French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[CryptoBuds]

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.

PSG's defeat at home was very embarrassing because PSG was able to control the ball so much but was unable to score more goals apart from the only two goals scored by Mbappe. The Nice players were truly extraordinary in taking advantage of the moment to create accurate kicks into the PSG goal so that Nice was able to win by only scoring three goals. So the match was really embarrassing for the PSG team because they were able to be beaten by Nice in front of their own supporters.

Nice delivered a surprise victory against PSG in Paris. Nice and Strasbourg often pose a challenge to big teams in France, and PSG experienced this firsthand. Despite Mbappe scoring two goals, it wasn't enough to ensure victory for PSG. The reality is that Mbappe can't bear the burden of PSG's success all on his own. Therefore, Luis Enrique's side faced their first defeat of the season.

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.

The biggest thing is that the PSG team has no balance. The team does not notice any great understanding among the players. This creates a great problem with the team's attack build-up. I think PSG will have bigger problems ahead.

you are right The understanding between PSG players is not good. This is basically the main reason for their poor performance. Also another reason why Mbappe performs like a selfie. He is not interested in assists, only goals. As a result, the overall performance of the team is adversely affected. Luis Enrique has to fix all these things. This is basically not an easy task. Besides, coach Enrique has to find a match strategy suitable for Ligue 1. It is not possible to take control of the match by possession of the ball alone. Because PSG's defense is weak. With such a weak defense, ENrique's match strategy is not useful.

[legendbtc]

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.

Enrique is forced to say such things, this is called putting on a good face when playing poorly. In general, of course, it is difficult to understand what he could have liked because, despite having less possession of the ball, Nice made more productive actions and their victory is completely logical.
In 4 days Dortmund will play here and if PSG continues to play poorly, then Enrique does not have such a great chance of holding out until the winter 

PSG board can really decide to sack him earlier than expectations if the team continue not to make a big improvement. The Champions League title has been their main goal for many years. They have changed many managers in the meantime. They are already used to do this so Enrique has better start improving soon.

They can even be under the danger of losing the Ligue 1 title to another team. This would definitely be the end of Enrique's work here even if he is kept until the end of the season. There is nothing in their hands to convince Mbappe to stay for another season if they have a poor season as well.

'Winning and losing is normal in football. But, I am satisfied with the mental state of my students. They fought until the last moment and did not give up. We will learn valuable lessons from this loss.' This is what coach Luis Enrique emphasized in the latest press conference. I think Enrique wants the team to maintain morale when preparing to face Dortmund in their first match in the Champions League.
With 8 points after 5 matches in Ligue 1, PSG did not start well, which for a big team like them is a failure. Anyway, Mbappe played very well without Neymar and Messi. What will PSG do next if Mbappe also leaves the club?

[rendravolt]

Is this really what happened with Lens? they lost again even though they were the hosts? It's something that's hard for me to believe. I'm not sure what's got Lens in such disarray at the moment and they've lost to promoted teams this season. Even though Lens were statistically superior, in fact they had difficulty breaking into Metz's goal.

Of the 10 shots on target, none resulted in a goal and in fact Metz, who had the statistics of having shot at goal twice, was able to score a goal. But we really have to fully appreciate goalkeeper Metz because he saved 10 times, that is a fantastic number for a goalkeeper. This result leaves Metz in 6th position with 8 points and Lens looks like they will be stuck at the bottom of the standings if they continue to get results like this.

But that is how these games can go, isn't it. It is not even the shots on target alone that was totally crazy. Look at the total shots which was 31:2 for Lens. They also had 75% ball possession and 9:1 corners. I know that what counts is the final result, but I still think that this is a performance Lens doesn't have to be mad about. They have lost a game in which they were the overwhelming team and we have seen other teams experiencing the same. The only point that mattered this game was their very bad efficiency and this is something they can improve on quickly.

That's how it is, no matter what Lens tries, it is still the final result that will determine whether a club wins or not. I think they have tried their best but somehow they don't seem to have good finishing to score goals. Meanwhile, Metz, who was not favored at all, was able to score goals with very few opportunities. If Lens continues like this, maybe coach Franck Haise's fate will be the same as Laurent Blanc, who was sacked by Lyon last week because of a series of defeats he had received.

