French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[OcTradism]

Dembele is like glass because he often suffers from injuries, Barcelona is lucky to be able to let him go at a price that is not cheap, PSG have not felt his maximum contribution. So far Dembele has played 23 matches in all competitions in which PSG has participated, and has only managed to score one goal, and Dembele has managed to score eight assists. Dembele return to Luis Enrique squad is certainly good news, considering that the round of 16 of the UCL will soon begin, and Enrique certainly needs Dembele to increase creativity in their front lines. It seems like Dembele is having difficulty adapting at PSG, that's why his number of goals is so low, and Dembele admits that he hasn't reached his best game since moving from Barcelona.

Dembele was a failed transfer of Barcelona and they got trapped by Dortmund. Dembele missed many seasons and matches in Barcelona before Xavi came as their head coach, gave chances to Dembele and he revised his career with Xavi. Two seasons under Xavi management helped Dembele to get attention from PSG that got trapped by Barcelona.

PSG probably decided to buy Dembele when they planned to let both Messi and Neymar go. The transfer is like replacing a sensitive player (Neymar) by another vulnerable player (Dembele).

Dembele would feel good by returning to his home land after many years in Germany then Spain but it seems his body can not help him to build up good career in PSG.

[Oluwa-btc]

Lyon totally dominated the game and it was the major problem that needs to be solved as soon as possible. Lyon's mentality has been boosting a lot caused by the club was winning the game. It looks so crazy to see how lyon was securing three points from marseille which is placing above it.

I don't know what's going on with Marseille which is supposed to be the second best team in Ligue 1 and they are struggling in the 8th position, far from European competitions spots.
Lyon played well but this wouldn't explain the defeat of Marseille. They have 3 draws before that defeat and they failed to stop this negative pattern.
Lyon will have tomorrow a game against Lille in French Cup, we will see if they woke up for real or just profited from the bad form of Marseille.

Yest again another poor display for Gennaro Gattuso in another club and another league division. Started fine and slow, but things not been fine like I think I predicted to be.
Gattuso hasn't seen a swift manegerial career or job being successful so I hoped that for him with this job but thing's be going sideways. They're not doing fine and I wonder how they'll cope when they go on to face a  young and pacy club fill with talented youngins.

In the next two game they'll be against Shakhtar Donetsk in the European Europa League Competition and they both are not impressive. They have to step up at most Genaro Gattuso amd his team otherwise, he'll be pardoned this season bit could possibly get sacked next season.

[hyudien]

Lyon totally dominated the game and it was the major problem that needs to be solved as soon as possible. Lyon's mentality has been boosting a lot caused by the club was winning the game. It looks so crazy to see how lyon was securing three points from marseille which is placing above it.

I don't know what's going on with Marseille which is supposed to be the second best team in Ligue 1 and they are struggling in the 8th position, far from European competitions spots.
Lyon played well but this wouldn't explain the defeat of Marseille. They have 3 draws before that defeat and they failed to stop this negative pattern.
Lyon will have tomorrow a game against Lille in French Cup, we will see if they woke up for real or just profited from the bad form of Marseille.

I think Lyon will no longer be an easy prey. There was a bad trend and they put an end to it. Marseille, on the other hand, has been doing badly in the last matches. It can't be a coincidence that Lyon beat them. They have been really good lately and the matches they play and the results they get show us this. I'm sure Lyon will show their best performance against Lille.

Lyon are slowly starting to find something they have been missing in recent times, and they can beat Marseille this time. They also played well, so this result is a well-deserved result. Getting 3 wins in the last 4 matches for me is something that is quite good for Lyon, because previously they were very difficult to get a victory.
If they can maintain and improve their performance like this, I am very sure they will be in a beter position than now. But with a note they must continue to improve.

[len01]

I think, the result that Lyon will get in the Coupe de France later against Lille, maybe it can't be completely used as a benchmark about Lyon's performance recovering or not. Because yes, usually the favorite teams also sometimes lose by weak teams there in the Coupe de France. So yes, I think whether Lyon wins or loses later in the Coupe de France against Lille does not seem to have a big impact on Lyon's results in Ligue 1.

