French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[temple]

PSG isn't at the point yet that they feel a lot of pressure. They know that the season is still very long and what is more likely, that Nice can't maintain their results over a long period of time or that PSG can't play strong and consistently enough to overtake Nice quite soon? I would really like Nice to play their very best and give PSG a hard time to leave Nice behind them, but this is only some small hope I have rather than something I think is realistic.

This hope can be realized and is very possible, because we know that there are many surprises that occur in football. On the other hand, if Nice appears consistent it will create tight competition in Ligue 1, so it won't just be PSG that dominates the League. Even though at some point Nice will lose points and PSG will overtake them, this is what makes the competition not boring.

It looks like PSG will temporarily take over the top of the standings, because they will have a match against Montpellier. On paper, Enrique Aushan squad can secure full points easily, let alone act as hosts. If Nice loses or draws against Rennes, then their position will be shifted by PSG.

Nice can put some pressure on PSG if they consistently win their games, but still PSG knows that they have a very long breath while for Nice one negative pivotal point is enough and they could win several games in a row more likely than PSG. If Nice wants to have a chance to stay where they are, losing is a no-go for as long as possible, but you can see already that not losing is not enough, they have to win their games and not only tie the games. The pressure from PSG will be too high and they can only counter it by winning their games mercilessly.

[tusandii]

Marseille vs lille is going to be another interesting match in the Ligue 1 today because these two teams have relatively good contending strength although lille stand a better chance buy I think Marseille is usually firm when playing at home so it's a concern for Lille.

The goaless draw that the match later eneded is not a surprising result to me because both teams, like you already noted, are in good forms. While Lille is facing the Slovakia side Slovan Bratislava in their UEFA Conference League match on Thursday, Marseille will be facing the Greek side Athens same day. So it is safe to say that both teams played safe and in.a friendly manner to end in a stalemate.

Actually Marseille match against Lille could have ended in a win for Marseille but unfortunately some of the shots were not on target and I admit that Lille defense line and goalkeeper had a good enough performance to continue to maintain the match so that it ended in a draw and it seems that this was the strategy that Lille used when It a little difficult to beat Marseille, Lille will try to survive until the match truly a draw to get 1 point and this effort being made because Lille wants to be seen consistently maintaining its position in 4th place in the points table.
Many people think that these two clubs have almost the same performance because looking at the depth of the playing styles of the two clubs, there really is no difference which makes the match a draw, but I still support Marseille.

[W Jr.]

Marseille vs lille is going to be another interesting match in the Ligue 1 today because these two teams have relatively good contending strength although lille stand a better chance buy I think Marseille is usually firm when playing at home so it's a concern for Lille.

The goaless draw that the match later eneded is not a surprising result to me because both teams, like you already noted, are in good forms. While Lille is facing the Slovakia side Slovan Bratislava in their UEFA Conference League match on Thursday, Marseille will be facing the Greek side Athens same day. So it is safe to say that both teams played safe and in.a friendly manner to end in a stalemate.

The Lorient-Lens match ended in a draw, just like the Lille-Marseille match. Not even a goal was scored in both matches. Paris SG is the profitable team of the week. They became the leader by beating Montpelier 3-0. Despite their very bad start to the French league, their recent upward trend is promising for the UCL as well.

[QueenVera]

Enrique has brought PSG to the real path, namely leading the Ligue 1 standings temporarily. Even though they have the potential to be pushed back by Nice, it is not impossible that Rennes will help them get comfortable at the top of the standings. Slowly Enrique has shaped PSG into something more, so that the situation is relatively stable. We know that their consistency this season has not been able to make them comfortable in the two standings, in Ligue 1 and the European Champions League Group F standings.

On the other hand, there are lots of big names with exorbitant price tags in Enrique squad, where the Spanish coach must be able to force them to unleash all their potential to contribute to the team. Apart from Mbappe, there is also Dembele who is also considered not to have performed as expected.

