French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[SUPERSAIAN]

PSG played against Metz, in this game PSG was seen as the favorite. the game ended the 1 half without a goal, it seemed that despite Metz being heavily pressured they would be able to avoid a defeat in this game, but in the 2 half it was a nightmare for metz, with PSG scoring a goal after 49 minutes and then the mbapp scored 2 more goals and metz at least managed to score 1 goal. in this game it was once again obvious how mbappe is the best player to play nowadays but unfortunately the attention is always on messi and ronaldo even though they have already achieved everything and are at retirement age

Everything was going right for Metz in the first half, they were defending well. PSG made many attempts to pass the ball to open the Metz defense, but they could not get any results. PSG was able to get more results in the second half. Mbappe's two extra goals should be evaluated separately, and I think it was his birthday. In the second goal, he took a very hard shot from outside the penalty area and found the frame.

In PSG's last goal, Mbappe did not spare the mistake of the Metz defense, thanks to his other skill, his quickness, and scored his second goal. If Mbappe stays at PSG next year with the unique football he plays, we can think that he is here permanently.

[Leviathan.007]

While thinking about which team would be able to stop PSG's winning streak in the league Lille managed to do it.    I actually thought PSG would win the game after getting ahead. But I must admit that Lille were better playing side in the second half and they got what they wanted from this very challenging game for themselves.

Now PSG's next fixture is against Metz home. I expect a comfortable win by PSG honestly. Metz have been losing for three weeks in a row and it is about to become four weeks. As Nice are going to play a tough game against Lens as well maybe PSG can increase the point gap with Nice too.

It was only a draw and even though PSG failed to win, at least they still secured 1 additional point. Lille is one of the teams that is always consistent every season so it is not surprising that they can make it difficult for PSG who are the defending champions of Ligue 1. Today PSG will play Metz and this is an opportunity for Luis Enrique's men to again widen the gap from Nice and even though previously had failed due to a draw against Lille, this time it was a home game so they couldn't look weak.

The last PSG vs Metz meeting last season left deep wounds for Metz because PSG beat them with a landslide score of 5-0 without reply and it looks like this time the result will not be much different from the previous meeting. Kylian Mbappe, always the spearhead of PSG, is expected to score goals again in this match and I think he will score at least 2 goals in this match.

PSG couldn't score in the first half maybe but they still destroyed Metz in the second half by 3-1. Mbappe had a really good day by scoring 2 goals.    Vitinha also was impressive by a goal and an assist in this game. Luis Enrique preferred Kolo Muani behind Mbappe in the formation this time. This affected Kolo Muani's performance negatively of course as he is a centre-forward.

But maybe this is an experimental thing and we could continue to watch Kolo Muani in the centre-forward position mostly during the season. Mbappe can play in multiple positions. Even he is preferred on the left wing he would still do his usual work as he isn't stick to his position according to his playing style.

During this match, Metz got nearly no chance and they had no control in the game especially in the second half when Mbappe scored two goals for PSG.
I think in the second half Enrique understood how they have to score goals and that's why PSG could win the game with a 3-1 result.
However, beating a team like Metz is not something very important for PSG.

[Jody.Drummer]

Passing week 17, Paris Saint Germain can be at the top of the standings comfortably, being 5 points above Nice, the club closest to them. with a 5-point advantage in Ligue 1 it will be very difficult to catch up, especially those who have that advantage are Paris Saint Germain who are the strongest club in Ligue 1.
I think they will be able to continue to be comfortable there. Their focus is on the Champions League, because in the last few seasons the Champions League has been their main goal. But in Ligue 1 itself for them it is easy, because there is no club that can really rival them at this time.  Nice, who were good at the start of the season, have in fact declined and are now below them.

[tbterryboy]

Lille is doing "fine", not like they won 10 in a row, they are not really at the top or near the top, they are just doing fine. I do agree that losing that game was a bad one, but that doesn't mean that we are talking about something that should be important or changing much, we should be considering the situation to be a bit different. I think it is clear that we are talking about something that should be very important if given enough chance, and because of that I believe that it is not going to be all that easy.

I believe that the best thing to do in this case would be just recovery and focus on not losing more games. I do feel like this bet that I lost with Lille is good, because they will do better, meaning I have chance to recover thanks to this loss.