[Jossque]

Lorient hosted Monaco at home.We can say that it was an enjoyable match.Monaco is a team in form, but Lorient away was not easy.We can say that these 2 teams had a good performance last year.Lorient scored an early goal in the second minute and took the lead, but Monaco managed to find the equalizing goal after 15 minutes. In the second half, Monaco increased the pressure with the changes and scored 2 minutes after the changes and went 2-1 ahead.But they couldn't protect this score and the match ended in a 2-2 draw with Lorient's goal in the last minutes.Monaco was able to draw from this away game despite being the better team.For Lorient, I think we can say that this draw could be a good result.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Is this really what happened with Lens? they lost again even though they were the hosts? It's something that's hard for me to believe. I'm not sure what's got Lens in such disarray at the moment and they've lost to promoted teams this season. Even though Lens were statistically superior, in fact they had difficulty breaking into Metz's goal.

Yes it is. Lens performed so garbage. Im not even feeling surprised to see this club keeps suffering the lose in league 1. Lens is finished. The gap to the first position is very big. The club needs a miracle to enter into the midtable.
I think that if lens has been hopeless this season. I don't even know if this club will keep performing like this till the middle of season. Lens may be relegated at the end of season.
The management needs to do something to save this club from being relegated.

Of the 10 shots on target, none resulted in a goal and in fact Metz, who had the statistics of having shot at goal twice, was able to score a goal. But we really have to fully appreciate goalkeeper Metz because he saved 10 times, that is a fantastic number for a goalkeeper. This result leaves Metz in 6th position with 8 points and Lens looks like they will be stuck at the bottom of the standings if they continue to get results like this.

Metz was not performing so solid against lens but lens surprisingly unable to maximizing any chances that happened to the club. The goal keeper of metz performed so crazily against lens.
Lens is not just unlucky but this club is the worst club in league 1 right now.

[shogun47]

Is this really what happened with Lens? they lost again even though they were the hosts? It's something that's hard for me to believe. I'm not sure what's got Lens in such disarray at the moment and they've lost to promoted teams this season. Even though Lens were statistically superior, in fact they had difficulty breaking into Metz's goal.

Of the 10 shots on target, none resulted in a goal and in fact Metz, who had the statistics of having shot at goal twice, was able to score a goal. But we really have to fully appreciate goalkeeper Metz because he saved 10 times, that is a fantastic number for a goalkeeper. This result leaves Metz in 6th position with 8 points and Lens looks like they will be stuck at the bottom of the standings if they continue to get results like this.

But that is how these games can go, isn't it. It is not even the shots on target alone that was totally crazy. Look at the total shots which was 31:2 for Lens. They also had 75% ball possession and 9:1 corners. I know that what counts is the final result, but I still think that this is a performance Lens doesn't have to be mad about. They have lost a game in which they were the overwhelming team and we have seen other teams experiencing the same. The only point that mattered this game was their very bad efficiency and this is something they can improve on quickly.

That's how it is, no matter what Lens tries, it is still the final result that will determine whether a club wins or not. I think they have tried their best but somehow they don't seem to have good finishing to score goals. Meanwhile, Metz, who was not favored at all, was able to score goals with very few opportunities. If Lens continues like this, maybe coach Franck Haise's fate will be the same as Laurent Blanc, who was sacked by Lyon last week because of a series of defeats he had received.

Right but all these weird results happen more often than we think because nobody thought that Monaco would give away their win against Lorient, but guess what happened. They scored in the last minute of the game in extra time. Soccer is full of surprise all the time and it keeps the field in the table close to each other. There is no team that could set itself apart and Monaco had the chance to work out a slight advantage for them, but yes they let it slip through their hands in the very last second of the game. The goal was scored in the 98th minute of the game.

[Texac]

 I'm not suprised at his performance this season because he's a proven top class player and currently the best in his team, and so far the club have been relying on him for goals which I think is not a bad idea because he's setting more records by scoring in almost all the matches so far and helping the team be successful but I feel they're putting more pressure on him and shouldn't rely on only Mbappe for goals they still got other top quality players in the team and they needs to start finding the net also because it might affect them if Mbappe sustains an injury and is sidelined from a match.
 
 Well apart from that I think Mbappe is a wonderful player and has achieved alot for his age but he won't get a better chance of achieving that which he's after currently due to his current team and it would had been easier if he was in a team that's got a good winning mentality in the Champions League like Realmadrid to help him stand a chance of winning the Ballon D'or in the next 2-3 years time, however Mbappe and Jude Bellingham at Realmadrid this season would had been very Amazing to watch.

