French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Raflesia]

PSG's attack is quite weak. And Enrique has yet to solidify the attack. Also I am not satisfied with Luis Enrique's match strategy. He is looking to implement match tactics similar to La Liga in Ligue 1. He wants to control the match by keeping the ball in possession. But he failed. PSG has 70% ball possession in this match. But they made only 12 shots, of which only 3 were on target. On the other hand, despite having only 30% ball possession, Nice players made 14 shots. And there were 8 shots on target. PSG's performance will not improve if they do not change their tactics in such matches. In Ligue 1 you have to play fast and attack a lot.

I agree with what you're saying and it's something Enrique hasn't been able to fix from the start of the season.
If you look at the statistics and their dominance in matches they always excel even only a few clubs can match the performance of PSG especially for ball possession but even so their attacks are really bad even though the initiation and shots that are always done are always a lot but their on target is completely inversely proportional to the dominance and opportunities they get.
I don't know how it would be if Mbappe wasn't there because until now Mbappe is one of the most dominant players for PSG other than that even though there are some pretty good young players who have expensive prices, they are all still below the standard in terms of current performance.

[Blitzboy]

It was a horrible night for PSG unfortunately. Mbappe did his best in this game by scoring two goals but even his effort wasn't enough to win this game. Because there is a significant problem on PSG side when it comes to team effort. PSG are too dependent on Mbappe. He has scored 7 out of 10 goals of the team in the league so far.

We saw another example that having a dominance in ball possession isn't enough at all. Nice's xG was way better than PSG tonight. Nice's attacking effort was pretty impressive as they brought the score to even 3-1 during the game. This was a deserved win for them.

Paris Saint Germaine's result against a club like Nice in their French Ligue 1 match tonight was totally humiliating to club as big as PSG and to think that they were best at the Parc des Princes is another reason for the PSG players to bury their heads in shame for such a shambolic performance.
After all the lucrative signings in the summer transfer window PSG isn't supposed to be struggling to win home match against a club like Nice that's not being consistent with in recent games. Luis Enrique must understand that the club really wants better than what he's currently giving or risk being sacked from his managerial role at the club

By the way Luis Enrique even made a statement after the match like he was really satisfied with the team performance there. This must really be a joke.    Because how can you be satisfied with that defensive performance for example? Nice could have even beaten you by a gap of a few goals. You shouldn't be talking like that in this situation.

I can't imagine how bad PSG would be without Mbappe even in the Ligue 1. I don't want to mention the Champions League because I guess it would be much worse for them.

PSG's offensive appears overly dependent on Mbappe, and Im scared about their future without him. Their defense isnt great, and without Mbappe's attacking skill, opponents may be able to break them down. Enrique faces a lot of labor. This UCL encounter against Dortmund is very worrisome. Despite his success, Enrique will struggle to lead. Most fans are concerned about the team's performance, since the results in their own league are telling.

[Mame89]

Did you believe it? I saw that as non sense excuse by him. PSG has spent a lot of money to buy a lot of great players but it was losing against mediocre teams which are terrible result.
I thought that if nice would be steal 1 point from PSG but the result has surprised me to see nice stolen three points from PSG.

PSG's humiliation by Nice was very surprising, this result was their first defeat at the start of the season. Mbappe has a heavy burden to bear for PSG after the departure of Messi and Neymar. In terms of creating opportunities, PSG really had no other choice even though they controlled the ball more than 70%. Dembele, Kolo Moani and Goncalo Ramos have yet to show significant progress during their arrival.

Now the French league is no longer a farmers' league, all teams have the same chance of becoming champions. Good game OG NICE, even though many people call it a farmer's league, in reality it's not that easy to win and become champion in the French league. The Nice player who wore the jersey number 9 performed very well. Striker who has excellent skills. If you have control of the ball, it is not only very difficult to capture, but also destroys PSG's defense line.