[Josefjix]

Passing week 17, Paris Saint Germain can be at the top of the standings comfortably, being 5 points above Nice, the club closest to them. with a 5-point advantage in Ligue 1 it will be very difficult to catch up, especially those who have that advantage are Paris Saint Germain who are the strongest club in Ligue 1.
I think they will be able to continue to be comfortable there. Their focus is on the Champions League, because in the last few seasons the Champions League has been their main goal. But in Ligue 1 itself for them it is easy, because there is no club that can really rival them at this time.  Nice, who were good at the start of the season, have in fact declined and are now below them.

Nice is a contender for the Ligue One title but that doesn't portrayed any threat, they're just enlisted as any othe random mediocre club in Ligue One this season. It's almost the end of the year and there's strong probability of these clubs keeping to stellar performance. There's no club that can stand in the same ring to challenge Paris Saint Germain for the league title this season. It's really tough for these clubs to stand out to face energy with PSG who's on fire this season. Luis Enrique always makes sure he's team doesn't hold back when they face average clubs and they always make good use of their chance.

[Distraction]

Nice manager must be really satisfied with his choice of substitution in the last 20 minutes of the Lens match.    Because Moffi was subbed in and scored 2 goals a very short time after he entered. He was a game changer and savior for Nice to win the match. Otherwise Lens were doing a pretty good job with keeping the score as 0-0.

Despite some loss of form for a couple of weeks Nice are just fine now. It was really crucial for them to win this tough match to prevent the point difference with PSG from getting bigger.

Even if Nice drop from the title race at some point it is still very valuable for them to reach the Champions League group stage.

[tusandii]

Passing week 17, Paris Saint Germain can be at the top of the standings comfortably, being 5 points above Nice, the club closest to them. with a 5-point advantage in Ligue 1 it will be very difficult to catch up, especially those who have that advantage are Paris Saint Germain who are the strongest club in Ligue 1.
I think they will be able to continue to be comfortable there. Their focus is on the Champions League, because in the last few seasons the Champions League has been their main goal. But in Ligue 1 itself for them it is easy, because there is no club that can really rival them at this time.  Nice, who were good at the start of the season, have in fact declined and are now below them.

Nice is a contender for the Ligue One title but that doesn't portrayed any threat, they're just enlisted as any othe random mediocre club in Ligue One this season. It's almost the end of the year and there's strong probability of these clubs keeping to stellar performance. There's no club that can stand in the same ring to challenge Paris Saint Germain for the league title this season. It's really tough for these clubs to stand out to face energy with PSG who's on fire this season. Luis Enrique always makes sure he's team doesn't hold back when they face average clubs and they always make good use of their chance.

Maybe at the start of last season Nice could be said to be a strong contender because it looked very stable but after playing matches until half of this season it seems that Nice has started to show inconsistency and this has often happened since the last few seasons but we all don't know what future holds for Nice even though This is just an ordinary club but at least it has proven to compete competitively with PSG and for me only more worthy challengers are Marseille and Monaco but unfortunately Marseille has lost its strength since the start of the season while Monaco has actually tried its best but in fact it is still unable to compete with Nice.
The journey to this match is still very long and there are still many obstacles that will be faced while mbappe is still at PSG the future of this club looks very bright.

[Oneandpure]

Lyon have positive result match in this week with three points result against Nantes success got three consecutives matches, started from defeated Toulouse, AS Monaco and Nantes make Lyon out from relegation zone right now with two points remaining from Toulouse as the latest team playoff relegation standings. Its good started for Lyon success get three winning match in a row and they will focus on upcoming match will defend their winning trend against Le Havre? Right now, Lyon take focus how to make many points left from relegation playoff standings teams without have pressure must be raise to Europe League standings spot. Less possibility with many points remaining from spot of Europe League standings I think Lyon have consistent improving their performance.

[shogun47]

Passing week 17, Paris Saint Germain can be at the top of the standings comfortably, being 5 points above Nice, the club closest to them. with a 5-point advantage in Ligue 1 it will be very difficult to catch up, especially those who have that advantage are Paris Saint Germain who are the strongest club in Ligue 1.
I think they will be able to continue to be comfortable there. Their focus is on the Champions League, because in the last few seasons the Champions League has been their main goal. But in Ligue 1 itself for them it is easy, because there is no club that can really rival them at this time.  Nice, who were good at the start of the season, have in fact declined and are now below them.

Nice is a contender for the Ligue One title but that doesn't portrayed any threat, they're just enlisted as any othe random mediocre club in Ligue One this season. It's almost the end of the year and there's strong probability of these clubs keeping to stellar performance. There's no club that can stand in the same ring to challenge Paris Saint Germain for the league title this season. It's really tough for these clubs to stand out to face energy with PSG who's on fire this season. Luis Enrique always makes sure he's team doesn't hold back when they face average clubs and they always make good use of their chance.