In my own opinion, I think Kylian Mbappe is the best player of his age at the moment and he's yet to be have a Balon D'or award to his name because of the club he's currently playing. The way he runs at defenders and dribbles past them like they aren't existing is very rare to find among players of his age at the moment. He is clearly better than any forward footballer in the world at moment apart from Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Paris Saint Germaine lost their their French Ligue 1 game against Nice on Friday but Kylian Mbappe still bailed himself with two goals in that game. No wonder Real Madrid president Fiorentino Perez desperately wants to bring the France national team captain to Real Madrid next summer

I think there can be a really good debate about which player is actually better, Mbappé or Haaland. Based on what we have seen, so far, I think we can easily say that Erling Haaland can definitely be described as a better player compared to Mbappé. And let's not forget that English Premier League is definitely a lot harder compared to Ligue 1. And that is a big reason why I think the current performance of Haaland is better compared to Mbappé. But both are definitely up there as the two most important and probably best young players right now. It won't be very wrong to expect them to be the replacement for Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Another thing is, I don't think personal performance actually means anything if the team is not winning. Haaland with Manchester City has been able to win a lot of things so far. The same cannot be said with Mbappé with PSG.

[snipie]

Lens is doing bad since the start of the season with 0 victory and 4 defeats in 5 games. That's just shameful for a team competing PSG and Marseille in the previous season! Their latest defeat was vs Metz by 1 goal.
Rennes, Lille, Monaco got only one point. It seems to be hard to profit from PSG defeat each time. Marseille will play later vs Toulouse, they are favourite and we will see if they can collect three points or not this time.

[mamesso]

Kylian Mbappe is one of the best footballers in the world today. This French striker of PSG has taken himself to a unique height by setting various records at the age of 24. This time he shared a record in the history of world football, which was only held by two of the best football stars in the world, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. On Friday night (September 15), he lost 3-2 against Nice in the French Ligue 1 match at Parc des Princes. PSG. However, Mbappe scored two goals in the match for the Parisians. Mbappe has scored in every game played in the French league this season, except in the opening game of the season. And with this goal, he also shared a record of Ronaldo and Messi. Mbappe has scored or assisted in 15 consecutive League One matches for PSG since April of last season. Before the French star, this record was held only by Ronaldo and Messi.

Pearls are still pearls even if buried in mud, no one doubts the quality that Mbappe has. Even though his team is losing balance after the many changes that have occurred since last season ended, Mbappe is still able to show his best performance. At his young age, he has already managed to achieve several records. The next step to make history, he must win the Champions League and Ballon D'or before his golden age is over. I'm not sure Mbappe can achieve both if he still plays for PSG, Mbappe can get the Champions League and Ballon D'or with a club that is able to perform consistently in the domestic league and UCL. To win what he has not been able to achieve so far, he must move from PSG.

[QueenVera]

I think there can be a really good debate about which player is actually better, Mbappé or Haaland. Based on what we have seen, so far, I think we can easily say that Erling Haaland can definitely be described as a better player compared to Mbappé. And let's not forget that English Premier League is definitely a lot harder compared to Ligue 1. And that is a big reason why I think the current performance of Haaland is better compared to Mbappé. But both are definitely up there as the two most important and probably best young players right now. It won't be very wrong to expect them to be the replacement for Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Another thing is, I don't think personal performance actually means anything if the team is not winning. Haaland with Manchester City has been able to win a lot of things so far. The same cannot be said with Mbappé with PSG.

You're right Haaland has proved himself in several leagues apart from the EPL before joining City whereas Mbappè's best performance is at his country France both club side and national team but Halaand has proved his a very good finisher in four different leagues and i believe if he had quality players to back him up like Mbappe's got at France their country would've been one of the strongest so far and his performance for country side would be outstanding.
 
 Okay let's come down to their performances last season, Mbappé scored about 7 goals in the Champions league with no assist, 29 goals with 5 assists in the Ligue 1, and 5 goals in the French cup competition making it about 41 goals with only 5 assist in all competitions last season whereas Haaland stats is more impressive in the Champions league he got about 12 goals, 36 goals in the EPL with 8 assist and 1 in the EFl cup making it about 49 goals with 8 assists in all competitions even won the treble and player of the year in both Champions League and EPL,  so who woukd you say is more better? The difference is clear.

[rendravolt]

Monaco failed to widen the gap after only drawing 2-2 against Lorient. This is an away match for Monaco, however they should win this match if they want to continue to widen the gap from their competitors. I think this result is not too bad because in the last 5 matches Monaco has never lost at all. On the other hand, Lorient is quite slumped in 12th position after winning 3 draws and 1 defeat in the last 5 matches. Apart from all that, I think Monaco must improve their consistency again because in the next match they will face Nice, who previously managed to beat PSG.

