French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[QueenVera]

Moving to Real Madrid is surely gonna guarantee Kylian Mbappe of winning the Balon D'or award but it's surely gonna improve his chances of winning the prize. Since he signed for Paris Saint Germaine from his former club Monaco, Kylian Mbappe has scored  more goals for the French champions than any other player. If he's managed the same number of goals for Real Madrid, he would've either win the Balon D'or award come closer than he had ever done throughout his time at PSG.
Mbappe has shown his desire to play for the Spanish giants and so have the club publicly disclosed of how serious they want to bring the France international to the Santiago Bernabeu.

I think Mbappè's days at Paris Saint-Germain might gradually be coming to an end and i hope they succeed in the league this season so he'll atleast win a trophy before moving out to another destination, i like how he's been so brilliant this season for this team and showed óher players why he's a top class player, he's  scored in almost all their matches this season even scored a brace in the defeat at home against Nice.
 
 Moving to Realmadrid would be the perfect decision Mbappe would make for his career and it would add a lot of trophy to his name and even make the rivaly fans are trying to create between him and Haaland more interesting, however i wish Luis Enrique could be able to turn the situation in PSG around and make his team to be one of the strongest in Europe this season.

[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.

It is undeniable that Lens' improved performance last season was also quite surprising, so a drop in performance like now is not unusual.
But in this case we can also know that for clubs other than PSG in Ligue 1 all do not have good control over their consistency in each running season which makes me quite sure that things like this will definitely continue to happen.
Actually for PSG also applies in this case, but for PSG they have extraordinary resources so that no matter how tough the conditions are they will still return to their position in contrast to clubs other than PSG in Ligue 1 because when they perform badly it is difficult for them to rise because they have resources and finances that cannot be compared to PSG which makes it difficult for other clubs.

PSG ressources are their unique card in Ligue 1, nevertheless the other teams are far from being competitive with PSG but also between each other. I mean this round was a big loss for teams like Marseille. They got a goalless draw vs Toulouse.. Such situation should not occur for teams that are hoping to do so.

[QueenVera]

PSG ressources are their unique card in Ligue 1, nevertheless the other teams are far from being competitive with PSG but also between each other. I mean this round was a big loss for teams like Marseille. They got a goalless draw vs Toulouse.. Such situation should not occur for teams that are hoping to do so.

It won't take a long while before PSG lose dominance of the Ligue 1, cause i think other clubs are gradually catching up with them, if you noticed they didn't finish the league toping with much points like they used to do in the previous times last season they won with 85 points and Lens who finished 2nd were behind them with Just a point and so far this season they haven't really been very impressive i expect them to be toping the league and winning all their matches so far but they're currently 5th on the table but have won just 2 out of 5 matches with 2 draws and a lose yesterday against Nice.

 There performance have been poor so far even with the fact that they good new good players into their team but have failed to get good results if not for Mbappe, PSG would've probably dropped more than current position this season, and i think Enrique has lots of work to do and very fast so as to take his team back to winning ways.

[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.

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.

This proves that Monaco's defense is not completely safe because they still have gaps that Lorient players can exploit to equalize. If they can maintain their lead until the final minute, Monaco will definitely achieve another positive result in this match. Monaco's new recruit who was brought in from Arsenal, Folarin Balogun, also scored his debut goal for Monaco in this match and I hope he continues to prove his quality so that Arsenal starts to regret selling him. Apart from that, the season is still long and usually Monaco sometimes finds it difficult to maintain consistency in the next few matches.

[Strongkored]

Wow not a single one of the main favorites in this league won their game during this weekend.Paris,Monaco,Lens and Marseille all failed to win and they all lost or drew their games which makes this week in the French Ligue 1 really strange to say the least,I never have seen the same happening here before especially when three of these favorites were playing at their home field except Monaco which was playing away and a draw is not the end of the world nor a big surprise result,these are three though are huge surprises in the results of this league,I wonder if anyone of us has hit a win in sport betting in this league as it seems quite impossible with these results.

Indeed, this is a strange week in Ligue 1, and the team that is happy with this result is PSG because they lost to Nice so if Monaco and other strong teams win it will make it even more difficult for PSG to catch up with their competitors.
I watched the Monaco vs Lorient match, and it was quite a painful draw because Lorient's goal that made them equalize occurred in injury time, and even after the set time of only 6 minutes, but a beautiful goal from Romain Faivre ruined the victory which was almost there being the owner of the visiting team, if Monaco manages to win then they will be even stronger at the top of the standings.
However, next week will be more interesting because Monaco will face Nice and PSG will play against Marseille, the home team will make good use of the opportunity to get these three points because being able to win will improve their position in the standings.

