French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Hirose UK]

The Ligue 1 has given a break really early compared to the other top leagues. Therefore the teams here will have a really big amount of time to pull themselves together and get readier for the second half of the season. I would like to see the title competition to be fired up by Nice more honestly. Because they really can stay in this for a long time if they work harder.

Indeed, Ligue 1 has an more break and the last match be played 10 days before December ends, while the start of the first match in the second half of the season will take place in the middle of the month, to be precise January 13.
Ligue 1 has break of more than 3 weeks and this is quite long break, in contrast to several other league competitions which only have break of approximately 2 weeks.
With longer time lag, all team can take advantage of it to prepare their performance very well and of course the competition between Nice and PSG will be very fierce, currently the difference between the two team is only 5 points.

They lost six points in their last five league games which was a big help for PSG to make the gap five points with them. PSG can easily pull away from them if Nice don't start being consistent again immediately.

5 points is not very big difference in numbers but it will be quite difficult to match or even beat it.
Nice needs to win more and optimize its playing performance to be consistent in winning.
I believe Nice can do it if they can play consistently and stably.

[Fiatless]

Im not surprised that Mourinho's name continues coming up in rumors, especially with PSG. However, Mourinho's style is outdated for a fast-paced, modern club. PSG needs a coach who fits their style and philosophy, and Mourinho's old-school tactics dont work.

I don't subscribe to your position that Jose Mourinho's style of play is outdated. If it is archaic, how did manage to make it to the Europa League finals last season? Roma has also qualified for the second round of the same competition and is in the 7th position in the Seria A. Roma has a very limited budget compared to other top clubs in Italy. With the financial strength of PSG, Jose will get all the players he needs and you will be shocked with his performance.

However, PSG's frequent coach changes arent helping. They must invest in a process, follow a plan, and give their coach time to accomplish their goal. Switching things up hinders team development. They must consider long-term to dominate locally and in Europe.

The club has a single goal of winning the UEFA Champions League and any coach that fails to achieve it, will be sacked. They don't care if the coach was able to win the League One title, all PSG management wants is the UCL. I think they should give Luis Enrique more time to rebuild the team towards European glory.

[Doell]

PSG is a good club that can produce many goals but I'm a bit sceptic that they will do such when they meet Toulouse tonight. The visitors aren't much of a threat in their league but maybe since this is a league cup, they could prove stubborn and make the game uncomfortable for the Ligue 1 gaint because it seems like since Toulouse can't beat PSG in the league this encounter could be an opportunity to get something out of this game.

Tonight match is an important match for both teams, Toulouse will try very well to not lose, and PSG also will try very well to win. Considering Mbappe scoring record this season, I think this man will scored in that match. But indeed, PSG victory in tonight may not be with many goals. Even though on paper PSG will be very favorites, but yeah Toulouse will defend very well. By the way, if PSG get the trophy tonight, I hope their confidence will increase in their remaining matches this season especially in UCL competitions.

[bitzizzix]

PSG is a good club that can produce many goals but I'm a bit sceptic that they will do such when they meet Toulouse tonight. The visitors aren't much of a threat in their league but maybe since this is a league cup, they could prove stubborn and make the game uncomfortable for the Ligue 1 gaint because it seems like since Toulouse can't beat PSG in the league this encounter could be an opportunity to get something out of this game.

Tonight match is an important match for both teams, Toulouse will try very well to not lose, and PSG also will try very well to win. Considering Mbappe scoring record this season, I think this man will scored in that match. But indeed, PSG victory in tonight may not be with many goals. Even though on paper PSG will be very favorites, but yeah Toulouse will defend very well. By the way, if PSG get the trophy tonight, I hope their confidence will increase in their remaining matches this season especially in UCL competitions.