[Doell]

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Lens statistics during the match was very fantastic that they got 31 total shots and Lens has 75% ball possessions so i will assume Lens was really dominate the match and they attempts to equalized the score after conceded goal but unfortunately Metz can able to managed their defense until match ended and stole 3 points from Lens and after this result Lens position still at relegation zone above to Lyon

Fabio Grosso will do his debut match today against Le Havre and this is very interesting to know whether he can able to bringing Lyon to ended their poor results or Le Havre will be the winner of this match and as promotion team Le Havre starting the league with good performance and from 4 matches they only suffering 1 lose so i have to says this is good progress from them and today they will attempts to stole point at Lyon home ground

Indeed, fantastic statistics for Lens, but unfortunately they are not lucky like Metz. On the Metz side, they will be more confident against another big team because they can beat Lens although they are playing away. With that victory it seems like will improve their mentality, so maybe end of this season Metz can sit in a better position.
Lyon actually same as Lens, the performance of both teams this season is not that great. Maybe we can see another surprise in match Lyon vs Le Havre but I hope luck is on Lyon side.

[Adams0001]

I think there can be a really good debate about which player is actually better, Mbappé or Haaland. Based on what we have seen, so far, I think we can easily say that Erling Haaland can definitely be described as a better player compared to Mbappé. And let's not forget that English Premier League is definitely a lot harder compared to Ligue 1. And that is a big reason why I think the current performance of Haaland is better compared to Mbappé. But both are definitely up there as the two most important and probably best young players right now. It won't be very wrong to expect them to be the replacement for Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Another thing is, I don't think personal performance actually means anything if the team is not winning. Haaland with Manchester City has been able to win a lot of things so far. The same cannot be said with Mbappé with PSG.

Haaland is a good striker, but you can't compare him to mbappe. In my opinion mbappe is more talented than Haaland because Haaland is just a finisher who can't work with the ball and can't great a chance for himself, whereas mbappe is a hard player who works with the ball and has a great chance to score PSG did not go fa in the champions league last season, finishing in the top 16 in the competition, without comparisons they performed very poorly last season in the champions league, I don't know when PSG can win the champions league, if mbappe leaves psg now and goes to another club like Real Madrid or another club you will win the champions league.and you will know who is a great player Haaland or mbappe.

[hahay]

Lens is doing bad since the start of the season with 0 victory and 4 defeats in 5 games. That's just shameful for a team competing PSG and Marseille in the previous season! Their latest defeat was vs Metz by 1 goal.
Rennes, Lille, Monaco got only one point. It seems to be hard to profit from PSG defeat each time. Marseille will play later vs Toulouse, they are favourite and we will see if they can collect three points or not this time.

With PSG poor performance at this moment, it should be an opportunity for other teams to be in the top position in the Ligue 1 standings. Because this season I believe the competition in Ligue 1 will be more competitive, because there is no team that really promises to be able to dominate the top position. At this moment there is still Monaco in the top position in the Ligue 1 standings, but I personally not so sure Manaco will be consistent to stay at the top of the standings. Therefore, I believe the competition this season will be more interesting, because the leading teams like PSG can no longer be expected to defend the title.

[makishart]

What a bad season for Lens. 5 Disappointing matches compared to the previous season. The match against Metz should be a must and must win. Lens really dominated in the first half and Metz only had 1 shot and it was a shot on target which resulted in a goal in the first half.

This is just a really bad setback for lens and the club should be panicking. It feels like lens is a hopeless team but there is still enough time for the club to take a urgent step as soon as possible to save the club from battling in the relegation zone.

Lens has been performing so consistent last season but it's declining so hard and i never though if lens will suffer this horrible performance this season. It seemed to me if i was seeing a good club who plunged so hard to the bottom.
It's really disappointing to see the result between lens vs metz. I never thought metz would be able to win the game against lens even with small margin like that.

I, who watched the match, was very confident that in the second half Lens could at least equalize, but unfortunately Metz was really good in defense.

Lens losses its all of experiences from last season. The club has turned to be inexperienced club this season. Lens feels so confuse in attacking metz and scoring a goal. I think that the management just got slapped back to the reality.
Lens was only getting 1 point from 5 matches played, which is hurting my eyes to watch it.

