French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[emrecemsan]

PSG's Champions League performance is just quite inconsistent but they still manage to be the leader in the group. Because there has been some downgrade in Milan and Newcastle's performance. Especially Milan have been terrible unlike my expectation. However the match PSG lost was an away one so I wonder what they will do against Milan away next time. Even if they lose this match I think PSG will advance to next stage from now on. Winning all their home matches and maybe adding a couple of extra points would be enough.

However I don't think PSG would be convincing against the top title contenders later on. They need to solve their issues first. Teamwork should be strong consistently.

[marcous]

PSG's Champions League performance is just quite inconsistent but they still manage to be the leader in the group. Because there has been some downgrade in Milan and Newcastle's performance. Especially Milan have been terrible unlike my expectation. However the match PSG lost was an away one so I wonder what they will do against Milan away next time. Even if they lose this match I think PSG will advance to next stage from now on. Winning all their home matches and maybe adding a couple of extra points would be enough.

However I don't think PSG would be convincing against the top title contenders later on. They need to solve their issues first. Teamwork should be strong consistently.

I think it's natural that PSG is not very consistent in the UCL this season, because they are in a group that is considered more difficult than other groups. We certainly know the composition of Group F which is occupied by dortmund, milan and newcastle, it is not easy to beat these three names. On the other hand, Enrique squad is currently the best in the group, because it managed to top the standings with a score of 6 points. Even though we know that the competition will be quite tight in the future, i am quite confident that PSG can secure a place to qualify for the last 16.

Dortmund and milan have been defeated in previous matches, the only one who has not been beaten is newcastle. PSG is lucky because they will act as hosts and have the ambition to take revenge against newcastle, while I think the other two will be won again by Mbappe and his friends. I also feel that psg needs to improve their performance when they meet UCL favorite clubs who have more experience than them, but what is clear for now is that they have to focus first on getting through the group phase.

[rahmad2nd]

They had too many superstars taking big salaries and wages but not all of these players want to take the responsibilities of the club on themselves.
Just to cut a long story short they most players playing for PSG last season relied on Lionel Messi, with the fans having expected too much.
Lionel Messi, Neymar Junior and lastly Kylian Mbappe all had great season, it was just that they wanted all the work of creativity to be done by these players.

Reasons why Luis Enrique will be successfull is because, he is not relying on a single person, he is playing and building a team with no weak link and potholes. He would win the Champions League when the right players have been assembled.

IMO, Messi always took responsibility when he was with PSG last season. even though if we talk honestly, even based on statistics, Messi is the most consistent player of all existing players. The problem is, PSG management is always in control of their team's bag. in fact, my guess is that Galtier was not given the opportunity to bring in the players he wanted. Let's remember again, if I'm not mistaken PSG didn't bring in a single player in the January window last season. "correct me if I'm wrong" even though in reality, this team really needs a creative attacking midfielder.
Maybe that's why Galtier tends to change his patterns and systems. Plus, the sports media always report that in the PSG dressing room there is always conflict between the players. One more thing, the club's mistake for me is that they didn't use the services of a coach with the required experience who could handle a team as big as PSG and control the dressing room.  thus, it can reduce conflict between the players.

Now, PSG has appointed a coach who has experience requirements. even so, it doesn't guarantee that this team will win trophies in various competitions. but at least, PSG can still maintain the Ligue 1 title. Even though currently, they are in 3rd place. But gradually, PSG will return to the top of the Ligue 1 standings. Currently, Enriqeu is building his team to have a strong foundation.  Plus, some of the new players they have brought in will eventually reach their best level of play. Champions League, not this season. maybe, next season. but at least, PSG has a chance of qualifying for the next round.