What is clear is that Toulouse in this important match will play very carefully against PSG, and will most likely strengthen their defense, especially blocking Kylian Mbappe with two or three players.
The reason is, Kylian Mbappe is currently on fire after returning to defend France in the international break at the end of last November, and Toulouse needs to be wary of this man.
And if you look at the meeting between the two PSG teams, they were far ahead and Kylian Mbappe also contributed four goals in the meeting between the two teams. And if you look at the results of the meeting between the two teams and the condition of Kylian Mbappe who is on fire, Kylian Mbappe should be able to bring PSG to win the French Super Cup.

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Talking about Mourinho, it seems that he is not very interested in coaching a team in Ligue 1 and even though PSG is a very big name, he still chooses other big teams in Europe. Mourinho's integrity to train the team he wants is something he has paid close attention to and not just any club can persuade him.

Mourinho has become an age-old rumor. If I'm not mistaken, the rumor of recruiting Mourinho was early last season. But they didn't go ahead because Mourinho played football with the old strategy and didn't suit PSG. With Roma Mourinho also did not have good achievements he was only able to give the UEFA Europa Conference League champion 21/22. Until now Roma is also stable in the top 10 and in the last 2 years they ended up in that place too.

Im not surprised that Mourinho's name continues coming up in rumors, especially with PSG. However, Mourinho's style is outdated for a fast-paced, modern club. PSG needs a coach who fits their style and philosophy, and Mourinho's old-school tactics dont work.

However, PSG's frequent coach changes arent helping. They must invest in a process, follow a plan, and give their coach time to accomplish their goal. Switching things up hinders team development. They must consider long-term to dominate locally and in Europe.

I don't think so, however Jose Mourinho is one of the best coaches in the world and he has proven this most recently with the Serie A team AS Roma where after Mourinho's arrival in Rome quite a lot of team development has become even better so I think it's only natural that PSG management is looking at Jose Mourinho.
However, it is not about Mourinho's quality that is in doubt, but PSG management must also give Luis Enrique more time so he can build this team through a process to become the team he wants.

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They lost six points in their last five league games which was a big help for PSG to make the gap five points with them. PSG can easily pull away from them if Nice don't start being consistent again immediately.

5 points is not very big difference in numbers but it will be quite difficult to match or even beat it.
Nice needs to win more and optimize its playing performance to be consistent in winning.
I believe Nice can do it if they can play consistently and stably.

It depends on the position of who is chasing and who is being chased.
When PSG is chased by the club below, the difference of 5 points will be something difficult to pursue because after all, until now PSG will definitely continue with great consistency but when for example PSG is chasing points, it will definitely be easy.
In addition, currently chasing as well as rivaling PSG in the race for the trophy is only Nice where this is a surprise club so surely this will be very difficult for them to catch up because after all, when PSG is already at the top of the standings for Ligue 1, it is likely to survive even until the end of the season it will definitely happen.
The current situation is not too difficult for PSG even though some surprise clubs are always troublesome but in the end their position will still be safe and continue to dominate until the end considering other clubs cannot provide more resistance in the end.

[Hvdv]

PSG is a good club that can produce many goals but I'm a bit sceptic that they will do such when they meet Toulouse tonight. The visitors aren't much of a threat in their league but maybe since this is a league cup, they could prove stubborn and make the game uncomfortable for the Ligue 1 gaint because it seems like since Toulouse can't beat PSG in the league this encounter could be an opportunity to get something out of this game.

Tonight match is an important match for both teams, Toulouse will try very well to not lose, and PSG also will try very well to win. Considering Mbappe scoring record this season, I think this man will scored in that match. But indeed, PSG victory in tonight may not be with many goals. Even though on paper PSG will be very favorites, but yeah Toulouse will defend very well. By the way, if PSG get the trophy tonight, I hope their confidence will increase in their remaining matches this season especially in UCL competitions.

I think there is a general goal scoring problem in France. While Mbappe scored 18 goals and was the leader, Ben Yedder scored 8 goals and took the second place. If you have Mbappe, you can score a lot of goals. I can clearly say that this player is one of the best players right now. He will be PSG's biggest weapon against Toulouse. PSG will try to solve the closed Toulouse defense with him.