[marcous]

With PSG poor performance at this moment, it should be an opportunity for other teams to be in the top position in the Ligue 1 standings. Because this season I believe the competition in Ligue 1 will be more competitive, because there is no team that really promises to be able to dominate the top position. At this moment there is still Monaco in the top position in the Ligue 1 standings, but I personally not so sure Manaco will be consistent to stay at the top of the standings. Therefore, I believe the competition this season will be more interesting, because the leading teams like PSG can no longer be expected to defend the title.

I think Ligue 1 will be very interesting when there is a struggle for top position in the standings, not only filled by PSG. Monaco and other clubs can take advantage of PSG decline in performance to create a better competitive impression. Even though on the one hand it is not necessarily consistent, this can arouse overall fan enthusiasm. PSG have ruled Ligue 1 for almost a full decade, only Monaco and LOSC have ever broken their dominance.

I think even though PSG still has a real chance of defending their championship again, Luis Enrique squad must be very consistent in the next match. The real challenge is the tight competition schedule that PSG is participating in, for now Enrique has to get back to preparing Mbappe and his friends for the UCL group phase match against Dortmund.

[Fiatless]

Monaco failed to widen the gap after only drawing 2-2 against Lorient. This is an away match for Monaco, however they should win this match if they want to continue to widen the gap from their competitors. I think this result is not too bad because in the last 5 matches Monaco has never lost at all. On the other hand, Lorient is quite slumped in 12th position after winning 3 draws and 1 defeat in the last 5 matches. Apart from all that, I think Monaco must improve their consistency again because in the next match they will face Nice, who previously managed to beat PSG.

Monaco just lost an ample opportunity to solidify their hold on the number one position in League 1. They might even lose the top spot if Marseille beats Toulouse which will take the former to twelve points.  It was a good day for two Nigerian-born players Tosin Aiyegun and Folarin Balogun ( representing Benin and USA), Tosin scored Lorient's first goal while Folarin netted Monaco's second goal. Monaco was comfortably cruising to victory before the extra-time goal by Romain Faivre. Nice will not be an easy team to beat considering their recent form which includes an unexpected win against the defending champions, therefore Monaco needs to put in more effort. Lorient's next game will be against Nantes a team that won their game today against Clermont Foot. 

[tusandii]

What a bad season for Lens. 5 Disappointing matches compared to the previous season. The match against Metz should be a must and must win. Lens really dominated in the first half and Metz only had 1 shot and it was a shot on target which resulted in a goal in the first half.

I, who watched the match, was very confident that in the second half Lens could at least equalize, but unfortunately Metz was really good in defense.

Lens is still in a bad condition and we have to understand this situation and if we think about it, we are probably very disappointed with Lens performance yesterday when they lost as hosts and were even defeated by a club that was promoted again this season and it was very embarrassing for Lens.
I'm quite sure that if in a few more match Lens is unable to improve the performance of the quality of its players, I think Franck Haise will face the threat of being fired as the Lens coach failed in early stages of this season and we all would not have thought that Lens performance would be this bad even at home. myself and I'm a little unsure that Lens will fail in the Champions League group stage with a performance like this.

Lens next match will host Toulouse. If this match is lost again, I think Lens will have to lose its popularity this season.

[Jody.Drummer]

Monaco failed to widen the gap after only drawing 2-2 against Lorient. This is an away match for Monaco, however they should win this match if they want to continue to widen the gap from their competitors. I think this result is not too bad because in the last 5 matches Monaco has never lost at all. On the other hand, Lorient is quite slumped in 12th position after winning 3 draws and 1 defeat in the last 5 matches. Apart from all that, I think Monaco must improve their consistency again because in the next match they will face Nice, who previously managed to beat PSG.

Monaco in my opinion was just unlucky in this match that they could not finish the match by bringing home 3 points. A late goal by Romain Faivre dashed their hopes of beating Lorient in front of Lorient supporters.
Actually they also created many opportunities, but unfortunately there were only 2 goals they could create in this match.
But indeed this is an unsatisfactory result for them, because the victory that was in sight had to be lost just because it was missed in the final minutes of the match and they had to be satisfied with sharing points with the home team.

[Blitzboy]

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

Their current run is terrible after a second-place season last year. Metz defeated you? They must beat that team to match last year's performance. Only a tie against Rennes has separated their four losses. I cant overstate how difficult their Champions League challenge will be. They're in the Ligue 1 relegation zone and preparing for the major European competitions, making things difficult. Despite the high slope, I think they can get back on track if they remember how brilliantly they played last season.