French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[snipie]

Tomorrow we will know which team will relegate along with Angers, Ajaccio and Troyes.
Nantes were at risk in the 2020-2021 season but they remained in Ligue 1 after winning the play-offs . This time 4 teams will relegate directly in order to reduce the number of teams in Ligue 1 to 18. Nantes will face Angers and are expected to win, while Auxerre will face Lens with a higher risk of defeat. It will be exciting to see Nantes being saved another time in the very end of the season
In the top ranking, Europa League group stage and Conference League spots are yet to be picked. Lille and Rennes have easy games and they should win and keep their places, otherwise they will risk seeing Monaco picking one of it.

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[Leviathan.007]

Marseille will still try to aim for victory through the match against Ajaccio in the Ligue 1 opener this week. After the last two matches Marseille always lost, now for sure they will target the last victory to close the season with good results. For Ajaccio who are in the relegation zone there seems to be nothing to do and even if Ajaccio wins, they will still be relegated this season along with Troyes and Angers. On the other hand, Marseille is likely to remain satisfied with finishing in 3rd position and bypassing the Champions League via the playoffs first. So I think there's nothing wrong with betting on Marseille and it's guaranteed they will win even if by a narrow score.

After getting two bad match results, Marseille should be able to close this season with a winning, they also have to be able not to concede a goal in this match. Like the previous season, they also secured three points on matchday 38, so I'm also sure they can do it again. And to bet on Marseille isn't too bad either, currently the odds for them are around @1.36, the possibility of winning for them are quite high against Ajaccio although playing away.

Actually, the Ajaccio vs Marseille match will not be very important because Marseille is safe in its current position and has won a ticket to the champions league.
If Marseille loses against Ajaccio I think I won't be disappointed because the match is also at Ajaccio's home ground which has a slightly greater chance of winning.

Regarding the game between Marseille and Ajaccio, You are right because this game won't be an important game for any team. Especially when you consider this game as the final game of the season and even if any team loses the full three points or gets the three points from this game nothing will change and still, Ajaccio will be relegated, also Marseille will go for the Champions League qualifiers.
Maybe that's a good reason to say Marseille got much more chance for this match than Ajaccio.

[arimamib]

Regarding the game between Marseille and Ajaccio, You are right because this game won't be an important game for any team. Especially when you consider this game as the final game of the season and even if any team loses the full three points or gets the three points from this game nothing will change and still, Ajaccio will be relegated, also Marseille will go for the Champions League qualifiers.
Maybe that's a good reason to say Marseille got much more chance for this match than Ajaccio.

Although this game will not be important for Marseille but I think they will still try hard to win the last game of the season. The defeat from of the relegation zone team is quite embarrassing, maybe that will be avoided by Marseille in this match, even this victory will also be the perfect closing for them this season.

I'm more interested in the Nantes vs Angers match.  Because these two teams are both in the relegation zone, but for Nantes they still have a chance to get out of the relegation zone if they can win this match.

[Velvet78]

Marseille have been a big disappointment to me for this season. They couldn't even compete with Lens very well and they lost their position to them. Now Lens are going to be the one joining the Champions League group stage directly. Considering how strong Marseille started to the season I wouldn't have expected such result to be seen.

They have had serious level of inconsistencies after some time. I had doubts about Lens to do this much good but they really have done so far. They even maintained their title chance mathematically until the final weeks. Marseille need to learn their lesson from Lens' success to fight for the better next time.

[asriloni]

hearing rumors from some of the talks it looks like the candidates already in sight are Zidane and Mourinho. these two coaches have different experiences and Mourinho has a lot more experience and is suitable to be a PSG coach but the question is whether Mourinho wants to leave Roma just to move to PSG. on the one hand Mourinho seems to still be comfortable in the team he is currently in charge of and for Zidane even though he also has the experience of winning the champions league trophy but I am not sure whether PSG also agrees if Zidane becomes a coach who can determine the future of PSG.