[Pandu Geddon]

I think there is a general goal scoring problem in France. While Mbappe scored 18 goals and was the leader, Ben Yedder scored 8 goals and took the second place. If you have Mbappe, you can score a lot of goals. I can clearly say that this player is one of the best players right now. He will be PSG's biggest weapon against Toulouse. PSG will try to solve the closed Toulouse defense with him.

Toulouse's last meeting with PSG ended in a 1-1 draw. and now it's the final match that will leave PSG with the first trophy of the season.
observers certainly see that this will be an easy match for PSG. but I hope Toulouse gives the best game and resistance to PSG who I think at this time must be very confident to win.
in this match, maybe both teams will score goals. Even though PSG will win the trophy later, both of them will score goals.

[Pesona1]

They lost six points in their last five league games which was a big help for PSG to make the gap five points with them. PSG can easily pull away from them if Nice don't start being consistent again immediately.

5 points is not very big difference in numbers but it will be quite difficult to match or even beat it.
Nice needs to win more and optimize its playing performance to be consistent in winning.
I believe Nice can do it if they can play consistently and stably.
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Both teams closed 2023 by winning and also strengthening their position at the top of the standings, PSG managed to get 3 points from Metz, as well as Nice who managed to beat Lens with a score of 2-0, the victory of the two teams did not really affect the current standings, PSG Those who are at the top of the standings still dominate in the league and I think even though PSG and Nice only have a difference of 5 points, it doesn't mean it will make PSG depressed, a 5 point difference from PSG doesn't mean it makes Nice a champion challenger because as usual and also the experience in the previous season Usually in the middle of the season we will see PSG leaving the other teams quite far behind. So a difference of 5 points will be meaningless for PSG and perhaps, as many members have said here, 5 points is still a long enough distance for Nice to catch PSG.

[Iranus]

I think there is a general goal scoring problem in France. While Mbappe scored 18 goals and was the leader, Ben Yedder scored 8 goals and took the second place. If you have Mbappe, you can score a lot of goals. I can clearly say that this player is one of the best players right now. He will be PSG's biggest weapon against Toulouse. PSG will try to solve the closed Toulouse defense with him.

Toulouse's last meeting with PSG ended in a 1-1 draw. and now it's the final match that will leave PSG with the first trophy of the season.
observers certainly see that this will be an easy match for PSG. but I hope Toulouse gives the best game and resistance to PSG who I think at this time must be very confident to win.
in this match, maybe both teams will score goals. Even though PSG will win the trophy later, both of them will score goals.

Toulouse is not a strong team. In Ligue 1, this team is likely to go to the relegation zone. And so naturally PSG team is considered as favorite in this match.
However, in the Europa League match we saw Toulouse team win 3-2 against giants Liverpool. Toulouse players performed well. Defeating a big team like Liverpool was not an easy task for Toulouse. Yet they managed to do it. That is why it is said that Toulouse players will put up a strong resistance against PSG.
But if Mbappe plays well, I don't see any chance of Toulouse winning. PSG is a strong team. PSG's performance is stable now with the help of Luis Enrique. And Luis Enrique will be desperate to win his first title with PSG.

[snipie]

Toulouse is not a strong team. In Ligue 1, this team is likely to go to the relegation zone. And so naturally PSG team is considered as favorite in this match.
However, in the Europa League match we saw Toulouse team win 3-2 against giants Liverpool. Toulouse players performed well. Defeating a big team like Liverpool was not an easy task for Toulouse. Yet they managed to do it. That is why it is said that Toulouse players will put up a strong resistance against PSG.
But if Mbappe plays well, I don't see any chance of Toulouse winning. PSG is a strong team. PSG's performance is stable now with the help of Luis Enrique. And Luis Enrique will be desperate to win his first title with PSG.

Toulouse seemed to be more successful in other competition than Ligue 1. During this season in Ligue 1 they only won twice after 17 rounds which is a very bad record.
The Super Cup match or exactly the Trophée des Champions match that will be played today between PSG, Ligue 1 winner, and Toulouse, French Cup winner, will be an easy one for PSG in Parc des Princes in my opinion.
Toulouse didn't win a single game against PSG for more than five years..