I just realized, apparently this is why the PSG boss doesn't want to lose Mbappe, it turns out that Mbappe is very influential at PSG, even though he lost, at least Mbappe was able to give his best for PSG. I can't imagine what PSG would be like without a striker like Mbappe.

[püsür]

Did you believe it? I saw that as non sense excuse by him. PSG has spent a lot of money to buy a lot of great players but it was losing against mediocre teams which are terrible result.
I thought that if nice would be steal 1 point from PSG but the result has surprised me to see nice stolen three points from PSG.

PSG's humiliation by Nice was very surprising, this result was their first defeat at the start of the season. Mbappe has a heavy burden to bear for PSG after the departure of Messi and Neymar. In terms of creating opportunities, PSG really had no other choice even though they controlled the ball more than 70%. Dembele, Kolo Moani and Goncalo Ramos have yet to show significant progress during their arrival.

Goncalo Ramos had a bad start. But I guess he will recover once he gets used to the team and his friends. Asensio is in great form in his position and has played well in previous games. He also created a lot of space for the guys next to him. I don't know why he didn't play this game. Goncalo will recover but I hope he won't collapse mentally because of Asensio's form. The Paris midfield and defensive line seem to be far behind the offensive line. There was no Marqunies in the defense, he will have an impact, so I'll leave him out of it. Although there are talented players in defense, there is no tough midfield at the moment. Not in terms of level, don't get me wrong, but in terms of game type, a Gerrard-like man has increased this team's chances for the champions league title.

[Hirose UK]

Did you believe it? I saw that as non sense excuse by him. PSG has spent a lot of money to buy a lot of great players but it was losing against mediocre teams which are terrible result.
I thought that if nice would be steal 1 point from PSG but the result has surprised me to see nice stolen three points from PSG.

PSG's humiliation by Nice was very surprising, this result was their first defeat at the start of the season. Mbappe has a heavy burden to bear for PSG after the departure of Messi and Neymar. In terms of creating opportunities, PSG really had no other choice even though they controlled the ball more than 70%. Dembele, Kolo Moani and Goncalo Ramos have yet to show significant progress during their arrival.

Yes this was a humiliating and disappointing defeat for PSG at the start of this season in fact everyone considered this defeat as the beginning for PSG to lose confidence in League 1 which has always been dominated by PSG.
Maybe they need a lot of improvement because after several core players left the squad PSG started to feel like a team that no longer had any strength or you could say a team that had no direction.

So far some of these players do not appear to be competitive and can make a big contribution to the team and if this kind of thing drags on too much for PSG then there is a big possibility that they will lose their chance to win League 1.

PSG can do nothing without him in the club. PSG was always relying on him at this moment. I can't even imagine the club to play without him.
Im sure PSG will become a medriocre club without him. PSG is not a favorite club to win the group anymore. Its poor performance needs to be solved.

But that's the good thing, this will make Ligue 1 become more unpredictable like in Serie A, I don't want to see a complete domination of PSG in Ligue 1 anymore. Mbappe always solo carrying PSG, this will make opponents become easier to stop PSG, all they need is put an eye on Mbappe. Unlike the last season if they want to stop Mbappe, there's Messi, if they want to stop Messi, there's Neymar.

Yes and there will be lots of surprises for League 1 it is even possible that other teams have a big chance of becoming champions later this season.
Mbappe is really bored because he has to fight alone to bring PSG a chance of winning in every match and in addition in the last few matches other players seem unable to keep up with Mbappe game or cannot create a collaboration game so deadly for opponents.

[hahay]

PSG can do nothing without him in the club. PSG was always relying on him at this moment. I can't even imagine the club to play without him.
Im sure PSG will become a medriocre club without him. PSG is not a favorite club to win the group anymore. Its poor performance needs to be solved.

But that's the good thing, this will make Ligue 1 become more unpredictable like in Serie A, I don't want to see a complete domination of PSG in Ligue 1 anymore. Mbappe always solo carrying PSG, this will make opponents become easier to stop PSG, all they need is put an eye on Mbappe. Unlike the last season if they want to stop Mbappe, there's Messi, if they want to stop Messi, there's Neymar.