Because yes, of course Lyon's focus at this moment is to continue to stay away from the relegation zone in Ligue 1 and also, basically Lyon has had a better performance improvement also including beating Monaco in three consecutive wins at the end of the first half of the season. Therefore, I think Lyon's victory against Marseille is certainly a victory with great efforts that Lyon has, and not just relying on the luck factor.

Lille is certain to beat Lyon in the upcoming match for the same reason as you said it seems that currently Lyon is not really thinking about how this team can win titles in other competitions but what Lyon is thinking about is currently getting the best position to survive in the league 1 so losing in the Coupe de France match will not be a big problem for Lyon but what Lyon has to pay attention to is that they can beat Montpellier in the upcoming match because of the opportunity to compete against a weak team to secure 3 points and for me against Lille it looks like they will only compete as it is without forcing the players to try to chase victory, but I believe that the Lyon coach will prioritize the match against Montpellier.

[Strongkored]

Lyon are slowly starting to find something they have been missing in recent times, and they can beat Marseille this time. They also played well, so this result is a well-deserved result. Getting 3 wins in the last 4 matches for me is something that is quite good for Lyon, because previously they were very difficult to get a victory.
If they can maintain and improve their performance like this, I am very sure they will be in a beter position than now. But with a note they must continue to improve.

This is just another fluctuating performance from Lyon, they could have beaten their opponent but in the next match they lost, as previously proven Lyon had just experienced two consecutive defeats and being able to beat Marseille was quite an encouraging result but that is not proof that Lyon will continue to perform well.

Lyon will face Lillie in the 16th round of the French Cup, and although Lillie is better in Ligue 1 than Lyon, they don't have convincing odds as the favorite team to win so Lyon is predicted to be able to provide tough resistance in this match and maybe they can surprise and beat Lillie

[asriloni]

Lens was a big exception last year and this year it is Nice, but what is it even that they are doing. They don't lose a lot of games, but they get more and more draws and PSG has an easy time to lead the table and wait for the other teams to make mistakes and allow PSG to extend their lead. It is not as if PSG would feel any pressure from the other teams because they are on a winning streak and PSG has to win their games in order to stay at the top. It doesn't matter if they lose some points from time to time, they will win the title eventually. But maybe next year a couple of things will change once Mbappe is gone. Although they still have the money to replace Mbappe with another good player.

The absence of mbappe will really cause a lot to PSG and that's in no doubt because PSG has got a good level of reliance on him a lot and he's currently the best striker they have got and I doubt if they have any other except they will be able to purchase another, they are wealthy and have got some more  money for that.

Neither lens and Nice will be able to get to PSG, the chances PSG will be winning the league title this season again I'd definitely very large as both their performance and form is both very brilliant so PSg has got another season to add to their list of times they have won the Ligue 1 trophy again for this season but then by next year when mbappe leaves we are going to see if they will still be able to maintain and defend the trophy which they have had in aomg wrong.

There shall not need to feel worry about that. PSG is having a lot of quality players and the cllub can do that without mbappe. Mbappe was just a player who helped PSG to attack but it's still the game for eleven players. It will not e tough match for PSG consider the club is starting to climb to the peak performance.
So i think that nice and lens will not be strong opponents. PSG cna still beat them all with huge margins and im sure this is going to happen soon. It's not same old PSG and enrique is just making it perform better. I think that PSG will not be buttered.

As long as the players will not stubborn and there's nothing to feel worry about the club. Lens and nice can be beaten easily by PSG. Im still being very positive to the PSG. PSG will not be dropping the points against all of them. They looked like easy opponents for the club.
Even though if PSG will be missing some points and im sure that if the fans will still be generous to the club. They will not be booing their favorite clubs even though i have heard PSG fans did inappropriate act toward former of PSG players like neymar.

There were any positives for them, PSG had been consistently winning the game in the previous matches. So, i consider it as main points to call that if PSG will make it soon. Beating nice will not be a hard task to be done.

[Cryptmuster]

This is just another fluctuating performance from Lyon, they could have beaten their opponent but in the next match they lost, as previously proven Lyon had just experienced two consecutive defeats and being able to beat Marseille was quite an encouraging result but that is not proof that Lyon will continue to perform well.