Maybe at the start of last season Nice could be said to be a strong contender because it looked very stable but after playing matches until half of this season it seems that Nice has started to show inconsistency and this has often happened since the last few seasons but we all don't know what future holds for Nice even though This is just an ordinary club but at least it has proven to compete competitively with PSG and for me only more worthy challengers are Marseille and Monaco but unfortunately Marseille has lost its strength since the start of the season while Monaco has actually tried its best but in fact it is still unable to compete with Nice.
The journey to this match is still very long and there are still many obstacles that will be faced while mbappe is still at PSG the future of this club looks very bright.

I am wonderign why some here believe that Nice was a strong contender only because they had some good results for a while, but how likely was it that they would keep winning their games 1-0 for a whole season? I was pretty sure that they would get into some trouble rather sooner than later. This minimalistic style barely wins anyone the title. It is way more often that games start to not end well some time during the season, and now the time has come for them to lose some games, too.

[QueenVera]

Today, to be honest, I missed a lot of matches in all the leagues that I follow, unfortunately with the busy work I have to do, I can't predict the matches that are displayed in several leagues. speaking of Paris Saint-Germain, Enrique's squad beat Metz with a big score after drawing against Lille in the previous match. referring to the differences between these two teams, both in terms of ranking and performance in Lique 1. This result is a normal result and deserves to be obtained by PSG. even though in fact, I didn't watch the match. however, statistically speaking, PSG dominated both technically and tactically. well, at least I have followed PSG in their last 3 matches, Luis Enrique is starting to apply the same pattern as 3-4-2-1. it seems that Enrique is starting to seriously develop his new system other than 4-3-3. in the match they will play, it is very likely that Enrique will further improve the quality of his players and at the same time cover up their weaknesses. well, let's just follow the developments that Enrique implements. in essence, as long as PSG's position is secure at the top of the standings, the Spanish coach will try to experiment with what he wants. especially for now, he is more focused on rotating his players. as for Nice, they were good enough to prevent Lens from scoring in this match. Nice had a good defense, so Lens found it difficult to break down the home team. in the end, Nice was able to take advantage of the opportunities they had. in the end, Nice was still able to maintain its position in 2nd place in the Ligue 1 standings. a pretty good job for Nice, even though it will be very difficult for them to provide tough competition to PSG.

Enrique's PSG has in it players that are good at their field of play and the team entirely has got better chances at trophies. Even though their performances totally have not been fully extra impressive, at least they're able to show their level and worth on the pitch.

 They like other good teams in other leagues have advanced to the last 16 stage of the UCL contest and very much likely that they'd put up a fierce contest. They've got the higher probability of advancing even though to some extent, their opponent for this round is also an improved side. The advancement phases are not meant to be an easy bypass and so it's out them in a point where they've got to strive hard to come out victorious too and if possible lift the trophy this season. Enrique is definitely eager to do this job for the French side.

[marcous]

Lyon have positive result match in this week with three points result against Nantes success got three consecutives matches, started from defeated Toulouse, AS Monaco and Nantes make Lyon out from relegation zone right now with two points remaining from Toulouse as the latest team playoff relegation standings. Its good started for Lyon success get three winning match in a row and they will focus on upcoming match will defend their winning trend against Le Havre? Right now, Lyon take focus how to make many points left from relegation playoff standings teams without have pressure must be raise to Europe League standings spot. Less possibility with many points remaining from spot of Europe League standings I think Lyon have consistent improving their performance.

What we hoped for them finally happened, they got back up and won. Automatically, three consecutive wins lifted their position from the bottom of the standings, a place they absolutely cannot visit again in the following weeks. The realistic target is to stay away from the degradation zone, hopefully these three matches are a sign that they have created a turning point in their performance.

The players self confidence has increased, this needs to be maintained as capital in the next match against Le Havre. I think Lyon should still make a move in the January transfer window, in an effort to add depth to the squad and give them some good options in player rotation. Returning to the beginning, if the match against La Havre is won, Lyon will move up to mid table.

[Renampun]

During this match, Metz got nearly no chance and they had no control in the game especially in the second half when Mbappe scored two goals for PSG.
I think in the second half Enrique understood how they have to score goals and that's why PSG could win the game with a 3-1 result.
However, beating a team like Metz is not something very important for PSG.