The situation of PSG has been pretty stable over time and Eneique has been so good in making his pattern known to the team and ensuring they play that they get better, consistency is key to success. In a team, dedication and team spirit comes in; both the players and coaching crew have lots of work to do on the pitch of play. They’ve to take every league game like a final game till they’re sitting pretty comfortable at the top spot. We’ve seen shockers happen towards the end of the league where the 2nd position hits so hard to get the League’s Crown; although playing both on Weekdays and weekends could result in fatigue on the side of players, that’s where team spirit comes in. The big name players should be pretty familiar with the game because to whom much is given, pretty much is expected.

The players should give their all on the pitch take a big shot at the league and also play the Champions League with strength even of they’re aren’t favorites for the UCL, But with Kylian Mbappe hoping to leave by Summer I think the team should try as much as possible to learn to play without him so as no to feel the void should in case he opts put by January 2024. And I hope the team’s medics will properly be able to handle Dembele owing to his past injury records. Build more on the attack and defense. This being done, the Ligue 1 Title will still remain at The Parc des Prince and they’ll have a shot at the UCL Title and also a good position for the Coupe de France title.

[piebeyb]

and especially for Mbappe before he leaves PSG in the next season, I really hope he makes the best contribution to saying goodbye to PSG by winning the 1st league title even though not the UCL title, at least proving how important Mbappe is at PSG.

Yes, it's true that PSG is not ready enough to be the best in the UCL, they always fail before reaching the final, that's why PSG is not a club that really counts in the UCL, I think PSG has always been a title specialist in Ligue 1 compared to other clubs, that's why they should be better focus on the domestic league rather than the UCL, even though they could possibly qualify for the group phase in the UCL, that doesn't mean they will be able to reach the UCL quarter-finals or semifinals.

I also hope that Mbappe shows his best performance this season, if indeed next season he will move and leave PSG because of course he is really relied on at PSG this season, so it's best to play as hard as possible to be able to win the Ligue 1 title this season without any problems and obstacles that make it difficult or get to the UCL semi-finals.

[fuguebtc]

Nice can put some pressure on PSG if they consistently win their games, but still PSG knows that they have a very long breath while for Nice one negative pivotal point is enough and they could win several games in a row more likely than PSG. If Nice wants to have a chance to stay where they are, losing is a no-go for as long as possible, but you can see already that not losing is not enough, they have to win their games and not only tie the games. The pressure from PSG will be too high and they can only counter it by winning their games mercilessly.

Now PSG's performance has started to improve slowly, indeed it has a great opportunity to be able to compete fiercely with PSG for the title this season but Nice must be able to maintain its consistency until the end of the season, I think that will be very difficult.
Meanwhile, PSG's increasing performance makes it possible to maintain consistency because the PSG team has high quality players.
If we compare the squads of all teams, of course PSG has a squad that is above average.

PSG's performances at the start of the season  were quite poor and erratic. They also dropped points against weaker teams. But gradually Luis Enrique has been able to stabilize his team enough. And right now the PSG  team is quite strong. In Ligue 1 they started to dominate again. Nice's performance so far has been very good. They have managed to occupy the top spot in the table. But I don't think it will be too easy for PSG to win the title this season even if Nice doesn't win the title. The performances of Lille and Monaco are gradually getting stronger. Both these teams will try to win the title. So it will be a bit difficult for PSG to win the title this season.

[Jody.Drummer]

Marseille vs lille is going to be another interesting match in the Ligue 1 today because these two teams have relatively good contending strength although lille stand a better chance buy I think Marseille is usually firm when playing at home so it's a concern for Lille.

The goaless draw that the match later eneded is not a surprising result to me because both teams, like you already noted, are in good forms. While Lille is facing the Slovakia side Slovan Bratislava in their UEFA Conference League match on Thursday, Marseille will be facing the Greek side Athens same day. So it is safe to say that both teams played safe and in.a friendly manner to end in a stalemate.

I think this draw is a fair result for both clubs seeing from their game which can actually be said to be balanced. Although Marseille can record more opportunities, the opportunities they create are not really dangerous, just like those recorded by Lille.
The possession of the match also did not have a very significant difference and it gave the impression that the two played evenly and did not let each other get a goal to win this match. So overall I'd say it was a fair result for both sides.

