French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Distraction]

So far in the Ligue 1 Monaco have made the best start for this season. This made me quite surprised as I got used to seeing them struggling to go up to top positions. Adi Hütter has been doing a pretty good work even though there hasn't been much time since he started his job here. Maybe Monaco are back to the days of the 2016/17 season again who knows.  

But it is hard to tell whether they can become the champions in the league this season. PSG are inconsistent in the league for now. But how long would this last for them? For example would it be similar to Bayern Munich's performance last season?

If this happens then maybe we can see a different champion again and that could be Monaco depending on their consistency.

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[hahay]

There are at least 5 other matches that will determine who will qualify for the round of 16. However, the victory over Dortmund was an encouraging start for PSG this season. After defeat from Nice's 2-3 in Ligue 1, many people doubted PSG's performance against Dortmund, but in fact PSG emerged victorious by getting full points in that match.

This is a good start for PSG in the UCL League competition, as you said, many doubt that PSG will have difficulty beating Dormund. And this proves that PSG's mentality is very strong under coach Enrique because the defeat against Nice did not make PSG falter against Dortmund. I see PSG have found a rhythm according to Enrique's instructions, making them stronger and ready to face Marseille this week.

In terms of statistics, PSG really dominated the match against Dortmund, but they were not good enough in finishing where only 3/17 shots were on target. This home win is important even though PSG ultimately also has the potential to lose points in the next match.

Hakimi and Mbappe's goals brought PSG to victory against Dortmund at the Parc Des Princes Stadium with a convincing score of 2-0 making them first in the current group, but my prediction is that in the future they will also emerge as group F winners.

At least to be fair, then maybe we should also be able to consider the poor performance experienced by Dortmund at this moment. Because after all, the reality is that Dortmund also in the Bundesliga is not as good as in the previous season, because at this moment Dortmund is still not in its best form. So yes, it might be a natural result that Dortmund lost the match against PSG at the Parc des Princes. But indeed, although I also consider this, but I also admit that this 2-0 victory will certainly be good for boosting the morale of PSG players of course. Maybe, with the good results that PSG managed to get in the Champion League, it can make PSG have good results also in Ligue 1 of course to improve its position in the Ligue 1 standings at this moment.

[rahmad2nd]

I don't think like you. PSG have won 3 matches and dropped points in 2 matches in Ligue 1. They lost points in 3 out of 5 matches. It can't be a normal performance for the big team. The fifth team in the points table of Ligue 1 is now PSG. However, this team did not perform well in Ligue 1. However, PSG's performance against Dortmund was very composed. Their match strategy was also good. In this match we see the dominance of PSG. They dominated the match with 68% ball possession.

PSG is now in 5th place in the Ligue 1 standings with 8 points, 3 points behind leaders Monaco. In the first two matches, Enrique tried the available players. the results were very unsatisfactory.  In the next match, PSG won the match with positive results. Unfortunately, Assensio, who was starting to find his rhythm with PSG as a center forward, had to be absent due to injury. In the end, the match against Nice PSG had to be lost at home.
IMO, there are two factors that cause this.  Firstly, Asenssio's absence has become very unstable in Paris Saint-Germain's midfield. As for Goncalo Ramos, this player is not a ready-made striker.  so, he needs time to reach his level. The most influential factor, PSG's line players made a lot of mistakes.

Fortunately, now Randal Kolo Muani can be an option even though his performance is not yet stable. But gradually, PSG will be able to return to the top four in the standings. and in all likelihood, they will be at the top of the Ligue 1 standings. After all, there are still many games left.
In the Champions League match, PSG was able to gain three points and as a result they became temporary leaders of Group F. So, to find out more. Come on, let's just follow every development.

[Weawant]

Beaten Dortmund in the Champions League did not give psg any guarantee that they would win their next match against Marseille because Marseille is also doing well. psg is unpredictable now with their performance, but let's see what will happen by the weekend Maybe they will win Marseille and continue with good form.