Metz is in 14th position in the standings while PSG is at the top in terms of player quality composition, Metz is far behind PSG, so from the start it was impossible for Metz to win against PSG. The thing I like about the strategy used by Enrique is that he lets Mbappe be the sole attacker, this makes Mbappe more free to score goals. Mbappe is getting stronger at the top of the top scorers with a total of goals so far reaching 18 and second place is Ben Yedder (Monaco)

[Abu-Naim]

Lyon have positive result match in this week with three points result against Nantes success got three consecutives matches, started from defeated Toulouse, AS Monaco and Nantes make Lyon out from relegation zone right now with two points remaining from Toulouse as the latest team playoff relegation standings. Its good started for Lyon success get three winning match in a row and they will focus on upcoming match will defend their winning trend against Le Havre? Right now, Lyon take focus how to make many points left from relegation playoff standings teams without have pressure must be raise to Europe League standings spot. Less possibility with many points remaining from spot of Europe League standings I think Lyon have consistent improving their performance.

Lyon has recovered massively after so many series of poor performances; they have now won three matches in a row which has helped the team to go out of the relegation zone, I am happy for them because they deserve to be in the mid table and not in the bottom of the table.
Lacazette after recovering from injury is now picking form and will help the team to move up because he was the goal scorer in their last match; and with the effort almost all the players have putting in the team I believe they will win more matches to at least try qualifying for either Europa League or Conference League.

[temple]

Lyon have positive result match in this week with three points result against Nantes success got three consecutives matches, started from defeated Toulouse, AS Monaco and Nantes make Lyon out from relegation zone right now with two points remaining from Toulouse as the latest team playoff relegation standings. Its good started for Lyon success get three winning match in a row and they will focus on upcoming match will defend their winning trend against Le Havre? Right now, Lyon take focus how to make many points left from relegation playoff standings teams without have pressure must be raise to Europe League standings spot. Less possibility with many points remaining from spot of Europe League standings I think Lyon have consistent improving their performance.

Lyon has recovered massively after so many series of poor performances; they have now won three matches in a row which has helped the team to go out of the relegation zone, I am happy for them because they deserve to be in the mid table and not in the bottom of the table.
Lacazette after recovering from injury is now picking form and will help the team to move up because he was the goal scorer in their last match; and with the effort almost all the players have putting in the team I believe they will win more matches to at least try qualifying for either Europa League or Conference League.

Those 9 points were vital to say the least for Olympique Lyon and it is interesting so see how many of these teams that struggled early in the beginning of the season did make changes happen and are now back into business. For Olympique Lyon the way is still very long until they can consider themselves safe, but they pull through and get closer to the first half of the Ligue 1 teams? So far there isn't much to play for for them, but Ajax Amsterdam in the Eredivisie has also connected with the top again after this disastrous start.

[arimamib]

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Nice is a contender for the Ligue One title but that doesn't portrayed any threat, they're just enlisted as any othe random mediocre club in Ligue One this season. It's almost the end of the year and there's strong probability of these clubs keeping to stellar performance. There's no club that can stand in the same ring to challenge Paris Saint Germain for the league title this season. It's really tough for these clubs to stand out to face energy with PSG who's on fire this season. Luis Enrique always makes sure he's team doesn't hold back when they face average clubs and they always make good use of their chance.

Nice dont have capacity of what what Lille had when they won the league, because the probability of the club maintaining good performances is low. This implies that Nice, like other random mediocre clubs, may struggle to sustain a competitive form against PSG. The central focus on PSG's exceptional form throughout the season with the managerial prowess of Luis Enrique reinforces the idea that they are a class apart.

The perception that PSG dominating in Ligue 1 is unparalleled that makes Nice and other clubs being downplayed threats. This means any team will difficult to stand out as a real contender for the league title. PSG is just an undisputed frontrunner in Ligue 1 with barely no threat to have. Enrique ensures his team does not hold back, even when they face average clubs, and that PSG consistently capitalizes on their chances.

[Roseline492]

Lyon have positive result match in this week with three points result against Nantes success got three consecutives matches, started from defeated Toulouse, AS Monaco and Nantes make Lyon out from relegation zone right now with two points remaining from Toulouse as the latest team playoff relegation standings. Its good started for Lyon success get three winning match in a row and they will focus on upcoming match will defend their winning trend against Le Havre? Right now, Lyon take focus how to make many points left from relegation playoff standings teams without have pressure must be raise to Europe League standings spot.

Yeah Lyon has been of there best performance lately especially the few matches they have played recently they have made quite a good performance, I actually like there performance over Nantes especially when they were issued the red card but they were able to maintain and defend there goal but although I think they are very lucky that they got the red card on there  84 minutes when the match was closed to the ending because if they had received the red card during there early minutes of the match Nantes would have surely use the opportunity to outperform them and win the match.

