French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[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.

[bering]

Just look at to Nice records during this season that they can able to beat strong team Monaco and PSG and Nice also as the only team who still unbeaten this season in Ligue 1 so with these records Nice can able to occupy second place under Monaco and today too they will facing weak team Clermont and i know recently Clermont has just ended their poor result by gets the winning result from Lyon last week but i think that's will not enough to beat Nice today

Nice will lost Youcef Atal because of suspension but Jordan Lotomba probably will be in the squad because the latest news from this player is he will return to play after recover from the injured and Nice has good odds recently @1.93 and this is good odds to bets because with the current performance of Nice i think it's not hard for them to beat Clermont and my prediction is Nice will beat Clermont today with narrow scores

[Weawant]

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.

Although lens is gradually showing some level of improvement in their recent performance, they still need some good moves ahead because they have just a point different with Metz who is in the relegation zone, so it's more likely they are a point away from relegation, they only have some goal difference to their advantage, if they loose this game against Nantes, they will be at risk of falling back so they need at least a draw.

If Nantes draw, depending on how many goals they get they will either be at the fifth or sixth position because they currently have fourteen points and a draw means an extra points which Makes them have fifteen points same as breast currently so they will have goal difference to determine who stays at the fifth position but a win for Nantes takes them well above by seventeen points.

[X-ray]

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.

True, the statistic has been showing how nice is performing very consistent till this time. I have no doubt to pick nice this season. It seems much more promising compared with taking the risk to pick clermont.
Clermont was sometimes making a surprise like when it was facing PSG but i personally doubting clermont will able to beat PSG. In fact, everything is still being unpredictable this time but statistic will never lie about the most potential result to happen for that match. Nice will be obviously dominating the match against clermont. I think that the chance owned by nice is very big. Beating lyon didn't mean nice was performing so well. It must be noted that if lyon was also performing so garbage this season.

Lyon is still struggling in going up again. I see no reason to call the won against lyon as a good reason to bet on the clermont. Clermont will be losing against nice and that is it.
Nice is also very strong this time and in addition that if nice is also able beating some strong clubs in the league 1. It sounds non sense if nice will struggle against clermont.

[Docnaster]

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.

Over the years, we've seen Paris Saint Germaine sign players with shocking amount of money and that's why I think it shouldn't be a big deal for the club to pay outrageously for manager with intimidating football managerial abilities like Zinedine Zidane.
The fee PSG paid for Neymar in 2017 still stands as the highest transfer fee for a footballer so it's not a strange thing for the management of the club to pay highly in other to get their dream player or manager. Zinedine Zidane has proven with his past football records that he has a it takes to be a great manager and also help PSG win the big trophy that's eluded them since the club's creation which is the UEFA Champions League title and I don't think spending huge to bring him to Parc des Princes will be a bad idea.

[Velvet78]

There is a Lens - Nantes game tomorrow. I hope to see that this game becomes an opportunity to rise for Lens in the league. Because we haven't seen the same performance as the one they have in the Champions League. They got two draws in their last two Ligue 1 games. It is time to make a bigger effort to end this streak.

Nantes are in a better situation and form in the league considering the last five games. But still Lens are quite much the favourite by bookmakers. I think we will see a win here but it might not be a comfortable one. It might end like 2-1.

[Leviathan.007]

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.

Lyon's performance in this season was very poor, so far I tried to bet on the opponents of Lyon in two games and I won both games because this team was very disappointing so far.
I think even changing the coach and using Fabio Grosso didn't help them at all. Grosso's last experience was in Serie B when he was coaching Frosinone but so far in Lyon, he couldn't achieve anything yet.

[X-ray]

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.

So true, nice was able beating some big clubs in the french league. It sounds non sense if nice will be losing against clermont which was a weak team in the league 1 this time. I think that there will be no a lot of changes to happen with clermont against nice.
Nice will be using the same line up as the previous match. Im not even feeling worry about that to pick nice in this match. I don't know the reason why bookies were giving high odds for nice.
Bookies gave more than 1.8 for nice which is really good. It's caused by nice being in the second position this time. It will not be so hard to kick clermont's ass. The chance for clermont to beat nice is pretty small though.
nice will be dominating the match against clermont. Everything is still unpredictable but knowing the quality of clubs will make us able to predict the outcome from this match. Clermonth will struggle to beat nice.

[rendravolt]

There is a Lens - Nantes game tomorrow. I hope to see that this game becomes an opportunity to rise for Lens in the league. Because we haven't seen the same performance as the one they have in the Champions League. They got two draws in their last two Ligue 1 games. It is time to make a bigger effort to end this streak.