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 There performance have been poor so far even with the fact that they good new good players into their team but have failed to get good results if not for Mbappe, PSG would've probably dropped more than current position this season, and i think Enrique has lots of work to do and very fast so as to take his team back to winning ways.

yep, even when star players like Messi in the past at PSG also failed to achieve the title they wanted in the UCL while at that time there were great players like Neymar and Mbappe who made it very clear that this team was very ready to break through to get the UCL trophy but thats just a dream for PSG. and currently PSG also has no shortage of good players after adding Gancalo Ramos and Dembele who always work well together to contribute ball passes on target to Mbappe but still failed and performed poorly in the last match.
If PSG really wants to get back up quickly, at least they have to have a different mindset and not just rely on Mbappe because we have seen from the start of the season until now that Mbappe has always been PSG goal scoring machine and we will see the bad performance of this team if it is true that Mbappe will leave this season furthermore. I know this is a difficult task for Enrique, but after all it is the responsibility of this coach who has taken all these risks.

[TastyChillySauce00]

He should be the third best player when they finally awards the best players in the world after Lionel Messi, and Erling Haaland when they finally get to announce the Ballon d'or winner next year January.

I do not think Kylian Mbappe can be amongst the top 3 players this year best player award; he has fallen off radar thanks to Erling Haaland masterclass treble season with Manchester city and Lionel Messi triumphant worldcup campaign. Mbappe also had an excellent worldcup performance; but i do not think that willl be enough for him

Others may have different opinon but i could not agree more with it. Mbappe doesn't even deserves to be in the nomination for the ballon d'or. I would prefer to see haaland to take it as his contribution to the manchester city was very big.
he was able winning treble winners on his first season in manchester city which is really amazing for him. The public was not even predicting if haaland would able to become the beast striker owned by manchester city.

Mbappe needs the Real Madrid move desperately, to push his media hypes and be more recognized for the world prized event.

Mbappe can also try to push himself in acquiring the more trophies with real madrid rather than stuck in the same place with PSG. I can imagine the chance for mbappe to win UCL is far bigger once he will join in real madrid.
I hope madrid will able to get him as soon as possible. It will be win win situation for madrid and mbappe.

[Hirose UK]

He should be the third best player when they finally awards the best players in the world after Lionel Messi, and Erling Haaland when they finally get to announce the Ballon d'or winner next year January.

I do not think Kylian Mbappe can be amongst the top 3 players this year best player award; he has fallen off radar thanks to Erling Haaland masterclass treble season with Manchester city and Lionel Messi triumphant worldcup campaign. Mbappe also had an excellent worldcup performance; but i do not think that willl be enough for him

Others may have different opinon but i could not agree more with it. Mbappe doesn't even deserves to be in the nomination for the ballon d'or. I would prefer to see haaland to take it as his contribution to the manchester city was very big.
he was able winning treble winners on his first season in manchester city which is really amazing for him. The public was not even predicting if haaland would able to become the beast striker owned by manchester city.

This year Mbappe performance has decreased quite significantly and this is caused by several problems that occurred such as some time ago there was a little friction with PSG management due to a contract extension which Mbappe did not immediately agree to and from problems like that Mbappe experienced poor playing quality and gives him a small chance of being in the top line of players to compete for the Ballon D'or.
Well now Haaland is one of the big potentials to receive this award and this could be the first time for Haaland to win the title of best player and take home the Ballon D'or award.

Mbappe needs the Real Madrid move desperately, to push his media hypes and be more recognized for the world prized event.

Mbappe can also try to push himself in acquiring the more trophies with real madrid rather than stuck in the same place with PSG. I can imagine the chance for mbappe to win UCL is far bigger once he will join in real madrid.
I hope madrid will able to get him as soon as possible. It will be win win situation for madrid and mbappe.

The discussion about Mbappe is getting hotter day by day and his position within PSG also doesn't look that big to get a single title this season so many Mbappe fans want him to leave PSG and play with another team that can give him a title or a proud achievement.
The only team that is always associated with Mbappe is Real Madrid and it seems that Real Madrid is a suitable place for Mbappe to develop and regain his image as one of the best young players.