[KTChampions]

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I think PSG is already ready to play without Mbappe: Ramouche, Kolo Muani and Dembele must solve all the issues in attack. And by the way, I think PSG planned to spend this season without Mbappe, but they underestimated Real and completely lost the “silent bidding” because they did not receive any offer from Real at all. I'am rooting againct PSG (I don’t like moneybags and cheaters), but I see that now they have begun to develop in the right direction: they take young good players and make a team. Given their money, they will quickly assemble a top talented team according to the City scheme: if a player does not show his talent to the required extent at PSG, then they get rid of him and buy the next one. When you sell stars and buy stars in return, the FFP is fully respected, although in fact it is very similar to cheating. The sale of Neymar is super lucky for PSG (although perhaps everything was rigged), and the fact that they got rid of Messi too - now their salary fund can take several excellent players instead of an extinct star.

Well if they planned spending the season without Mbappé don't see any reason why they'll punish him for having a secret deal against Realmadrid which gave him no option than to sign another contract for the team, they now his worth and what he has to offer for the team and so far it's favoured them cause Mbappé has really helped them this season,however it would only last this season cause Mbappé might be on his way to Realmadrid next summer.
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But selling Mbappe (as PSG dreamed of) is another matter when Mbappe enters into a (secret) agreement with Real Madrid and leaves at the end of the season for free. Obviously, PSG was not happy with the second option at all. PSG wanted a completely inadequate amount for Mbappe (250 million) so now they will lose him for free. In this round, Real won a convincing victory.

[rendravolt]

Lens failed to maintain its positive trend after only drawing against Lorient with the same score of 0-0. I think Lens failed to steal full points in this away match and they should have won against a team at the bottom of the table. Even though in H2H, Lens can always win against Lorient, this time Lens had to accept a draw like the previous meeting. Lens also took 7 shots on target but all of them were stopped by the Lorient goalkeeper. Despite all that, Lens were still able to secure 1 point and currently they have the same points as Marseille. Meanwhile, Lorient must fight to win again in the next match if they don't want to return to the relegation zone.

[borovichok]

Nice can put some pressure on PSG if they consistently win their games, but still PSG knows that they have a very long breath while for Nice one negative pivotal point is enough and they could win several games in a row more likely than PSG. If Nice wants to have a chance to stay where they are, losing is a no-go for as long as possible, but you can see already that not losing is not enough, they have to win their games and not only tie the games. The pressure from PSG will be too high and they can only counter it by winning their games mercilessly.

This is what I'm talking about, it's time for Ligue One teams to exhibits outstanding performance against PSG. After defeating Montpellier, Paris Saint-Germain has reclaimed first place in Ligue One. Luis Enrique believes his team keeps going to make strides this season since that is the only way they can boost their chances of winning the league title this season. Although they expect to be facing competition from other competitive clubs, Nice and Monaco. Nice play Rennes tonight, and if they win, Les Aiglons would leapfrog PSG by a single point, but if they lose, they will remain second on the table.

[bering]

AS Monaco vs Brest

Both teams had same results last week that they were lose from their opponents because Monaco surprisingly lose from Lille and Brest have to lose with narrow scores from PSG and as a host Monaco recent performance was not quite impressive because 3 wins from 6 latest matches proven Monaco still unable to showing stable performance even so with Brest that this team was unable to win in the last 4 matches in Ligue 1

AS Monaco players today will be available because some of players just Like Balogun, Wissam Ben Yedder and Minamino was in the good fitness but for Brest Jonas Martin will be doubtful to play because he got injured recently and Monaco has a good chances to win the match considering their meetings statistics was more good than Brest and Monaco win has odds @1.77 which is this good odds to bets

[temple]

Nice can put some pressure on PSG if they consistently win their games, but still PSG knows that they have a very long breath while for Nice one negative pivotal point is enough and they could win several games in a row more likely than PSG. If Nice wants to have a chance to stay where they are, losing is a no-go for as long as possible, but you can see already that not losing is not enough, they have to win their games and not only tie the games. The pressure from PSG will be too high and they can only counter it by winning their games mercilessly.

This is what I'm talking about, it's time for Ligue One teams to exhibits outstanding performance against PSG. After defeating Montpellier, Paris Saint-Germain has reclaimed first place in Ligue One. Luis Enrique believes his team keeps going to make strides this season since that is the only way they can boost their chances of winning the league title this season. Although they expect to be facing competition from other competitive clubs, Nice and Monaco. Nice play Rennes tonight, and if they win, Les Aiglons would leapfrog PSG by a single point, but if they lose, they will remain second on the table.