But, even though Mbappe is a finisher and that still works well. Although yes, it would be easy for the opposing team to stop Mbappe but in reality, Mbappe still manages to score goals in every match. Therefore, it is not inconceivable that if Mbappe has the right playing partner, then of course Mbappe will be difficult to stop. But indeed, related to these problems, then of course PSG in this season is no longer a favorite in the title race in the Ligue 1 and with that also, at least PSG chance in the Champion League is also become bad.

[bitgolden]

Even I also agreed about this all as these was trap odds for the PSG in this game because they deserve much better specially after comeback of the Kylian Mbappé, but rivalry between these two teams are also very exciting with before this match we have two wins for the Nice and two wins for the PSG with one match ended as draw which is clearly giving impression how things will be gone in this match and both teams were without any lost which mean this could be not easy game and Nice performance is also much better than last season which is clearly indicating they could be tough candidate for the top ranks in this season.

In second half PSG were much better but sadly their conversion rate completely fail to give them respective results with now they are going to play in Champions League hopefully things will be much better for them and they will be able to fight back into Ligue 1.

I really did not expected them to lose neither but if you watch the game, even if just the highlights, you will see that Nice played perfectly, did not make many mistakes and they did not let PSG play at all.

Even if you look at the statistics you will see that PSG didn't had any on goal shots, which is a proof that it wasn't just another "oh psg was unlucky today" type of game, they were clearly outclassed by Nice in this game and they were not good at all. It sometimes happens and it's understandable, sometimes you have bad days and the other team plays great. Nice played amazingly and they have won this game ,if they keep playing like this I am sure that Nice will make a lot of money from selling their players.

[Ayers]

Lens vs Metz

Last season's runners-up team Lens has been performing very poorly this season. Out of four matches, they lost three and drew one. Lens conceded 10 goals in this grazing match. Now they play against Metz.

The Metz team is not strong. But still they are in better position than lens. Metz have only lost the first of four matches. Their performance is quite stable. And so I have considerable doubts whether Lens will be able to get full points in today's home match as well. I will be happy if today's match against Metz means the truck back to Lens. We always expect good performances from renowned teams like Lens

[Ondekinecakabilirim]

Did you believe it? I saw that as non sense excuse by him. PSG has spent a lot of money to buy a lot of great players but it was losing against mediocre teams which are terrible result.
I thought that if nice would be steal 1 point from PSG but the result has surprised me to see nice stolen three points from PSG.

PSG's humiliation by Nice was very surprising, this result was their first defeat at the start of the season. Mbappe has a heavy burden to bear for PSG after the departure of Messi and Neymar. In terms of creating opportunities, PSG really had no other choice even though they controlled the ball more than 70%. Dembele, Kolo Moani and Goncalo Ramos have yet to show significant progress during their arrival.

Dembele and Ramos have not yet adapted to the team. Mbappe is currently carrying Paris Saint-Germain FC on his own. He needs his teammates to support him. In this match I didn't see anyone who could support him except Hakimi. On the other hand, Moffi was great in Nice. He scored 2 goals in this match. And he had a great assist. I think we can watch him in the Premier League in the coming years. He is an extraordinary talent. His size is big but he is a great dribbler. And his technical capacity is very high. It's impossible to stop such strikers inside the penalty area. It was normal that the Paris Saint-Germain FC defense failed against him today.

[Leviathan.007]

Lens vs Metz

Last season's runners-up team Lens has been performing very poorly this season. Out of four matches, they lost three and drew one. Lens conceded 10 goals in this grazing match. Now they play against Metz.

The Metz team is not strong. But still they are in better position than lens. Metz have only lost the first of four matches. Their performance is quite stable. And so I have considerable doubts whether Lens will be able to get full points in today's home match as well. I will be happy if today's match against Metz means the truck back to Lens. We always expect good performances from renowned teams like Lens

Still, it's not too late to bet on this game and I think this is a good time to take the risk and bet on Metz because Lens had a ghood performance in the last season but they lost some players they are not that strong anymore, Also Lens lost some points in this season while we were expecting to see them winning that games.
However, in these 25 minutes, we saw, Lens had five shots on target while Metz had zero.