Marseille is doing well on their side as a team but then checking the records it doesn't seem so as they are unbeaten but they have won just one out of five matches played so far, the rest games were draw, as compared to PSG who has won three of their games, it's only understandable to say the match may end a draw but I doubt PSG may want to give Marseille that chance to win.

PSG don't really have that much of a problem as you may want to see it except for the dependency on mbappe in most of their matches, something they did their best not to do in their last UCL game, this dependency at times is due to the fact that he appears to be the best in their team as at this time and he knows how well to score goals so they would always want to assist him make the goals.

Let's hope the game this weekend turns out well in favour of whomsoever plays well to deserve a win, but as at this time I will be careful not to be very certain about my prediction as I still feel anything can happen in favour of any of both team but then the obvious is, PSG is the favourite for this game, and they have the home advantage aswell. These are all factors that may considerably aid their victory

[Josefjix]

PSG is now in 5th place in the Ligue 1 standings with 8 points, 3 points behind leaders Monaco. In the first two matches, Enrique tried the available players. the results were very unsatisfactory.  In the next match, PSG won the match with positive results. Unfortunately, Assensio, who was starting to find his rhythm with PSG as a center forward, had to be absent due to injury. In the end, the match against Nice PSG had to be lost at home.
IMO, there are two factors that cause this.  Firstly, Asenssio's absence has become very unstable in Paris Saint-Germain's midfield. As for Goncalo Ramos, this player is not a ready-made striker.  so, he needs time to reach his level. The most influential factor, PSG's line players made a lot of mistakes.

Fortunately, now Randal Kolo Muani can be an option even though his performance is not yet stable. But gradually, PSG will be able to return to the top four in the standings. and in all likelihood, they will be at the top of the Ligue 1 standings. After all, there are still many games left.
In the Champions League match, PSG was able to gain three points and as a result they became temporary leaders of Group F. So, to find out more. Come on, let's just follow every development.

I'm not bothered about their current standings on Ligue One table, they will always bounce back and lifts the trophy. Nasser Al-Khelaifi continues to strive for a positive development that will result in his team winning significant titles this season. PSG suffers a surprise decrease in league games despite investing a great deal in the summer window. I'm uncertain what's happening with the club; they keep making significant errors that end up costing them every season. There's nothing new about the Parisians at UCL; we know when they're going to be smashed away.

[Docnaster]

Beaten Dortmund in the Champions League did not give psg any guarantee that they would win their next match against Marseille because Marseille is also doing well. psg is unpredictable now with their performance, but let's see what will happen by the weekend Maybe they will win Marseille and continue with good form.

Marseille is doing well on their side as a team but then checking the records it doesn't seem so as they are unbeaten but they have won just one out of five matches played so far, the rest games were draw, as compared to PSG who has won three of their games, it's only understandable to say the match may end a draw but I doubt PSG may want to give Marseille that chance to win.

PSG don't really have that much of a problem as you may want to see it except for the dependency on mbappe in most of their matches, something they did their best not to do in their last UCL game, this dependency at times is due to the fact that he appears to be the best in their team as at this time and he knows how well to score goals so they would always want to assist him make the goals.

Let's hope the game this weekend turns out well in favour of whomsoever plays well to deserve a win, but as at this time I will be careful not to be very certain about my prediction as I still feel anything can happen in favour of any of both team but then the obvious is, PSG is the favourite for this game, and they have the home advantage aswell. These are all factors that may considerably aid their victory

Paris Saint Germaine's defeat at home to Nice last weekend is a clear pointer that the French champions aren't predictable when it comes to French Ligue fixtures.
Of a truth, they comfortably defeated Borussia Dortmund in their first UEFA Champions League game of the season but that doesn't in any way guarantee that they're gonna win their league game against Marseille this weekend. Unlike PSG, Marseille are still unbeaten in the league since the start of the season and would definitely not want to lose against PSG this weekend.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Honestly I still don't know what's wrong with Lens this season, 5 games no win 1 draw and 4 lost games and they're in the champions league, doing what exactly?
Where's that spark they pulled that almost got PSG off balance in getting the title? Sometimes I don't see all French teams as competitors including PSG.
To be frank with you this is something the Ligue 1 teams should be worried about, imagine after qualifying for champions league with that good form of last season they're at the bottom of the table.
Is it that they lost all good players they had in this recent transfer window? I can't imagine this madness to continue, I think such a thing happened to Monaco when they won the league title and after that they came with a very poor form the next season. Is only PSG that are doing well only in the Ligue 1.
Is it a curse that any team who compete against PSG for the title have to suffer the next season?