[topbitcoin]

It is undeniable that Lens' improved performance last season was also quite surprising, so a drop in performance like now is not unusual.
But in this case we can also know that for clubs other than PSG in Ligue 1 all do not have good control over their consistency in each running season which makes me quite sure that things like this will definitely continue to happen.
Actually for PSG also applies in this case, but for PSG they have extraordinary resources so that no matter how tough the conditions are they will still return to their position in contrast to clubs other than PSG in Ligue 1 because when they perform badly it is difficult for them to rise because they have resources and finances that cannot be compared to PSG which makes it difficult for other clubs.

PSG ressources are their unique card in Ligue 1, nevertheless the other teams are far from being competitive with PSG but also between each other. I mean this round was a big loss for teams like Marseille. They got a goalless draw vs Toulouse.. Such situation should not occur for teams that are hoping to do so.

PSG's trump card for now remains their excellent financial condition so it is difficult to make them lose their best condition because if in the end their performance does not go smoothly then PSG can use the money to make conditions change for the better.
Right now for some clubs like Marseille, Lens, Lyon or even Lille everything looks the same. Each season for them cannot be too predictable how they will perform because sometimes their performance is very good but in other seasons their performance is much more than expected.
Improving also looks difficult if in the end they have financial problems that make the conditions for improvement a little hampered in contrast to PSG who can easily make some changes to each line that they think is less contributing.

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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.

It is undeniable that Lens' improved performance last season was also quite surprising, so a drop in performance like now is not unusual.
But in this case we can also know that for clubs other than PSG in Ligue 1 all do not have good control over their consistency in each running season which makes me quite sure that things like this will definitely continue to happen.
Actually for PSG also applies in this case, but for PSG they have extraordinary resources so that no matter how tough the conditions are they will still return to their position in contrast to clubs other than PSG in Ligue 1 because when they perform badly it is difficult for them to rise because they have resources and finances that cannot be compared to PSG which makes it difficult for other clubs.

After Lens management sold their star, their performance immediately declined drastically this season. Lens seems to be starting to feel regret for selling Openda this season because their strength has decreased drastically since Openda left. I think if Lens are not able to improve their performance this season then they will not be strong enough to be able to compete strongly in the champions league. Lens will face Sevilla in the Champions League match. Sevilla is not a weak team because they have several quality players in the team, so it seems that Lens will have great difficulty providing resistance in this match. I think Sevilla will be quite the favorite in this match because Lens instability will be quite beneficial for them.

[Velvet78]

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?

There isn't a proper team performance right now. Without Mbappe they would be just desperate and wouldn't be much different than an average team as for their game. We saw this at the beginning of the season when Mbappe didn't play in a couple of games much. They were in control in terms of ball possession maybe but they weren't able to score.

Mbappe will probably leave the team at the end of the season if they have another disappointing season. Real Madrid might be his next station or who knows maybe an English Premier League team can intervene and make the race for him more exciting to follow.

[topbitcoin]

It is undeniable that Lens' improved performance last season was also quite surprising, so a drop in performance like now is not unusual.
But in this case we can also know that for clubs other than PSG in Ligue 1 all do not have good control over their consistency in each running season which makes me quite sure that things like this will definitely continue to happen.
Actually for PSG also applies in this case, but for PSG they have extraordinary resources so that no matter how tough the conditions are they will still return to their position in contrast to clubs other than PSG in Ligue 1 because when they perform badly it is difficult for them to rise because they have resources and finances that cannot be compared to PSG which makes it difficult for other clubs.

After Lens management sold their star, their performance immediately declined drastically this season. Lens seems to be starting to feel regret for selling Openda this season because their strength has decreased drastically since Openda left. I think if Lens are not able to improve their performance this season then they will not be strong enough to be able to compete strongly in the champions league. Lens will face Sevilla in the Champions League match. Sevilla is not a weak team because they have several quality players in the team, so it seems that Lens will have great difficulty providing resistance in this match. I think Sevilla will be quite the favorite in this match because Lens instability will be quite beneficial for them.

It is undeniable that losing Openda and Fofana this season has made their performance change because by losing a midfielder who has creativity and good initiation and strikers like Openda it makes them a little difficult to adapt even though there are replacement figures such as Diouf and Elye Wahi but they have not gotten a good touch and their performance still tends to stagnate.
But on the other hand this is also not just about the problem of attack and midfield because their defense is also very different from last season even for their first 5 matches in Ligue 1 this season Lens is one of the clubs with the weakest defense because they have conceded 11 goals and the most compared to other clubs.
This is really bad for a club that is now in the Champions League.