[Raflesia]

This season seems to be a season that is quite surprising for Lens because it is indeed with a fairly busy schedule that makes them definitely difficult so that this has an impact on performance.
In the current domestic competition they can only win 2 out of 9 matches played and this is clearly inversely proportional to their performance last season which was very good at the beginning and even until the end of the season but I think when their focus begins to narrow imo they can still rise only for now they are still difficult to do that because in the end there are still several competitions they have to live in close proximity.
At the moment it's likely they will still focus on the Champions League regardless of what the final result is but they will definitely use this as their capital to get better but indeed for Ligue 1 I think they can still rise in the middle of the season later.

Lens performed poorly in the domestic league this season because Lens had to face matches in the Champions League and in the domestic league in almost a short time. different from last season, Lens only focused on matches in the French League 1, so Lens was able to finish in 2nd place.
Having a busy time really affects the performance and drains the stamina of the current Lens players. Lens must get used to being able to face various matches, whether in the Champions League or in the domestic league. If Lens only focuses on the Champions League, it is feared that Lens will experience the relegation zone because currently Lens is in 14th position in the points table.

This is what makes them confused about where to focus because this Champions League is their first time there so even though they also don't have big expectations but this deserves to be used as a good learning for them, besides that, the reshuffle of several players where the core players who left also provided a gap even though there were several players who entered but with the adaptation that was not too good this became a little worse for Lens.
But talking about poor performance in domestic competitions actually for now, I think Lens is still a little better than seeing what happened with Lyon because they are the club that is the worst in the decline in performance if we do a comparison of this season with last season.

[borovichok]

This is what makes them confused about where to focus because this Champions League is their first time there so even though they also don't have big expectations but this deserves to be used as a good learning for them, besides that, the reshuffle of several players where the core players who left also provided a gap even though there were several players who entered but with the adaptation that was not too good this became a little worse for Lens.
But talking about poor performance in domestic competitions actually for now, I think Lens is still a little better than seeing what happened with Lyon because they are the club that is the worst in the decline in performance if we do a comparison of this season with last season.

Ligue One clubs having good fights to qualify from their perspective groups. Lens struggling because its not easy for them in UCL, still surprises me because they're not in good shape and still having good results in Ligue One and also UCL. I don't think Lens possess the strength to compete in UCL this season but nothing is too impossibleto happen. Franck Haise have alot of work to put in, he will fixed his team's weaknesses and also keen on exploring good opportunities for the team. Lens in Group B and are currently ranked second in addition with their outstanding performance.

[Leviathan.007]

They transferred important players and paid high transfer fees. The only reward for the money they pay is the expectation of success. If PSG can achieve success, Enrique can stay at the head of the team for a long time. In my opinion, Enrique should be able to make it to at least the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Unlike you, I'm not sure at all about Enrique being successful in PSG. In fact, PSG had many superstar players in the last season they could help the team like Messi but they didn't have a good coach like Enrique in his team, Now when some players left PSG for the other teams, Enrique started working there but still I don't think if Enrique is enough to help PSG improve the team.
I think PSG still can't earn achievements in the Champions League.

Enrique wasn't all that great before neither, I keep saying that the only problem PSG has is not getting the best managers they could, they should try to do that and could do that but they keep not doing it. I mean getting pcoıhettino, and then getting some unknown Galtier guy, and then Enrique.

These are not the stuff they should be doing. Pay Zidane 10-20-30 million if you have to and get him, nobody would ever be able to say no to a contract that says 25 million for example and that would be the best way to go for them, and yet they still do not do it. I think it should be important to note that there are other great managers too, but Zidane is the only free agent one and it's all about money, give him enough and he would say yes.

I think the most important reason for Enrique to start working in PSG was the good performance he had before when he was working at Barcelona because other than that he couldn't have good performance during all these years. PSG wanted to hire Zidane and Enrique but in the end, they sent an offer for Enrique and we can't still be sure and say if Enrique was successful in PSG or not because he fully rebuilt the team and this will take some more time for them to get in the good form and take back the ist place of the French League.

[Weawant]

Nice will be facing Clermont I'm their home tomorrow but I don't think Clermont have a chance over Nice in this game, Nice is at the second position on the table with 19 point, while Clermont has just five points at the seventeenth position on the table struggling with relegation, they have poor performance this season and I think they will be more focused with exiting relegation.