Lyon will face Lillie in the 16th round of the French Cup, and although Lillie is better in Ligue 1 than Lyon, they don't have convincing odds as the favorite team to win so Lyon is predicted to be able to provide tough resistance in this match and maybe they can surprise and beat Lillie

Let's start with the fact that for Loin the priority will now be Ligue 1, since they need to do everything possible to stay here, and cup matches will most likely become a secondary task for them, especially since this is only the 1/8 finals and objectively Lille is now significantly stronger than Lyon. It is also quite possible that Lyon will not be able to return to the top, and for some time will be in the middle in Ligue 1, in any case, they need to stay in Ligue 1 at any cost.

[tusandii]

This is just another fluctuating performance from Lyon, they could have beaten their opponent but in the next match they lost, as previously proven Lyon had just experienced two consecutive defeats and being able to beat Marseille was quite an encouraging result but that is not proof that Lyon will continue to perform well.

Lyon will face Lillie in the 16th round of the French Cup, and although Lillie is better in Ligue 1 than Lyon, they don't have convincing odds as the favorite team to win so Lyon is predicted to be able to provide tough resistance in this match and maybe they can surprise and beat Lillie

Let's start with the fact that for Loin the priority will now be Ligue 1, since they need to do everything possible to stay here, and cup matches will most likely become a secondary task for them, especially since this is only the 1/8 finals and objectively Lille is now significantly stronger than Lyon. It is also quite possible that Lyon will not be able to return to the top, and for some time will be in the middle in Ligue 1, in any case, they need to stay in Ligue 1 at any cost.

Yes, Lille in terms of performance will be superior to Lyon, but there is no guarantee that if Lille can beat Lyon, it could end in a draw or even Lyon can beat Lille.
I agree with you, maybe League 1 will be important for Lyon because being relegated is bad history for Lyon, which recognized as a popular club, even though this club has never given a big surprise in League 1 recently, but I am very sure that Lyon will try hard maintain its position to continue to climb into  top 10 or at least be far from the relegation zone.

It looks like time for Lyon to show a big change in its performance because there no longer time to stay around the relegation zone or not have to be too far behind on points from the clubs above.
This a reason not to bet on Lyon matches because the club unstable or still very far from being consistent.

[ancafe]

In first half of this season, we have just 4 wins for the Lyon which is surely worst from them and now in second half from three games they have one win which is also not good and next few games are going to be not easy as well because they are going to face top teams in league with their last win against Marseille is surely on right time and must win game which will not create good booster for them which is needed and also needed more effort for the survived because now if they will be fail then surely they could be gone down and things could be also from bad to worse for them.

Marseille is also having troubling season, and currently they are at 8th with their last win was in December if they are not going to bring improvement then surely we will have no chance for them to jump into top four because now things are going to be tough with top three teams are giving better performance and creating good difference of points from other sides.

Lyon experienced problems at the start of the season and they had difficulty playing consistently to get full points, so that in the course of the competition they lost more and more points and put them at the bottom of the standings. Now they have only collected 19 points and are one level above the relegation zone so they need to make changes if they want to move away from that zone again. The next three matches will be much more difficult and they must try not to lose full points because at least being able to achieve a draw is more than enough, so that they can slowly get out of the relegation zone from the competitors below them.

Marseille are slightly better because they are in the middle of the standings, but the problem is that if they want to compete for tickets to the Champions League or European league, they have to evaluate their team. But if they hope to qualify for the Champions League, I'm sure it will be very difficult and they will even have difficulty getting tickets to the Europa League.

[rendravolt]

This is just another fluctuating performance from Lyon, they could have beaten their opponent but in the next match they lost, as previously proven Lyon had just experienced two consecutive defeats and being able to beat Marseille was quite an encouraging result but that is not proof that Lyon will continue to perform well.