[KTChampions]

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Mbappe will probably leave the team at the end of the season if they have another disappointing season. Real Madrid might be his next station or who knows maybe an English Premier League team can intervene and make the race for him more exciting to follow.

Mbappe will leave in any case, even if PSG achieves the treble. PSG is a swamp for a player who aspires to the Ballon d'Or and to go down in history on equal footing with other greats. With all due respect, but the championships of the Netherlands, Portugal, etc. are not suitable for this.
By the way, as I heard, Mbappe returned part of the loyalty payment to PSG, so we can assume that the issue is resolved and he will play honestly until the end of the season and then go to Real Madrid for free.

[savetheFORUM]

He should be the third best player when they finally awards the best players in the world after Lionel Messi, and Erling Haaland when they finally get to announce the Ballon d'or winner next year January.

I do not think Kylian Mbappe can be amongst the top 3 players this year best player award; he has fallen off radar thanks to Erling Haaland masterclass treble season with Manchester city and Lionel Messi triumphant worldcup campaign. Mbappe also had an excellent worldcup performance; but i do not think that willl be enough for him

Mbappe needs the Real Madrid move desperately, to push his media hypes and be more recognized for the world prized event.

In last few months, we have too much talk about him with how things will be for him it's also important right now his performance is on decline with his presence is also having not positive impact on his team's performance which is surely big issue other big players are doing impressive job like Erling Haaland and Harry Kane which are at the top of their respective leagues but here things are not ideal.

Mostly feeling he needs to move to Real Madrid which is suitable place, and can achieve many big things, but they are not ready to spend huge amount for this transfer which is another problem, but we also have few other options as well which can give good record to this legendary player which is looking for the best in the future.

[dezoel]

Indeed, this is a strange week in Ligue 1, and the team that is happy with this result is PSG because they lost to Nice so if Monaco and other strong teams win it will make it even more difficult for PSG to catch up with their competitors.
I watched the Monaco vs Lorient match, and it was quite a painful draw because Lorient's goal that made them equalize occurred in injury time, and even after the set time of only 6 minutes, but a beautiful goal from Romain Faivre ruined the victory which was almost there being the owner of the visiting team, if Monaco manages to win then they will be even stronger at the top of the standings.
However, next week will be more interesting because Monaco will face Nice and PSG will play against Marseille, the home team will make good use of the opportunity to get these three points because being able to win will improve their position in the standings.

I have feeling not only this week we are in strange start of this season here in Ligue 1 with many top teams are struggling badly, and we are having teams like Lyon and Lens in relegation zone after five games it's surely not ideal start right now we are watching big decline in quality of many teams and things are not going to be ideal if they keep performing like this surely we will have decline in many other things as well because few teams are trying to fix their off the field issues and then after this we will have not guaranteed they will be able to perform as expectations in coming weeks which is big question mark.

We have three points difference between top to seven ranked teams which is giving impression how things could be gone in coming weeks and all have fair chance for the staying at the top but PSG needs to be consistent because their lost at home against Nice is big alarming situation for them before another big game against Dortmund.

[Cryptmuster]

There isn't a proper team performance right now. Without Mbappe they would be just desperate and wouldn't be much different than an average team as for their game. We saw this at the beginning of the season when Mbappe didn't play in a couple of games much. They were in control in terms of ball possession maybe but they weren't able to score.

PSG are doing poorly in defense, and without Mbappe everything will be just as bad in attack. At the moment, Mbappe this is their chance to play well in the Champions League, but with a team like this I doubt they will achieve a worthy result, and they may not even manage to win Ligue 1. Mbappe's potential far exceeds PSG's current capabilities, so I doubt that he changed his mind about leaving the team. PSG should have let him go this summer.

[kro55]

There isn't a proper team performance right now. Without Mbappe they would be just desperate and wouldn't be much different than an average team as for their game. We saw this at the beginning of the season when Mbappe didn't play in a couple of games much. They were in control in terms of ball possession maybe but they weren't able to score.

PSG are doing poorly in defense, and without Mbappe everything will be just as bad in attack. At the moment, Mbappe this is their chance to play well in the Champions League, but with a team like this I doubt they will achieve a worthy result, and they may not even manage to win Ligue 1. Mbappe's potential far exceeds PSG's current capabilities, so I doubt that he changed his mind about leaving the team. PSG should have let him go this summer.