It's not true. I never seen latest news from zidane to be linked with PSG. There's no even a single news that was publishing him being linked to the PSG again. Mourinho has been also rejecting the rumor about PSG was interesting to sign him.
Mourinho has been even stated by himself before the match against sevilla if PSG never had any talk with him regarding the rumor.

I think that it's all still rumor. I don't even think zidane will be interesting to be a coach for PSG. In my opinion if zidane will be only willing to coaching what already become his former club in the past like madrid or juventus.

The chance for zidane to go to the PSG is very small at this moment.

[shogun47]

Marseille have been a big disappointment to me for this season. They couldn't even compete with Lens very well and they lost their position to them. Now Lens are going to be the one joining the Champions League group stage directly. Considering how strong Marseille started to the season I wouldn't have expected such result to be seen.

They have had serious level of inconsistencies after some time. I had doubts about Lens to do this much good but they really have done so far. They even maintained their title chance mathematically until the final weeks. Marseille need to learn their lesson from Lens' success to fight for the better next time.

I think it is time to appreciate really what Lens has done this season rather than saying that Marseille was too bad. If Marseille wins the last game they are going to end the season with 76 points. Apart from the fact that they recently also started losing a couple of games again, 76 points is an acceptable result and not really bad.

But on the other hand Lens has played an incredible season and they can finish the season with 84 points. They were even pushing PSG at times and who would have thought that before the season even started?

I think it is also hard for other Ligue 1 clubs to develop strength these days as PSG would probably buy a player from another French club when he seems to have superstar qualities. Mbappe is the best example. They either go abroad or to PSG.

[bering]

Marseille have been a big disappointment to me for this season. They couldn't even compete with Lens very well and they lost their position to them. Now Lens are going to be the one joining the Champions League group stage directly. Considering how strong Marseille started to the season I wouldn't have expected such result to be seen.

They have had serious level of inconsistencies after some time. I had doubts about Lens to do this much good but they really have done so far. They even maintained their title chance mathematically until the final weeks. Marseille need to learn their lesson from Lens' success to fight for the better next time.

They have been starting this season with good performance but at the end of league Marseille has decline performance which make their position were overtaked by Lens and certainly they will finish at 3rd position below to Lens and this achievement is lower than last season and apparently Igor Tudor has been failed to bringing Marseille to compete for race title with PSG and the situation will became so hard for Marseille because last time i heard Igor Tudor has decided to resign although he has a contract until season 2024 but he feel he was failed and dissapoint the fans and the match against Ajaccio this weekend will be his last match with Marseille

[keyscore44]

Marseille have been a big disappointment to me for this season. They couldn't even compete with Lens very well and they lost their position to them. Now Lens are going to be the one joining the Champions League group stage directly. Considering how strong Marseille started to the season I wouldn't have expected such result to be seen.

They have had serious level of inconsistencies after some time. I had doubts about Lens to do this much good but they really have done so far. They even maintained their title chance mathematically until the final weeks. Marseille need to learn their lesson from Lens' success to fight for the better next time.

They have been starting this season with good performance but at the end of league Marseille has decline performance which make their position were overtaked by Lens and certainly they will finish at 3rd position below to Lens and this achievement is lower than last season and apparently Igor Tudor has been failed to bringing Marseille to compete for race title with PSG and the situation will became so hard for Marseille because last time i heard Igor Tudor has decided to resign although he has a contract until season 2024 but he feel he was failed and dissapoint the fans and the match against Ajaccio this weekend will be his last match with Marseille

The Lens team is only 4 points behind PSG. Expect the lenses to match themselves brilliantly next season. Because the Lens team is impossibly improving after PSG in League One.

[Alanaz]

Marseille have been a big disappointment to me for this season. They couldn't even compete with Lens very well and they lost their position to them. Now Lens are going to be the one joining the Champions League group stage directly. Considering how strong Marseille started to the season I wouldn't have expected such result to be seen.

They have had serious level of inconsistencies after some time. I had doubts about Lens to do this much good but they really have done so far. They even maintained their title chance mathematically until the final weeks. Marseille need to learn their lesson from Lens' success to fight for the better next time.