Beating Lyon 2-1 was the first win Clermont recorded this season after which they have not won Any of their games this season, it's been draw and losses so this has made me feel they wouldn't be able to get a win at home this time because they have encountered teams weaker than Nice and still lost to such team, and they have unmatching team strength and dept. I hope Clermont focusses on getting out of relegation.

[legendbtc]

These are not the stuff they should be doing. Pay Zidane 10-20-30 million if you have to and get him, nobody would ever be able to say no to a contract that says 25 million for example and that would be the best way to go for them, and yet they still do not do it. I think it should be important to note that there are other great managers too, but Zidane is the only free agent one and it's all about money, give him enough and he would say yes.

Do you mean if you pay a lot of money, PSG will have a good coach? Like how they recruited Neymar and Mbappe, right? When drafting a new coach, their priority is always Zidane. PSG always maintains the ambition to own Zinedine Zidane's signature. Talking about financial issues, PSG is a well-off club. We have seen them make some of the most expensive signings.
As for Zidane, he certainly still wants to continue being a coach. Simply put, Zidane still has the fire of passion burning within him. But for Zidane, 50, football coaching is no longer about money. It belongs to his heart. And there is always one place that is his top priority, the French national team will make him return.

[Doell]

Nice will be facing Clermont I'm their home tomorrow but I don't think Clermont have a chance over Nice in this game, Nice is at the second position on the table with 19 point, while Clermont has just five points at the seventeenth position on the table struggling with relegation, they have poor performance this season and I think they will be more focused with exiting relegation.

Beating Lyon 2-1 was the first win Clermont recorded this season after which they have not won Any of their games this season, it's been draw and losses so this has made me feel they wouldn't be able to get a win at home this time because they have encountered teams weaker than Nice and still lost to such team, and they have unmatching team strength and dept. I hope Clermont focusses on getting out of relegation.

Clermont no had a chance in that match to get points, because Nice were unstoppable at the moment. Actually, if you look at the head to head record in the last 3 matches, Clermont is a great opponent for Nice, but this season Clermont performance is doubtful and cannot give me the confidence to choose them in that match. On the other side, Nice must be able to get full points to stay on the title race, so Nice chances of winning that match are very high compared to drawing or losing, although sometimes football is full of surprises but I'm doubt with Clermont.

[topbitcoin]

This is what makes them confused about where to focus because this Champions League is their first time there so even though they also don't have big expectations but this deserves to be used as a good learning for them, besides that, the reshuffle of several players where the core players who left also provided a gap even though there were several players who entered but with the adaptation that was not too good this became a little worse for Lens.
But talking about poor performance in domestic competitions actually for now, I think Lens is still a little better than seeing what happened with Lyon because they are the club that is the worst in the decline in performance if we do a comparison of this season with last season.

Ligue One clubs having good fights to qualify from their perspective groups. Lens struggling because its not easy for them in UCL, still surprises me because they're not in good shape and still having good results in Ligue One and also UCL. I don't think Lens possess the strength to compete in UCL this season but nothing is too impossibleto happen. Franck Haise have alot of work to put in, he will fixed his team's weaknesses and also keen on exploring good opportunities for the team. Lens in Group B and are currently ranked second in addition with their outstanding performance.

The increase in performance and decrease in performance that Lens shows in each season is always surprising. Last season they played so well that they could even reach a position that was actually not possible for them to get but this season with a busy schedule and tougher opponents in the Champions League made Lens difficult and this was difficult for them to anticipate.
But even so I will still believe they can return to a better position for Ligue 1 because even for the Champions League they are currently still able to compete but honestly I am quite doubtful they can get through the group phase.

[red4slash]

The increase in performance and decrease in performance that Lens shows in each season is always surprising. Last season they played so well that they could even reach a position that was actually not possible for them to get but this season with a busy schedule and tougher opponents in the Champions League made Lens difficult and this was difficult for them to anticipate.
But even so I will still believe they can return to a better position for Ligue 1 because even for the Champions League they are currently still able to compete but honestly I am quite doubtful they can get through the group phase.