[borovichok]

Toulouse is not a strong team. In Ligue 1, this team is likely to go to the relegation zone. And so naturally PSG team is considered as favorite in this match.
However, in the Europa League match we saw Toulouse team win 3-2 against giants Liverpool. Toulouse players performed well. Defeating a big team like Liverpool was not an easy task for Toulouse. Yet they managed to do it. That is why it is said that Toulouse players will put up a strong resistance against PSG.
But if Mbappe plays well, I don't see any chance of Toulouse winning. PSG is a strong team. PSG's performance is stable now with the help of Luis Enrique. And Luis Enrique will be desperate to win his first title with PSG.

PSG is unquestionably the best team in the world, and they will undoubtedly win the Ligue One title this season. Everyone admits that Toulouse is a mediocre team. Toulouse is striving to avoid relegation this season, which is a huge battle for the entire team including the board. Carles Martnez, the coach of Toulouse, should be fired since his presence does not count as it should, his club has continued to lose games, and it is a significant load on the board to keep his team from relegation. We usually would have seen the hardwork of the coach if he's still posting enough to handle the club or not.

[Balmain]

PSG is a good club that can produce many goals but I'm a bit sceptic that they will do such when they meet Toulouse tonight. The visitors aren't much of a threat in their league but maybe since this is a league cup, they could prove stubborn and make the game uncomfortable for the Ligue 1 gaint because it seems like since Toulouse can't beat PSG in the league this encounter could be an opportunity to get something out of this game.

Tonight match is an important match for both teams, Toulouse will try very well to not lose, and PSG also will try very well to win. Considering Mbappe scoring record this season, I think this man will scored in that match. But indeed, PSG victory in tonight may not be with many goals. Even though on paper PSG will be very favorites, but yeah Toulouse will defend very well. By the way, if PSG get the trophy tonight, I hope their confidence will increase in their remaining matches this season especially in UCL competitions.

Although Toulouse is a team fighting for relegation, they drew with PSG in their last match. I can say that this may be rare, it will not happen again when PSG is in good form. Of course, it will be a match in which PSG will be comfortable, in fact, I expect a match with lots of goals. Mbappe will disrupt the Toulouse defense. Mbappe has much better statistics this season and will do more to maintain these statistics today.

[hahay]

I think there is a general goal scoring problem in France. While Mbappe scored 18 goals and was the leader, Ben Yedder scored 8 goals and took the second place. If you have Mbappe, you can score a lot of goals. I can clearly say that this player is one of the best players right now. He will be PSG's biggest weapon against Toulouse. PSG will try to solve the closed Toulouse defense with him.

Toulouse's last meeting with PSG ended in a 1-1 draw. and now it's the final match that will leave PSG with the first trophy of the season.
observers certainly see that this will be an easy match for PSG. but I hope Toulouse gives the best game and resistance to PSG who I think at this time must be very confident to win.
in this match, maybe both teams will score goals. Even though PSG will win the trophy later, both of them will score goals.

To be honest, Toulouse is not a team with great achievements and certainly, Toulouse is not a team that has above average quality . Although indeed, in their last match against PSG, Toulouse managed to hold PSG to a draw. But what I remember, in that match at least PSG also was in development with Enrique at the beginning of the season but ya, the proof is that now PSG also has a good trend again.

Moreover, this is the final match of the French Super Cup and ya, ofcourse PSG will not hold back in this match, so it is certain that PSG will still win this match. I don't care about Toulouse because after all, Toulouse is basically just a mediocre team so it has no chance for Toulouse of being able to beat PSG.

[tusandii]

I think there is a general goal scoring problem in France. While Mbappe scored 18 goals and was the leader, Ben Yedder scored 8 goals and took the second place. If you have Mbappe, you can score a lot of goals. I can clearly say that this player is one of the best players right now. He will be PSG's biggest weapon against Toulouse. PSG will try to solve the closed Toulouse defense with him.