Nantes are in a better situation and form in the league considering the last five games. But still Lens are quite much the favourite by bookmakers. I think we will see a win here but it might not be a comfortable one. It might end like 2-1.

Of course we are all waiting for a comeback from Lens in the Ligue 1 match because this team would be very unfortunate if they had to be at the bottom of the table and I hope they can be more consistent like last season. I know it's quite difficult for Lens but they have to try something new to win again. Coach Franck Haise's responsibility is to be able to produce good results and that will enable Lens to compete at the top again.

Against Nantes it shouldn't be enough to make Lens confused and I think they can start their winning trend again through this match. As you say there are no comfortable wins, so we will see a fairly close result for Lens to win. If you predict 2-1, then I will be less with a score of 1-0.

[QueenVera]

Of course we are all waiting for a comeback from Lens in the Ligue 1 match because this team would be very unfortunate if they had to be at the bottom of the table and I hope they can be more consistent like last season. I know it's quite difficult for Lens but they have to try something new to win again. Coach Franck Haise's responsibility is to be able to produce good results and that will enable Lens to compete at the top again.

Against Nantes it shouldn't be enough to make Lens confused and I think they can start their winning trend again through this match. As you say there are no comfortable wins, so we will see a fairly close result for Lens to win. If you predict 2-1, then I will be less with a score of 1-0.

The performance of Lens this season is very suprising because it's not what we expected from them, last season they were very outstanding and even finished 2nd place, with just a point behind PSG,however they've been very inconsistent and were battling with the relegation zone, however they managed to move up and are currently in 14th place on the standings, I think the whole team has to put heads together and make things work out like last season.

 Nantes are playing better than Lens currently and could give them a very tough time to win the game however I'm suprised the bookies favours Lens to win the game, maybe it could be cause of their previous records or cause Lens are playing with a home advantage and that could be a boost to win the match, however i just checked their head to head game and saw that Nantes has won more times in their previous matches, well I feel this match could end in a draw.

[tusandii]

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.

In that match it is probably true that Nice will win and betting on Nice only has small odds so I will decide to bet on 1x2 double chance to get slightly bigger odds and hopefully there are no surprises because the worry of a draw is very bad.
But from the overall history of these two clubs, Nice still has a greater chance of winning the match and I am more confident that there will be no draw or at least 1-2.

[Awaklara]

In that match it is probably true that Nice will win and betting on Nice only has small odds so I will decide to bet on 1x2 double chance to get slightly bigger odds and hopefully there are no surprises because the worry of a draw is very bad.
But from the overall history of these two clubs, Nice still has a greater chance of winning the match and I am more confident that there will be no draw or at least 1-2.

Nice is the only team that is unbeaten this season in 9 matches. and looks like it will continue in 10 matches. because it would not be very good for Nice if they got a draw or even lost to Clermont whose player quality is far below Nice.
this season Nice is doing well. Hopefully, they can consistently maintain their performance. Last season wasn't that good but this season they are competing with PSG and Monaco at the top of the standings.

[Strongkored]

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.

If you look at the position of the two teams in the standings, it is true that Clermont did not have a chance to get even one point in this match, but Clermont managed to steal 1 point when facing PSG and which was quite surprising because of course no one predicted that PSG would not be able to score a single goal in this match, so Nice have to be careful because a weak team like Clermont is always motivated to make a surprise when facing a strong team like Nice, and interestingly in their 4 meetings Clermont managed to win 3 times in a row and also when looking at the odds for the home team @ 4.30 and Nice @ 1.91 looks like there will still be resistance from Clermont to be able to take points, and if Nice gets a bad result then PSG will really like that

[topbitcoin]

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.

At least 2 draws and 2 wins in the last 4 matches are a little better than they have to lose in the matches they play.
Lens at this time I think they will still focus on the Champions League because the conditions are still possible to qualify from the group phase even though I am still a little doubtful about them but besides Arsenal who are most favored to qualify from the group phase the rest Sevilla and PSV are still equal to Lens and they can still compete to qualify.
As for the current Ligue 1 they as much as possible dont want to get a defeat regardless of the draw for them as long as they  get point I think this will not be too much of a problem.

Now with their current condition it is very important for Lens to maximize all the players they have because they still have to fight in the remaining 3 group phase matches and also continue Ligue 1 which is actually still difficult, but when they try to be consistent again then it will be very good.