Lyon will face Lillie in the 16th round of the French Cup, and although Lillie is better in Ligue 1 than Lyon, they don't have convincing odds as the favorite team to win so Lyon is predicted to be able to provide tough resistance in this match and maybe they can surprise and beat Lillie

Let's start with the fact that for Loin the priority will now be Ligue 1, since they need to do everything possible to stay here, and cup matches will most likely become a secondary task for them, especially since this is only the 1/8 finals and objectively Lille is now significantly stronger than Lyon. It is also quite possible that Lyon will not be able to return to the top, and for some time will be in the middle in Ligue 1, in any case, they need to stay in Ligue 1 at any cost.

The Coupe de France is certainly not a competition that Lyon will prioritize despite their current poor performance and again they must prioritize Ligue 1 so that next season they can still be in the highest French league competition. It looks like today's match against Lille in the Coupe de France Lyon will be more backward without having to provide balanced resistance and they will definitely use some of their second tier players.

We know that they just won the derby against Marseille last week and it is unlikely that they will use the same squad in the Coupe de France competition and they will save the strength of their main players for the next match against Montpellier. This competition is not very important for Lyon and if they still want to move further away from the relegation zone then they should focus on the Ligue 1 matches.

[bering]

After gets draw result from Nice then Brest still able to managed their unbeated records because since November last year Brest has through an 11 matches total in all competitions without loses so these records is proven Brest has been change became an strong team in Ligue 1 and today they will fight against PSG at Coupe De France or France cup for round of 16 and both teams has been met recently and they have to playing draw 2-2 so lets see Brest can surprised us and beat PSG today or Brest will tasted their first loses since November

After this match next week in Ligue 1 Brest will gets easy opponent Clermont and at the beginning of league both teams has been met at that time Brest can able to beat Clermont with big scores 3-0 and i think the result of this match will not so different because since that loses Clermont still unable to bounce back which make Clermont position currently at the bottom of league standings however about this match i think it's not necessary to analysis more because obviously Brest is much better than Clermont so i am sure Brest will be able to resumes their winning streak from Clermont and recently i have checked the odds for Brest and they have good odds @2.08

[Weawant]

Lyon are slowly starting to find something they have been missing in recent times, and they can beat Marseille this time. They also played well, so this result is a well-deserved result. Getting 3 wins in the last 4 matches for me is something that is quite good for Lyon, because previously they were very difficult to get a victory.
If they can maintain and improve their performance like this, I am very sure they will be in a beter position than now. But with a note they must continue to improve.

Beating Marseille is a good achievement for Lyon at this point especially as it was a major lift for them out of relegation. in their last five games, Lyon won three games and lost only two which could be seen as an impressive attempt and could say they are beginning to pick some form as compared to their form earlier this season.

I was really thinking Marseille would win that games but then Marseille seem not to have had good record in recent times, so it could be that they are not in a very good form too because they in their last five matches have won only one match and had lost one while they drew the others which invariable mean they are just an average team or probably they have been on an average performance recently so it was almost normal to have lost to such a team that should be considered some how weak in their league this season.

[Davian144]

Lyon are slowly starting to find something they have been missing in recent times, and they can beat Marseille this time. They also played well, so this result is a well-deserved result. Getting 3 wins in the last 4 matches for me is something that is quite good for Lyon, because previously they were very difficult to get a victory.
If they can maintain and improve their performance like this, I am very sure they will be in a beter position than now. But with a note they must continue to improve.

The Lyon team will continue to make improvements so that they can continue to win and can still enjoy Ligue1 next season in a more different atmosphere. Because last season Lyon started the season very well which of course they can still revive this season even though it seems too late to reach the top of the standings. But just being able to stay in Ligue 1 for next season is good enough for Lyon even though Lyon still has to try to win in the remaining matches this season.

[Godday]

Let's start with the fact that for Loin the priority will now be Ligue 1, since they need to do everything possible to stay here, and cup matches will most likely become a secondary task for them, especially since this is only the 1/8 finals and objectively Lille is now significantly stronger than Lyon. It is also quite possible that Lyon will not be able to return to the top, and for some time will be in the middle in Ligue 1, in any case, they need to stay in Ligue 1 at any cost.