I agree with your shot. PSG's defense is weak. And the performance of their attacking players is erratic. In attack, Mbappe, Asensio, Ramos and Dembele are all talented. But nobody can play consistently well except Mbappe. Not that Mbappe is performing very well either. However, strengthening PSG's defense is very important. They are conceding goals in every Ligue 1 match. They conceded 3 goals against Nice. Every team in the Champions League is very strong. If PSG performs in the Champions League with such a weak defense, then they will not win any match. Also, PSG players are not able to adapt themselves well to Enrique's match strategy. This is why the team's performance is erratic.

[ginsan]

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Mbappe will probably leave the team at the end of the season if they have another disappointing season. Real Madrid might be his next station or who knows maybe an English Premier League team can intervene and make the race for him more exciting to follow.

Mbappe will leave in any case, even if PSG achieves the treble. PSG is a swamp for a player who aspires to the Ballon d'Or and to go down in history on equal footing with other greats. With all due respect, but the championships of the Netherlands, Portugal, etc. are not suitable for this.
By the way, as I heard, Mbappe returned part of the loyalty payment to PSG, so we can assume that the issue is resolved and he will play honestly until the end of the season and then go to Real Madrid for free.

I think so too, Mbappe will not stay longer for PSG, he will stay until his contract ends and join another team next season. PSG has no way of keeping Mbappe longer because the player wants to try new challenges in the coming season. This season, PSG seems to be having difficulty showing their aggressive play like they did in previous seasons. Other players still cannot be relied on to be the difference in the final result of each match because only Mbappe is capable of doing that. I think if Mbappe leaves PSG performance will automatically experience a drastic decline like what they experienced in their first match of the season. However, Nasser Al-Khelaifi will try hard to persuade Mbappe to stay with PSG, even though it is quite difficult considering that Real Madrid is the team that Mbappe wants for his next career.

[Docnaster]

There isn't a proper team performance right now. Without Mbappe they would be just desperate and wouldn't be much different than an average team as for their game. We saw this at the beginning of the season when Mbappe didn't play in a couple of games much. They were in control in terms of ball possession maybe but they weren't able to score.

PSG are doing poorly in defense, and without Mbappe everything will be just as bad in attack. At the moment, Mbappe this is their chance to play well in the Champions League, but with a team like this I doubt they will achieve a worthy result, and they may not even manage to win Ligue 1. Mbappe's potential far exceeds PSG's current capabilities, so I doubt that he changed his mind about leaving the team. PSG should have let him go this summer.

I agree with your shot. PSG's defense is weak. And the performance of their attacking players is erratic. In attack, Mbappe, Asensio, Ramos and Dembele are all talented. But nobody can play consistently well except Mbappe. Not that Mbappe is performing very well either. However, strengthening PSG's defense is very important. They are conceding goals in every Ligue 1 match. They conceded 3 goals against Nice. Every team in the Champions League is very strong. If PSG performs in the Champions League with such a weak defense, then they will not win any match. Also, PSG players are not able to adapt themselves well to Enrique's match strategy. This is why the team's performance is erratic.

A defense line that consists few of the best current defenders in the world like Achraf Hakimi, Marquinhos, Presnel Kimpembe and Lucas Hernandez shouldn't be seen as a weak defense rather I think the defenders aren't putting out their best performances for the club and that is a very worrisome for a big club like Paris Saint Germaine.
The club management did well in signing quality players to the club in summer transfer window, so it's now the job of their manager Luis Enrique to figure out the best playing pattern that'll bring out the best from his boys or risk losing his job if PSG continues to lose matches like the one they lost at home last weekend.

[Raflesia]

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Mbappe will probably leave the team at the end of the season if they have another disappointing season. Real Madrid might be his next station or who knows maybe an English Premier League team can intervene and make the race for him more exciting to follow.

Mbappe will leave in any case, even if PSG achieves the treble. PSG is a swamp for a player who aspires to the Ballon d'Or and to go down in history on equal footing with other greats. With all due respect, but the championships of the Netherlands, Portugal, etc. are not suitable for this.
By the way, as I heard, Mbappe returned part of the loyalty payment to PSG, so we can assume that the issue is resolved and he will play honestly until the end of the season and then go to Real Madrid for free.

There is no reason to stay at PSG actually for Mbappe and talking about leaving he even wants to do that since before so I guess sooner or later he will leave anyway,
Until now my belief that he will go to Madrid remains the same as before and I think after several seasons of problems it is likely that next season he will be in a Madrid shirt no matter what.
Letting him go for free is impossible because with some previous news with Mbappe extending his contract until 2025 it is proof that PSG do not want to let go of their assets for free. Madrid will definitely pay PSG if they want to take Mbappe but the process may not be as difficult as before.