[makishart]

Honestly I still don't know what's wrong with Lens this season, 5 games no win 1 draw and 4 lost games and they're in the champions league, doing what exactly?
Where's that spark they pulled that almost got PSG off balance in getting the title? Sometimes I don't see all French teams as competitors including PSG.
To be frank with you this is something the Ligue 1 teams should be worried about, imagine after qualifying for champions league with that good form of last season they're at the bottom of the table.
Is it that they lost all good players they had in this recent transfer window? I can't imagine this madness to continue, I think such a thing happened to Monaco when they won the league title and after that they came with a very poor form the next season. Is only PSG that are doing well only in the Ligue 1.
Is it a curse that any team who compete against PSG for the title have to suffer the next season?

It's a sign for lens to sack its coach. The club can't always rely on the current coach. lens is also having trouble in UCL as well as it was draw against sevilla. We can't even argue what happened behind the scene.
Lens will be in a big trouble if the club keeps suffer the same result. It is caused by lens was able finishing at the top two of league 1 but the current performance is dropping so crazily.
It's time for lens to recruit a new appointment for the club. That is the only possible solution since the transfer season has already closed since a few weeks ago. Lyon has been also recruiting a new appointment.
Lens needs to take the same step as lyon does. Marseille was also competing with PSG last season, but it is still fine and stable. It is only coincidence if lens was suffering problem on its performance in league 1 but that needs to be sorted out asap.

[Hirose UK]

I really didn't expect that PSG could win absolutely against Dortmund with a score of 2 - 0 and of course many people thought PSG would have difficulty in this match so the final result was predicted to be a draw but PSG actually put up quite a good fight and dominated the game this really extraordinary for Mbappe and his fellow PSG players.

I was also quite surprised to see that they were able to win with a fairly convincing goal margin, perhaps because a few days earlier they lost to Nice at home, which raised doubts about PSG being able to get points from Dortmund, or maybe because Dortmund themselves were in a situation that was not much different from PSG is also experiencing difficulties in the domestic league so PSG faces opponents who are quite balanced in terms of strength.
This victory will again lift PSG's enthusiasm to be able to win in Ligue 1 in the match week 6 against Marseille. If they succeed in winning, it will again bring them up the rankings and shift Marseille, who are also contenders for the title.

From this victory I actually think that in the match against Nice they lost because they wanted to maximize their play in the UCL match and for the French League while just playing as best they could without needing to put in of performance because the UCL be more valuable.
In the Bundesliga Dortmund didn't seem to be playing very well although it can't be said to be bad but at least there was a significant decline in performance but unfortunately they also had to accept defeat in the UCL against PSG.

Next PSG will be faced with a team that is quite strong at the start of this season namely Marseille and even though PSG has home advantage.
I am sure that Marseille can still match PSG game and currently Marseille itself has achieved several draws so it is very likely that it will be the same for the next match against PSG.

[len01]

So far in the Ligue 1 Monaco have made the best start for this season. This made me quite surprised as I got used to seeing them struggling to go up to top positions. Adi Hütter has been doing a pretty good work even though there hasn't been much time since he started his job here. Maybe Monaco are back to the days of the 2016/17 season again who knows.  

But it is hard to tell whether they can become the champions in the league this season. PSG are inconsistent in the league for now. But how long would this last for them? For example would it be similar to Bayern Munich's performance last season?