I do not think so. With their current performance, Lyon will only be able to be in the middle of the standings. Lyon has performed very poorly in the league this season. They have no chance of returning to the top. And as you said in Lyon's current position I think they will prioritize Ligue 1 over the French Cup. I think the match against Montpellier is more important for them because currently they are only 3 points ahead of the relegation zone.

[hahay]

Lyon are slowly starting to find something they have been missing in recent times, and they can beat Marseille this time. They also played well, so this result is a well-deserved result. Getting 3 wins in the last 4 matches for me is something that is quite good for Lyon, because previously they were very difficult to get a victory.
If they can maintain and improve their performance like this, I am very sure they will be in a beter position than now. But with a note they must continue to improve.

The Lyon team will continue to make improvements so that they can continue to win and can still enjoy Ligue1 next season in a more different atmosphere. Because last season Lyon started the season very well which of course they can still revive this season even though it seems too late to reach the top of the standings. But just being able to stay in Ligue 1 for next season is good enough for Lyon even though Lyon still has to try to win in the remaining matches this season.

Lyon's main task at this moment is only to maintain its position in Ligue 1 and in this way, at least there is no big target for Lyon to move up to the middle of the standings because ya, if that happet at least will only make the pressure even more difficult. Therefore,considering Lyon quality at this moment, ofcourse Lyon still has a very big chance of avoiding the relegation zone . But indeed, if for example Lyon succeeds in continuing to improve and get better quality performance, then of course Lyon will have better results for the next matches in the remainder of this season. But ya, the point is that Lyon will not be relegated because Lyon has succeeded in making improvements to be better.

[Docnaster]

There is a piece of good news for PSG and it seems their player is finally getting back in the good form. Ousmane Dembélé was mostly injured and not in the good form since he joined PSG and even during the time then he was playing for Barcelona. If Ousmane Dembélé continues the good performance we saw from him during his recovery gets good progress, there's even the chance for Ousmane Dembélé to play for PSG against Brest.

My knowledge about Ousmane Dembele started when he was still at Borussia Dortmund and I can categorically say that he's one of the most talented footballers I've ever seen but his biggest problem as a footballer is that he's always suffering injuries and that has limited him from achieving everything he was supposed to achieve as a footballer.
I was happy to see him move to Paris Saint Germaine last summer and was optimistic he was gonna make great impacts at the club but unfortunately for him, he's been limited by injuries. Now that he's back to fitness, I hope he doesn't pick injury anytime soon

[Blitzboy]

Lyon totally dominated the game and it was the major problem that needs to be solved as soon as possible. Lyon's mentality has been boosting a lot caused by the club was winning the game. It looks so crazy to see how lyon was securing three points from marseille which is placing above it.

I don't know what's going on with Marseille which is supposed to be the second best team in Ligue 1 and they are struggling in the 8th position, far from European competitions spots.
Lyon played well but this wouldn't explain the defeat of Marseille. They have 3 draws before that defeat and they failed to stop this negative pattern.
Lyon will have tomorrow a game against Lille in French Cup, we will see if they woke up for real or just profited from the bad form of Marseille.

A squad we know can compete at the top is in 8th place, which is stunning. Their draw streak and latest loss are worrying. It'\s like watching Atletico Madrid in La Liga - a strong squad with weaknesses this season. It reminds us that any squad, regardless of history or talent, may stumble.

Lyon's match against Lille is essential, as you indicated. Lyon must prove they can maintain consistency and that their win over Marseille wasnt a fluke. Traditionally strong clubs are struggling this season, making it unexpected. It should teach Marseille not to underestimate opponents, a lesson they may be learning the hard way.

[X-ray]

Lyon are slowly starting to find something they have been missing in recent times, and they can beat Marseille this time. They also played well, so this result is a well-deserved result. Getting 3 wins in the last 4 matches for me is something that is quite good for Lyon, because previously they were very difficult to get a victory.
If they can maintain and improve their performance like this, I am very sure they will be in a beter position than now. But with a note they must continue to improve.

This is just another fluctuating performance from Lyon, they could have beaten their opponent but in the next match they lost, as previously proven Lyon had just experienced two consecutive defeats and being able to beat Marseille was quite an encouraging result but that is not proof that Lyon will continue to perform well.