They lost a lot of points which left them behind Lens and now they have to settle for 3rd place in the final standings. Actually they played well if only they could maintain their performance well, but unfortunately they actually made a lot of inconsistencies which in the end made them unable to compete with Lens who are ranked 2nd in Ligue 1.

[Jody.Drummer]

Agree with this, Whether or not a new manager is present or not I think this doesn't really affect in this case, especially since we all know that it was Messi's contract that did run out and on several occasions, the lack of disciplinary problems from Messi and the PSG fans who demanded too much made this relationship is getting strained.
Sooner or later, something like this is bound to happen regardless of anything. Now that Messi is just waiting to see what Neymar will do after this because looking at the conditions the possibility of him leaving is also very big now with their current condition.

Now PSG have to try to get back with their money, let's hope they don't go back to looking for players who have run out of time just because of the big names that have been done before.

I read that the PSG fans blame Messi because he wasn't as passionate about PSG as he was about Argentina's national team. Which in my opinion is a joke because why do the PSG fans not understand that they are fans of a team that is full of mercenaries? Neymar isn't playing for PSG because PSG is real soccer tradition. Mbappe same thing. Messi went there for fun and money, but not because PSG is the club every young boy dreams of.

I am sure that Messi has long made his decision, long ago. Probably a few months ago.

This doesn't seem too strange for them and I'm not too surprised by the behavior of the fans from PSG because this sort of thing happens often and it's not the first time they've done it.

They were excited at first when Messi arrived but now they are also the ones complaining about it. They seem to have to reflect a little on the current conditions, even though they want good things for their club, but by not having too much respect for the players, it's too much and doesn't reflect good fans.

This decision has been made since the beginning it seems and if it's not, it's impossible for him to make noise again and again even on vacation when they have to play

[Z-tight]

The Lens team is only 4 points behind PSG. Expect the lenses to match themselves brilliantly next season. Because the Lens team is impossibly improving after PSG in League One.

Lens had a very good season, and they will be rewarded by playing in the champions league next season, but i don't think next season they can do better than what they have done now, because better than this will mean winning the Ligue 1 title, and i don't think any team can win the Ligue 1 title from psg. The Ligue 1 is almost the same thing as the bundesliga with Bayern munich winning the title every season, that's the same way psg wins the Ligue 1 title every season, the big clubs in France have to do more in order to challenge psg and win the title from them, so that the league can be competitive.

[Docnaster]

The Lens team is only 4 points behind PSG. Expect the lenses to match themselves brilliantly next season. Because the Lens team is impossibly improving after PSG in League One.

Lens had a very good season, and they will be rewarded by playing in the champions league next season, but i don't think they can do better than what they have done next season, because better than this will mean winning the Ligue 1 title, and i don't think any team can win the Ligue 1 title from psg. The Ligue 1 is almost the same thing as the bundesliga with Bayern munich winning the title every season, that's the same way psg wins the Ligue 1 title every season, the big clubs in France have to do more in order to challenge psg and win the title from them, so that the league can be competitive.

There's no doubt that Lenz had a good season and they need to celebrate it. Even now they qualified for Champions league, what I expect Lenz management to do is to reinforce thr squad. Just invest money and use the opportunity to make Lenze a strong threat to PSG, in no distant time they will be able to win the Ligue 1 title.
But if they just leave the team that way, go to Champions League and be kicked out of thr group stage, they will not be able to grow and in the next season, they will even struggle to join top.

[len01]

hearing rumors from some of the talks it looks like the candidates already in sight are Zidane and Mourinho. these two coaches have different experiences and Mourinho has a lot more experience and is suitable to be a PSG coach but the question is whether Mourinho wants to leave Roma just to move to PSG. on the one hand Mourinho seems to still be comfortable in the team he is currently in charge of and for Zidane even though he also has the experience of winning the champions league trophy but I am not sure whether PSG also agrees if Zidane becomes a coach who can determine the future of PSG.