If this happens then maybe we can see a different champion again and that could be Monaco depending on their consistency.

maybe some people will say the same thing when a team looks very good at being able to occupy first place and for me it will only be temporary. maybe you say Monaco is more consistent but I dont think so because look at the point difference, some of the teams in the top 5 of the standings still have a very small point difference and also I think League 1 does not have competitive competition yet because I have not seen a team that has consistent performance quality. Since the start of the season and Monaco have never been defeated in the last 5 matches but have only been able to get 3 wins.
meanwhile, PSG in the last 5 matches managed to get 2 wins and 1 defeat, which we can judge that there is not a big difference here because it is possible that in several future matches Enrique will try to get better results than before. Its just that Monaco looks superior because the team has never played against bigger team and I will wait for the upcoming match to see if Monaco really has very high consistency.

[rendravolt]

Monaco vs Nice

The opening match for this week looks like it will be quite tense because Monaco wants to maintain its position at the top and Nice will likely be able to overtake them if they manage to steal 3 points at the Louis II Stadium. Last week, Monaco didn't get good enough results after only drawing against Lorient and for Nice, who just beat PSG last week, of course they have more confidence to continue to achieve maximum results.

If we look at the last meeting between the two which also took place at Monaco's home ground, at that time Nice managed to beat Monaco with quite a landslide score and I think if Nice can provide more resistance like before then it is possible that they will be more open to winning this match. Even so, I don't think Monaco will give up easily and I predict Nice will still win with a narrow score of 1-2.

[Strongkored]

I don't think like you. PSG have won 3 matches and dropped points in 2 matches in Ligue 1. They lost points in 3 out of 5 matches. It can't be a normal performance for the big team. The fifth team in the points table of Ligue 1 is now PSG. However, this team did not perform well in Ligue 1. However, PSG's performance against Dortmund was very composed. Their match strategy was also good. In this match we see the dominance of PSG. They dominated the match with 68% ball possession.

The problems that arose at the start of the season due to drama from the PSG owner and his players were quite worrying because they saw the unpleasant results obtained at the start of this season. So only victory can make them believe that PSG is in good condition. It seems that victory in the Champions League is enough to answer doubts because Dortmund is the team that is also the favorite to qualify from that group.
This week they will face a big match against Marseille and the result is quite important for PSG to be able to improve their ranking, and playing at home will make them very favorites to win, and Mbappe is very likely to score goals again because that is what he always does when used by the coach PSG to play.

[Bobrox]

Monaco vs Nice

The opening match for this week looks like it will be quite tense because Monaco wants to maintain its position at the top and Nice will likely be able to overtake them if they manage to steal 3 points at the Louis II Stadium. Last week, Monaco didn't get good enough results after only drawing against Lorient and for Nice, who just beat PSG last week, of course they have more confidence to continue to achieve maximum results.

If we look at the last meeting between the two which also took place at Monaco's home ground, at that time Nice managed to beat Monaco with quite a landslide score and I think if Nice can provide more resistance like before then it is possible that they will be more open to winning this match. Even so, I don't think Monaco will give up easily and I predict Nice will still win with a narrow score of 1-2.

Interested opening match in Ligue 1 between AS Monaco vs Nice, both teams have good performance last several games and success lead top fourth standings position for Nice and AS Monaco managed well on first standings placed. Opportunity for Nice back to top standing because remaining two points automatically Nice will move up to 1st place if can get three points. Although on the top standings position, AS Monaco have inconsistency performance after hold draw by Lorient last match and if want keep existing for longer time as top standings position Monaco have winning three points exactly playing in front of their fans. Nice have quit well performance after winning last two matches in a row, last week PSG have getting first loss from Nice and could be good start for Nice return to top standings.

[bering]

Monaco vs Nice

The opening match for this week looks like it will be quite tense because Monaco wants to maintain its position at the top and Nice will likely be able to overtake them if they manage to steal 3 points at the Louis II Stadium. Last week, Monaco didn't get good enough results after only drawing against Lorient and for Nice, who just beat PSG last week, of course they have more confidence to continue to achieve maximum results.