But believe me the strong performances by PSG are important for many reasons and one of them is that Khelaifi knows if PSG falls apart because of bad results and the fans also insult Mbappe and blame him for the downfall, the chances that Mbappe will stay for any longer than he has to will drop significantly. A strong PSG team that is highly competitive and perhaps also takes on some challenges in the Champions League successfully also raises the chances for Khealifi to convince Mbappe once again to extend his contract with them.

[topbitcoin]

But believe me the strong performances by PSG are important for many reasons and one of them is that Khelaifi knows if PSG falls apart because of bad results and the fans also insult Mbappe and blame him for the downfall, the chances that Mbappe will stay for any longer than he has to will drop significantly. A strong PSG team that is highly competitive and perhaps also takes on some challenges in the Champions League successfully also raises the chances for Khealifi to convince Mbappe once again to extend his contract with them.

2 things that will not be able to happen here Because talking about performance now, it is certain that it will be very difficult for PSG, especially when talking about the Champions League because they are always faced with clubs that are difficult for them to pass so that the knock out phase for 2 seasons has never changed which makes this a consideration that should be more for Mbappe. and the second is the fans of PSG itself. We know what their fans are like, even some of them (not all) do not hesitate to come to the player's house just to make curses that are not too comfortable to listen to so such conditions will never change because the fans of PSG will also never regret what they have always done until now.

[Litzki1990]

But this approach to judging how strong a team really is can also have its pitfalls. If two teams like Manchester City and Real Madrid dominate their domestic league games and they play against each other in the first round of the knockout round, one team will inevitably get knocked out from the competition. But I think it would be wrong to then say that one team is necessarily much weaker than the other team unless one of them got humiliated by the other team. It really depends on how the season is going and at what point in time the big teams face each other.

But I concur with you that dominating Ligue 1 tells nothing about the strength of PSG on the European stages when they face the top teams from other national leagues. The only competition to give answers to that question is the Champions League.

And I am very sure this season will be different, apart from PSG's decline in performance this season, there are several teams such as Nice and Monaco who have consistent performance and they are even now at the top of the standings and I think it is possible for them to break PSG's dominance this season to win the Ligue 1 title.
PSG's inability to dominate and excel in the UCL even though they dominated Ligue 1 several seasons ago indicates that the quality of the teams in Ligue 1 is quite weak compared to other European competitions.

I think the so said decline of PSG is not set in stone yet. They are playing erratically so far, but I believe if they can stabilize their game over the coming weeks, we might be talking differently about them very soon. They do have potential and in my opinion that is out of of the question, but can they play their best game over several weeks and months? That great win against AC Milan, that win away which wasn't easy against Stade Brest and then the crystal clear performance against Montpellier, I think this is the PSG team that should be paid some respect to. I want to see how they can do in the next few games and maybe we should still not underestimate them in the Champions League either yet.

PSG's performance seems consistent to me now. Although they were inconsistent in the early part of the season, they are now performing consistently in both the Champions League and Ligue 1. PSG are unbeaten in their last five Ligue 1 matches and have picked up full points in four. Looking at their performance in the last 5 matches, we should not have any doubts about their consistency. Luis Enrique may have got the trick on how to get the best performance out of this team and he is applying that trick which is why the PSG team is getting one success after another. PSG are consistent now and if they play according to plan, they will be very consistent in the upcoming matches as well.

[snipie]

PSG's performance seems consistent to me now...

PSG performance is fluctuating and right now they aren't that bad since Mbappe is playing good and scoring, otherwise they wouldn't be in the first place at all.
When we talk about performance, I wonder know if Lyon will be able to play good again before relegating? That seems to be quite hard apparently even with a new coach. A draw with Metz home? That's the best they can do? The players are suffering a lot psychologically, they don't agree with their coach strategy...