[Ayers]

Lens vs Metz

Last season's runners-up team Lens has been performing very poorly this season. Out of four matches, they lost three and drew one. Lens conceded 10 goals in this grazing match. Now they play against Metz.

The Metz team is not strong. But still they are in better position than lens. Metz have only lost the first of four matches. Their performance is quite stable. And so I have considerable doubts whether Lens will be able to get full points in today's home match as well. I will be happy if today's match against Metz means the truck back to Lens. We always expect good performances from renowned teams like Lens

Still, it's not too late to bet on this game and I think this is a good time to take the risk and bet on Metz because Lens had a ghood performance in the last season but they lost some players they are not that strong anymore, Also Lens lost some points in this season while we were expecting to see them winning that games.
However, in these 25 minutes, we saw, Lens had five shots on target while Metz had zero.

Betting on Metz's win will probably make you a profit. Because Lens's defense is weak today as in the previous matches. However, compared to the previous matches, the attacking players of Lens today are quite effective. They have 70% of the ball possession, and have made 13 shots so far. However, due to the lack of experienced players in the attack, despite many attacks, the Lens players have not been able to score any goals.
Joel Asoro's goal in the 37th minute of the match gave Metz the lead. The biggest weakness of Lens' performance is their defense. If the defense was strong, Lens could have earned points in previous matches. However, Lens's woes may not end so soon.

[Josefjix]

Dembele and Ramos have not yet adapted to the team. Mbappe is currently carrying Paris Saint-Germain FC on his own. He needs his teammates to support him. In this match I didn't see anyone who could support him except Hakimi. On the other hand, Moffi was great in Nice. He scored 2 goals in this match. And he had a great assist. I think we can watch him in the Premier League in the coming years. He is an extraordinary talent. His size is big but he is a great dribbler. And his technical capacity is very high. It's impossible to stop such strikers inside the penalty area. It was normal that the Paris Saint-Germain FC defense failed against him today.

Kylian Mbappe is the only player that keeps displaying his stellar qualities and netting goals for PSG, the rests are struggling to fit in which is quite understandable. Luis Enrique will probably not make it for the next couple of months incharge of PSG, following their present team's condition, they are getting worse. PSG do have quality players this sign this summer, the problem is, they are unable to blend with each other, it will take quite along period of time before things will finally get better for the club. PSG losts to Nice in their previous meetings, a humiliating defeats for the parisians.

[Leviathan.007]

Lens vs Metz

Last season's runners-up team Lens has been performing very poorly this season. Out of four matches, they lost three and drew one. Lens conceded 10 goals in this grazing match. Now they play against Metz.

The Metz team is not strong. But still they are in better position than lens. Metz have only lost the first of four matches. Their performance is quite stable. And so I have considerable doubts whether Lens will be able to get full points in today's home match as well. I will be happy if today's match against Metz means the truck back to Lens. We always expect good performances from renowned teams like Lens

Still, it's not too late to bet on this game and I think this is a good time to take the risk and bet on Metz because Lens had a ghood performance in the last season but they lost some players they are not that strong anymore, Also Lens lost some points in this season while we were expecting to see them winning that games.
However, in these 25 minutes, we saw, Lens had five shots on target while Metz had zero.

Betting on Metz's win will probably make you a profit. Because Lens's defense is weak today as in the previous matches. However, compared to the previous matches, the attacking players of Lens today are quite effective. They have 70% of the ball possession, and have made 13 shots so far. However, due to the lack of experienced players in the attack, despite many attacks, the Lens players have not been able to score any goals.
Joel Asoro's goal in the 37th minute of the match gave Metz the lead. The biggest weakness of Lens' performance is their defense. If the defense was strong, Lens could have earned points in previous matches. However, Lens's woes may not end so soon.