If we look at the last meeting between the two which also took place at Monaco's home ground, at that time Nice managed to beat Monaco with quite a landslide score and I think if Nice can provide more resistance like before then it is possible that they will be more open to winning this match. Even so, I don't think Monaco will give up easily and I predict Nice will still win with a narrow score of 1-2.

Both teams equally in the good shape that they are unbeatable in the last 5 matches and Nice was in the good mentally because they had just beat PSG last week and actually this match is really hard to predicted because i will considers they are equally strong even previously Nice has several times to beat Monaco

Here is the current odds for them

AS Monaco @2.15
Nice @3.30

We can see it that Monaco is the favourite and i am not really sure why the bookmakers placed Monaco as the favourite but indeed in the last 2 home matches they have impressive results from Strasbourg and Lens even Monaco can win with big scores from these teams with cleansheet and i think these factor too make me had the opposite think from you because i think Monaco will being an the winner of this match

[X-ray]

Monaco vs Nice

The opening match for this week looks like it will be quite tense because Monaco wants to maintain its position at the top and Nice will likely be able to overtake them if they manage to steal 3 points at the Louis II Stadium. Last week, Monaco didn't get good enough results after only drawing against Lorient and for Nice, who just beat PSG last week, of course they have more confidence to continue to achieve maximum results.

Bookies learned from the match against PSG. That's why nice got nice odds at this moment. Nice is also a very consistent club at this moment, too. I think that as bettor we have two possibilities to happen for this match.
1. Monaco win
2. btts

It's hard to imagine nice to win in this case but we will get less risk if we are picking btts. The performance against PSG made me believe if nice will able to score against monaco.

If we look at the last meeting between the two which also took place at Monaco's home ground, at that time Nice managed to beat Monaco with quite a landslide score and I think if Nice can provide more resistance like before then it is possible that they will be more open to winning this match. Even so, I don't think Monaco will give up easily and I predict Nice will still win with a narrow score of 1-2.

The last meeting between both of clubs made me feel so convince to take both team to score instead of monaco win. The draw probably will happen too.

[Tony116]

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I do not think that the results actually were that bad, to be honest. Yes, I understand that the Champions League was not a good tournament for them in this season. But they did not lose even one match so far in the ligue1. so maybe they could have performed even better going forward in the season. But it is what it is. Now I don’t know whom they will bring in as the new coach. Right now they have appointed Pancho Abardonado as the coach of the team.

I don't even know if this is permanent or not. I don't think this is a permanent decision. They are probably looking for a coach right now.

I also feel that way, however, if a team doesn't lose in a row that's already a pretty good result but in fact it was the coach himself who decided to part ways. Marseille failed to advance to the next phase of the UCL because they lost against Panathinaikos in the play-off round. I think with the current situation it is not a bad time for Marseille to continue to improve its performance and maybe while waiting for Marcelino's replacement, I think Marseille will still produce quite good results with Pancho Abardonado.

I think the coach actually thought that this was not a good result brought by him. I think he set up a standard for himself. And he was unable to deliver up to the standards. So he thought probably someone else might be able to do a better job compared to what he is doing right now. Right now the situation is not very good, to be honest. With the change of manager, it will definitely be hard for players to cope with the new tactics of new manager.

Will the new manager be able to bring good results? Only time will tell. But whatever the new coach does, he will have to bring better results compared to what the last coach was bringing.

[klidex]

Monaco vs Nice

The opening match for this week looks like it will be quite tense because Monaco wants to maintain its position at the top and Nice will likely be able to overtake them if they manage to steal 3 points at the Louis II Stadium. Last week, Monaco didn't get good enough results after only drawing against Lorient and for Nice, who just beat PSG last week, of course they have more confidence to continue to achieve maximum results.

If we look at the last meeting between the two which also took place at Monaco's home ground, at that time Nice managed to beat Monaco with quite a landslide score and I think if Nice can provide more resistance like before then it is possible that they will be more open to winning this match. Even so, I don't think Monaco will give up easily and I predict Nice will still win with a narrow score of 1-2.