By looking at their current position and their opponents, which only have Sevilla and Ajax as competitors, they can still qualify from the group phase especially by looking at the results in their first three matches in the group phase, I think they can still compete, it just depends on Lens' own focus whether they can stay focused in the Champions League with their conditions in domestic competitions that are not very good because in the end even though this is a different competition but I think performance in domestic competitions can affect them in the Champions League even though it doesn't look like it now but the possibility of this affecting the next 3 matches is also still there.

[klidex]

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This is what makes them confused about where to focus because this Champions League is their first time there so even though they also don't have big expectations but this deserves to be used as a good learning for them, besides that, the reshuffle of several players where the core players who left also provided a gap even though there were several players who entered but with the adaptation that was not too good this became a little worse for Lens.
But talking about poor performance in domestic competitions actually for now, I think Lens is still a little better than seeing what happened with Lyon because they are the club that is the worst in the decline in performance if we do a comparison of this season with last season.

Therefore, Lens must get used to appearing competitive in every match they are currently playing. This season is indeed a new start for Lens, being able to take part in competitions in the Champions League, while the Champions League is full of tough competitors and Lens is forced to focus on this match and the domestic league Lens has not able to perform optimally.
during 9 matches in the domestic league, Lens was only able to win 2 matches and only earned 9 points, 1 point away from the relegation play off, isn't this very bad? while last season Lens finished in 2nd place under PSG.

Lyon has indeed experienced a significant decline this season, last season Lyon was in the top 10 and currently Lyon is at the bottom of the standings and has not won, which is very sad, even though Lyon has changed coaches, Lyon has not experienced any changes this season.

[redsun114]

Clermont no had a chance in that match to get points, because Nice were unstoppable at the moment. Actually, if you look at the head to head record in the last 3 matches, Clermont is a great opponent for Nice, but this season Clermont performance is doubtful and cannot give me the confidence to choose them in that match. On the other side, Nice must be able to get full points to stay on the title race, so Nice chances of winning that match are very high compared to drawing or losing, although sometimes football is full of surprises but I'm doubt with Clermont.

Clermont currently in relegation zone with have first won in last game against another worst club in this season Lyon and few weeks back they hold PSG for one point which is impressive Clermont is not good team in this season but as they are performing and having last few matches things are looking good with Nice is surely currently at his best, and they are giving their best in away games which is giving them good advantage for the staying at the top as well with this all most chances this match is still not predictable.

Because most chances Clermont will try his best for having something positive, and their defensive strategy will be also not bad but can Nice still steal this show it's also important because at the top we have just 2 points difference from 1st to 3rd spot and this is important for them to keep things into their own way for the better end of this season.

[len01]

Clermont no had a chance in that match to get points, because Nice were unstoppable at the moment. Actually, if you look at the head to head record in the last 3 matches, Clermont is a great opponent for Nice, but this season Clermont performance is doubtful and cannot give me the confidence to choose them in that match. On the other side, Nice must be able to get full points to stay on the title race, so Nice chances of winning that match are very high compared to drawing or losing, although sometimes football is full of surprises but I'm doubt with Clermont.

Clermont currently in relegation zone with have first won in last game against another worst club in this season Lyon and few weeks back they hold PSG for one point which is impressive Clermont is not good team in this season but as they are performing and having last few matches things are looking good with Nice is surely currently at his best, and they are giving their best in away games which is giving them good advantage for the staying at the top as well with this all most chances this match is still not predictable.