[QueenVera]

PSG have performed well, performed poorly, and performed in the middle of the season from the opening match to the last match, which means we have seen all kinds of performances from PSG in the few matches that have been played so far. In the early few matches PSG performed very badly, in the middle few matches PSG performed like an ordinary team and in the last few matches PSG performed in every match excellent. PSG have steadily improved their performance in the new season. All the players that Luis Enrique had planned for are now injury free which means that Luis Enrique does not have to struggle to organize his team. PSG must try to maintain this performance as they have been in the last few matches. If PSG can maintain this performance then they will win the title this season.

So far their performance has improved, they're getting better and if they continue to remain consistent we'll see them best of them this season, I believe the reason for their poor performance is due to the rebuilding process they had this season and now they're beginning to understand Luis Enrique's strategy they're not doing well in their recent matches and I believe winning the title this season shouldn't be a tough thing for them, cause their squad is good, they've got a better coach and even got funds to strengthen their squad by the winter windows, if need be.

 The only threat to PSG this season is Nice, so far they're the most outstanding team in the Ligue one cause they've kept an unbeaten run since the beginning of this season, and they're the only team that ate yet to be beaten,  however if they fail to win today if would give PSG who are at the top of the currently an advantage in the title race.

[hahay]

PSG's performance seems consistent to me now...

PSG performance is fluctuating and right now they aren't that bad since Mbappe is playing good and scoring, otherwise they wouldn't be in the first place at all.
When we talk about performance, I wonder know if Lyon will be able to play good again before relegating? That seems to be quite hard apparently even with a new coach. A draw with Metz home? That's the best they can do? The players are suffering a lot psychologically, they don't agree with their coach strategy...

Basically PSG managed to recover in this moment, because it seems that Enrique is also still trying to make improvements in PSG's performance that does not always depend on Mbappe. At least that also happened in yesterday match against Montpellier, when PSG won 3-0 but Mbappe was not on the list of goalscorers in that match. Of course, this is like a refresher for PSG, because from previous matches at least Mbappe always managed to score in every match. But about Lyon, I believe there is no more hope for Lyon this season and will likely be relegated. Although indeed, it is not wrong to expect Lyon to get out of the relegation zone this moment, but it looks like the taregt will be a very difficult target for Lyon this season.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Another point loss for Lyon...    I don't know why bookies showed Lyon as this big favourite for this game against Metz. Even though it was a home game too Lyon were still in horrible shape. They were literally the worst team in the league with their form. But seeing those odds made me think about whether it would be a sign for Lyon to finally get a win.

But no. It wasn't like that at all. They could have even lost the game if that equalizer didn't come in the last 10 minutes. Even Lacazette can't focus on his game this season. He was maybe the best player of the team last season. They can really relegate if they go on like this but the season is still long.

[imamusma]

PSG's performance seems consistent to me now...

PSG performance is fluctuating and right now they aren't that bad since Mbappe is playing good and scoring, otherwise they wouldn't be in the first place at all.
When we talk about performance, I wonder know if Lyon will be able to play good again before relegating? That seems to be quite hard apparently even with a new coach. A draw with Metz home? That's the best they can do? The players are suffering a lot psychologically, they don't agree with their coach strategy...

Mbappe role in the PSG squad is indeed very large, which is why management is trying as hard as possible to make him stay for a longer period of time. However, hanging the team fate on Mbappe is not the best way, it will be very risky when he is injured and the team will lose creativity. However Enrique has to face another reality, where there is a lot of speculation in the media regarding the future of his star, as time goes by the PSG squad has to play as a team and reduce dependence on Mbappe.

Lyon are the complete opposite of PSG at the moment, they are fighting to get out of the degradation zone and picked up their first win of the campaign this season. Yes, they haven't won a single win, even though the season has entered week 11. Last season Lyon managed to collect 62 points and finish in 7th place in the standings, the hope now doesn't seem to be much, to get out of the degradation zone and still play in Ligue 1 next season again, it's very realistic.

[Doell]

Nantes 0-1 Reims. Reims performance its better, on matchday 11 they can steal full points from Nantes, and with that victory Reims position in the standings has now climb up to 4th ranks. The Reims team succeeded take over Lille position, because on matchday 11 Lille team could not steal full points against Marseille. But also it seems like Reims position in the standings still unsafe because in the next match the Reims team will be against PSG and I think it is unlikely that Reims will be able get points in that match, considering that PSG performance has also improved.