Nice is in good form after being able to beat PSG, but it looks like this match is difficult to prediction because Monaco is also in good condition and the odds Monaco chances of winning are only slightly different from Nice, its possible that this match will end in a draw. Even so I still hope that Nice can winner the match at home to Monaco and can get point to be at the top of the standing. This will be a fierce battle between Adi Hutter and Didier Digard to fight for the top position in the standing.

[QueenVera]

I think the coach actually thought that this was not a good result brought by him. I think he set up a standard for himself. And he was unable to deliver up to the standards. So he thought probably someone else might be able to do a better job compared to what he is doing right now. Right now the situation is not very good, to be honest. With the change of manager, it will definitely be hard for players to cope with the new tactics of new manager.

Will the new manager be able to bring good results? Only time will tell. But whatever the new coach does, he will have to bring better results compared to what the last coach was bringing.

 I think he made the right choice because the team lost the Champions league play off under his control and he was not confident of himself to be successful at the club this season so instead of allowing them to suffer this season or him facing the embarrassement of being  sacked due to a poor performances he foresaw, he decided to resign for someone else to take over, and currently the team is managed by Pancho Abardonado, as an interim manager.

 But come to think of it Marcelino's performance wasn't really bad cause they're currently unbeaten and are on the 3rd position in the table with 9 points just 2 points behind the current leaders Monaco, they're even above the league giants PSG so i wonder why he's decide to resign, well let's see what the interim manager brings to the team, if he'll be able to impress the board and secure a permanent job.

[Velvet78]

We are starting the week with a Monaco - Nice game which I expect to be quite competitive. Monaco are the favourite side to win of course but we can't overlook how Nice started the season at the same time. Before anything else Nice beat PSG in an away game recently. This win should be a big help for them to motivate themselves against Monaco as well.

Technically Monaco have made a better start than PSG to the league so Nice had better make at least the same effort they did in the last game. Monaco are really successful against them in home games in general. But Nice beat them 3-0 in the previous season. Therefore I'm not sure about who can win but I think we will watch a competitive game with both teams' scoring.

[Blitzboy]

It might be argued that Paris Saint Germain are one of the stronger clubs in the Champions League, but the question is how strong are they when compared to the other clubs in the same competition? Not to underestimate Paris Saint Germain, but I would say that they are not stronger than the other favorites. I probably don't have to mention which clubs those are, because I'm pretty sure you can already tell which ones I'm referring to.
I'm not saying this without reason, and one of the factors for me to say that is when I look at their performance in the previous season.

PSG is always the talk of the town every season but in the end for the Champions League they still ended up in the same condition where PSG only continued until the last 16 after that they were eliminated. Currently, they have made changes in terms of plans and player reshuffles have also been made but until now PSG still hasn't found anything more and even their performance tends to decline for the start of this season.
In the Champions League their first match was still very good and they got 3 points. To be honest for the group phase even though they are in the hell group at the moment because there are 3 other big clubs in the group with them but I am quite sure for them to qualify from the group phase but after that I don't expect much and this depends on how their opponents will be after qualifying because if there are heavy opponents again like the previous 2 seasons then the last 16 phase will definitely be difficult for them to pass and they could have stopped again this season.

Assuming that they will be able to qualify from the group stage, the draw to see their opponents will be decisive. I'm talking about external factors here, because the luck of who their opponents will be in the last 16 is also something that matters. After all, we don't know which clubs will qualify from this group stage. And if they are lucky enough at the time of the draw they are matched with a weaker club, or could be considered a dark horse in the group stage. But we'll see, because we're just past the first game, and we're still a long way from the last 16.

I completely agree that the upcoming rounds are crucial and unpredictable. PSG started well with their win over Dortmund, which was impressive after losing to Nice in Ligue 1 the week before. However, Im still concerned about their future. It was concerning that only 3 of their 17 goals versus Dortmund were on target. Can these stats give us hope for their games? It appears they are outmatched if they continue. We all know that leaving the gang is just the start. I hope they succeed, but I doubt it.