It's not true. I never seen latest news from zidane to be linked with PSG. There's no even a single news that was publishing him being linked to the PSG again. Mourinho has been also rejecting the rumor about PSG was interesting to sign him.
Mourinho has been even stated by himself before the match against sevilla if PSG never had any talk with him regarding the rumor.

I think that it's all still rumor. I don't even think zidane will be interesting to be a coach for PSG. In my opinion if zidane will be only willing to coaching what already become his former club in the past like madrid or juventus.

The chance for zidane to go to the PSG is very small at this moment.

yes, maybe it's true that the news is still a rumor, I don't know the certainty, and it was my mistake to read the wrong article because several times, incorrect articles were spread about the news of the coach who will become the new manager for PSG.
but I'm still curious who will be the new coach for PSG in the summer if some of the news is still a pro and con.

[Naficopa]

hearing rumors from some of the talks it looks like the candidates already in sight are Zidane and Mourinho. these two coaches have different experiences and Mourinho has a lot more experience and is suitable to be a PSG coach but the question is whether Mourinho wants to leave Roma just to move to PSG. on the one hand Mourinho seems to still be comfortable in the team he is currently in charge of and for Zidane even though he also has the experience of winning the champions league trophy but I am not sure whether PSG also agrees if Zidane becomes a coach who can determine the future of PSG.

It's not true. I never seen latest news from zidane to be linked with PSG. There's no even a single news that was publishing him being linked to the PSG again. Mourinho has been also rejecting the rumor about PSG was interesting to sign him.
Mourinho has been even stated by himself before the match against sevilla if PSG never had any talk with him regarding the rumor.

I think that it's all still rumor. I don't even think zidane will be interesting to be a coach for PSG. In my opinion if zidane will be only willing to coaching what already become his former club in the past like madrid or juventus.

The chance for zidane to go to the PSG is very small at this moment.

yes, maybe it's true that the news is still a rumor, I don't know the certainty, and it was my mistake to read the wrong article because several times, incorrect articles were spread about the news of the coach who will become the new manager for PSG.
but I'm still curious who will be the new coach for PSG in the summer if some of the news is still a pro and con.

Lionel Messi and Sergio Ramos are simultaneously leaving the PSG team. Neymar is one of the most likely to leave the PSG team this season. We are still unsure of Ramos and Lionel Messi's next destination.

[Litzki1990]

hearing rumors from some of the talks it looks like the candidates already in sight are Zidane and Mourinho. these two coaches have different experiences and Mourinho has a lot more experience and is suitable to be a PSG coach but the question is whether Mourinho wants to leave Roma just to move to PSG. on the one hand Mourinho seems to still be comfortable in the team he is currently in charge of and for Zidane even though he also has the experience of winning the champions league trophy but I am not sure whether PSG also agrees if Zidane becomes a coach who can determine the future of PSG.

It's not true. I never seen latest news from zidane to be linked with PSG. There's no even a single news that was publishing him being linked to the PSG again. Mourinho has been also rejecting the rumor about PSG was interesting to sign him.
Mourinho has been even stated by himself before the match against sevilla if PSG never had any talk with him regarding the rumor.

I think that it's all still rumor. I don't even think zidane will be interesting to be a coach for PSG. In my opinion if zidane will be only willing to coaching what already become his former club in the past like madrid or juventus.

The chance for zidane to go to the PSG is very small at this moment.

yes, maybe it's true that the news is still a rumor, I don't know the certainty, and it was my mistake to read the wrong article because several times, incorrect articles were spread about the news of the coach who will become the new manager for PSG.
but I'm still curious who will be the new coach for PSG in the summer if some of the news is still a pro and con.

Lionel Messi and Sergio Ramos are simultaneously leaving the PSG team. Neymar is one of the most likely to leave the PSG team this season. We are still unsure of Ramos and Lionel Messi's next destination.