Toulouse's last meeting with PSG ended in a 1-1 draw. and now it's the final match that will leave PSG with the first trophy of the season.
observers certainly see that this will be an easy match for PSG. but I hope Toulouse gives the best game and resistance to PSG who I think at this time must be very confident to win.
in this match, maybe both teams will score goals. Even though PSG will win the trophy later, both of them will score goals.

Even though the last meeting ended in a draw, for me it was because PSG played away while Toulouse was the host and we all know how a club looks when they play at home, even a weak club can score or hold a draw if they can play at home.
According to my predictions, it looks like Toulouse will not be able to score because this is the final match and PSG will not let their opponents score and strengthen their defense even though Toulouse will put up resistance, but I am sure that Toulouse will not be able to score unless PSG players make big mistakes.

[Roseline492]

What is clear is that Toulouse in this important match will play very carefully against PSG, and will most likely strengthen their defense, especially blocking Kylian Mbappe with two or three players.
The reason is, Kylian Mbappe is currently on fire after returning to defend France in the international break at the end of last November, and Toulouse needs to be wary of this man.
And if you look at the meeting between the two PSG teams, they were far ahead and Kylian Mbappe also contributed four goals in the meeting between the two teams. And if you look at the results of the meeting between the two teams and the condition of Kylian Mbappe who is on fire, Kylian Mbappe should be able to bring PSG to win the French Super Cup.

Toulouse doesn't seem to have a goal on this league because there performance has prove them right because if you check there match from the beginning of this season you will see that they are not ready to go far on this league because they have lose so many matches and even on the league table they are almost at the bottom of the table and there is no way they can challenge PSG on this there match because PSG is far better in performance and experience than Toulouse so is very obvious that PSG will not only win them but will also score them a good number of goals because Toulouse is on there weak state.

[Godday]

And if you look at the meeting between the two PSG teams, they were far ahead and Kylian Mbappe also contributed four goals in the meeting between the two teams. And if you look at the results of the meeting between the two teams and the condition of Kylian Mbappe who is on fire, Kylian Mbappe should be able to bring PSG to win the French Super Cup.

I am very confident PSG will win that match and get the french super cup this season. No one doubted PSG to win that match. Statistically, Toulouse is far behind when compared to PSG. Mbappe is on fire and it will be good preparation for PSG.

But if we talk about the Champions League I think it's a little different. Their match tonight really favored PSG and their players did not experience any pressure. Toulouse is also not a difficult opponent. Of course it will be different if they meet a team from the Champions League. In fact I think Sociedad is much stronger than Toulouse in some ways.

[JeffBrad12]

Toulouse is not a strong team. In Ligue 1, this team is likely to go to the relegation zone. And so naturally PSG team is considered as favorite in this match.
However, in the Europa League match we saw Toulouse team win 3-2 against giants Liverpool. Toulouse players performed well. Defeating a big team like Liverpool was not an easy task for Toulouse. Yet they managed to do it. That is why it is said that Toulouse players will put up a strong resistance against PSG.
But if Mbappe plays well, I don't see any chance of Toulouse winning. PSG is a strong team. PSG's performance is stable now with the help of Luis Enrique. And Luis Enrique will be desperate to win his first title with PSG.

Toulouse seemed to be more successful in other competition than Ligue 1. During this season in Ligue 1 they only won twice after 17 rounds which is a very bad record.
The Super Cup match or exactly the Trophée des Champions match that will be played today between PSG, Ligue 1 winner, and Toulouse, French Cup winner, will be an easy one for PSG in Parc des Princes in my opinion.
Toulouse didn't win a single game against PSG for more than five years..

Toulouse has not yet got a trophy and it's not yet a successful team. There are many things that needs to be done first. Toulouse has not even got a trophy and let it try to proves it first but considering the next match will be against PSG and the chance to win the game is pretty small for toulouse. Im concerning about the performance of this club in the europa league and domestic league. Toulouse was always bottling it. It seems like this club has no chance to win against PSG very soon.