Metz is leading now and they scored the first goal. I think the game was good enough to bet and I think think Metz is going to win.
However, Metz had only one chance and they used the opportunity they had but Lens got more chances and they couldn't use the chance.
This shows Lens had a weak defensive line in this game because of them letting Metz to use the single chance they had, also Lens got weak forwards they couldn't finish the ball.

[baeva]

Did you believe it? I saw that as non sense excuse by him. PSG has spent a lot of money to buy a lot of great players but it was losing against mediocre teams which are terrible result.
I thought that if nice would be steal 1 point from PSG but the result has surprised me to see nice stolen three points from PSG.

PSG's humiliation by Nice was very surprising, this result was their first defeat at the start of the season. Mbappe has a heavy burden to bear for PSG after the departure of Messi and Neymar. In terms of creating opportunities, PSG really had no other choice even though they controlled the ball more than 70%. Dembele, Kolo Moani and Goncalo Ramos have yet to show significant progress during their arrival.

Dembele and Ramos have not yet adapted to the team. Mbappe is currently carrying Paris Saint-Germain FC on his own. He needs his teammates to support him. In this match I didn't see anyone who could support him except Hakimi. On the other hand, Moffi was great in Nice. He scored 2 goals in this match. And he had a great assist. I think we can watch him in the Premier League in the coming years. He is an extraordinary talent. His size is big but he is a great dribbler. And his technical capacity is very high. It's impossible to stop such strikers inside the penalty area. It was normal that the Paris Saint-Germain FC defense failed against him today.

Mda, this is a case where the team is built around one man, even in today's match it was evident, including the goals that Mbappe both scored. On the face of it, the departure of a few good players doesn't seem to have affected PSG, but the results speak for themselves that times are tough

[Doell]

Lens had another nightmare tonight, they couldn't win in the match against Metz. Although Lens is statistically is better rather than Metz, but luck is in Metz side. With this bad record, Lens will have difficulty back to the title race, but there is still a chance for Lens to rise and get a better position in the standings. I hope they have a new coach to improve the performance of Lens squad, because currently it seems like Franck Haise is no longer reliable.

[Silence Scream]

Did you believe it? I saw that as non sense excuse by him. PSG has spent a lot of money to buy a lot of great players but it was losing against mediocre teams which are terrible result.
I thought that if nice would be steal 1 point from PSG but the result has surprised me to see nice stolen three points from PSG.

PSG's humiliation by Nice was very surprising, this result was their first defeat at the start of the season. Mbappe has a heavy burden to bear for PSG after the departure of Messi and Neymar. In terms of creating opportunities, PSG really had no other choice even though they controlled the ball more than 70%. Dembele, Kolo Moani and Goncalo Ramos have yet to show significant progress during their arrival.

Dembele and Ramos have not yet adapted to the team. Mbappe is currently carrying Paris Saint-Germain FC on his own. He needs his teammates to support him. In this match I didn't see anyone who could support him except Hakimi. On the other hand, Moffi was great in Nice. He scored 2 goals in this match. And he had a great assist. I think we can watch him in the Premier League in the coming years. He is an extraordinary talent. His size is big but he is a great dribbler. And his technical capacity is very high. It's impossible to stop such strikers inside the penalty area. It was normal that the Paris Saint-Germain FC defense failed against him today.

He is 24 years old and can be considered young. He had an average performance last year. He scored 6 goals in 16 matches. He scored 12 goals in 18 matches in Lorient and finished the season with 18 goals. How successful he can be in the Premier League is a question mark because the difficulty in the Premier League is higher than in France.

[Joca97]

Lens had another nightmare tonight, they couldn't win in the match against Metz. Although Lens is statistically is better rather than Metz, but luck is in Metz side. With this bad record, Lens will have difficulty back to the title race, but there is still a chance for Lens to rise and get a better position in the standings. I hope they have a new coach to improve the performance of Lens squad, because currently it seems like Franck Haise is no longer reliable.