Christophe Galtier only confirmed the news of Lionel Messi leaving PSC but did not confirm any news about Sergio Ramos leaving the club. Messi is definitely out of PSG and Neymar is going to leave PSG very soon. Neymar may leave PSG this summer during the transfer window.  

I haven't seen any news about Sergio Ramos leaving the club so far but if he really leaves PSG club then his next destination is almost uncertain. Because the 37-year-old Spanish defender was released by Real Madrid last season. Age may be a barrier to his club change. If he leaves PSG, he may not be seen at a European club.

[Ratash]

There are some interesting high stakes games today the fight for the fifth spot and the last relegation spot are still open, Rennes team need to win today so they can qualify for the conference league and maybe even the europa league if they are lucky enough and lille team do not manage to beat Troyes which is unlikely, rennes team need to be very carefull since their opponent is a tough one brest are on fire recently and they even managed to beat marseille in their own home.

[bitgov]

There are some interesting high stakes games today the fight for the fifth spot and the last relegation spot are still open, Rennes team need to win today so they can qualify for the conference league and maybe even the europa league if they are lucky enough and lille team do not manage to beat Troyes which is unlikely, rennes team need to be very carefull since their opponent is a tough one brest are on fire recently and they even managed to beat marseille in their own home.

Are you looking at the performance of the lens team? The team is performing incredibly well in League One. This team is in the points table after the PSG team. Expect this team to do great things next season.

[Awaklara]

Christophe Galtier only confirmed the news of Lionel Messi leaving PSC but did not confirm any news about Sergio Ramos leaving the club. Messi is definitely out of PSG and Neymar is going to leave PSG very soon. Neymar may leave PSG this summer during the transfer window.  

I haven't seen any news about Sergio Ramos leaving the club so far but if he really leaves PSG club then his next destination is almost uncertain. Because the 37-year-old Spanish defender was released by Real Madrid last season. Age may be a barrier to his club change. If he leaves PSG, he may not be seen at a European club.

his contract was not extended PSG, so Sergio Ramos will of course leave PSG. and the news has spread in the media. PSG next season will probably make a lot of changes to their squad. and of course, they will make deals with several players targeted in the transfer market this summer. being left behind by several main pillars in the squad will not be good for PSG for next season. making a team as good as this season is of course not going to be easy for PSG. but PSG with the money they have of course could do with options that will be available soon in the transfer market.

[piebeyb]

There are some interesting high stakes games today the fight for the fifth spot and the last relegation spot are still open, Rennes team need to win today so they can qualify for the conference league and maybe even the europa league if they are lucky enough and lille team do not manage to beat Troyes which is unlikely, rennes team need to be very carefull since their opponent is a tough one brest are on fire recently and they even managed to beat marseille in their own home.

If we look at the statistics in the matches in the last week of Brest heading into this match their league form has been extraordinary as they have won four out of the last five matches in ligue 1 . Great performance with a fight for survival in the top caste. Brest have been amazing at home lately in the French top flight, as they have recorded several Ligue 1 wins in a row at Stade Francis-Le Ble and also they have conceded only one goal in their last four league matches at home.

Besides that Rennes' recent form has been very strong, as they have won four of their last five matches in ligue 1 while scoring at least two goals in each victory. They have also kept three clean sheets in a row in Ligue 1 . I predict a draw in the match later.

[asriloni]

yes, maybe it's true that the news is still a rumor, I don't know the certainty, and it was my mistake to read the wrong article because several times, incorrect articles were spread about the news of the coach who will become the new manager for PSG.
but I'm still curious who will be the new coach for PSG in the summer if some of the news is still a pro and con.

No problem at all. There are so many fake news during the transfer season. it's caused by any media try to compete to get attention from the public and this can increase their traffic as well. I will try to mention it here if there will be a legit news that will come in the future related to the zidane at this moment. Zidane needs to consder a lot of things before he will be deciding whether he will be taking an offer from a club or not. It has been stated by him in the past.

i would not be surprised if zidane will not be trying to rush by taking a job that came to him. he is valuable coach. It's not any team will be considered as a team that worthy to sign him as a coach.