Lyon at very last has proven that if the club was able beating its opponent. This is also making the situation far better for lyon caused by it's slowly but surely moving up to stay away from the relegation zone. Im thinking about that lyon can still continue the positive trend like this.
That being said that if lyon will still able to perform even better than this. Marseille is still declining and it doesn't show a signal to climbing up again.

Lyon will face Lillie in the 16th round of the French Cup, and although Lillie is better in Ligue 1 than Lyon, they don't have convincing odds as the favorite team to win so Lyon is predicted to be able to provide tough resistance in this match and maybe they can surprise and beat Lillie

Lille may be a strong opponent for lyon. it seems like that if bookies are staring to convinced with the performance showed by lyon. As long as lyon will perform the same like the match against marseille and i think that lyon has quite big chance to win against lille.
Lille has significantly grown in strength in comparison to Lyon, and I believe that if Lille continues on this trajectory, they will be able to achieve great things.

[Webetcoins]

Lens was a big exception last year and this year it is Nice, but what is it even that they are doing. They don't lose a lot of games, but they get more and more draws and PSG has an easy time to lead the table and wait for the other teams to make mistakes and allow PSG to extend their lead. It is not as if PSG would feel any pressure from the other teams because they are on a winning streak and PSG has to win their games in order to stay at the top. It doesn't matter if they lose some points from time to time, they will win the title eventually. But maybe next year a couple of things will change once Mbappe is gone. Although they still have the money to replace Mbappe with another good player.

Compared to last year, when Lens competed well in the French league, they are playing average this year. While PSG takes the lead alone with 47 points in 20 matches, Lens does not seem like a team that will challenge them this year. Even though they won against Nantes in the last match, they are still struggling to get into the top 3 places in the league.

It's not all about Lens we have issues with few other teams as well which were at the top but in this season we have decline into their performance with their quality is also not good enough to keep things at the top level as PSG is having enough resources for this with Monaco is also trying his best but their nature in inconsistent which is giving them problem, and they are having problems for keeping themselves at the top three spots.

In coming round, we are going to have two big games which will make things interesting at the top with most chances we will have PSG and Nice as winners but still remaining 14 rounds are going to be interesting because as we are currently watching league table we have PSG, Nice and Brest for the top spots but Monaco, Lille, Lens and Marseille can bring themselves near the top until end of this season because these teams having good potential for this even they are not good in this season.

[hahay]

This is just another fluctuating performance from Lyon, they could have beaten their opponent but in the next match they lost, as previously proven Lyon had just experienced two consecutive defeats and being able to beat Marseille was quite an encouraging result but that is not proof that Lyon will continue to perform well.

Lyon will face Lillie in the 16th round of the French Cup, and although Lillie is better in Ligue 1 than Lyon, they don't have convincing odds as the favorite team to win so Lyon is predicted to be able to provide tough resistance in this match and maybe they can surprise and beat Lillie

Let's start with the fact that for Loin the priority will now be Ligue 1, since they need to do everything possible to stay here, and cup matches will most likely become a secondary task for them, especially since this is only the 1/8 finals and objectively Lille is now significantly stronger than Lyon. It is also quite possible that Lyon will not be able to return to the top, and for some time will be in the middle in Ligue 1, in any case, they need to stay in Ligue 1 at any cost.

Being able to avoid the relegation zone is also a good result for Lyon at the moment, especially if Lyon can recover and finish in the middle of the standings, it will clearly be a very good result for Lyon . But,regarding the two consecutive defeats experienced by Lyon previously,I still consider it a still good result . Because ya,at least Lyon was still able to provide good resistance in that match, because Lyon was also able to keep scoring goals even though the situation and condition of the team was not completely good.

Therefore, I believe that basically Lyon has experienced an improvement in performance at this moment and in fact, in the current match against Lille in the Coupe de France and up to the 60th minute now, in fact Lyon is still leading with a score of 2-1 and Lyon managed to take the lead first with a score of 2-0. Even though the match is not over yet but ya, at least Lyon has shown that Lyon is currently experiencing improvements for the better, of course.