a team that is trying to climb out of the relegation zone. And for Auxerre, it's a do-or-die match. A very important match for Auxerre. Auxerre will fight hard to win this match. PSG players have played very well in the last two matches. If they can maintain this consistency, it will not be difficult for PSG to defeat the Auxerre team. But I am afraid because the performance of the PSG team is erratic. The team is not able to perform well consistently. So I guess if PSG wins today they will win by a big margin. But I don't see the possibility of the match being a draw. Even a PSG defeat is a possibility.

[Leviathan.007]

Nice comeback win from lille team today against marseille they finaly manged a win after two games without scoring a single goal these are important points that put them in the fifth spot on the otherhand marseille team will likely be out of the champions league especially if Lens team win tomorrow against Lorient.

The comeback in the second half of the match is definitely a very good thing for Lille in front of his own fans because Lille is really motivated to win at home by beating Marseille, which is actually quite strong this season so that makes Marseille have to stay in third place and also makes Lille now starting to be slightly adrift with Monaco who are in the top four of the Ligue1 standings.

The match was very even in this regard but indeed the second half even though Marseille tried a lot but the chances were clearly better than Lille.
With this result, Lens clearly have an advantage because they can be freed from the pursuit of Marseille and secure the Champions League if in tomorrow's match they bring 3 points from Lorient. But even if they get 1 point in tomorrow's match I think Lens' chances are still very big for next season's Champions League.

In general, the results of the Lille vs Marseille match were favorable for Lens, because Lens no longer had so much pressure when they faced Lorient at the Stade du Moustoir. But Lens also doesn't have to think of Lorient as a weak team because Lorient can also be able to provide unexpected surprises in their own home match today.

Lens has the opportunity to widen the points gap with Marseille this week if Lens can win the match against Lorient which takes place today. However, Lorient is not an easy opponent for them to beat because statistically, Lorient is able to provide tough resistance for Lens

So, on the other hand, I see Monaco chances of being increasingly threatened in the top 4 after the defeat they suffered in the previous match against Lyon, where the point gap between Monaco and LOSC is getting closer.  There is even a pretty good chance for LOSC to shift Monaco ranking, if Monaco is not able to make the best of the upcoming match to get 3 points.

During this season since PSG had meant mistakes they lost many points other teams like Marseille and Lens had the chance to even take the first place in the table from PSG but since even these teams had some mistakes and they lost points, Marseille should race with Lens for the second place of the table and because the resend names they had Lens is one point ahead while they even played one game less.

[AakZaki]

The Marseille team is currently performing very well. I think if there was no PSG team in League One, the other teams would fight each other very well and the league would be competitive. Since PSG team is in this league, other teams play well at other times but those teams become worthless when playing with PSG.

The remaining three games, not difficult enough for PSG.  At the moment PSG are a little comfortable with a six-point gap. I think they will be champions this season. They have a great chance to win Ligue 1. Although there are indeed many reports Messi will leave soon and Mbappe will certainly get many offers from other clubs. Maybe Madrid will work hard for Mbappe while Messi I got the news that he will return to Barcelona, but I read one of the Arab clubs Al Hilal offered a contract of 500 million euros.  Source: www.goal.com

[Zackgeno96]

PSG easy to the title, but that's no surprise. Lens a 2nd place can be called a surprise, and how far will PSG keep its team together for next season? I think the supporters can see everyone go except Mbappe, you have to keep him. The difference between Marseilla and Monaco has become considerable in the ranking in the end. Monaco fought back well in the standings, but lost too many points in the first half of the competition to be able to make something of it. Qualifying for the EL seemed the highest achievable, at least we succeeded. PSG will be champions for the next 10 years without any problems I suspect.

[crunck]

The Marseille team is currently performing very well. I think if there was no PSG team in League One, the other teams would fight each other very well and the league would be competitive. Since PSG team is in this league, other teams play well at other times but those teams become worthless when playing with PSG.

The remaining three games, not difficult enough for PSG.  At the moment PSG are a little comfortable with a six-point gap. I think they will be champions this season. They have a great chance to win Ligue 1. Although there are indeed many reports Messi will leave soon and Mbappe will certainly get many offers from other clubs. Maybe Madrid will work hard for Mbappe while Messi I got the news that he will return to Barcelona, but I read one of the Arab clubs Al Hilal offered a contract of 500 million euros.  Source: www.goal.com

PSG is certainly winning the title in my opinion. They are at the top of the table right now. Currently, they have a match going on against Auxerre and already 83 minutes have been played. By the looks of it, I believe they are actually going to win the match. As I said it is not going to be a problem for them to win the Ligue 1 title. I believe the top 3 positions are set. There are not going to be much changes made in the top 3.