[Palakka]

Nice dont have capacity of what what Lille had when they won the league, because the probability of the club maintaining good performances is low. This implies that Nice, like other random mediocre clubs, may struggle to sustain a competitive form against PSG. The central focus on PSG's exceptional form throughout the season with the managerial prowess of Luis Enrique reinforces the idea that they are a class apart.

The perception that PSG dominating in Ligue 1 is unparalleled that makes Nice and other clubs being downplayed threats. This means any team will difficult to stand out as a real contender for the league title. PSG is just an undisputed frontrunner in Ligue 1 with barely no threat to have. Enrique ensures his team does not hold back, even when they face average clubs, and that PSG consistently capitalizes on their chances.

Nice or Monaco, of course they are not as strong as PSG this season so there is no open door for other teams to win the title in the hands of PSG. In Week 17 of Ligue 1 this season, all the teams ranked in the top 4 were able to secure the matches they played by winning so there was no change in their position this week. PSG won today match with a score of 3-1 and Mbappe recorded two goals in today match.

PSG is 5 points ahead of the Nice team and 7 points ahead of Monaco. The distance of 5 points may not be too far but I think Nice will find it difficult to reduce the gap because PSG has returned to winning ways and it is difficult to expect them to lose in the upcoming match. The second half of my season there will be no changes that occur in ligue 1 because psg will definitely continue to be at the top because luis enrique is increasingly finding the best form in formulating better strategies and is able to improve mbappe performance again of course that is a good record in closing This year.

[Leviathan.007]

Lyon have positive result match in this week with three points result against Nantes success got three consecutives matches, started from defeated Toulouse, AS Monaco and Nantes make Lyon out from relegation zone right now with two points remaining from Toulouse as the latest team playoff relegation standings. Its good started for Lyon success get three winning match in a row and they will focus on upcoming match will defend their winning trend against Le Havre? Right now, Lyon take focus how to make many points left from relegation playoff standings teams without have pressure must be raise to Europe League standings spot. Less possibility with many points remaining from spot of Europe League standings I think Lyon have consistent improving their performance.

Lyon has recovered massively after so many series of poor performances; they have now won three matches in a row which has helped the team to go out of the relegation zone, I am happy for them because they deserve to be in the mid table and not in the bottom of the table.
Lacazette after recovering from injury is now picking form and will help the team to move up because he was the goal scorer in their last match; and with the effort almost all the players have putting in the team I believe they will win more matches to at least try qualifying for either Europa League or Conference League.

If they really recovered from the bad situation they had before, Lyon could still have a good chance to get in the good form and save the team from the danger zone because there was a high chance for Lyon to lose the French League 1 because of the points they lost.
Lyon lost the game against teams while we were expecting Lyon to win the game.
However, I think just having good performance in some games is not a good reason and we should wait to see if they can continue or not.

[Luzin]

Because after all, basically PSG really doesn't want to let Mbappe leave because after all, with PSG continuing to make great efforts to maintain Mbappe by increasing salaries and other bonuses. So clearly, with this factor also being proof, that PSG will never be willing to let Mbappe leave for another team.

I think at the moment Madrid's top priority is to buy defenders. Alaba's injury will be very long, maybe next season he will only be in the strengthening stage. So the best alternative is to buy a central defender.
While Mbappe may not be a top priority because the price will definitely be expensive. In addition, it is possible that Madrid will comply with FFP. So they probably won't spend expensive players.

[Tony116]

Passing week 17, Paris Saint Germain can be at the top of the standings comfortably, being 5 points above Nice, the club closest to them. with a 5-point advantage in Ligue 1 it will be very difficult to catch up, especially those who have that advantage are Paris Saint Germain who are the strongest club in Ligue 1.
I think they will be able to continue to be comfortable there. Their focus is on the Champions League, because in the last few seasons the Champions League has been their main goal. But in Ligue 1 itself for them it is easy, because there is no club that can really rival them at this time.  Nice, who were good at the start of the season, have in fact declined and are now below them.

The Nice team was able to continue their excellent performance for a long time. But I was sure they couldn't compete with PSG. The main reason for this is the weakness of Nice's attack. Nice team is still second in the table only because of their strong defense. In 17 matches, Nice's players managed to score only 19 goals.

For this year's Ligue 1 title, I consider PSG's main opponent to be Monaco. This group is quite strong. Even then, Monaco is 7 points behind PSG. It seems that PSG can easily win the title this season. PSG boys played well in every match. PSG had a great 3-0 win against Metz.