Because most chances Clermont will try his best for having something positive, and their defensive strategy will be also not bad but can Nice still steal this show it's also important because at the top we have just 2 points difference from 1st to 3rd spot and this is important for them to keep things into their own way for the better end of this season.

there was a bit of strangeness that happened when Clermont played against stronger team and big team in league 1 was able to hold a draw, but when they played against team that had the same quality of performance, Clermont was unable to withstand the attack and instead lost, as was the case against Le Havre.

when I studied Clermont playing style, it was actually very good in terms of defense, but the attack line still had shortcomings that had to be corrected. lets just look at Clermont, even though they always lost, the defense was strong enough to withstand attacks without conceding in large numbers or maybe after the transfer market reopen later, if Clermont can get new players who are suitable for the attack line, this team will definitely crawl up to avoid the relegation zone.

[dezoel]

I think the most important reason for Enrique to start working in PSG was the good performance he had before when he was working at Barcelona because other than that he couldn't have good performance during all these years. PSG wanted to hire Zidane and Enrique but in the end, they sent an offer for Enrique and we can't still be sure and say if Enrique was successful in PSG or not because he fully rebuilt the team and this will take some more time for them to get in the good form and take back the ist place of the French League.

PSG was sure about Zidane as coach of this club but after his rejection they have no choice other than Enrique which is also better than average coaches and his rebuild policy was not consistent in early matches but now as players are settled, and he is able to have his best things are taking good chance, and they are improving their performance and quality as well which is trademark of this club in France and UEFA right now they are having top rank in difficult group with two wins and after slow start currently they are at the third spot of Ligue 1 table which is not bad at all with two points difference is not hard to achieve.

From here now they need to stay for long run with this coach and his strategy surely this will be able to give them their dream win in Champions League but with this all they also need to settle Mbappé saga which is surely creating mess-up and with these things can go into wrong way as well in near future hopefully with consistency they could be done good and jump at the better in Champions League and domestic league as well.

[wiss19]

Ligue One clubs having good fights to qualify from their perspective groups. Lens struggling because its not easy for them in UCL, still surprises me because they're not in good shape and still having good results in Ligue One and also UCL. I don't think Lens possess the strength to compete in UCL this season but nothing is too impossibleto happen. Franck Haise have alot of work to put in, he will fixed his team's weaknesses and also keen on exploring good opportunities for the team. Lens in Group B and are currently ranked second in addition with their outstanding performance.

The increase in performance and decrease in performance that Lens shows in each season is always surprising. Last season they played so well that they could even reach a position that was actually not possible for them to get but this season with a busy schedule and tougher opponents in the Champions League made Lens difficult and this was difficult for them to anticipate.
But even so I will still believe they can return to a better position for Ligue 1 because even for the Champions League they are currently still able to compete but honestly I am quite doubtful they can get through the group phase.

I agree about the Lens which have the worst start of the season but now on recovery with unbeaten in last seven games with three wins and four draws mean things are coming back on right path which works for them in last season, and they are able to secure their spot into Champions League, but now recent success give them good chance for having fight back for the best even still need more improvement and increase in performance as well which will allow them for go through.

Now they are going to host Nantes which is having impressive start of the season and currently at the seventh spot with four wins their away record is not good which will give Lens a fair chance for the full three points and having improved into their rank which is currently just above relegation jail.

[rendravolt]

Clermont no had a chance in that match to get points, because Nice were unstoppable at the moment. Actually, if you look at the head to head record in the last 3 matches, Clermont is a great opponent for Nice, but this season Clermont performance is doubtful and cannot give me the confidence to choose them in that match. On the other side, Nice must be able to get full points to stay on the title race, so Nice chances of winning that match are very high compared to drawing or losing, although sometimes football is full of surprises but I'm doubt with Clermont.

I will bet on Nice winning because this is clear and there is no doubt that Nice will win again. Currently Nice is in its best performance and they will continue to maintain this advantage so that the competing teams below them cannot overtake them easily. The rivalry with Monaco is certainly worth watching and I think these two teams will still be quite dominant at least in the middle of the season. Maybe Clermont has quite good capital after beating Lyon last week but in front of Nice that alone is not enough and they have to accept the fact that they will still be in the relegation zone this week.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Nice will be facing Clermont I'm their home tomorrow but I don't think Clermont have a chance over Nice in this game, Nice is at the second position on the table with 19 point, while Clermont has just five points at the seventeenth position on the table struggling with relegation, they have poor performance this season and I think they will be more focused with exiting relegation.