It will be a very important match for PSG and toulouse. Im going all in PSG coz toulouse was a weak team.

[bitgolden]

PSG is a good club that can produce many goals but I'm a bit sceptic that they will do such when they meet Toulouse tonight. The visitors aren't much of a threat in their league but maybe since this is a league cup, they could prove stubborn and make the game uncomfortable for the Ligue 1 gaint because it seems like since Toulouse can't beat PSG in the league this encounter could be an opportunity to get something out of this game.

Tonight match is an important match for both teams, Toulouse will try very well to not lose, and PSG also will try very well to win. Considering Mbappe scoring record this season, I think this man will scored in that match. But indeed, PSG victory in tonight may not be with many goals. Even though on paper PSG will be very favorites, but yeah Toulouse will defend very well. By the way, if PSG get the trophy tonight, I hope their confidence will increase in their remaining matches this season especially in UCL competitions.

What is clear is that Toulouse in this important match will play very carefully against PSG, and will most likely strengthen their defense, especially blocking Kylian Mbappe with two or three players.
The reason is, Kylian Mbappe is currently on fire after returning to defend France in the international break at the end of last November, and Toulouse needs to be wary of this man.
And if you look at the meeting between the two PSG teams, they were far ahead and Kylian Mbappe also contributed four goals in the meeting between the two teams. And if you look at the results of the meeting between the two teams and the condition of Kylian Mbappe who is on fire, Kylian Mbappe should be able to bring PSG to win the French Super Cup.

I highly doubt that it would change the result, no matter what they do nothing will change and they will definitely lose, that's the end game. When they are playing against PSG, they know they are going "tolose" lol, that has been the joke since Liverpool game and I like it. I feel like betting on PSG to get a win is not really that weird, it definitely makes it change all the time.

One thing that we need to care about is that we are going to end up with something that will change much of the world, and that would be PSG losing Mbappe, that would suddenly change the league, which looks quite possible. Doesn't mean PSG will be bad, they will still be the best team, but they are going to be a lot more closer to other teams in that case. Until they lose Mbappe, which in earliest would be this summer so they will have him until this season ends, I think they are going to be doing fine. This is why there is nothing wrong with the situation at this moment.

[Adams0001]

PSG is a good club that can produce many goals but I'm a bit sceptic that they will do such when they meet Toulouse tonight. The visitors aren't much of a threat in their league but maybe since this is a league cup, they could prove stubborn and make the game uncomfortable for the Ligue 1 gaint because it seems like since Toulouse can't beat PSG in the league this encounter could be an opportunity to get something out of this game.

Tonight match is an important match for both teams, Toulouse will try very well to not lose, and PSG also will try very well to win. Considering Mbappe scoring record this season, I think this man will scored in that match. But indeed, PSG victory in tonight may not be with many goals. Even though on paper PSG will be very favorites, but yeah Toulouse will defend very well. By the way, if PSG get the trophy tonight, I hope their confidence will increase in their remaining matches this season especially in UCL competitions.

Although Toulouse is a team fighting for relegation, they drew with PSG in their last match. I can say that this may be rare, it will not happen again when PSG is in good form. Of course, it will be a match in which PSG will be comfortable, in fact, I expect a match with lots of goals. Mbappe will disrupt the Toulouse defense. Mbappe has much better statistics this season and will do more to maintain these statistics today.

I don't think Toulouse is the type of team that can compete with PSG this time, because PSG is in form right now, and I think it's a general thing for them to win the league Cup every season, because I don't think they have a strong club in the League 1 that can challenge PSG, because they have many experienced players in the club. The problem is that they don't have luck in the Champions League, and they always lose when they play a strong team. I'm not sure when they'll win the Champions League even with Messi and Neymar in the club, they can't compete I believe it's because they haven't hired an experienced coach that may win them the trophy. Today's Trophée des Finales that PSG are playing against Toulouse, I don't think it will be difficult for PSG to win, but anything can happen in a final because everyone wants to win the crown, but PSG have more chances to win the cup.