Their nightmare continues this season,they just cannot get a win this season and it looks like there is no out for them. They need a good striker because this dosent work. They had 31 shots today and 11 were on target and just cannot score a goal,its just crazy that they didnt score.

[lalabotax]

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Having a bunch of stars doesn't guarantee a thing in a competitive league especially Champions League. Neymar missed so many games, Messi adaptation was hard, Mbappe was the key to victory for PSG. That's what the team was all about.
No need to cite many examples but you can look how much Messi was successful in a league like MLS and how Al-Nassr lost their first matches in Saudi Pro League. Tactics are fondamental and good management guarantee success.

Yes, in reality it is like that. Precisely because there are 3 stars in 1 club, there is competition in the club so that each of them continues to shine and become the main star, of course. So maybe this could be one of the things that did not optimize their solidarity in the past. but whether that's true or not is my estimate. To be sure, it doesn't guarantee that the more stars the better the club's performance. Because after all, football can be more optimal if there is complete solidarity in the competition, both between players and coaches, and how they can interact with each other and optimize their performance in each match, based on the tactics that their coach has given them well. And the coach also must be very smart to arrange the tactic before and during the match.

[Oneandpure]

Lens vs Metz

Last season's runners-up team Lens has been performing very poorly this season. Out of four matches, they lost three and drew one. Lens conceded 10 goals in this grazing match. Now they play against Metz.

The Metz team is not strong. But still they are in better position than lens. Metz have only lost the first of four matches. Their performance is quite stable. And so I have considerable doubts whether Lens will be able to get full points in today's home match as well. I will be happy if today's match against Metz means the truck back to Lens. We always expect good performances from renowned teams like Lens

Full Time Lens 0 vs 1 Metz
Still continue with poor performance for Lens who finished on 2nd standings position last season and seems not contribution yet with their achievement last season success finish on Champion League spot standings. Losing over Metz make Lens have bad start in Ligue 1 loss four matches and one points achievement after getting draw from Rennes on matchday 2. For the future seems difficult for Lens because they will participants in Champion League and need balance squad to get positive first participants in top European competition and working hard how to return top standings in domestic league after in relegating zone right now.
Still not late for Lens back to the top level performance actually has chance for finish on top standings position or reach to finish on Europe League spot standings.

[shogun47]

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Having a bunch of stars doesn't guarantee a thing in a competitive league especially Champions League. Neymar missed so many games, Messi adaptation was hard, Mbappe was the key to victory for PSG. That's what the team was all about.
No need to cite many examples but you can look how much Messi was successful in a league like MLS and how Al-Nassr lost their first matches in Saudi Pro League. Tactics are fondamental and good management guarantee success.

Yes, in reality it is like that. Precisely because there are 3 stars in 1 club, there is competition in the club so that each of them continues to shine and become the main star, of course. So maybe this could be one of the things that did not optimize their solidarity in the past. but whether that's true or not is my estimate. To be sure, it doesn't guarantee that the more stars the better the club's performance. Because after all, football can be more optimal if there is complete solidarity in the competition, both between players and coaches, and how they can interact with each other and optimize their performance in each match, based on the tactics that their coach has given them well. And the coach also must be very smart to arrange the tactic before and during the match.

But isn't having many stars on the team a good thing? I believe it is a bad thing when you have the wrong coach who doesn't understand how to make a true team out of them. Messi has been playing with superstars for all his career and a good and well respected coach like Guardiola would have been able to provide every single one of the stars with the limelight they need to prosper. Mbappe, Messi and Neymar should have understood that they are better off individually when they win as a team. Now I think Messi at the time has done his job and wasn't selfish at all. He understood he isn't the fastest anymore and he didn't ever claim that he should take penalties or free kicks. Mbappe was the most arrogant of them all and he still is now. He is good and that's great, but he can't win shit alone. If so many stars are on one and the same team, that team needs a real boss like Guardiola and not some second league coach like Gaultier.