That's the odds for nice vs clermont. I would pick clermont to win the game. Over 2.5 was offering slightly better odds compared to the 1x2 odds. Btts is not likely to happen caused by clermont may possible to lose with narrow score against nice.
Nice is very strong right now as it's placing at the second place below monaco. I think that nice will able to beat clermont easily. I don't really care with how many goals being made during the game but in fact, clermont is far below nice at this moment.

Beating Lyon 2-1 was the first win Clermont recorded this season after which they have not won Any of their games this season, it's been draw and losses so this has made me feel they wouldn't be able to get a win at home this time because they have encountered teams weaker than Nice and still lost to such team, and they have unmatching team strength and dept. I hope Clermont focusses on getting out of relegation.

Lyon performed so garbage against clermont. That's why im not surprising to see that. Lyon had got many problems on its internal club. This makes me feel that if nice will able to beat clermont easily.
Nice was obviously difficult to be beaten by clermont. The current standing has proven that and i remind you that if nice was also a giant killer too.

It will not be so difficult to farm three points from clermont. Picking nice in this match is a sense choice.

[Davian144]

I will bet on Nice winning because this is clear and there is no doubt that Nice will win again. Currently Nice is in its best performance and they will continue to maintain this advantage so that the competing teams below them cannot overtake them easily. The rivalry with Monaco is certainly worth watching and I think these two teams will still be quite dominant at least in the middle of the season. Maybe Clermont has quite good capital after beating Lyon last week but in front of Nice that alone is not enough and they have to accept the fact that they will still be in the relegation zone this week.

I also see that Nice has sufficient capital to beat Clermont at the Stade Gabriel Montpied, because so far Nice has continued to show quite good performances in Ligue1 and has never tasted defeat. So it will be very difficult for Clermont to make Nice lose at home this week even though Clermont itself is still quite enthusiastic after winning at Lyon last week. Apart from that, the consistency in Nice's matches is still quite good and this is not comparable to what Clermont has achieved this season after the eight matches played by Clermont.

[Oluwa-btc]

IMO, Messi always took responsibility when he was with PSG last season. even though if we talk honestly, even based on statistics, Messi is the most consistent player of all existing players. The problem is, PSG management is always in control of their team's bag. in fact, my guess is that Galtier was not given the opportunity to bring in the players he wanted. Let's remember again, if I'm not mistaken PSG didn't bring in a single player in the January window last season. "correct me if I'm wrong" even though in reality, this team really needs a creative attacking midfielder.
Maybe that's why Galtier tends to change his patterns and systems. Plus, the sports media always report that in the PSG dressing room there is always conflict between the players. One more thing, the club's mistake for me is that they didn't use the services of a coach with the required experience who could handle a team as big as PSG and control the dressing room.  thus, it can reduce conflict between the players.

Now, PSG has appointed a coach who has experience requirements. even so, it doesn't guarantee that this team will win trophies in various competitions. but at least, PSG can still maintain the Ligue 1 title. Even though currently, they are in 3rd place. But gradually, PSG will return to the top of the Ligue 1 standings. Currently, Enriqeu is building his team to have a strong foundation.  Plus, some of the new players they have brought in will eventually reach their best level of play. Champions League, not this season. maybe, next season. but at least, PSG has a chance of qualifying for the next round.

I have to say that you're correct when it comes to the consistency of Lionel Messi, Slightly from Neymar Junior and that of Kylian Mbappe because he was scoring important goals for PSG! The management are not really in control of what the manager has to do.
You see the manager Galtier Christophe, have you checked how well he did with his last club in League 1 Competition?! Man ain't no big and top notch coach, he should be in the same class of Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard.

Such Coaches without experience of a big club should never be given the chance to handle Paris Saint Germany never again! The journey to the top of the league is still long and Paris Saint Germany can still do that.