French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Pesona1]

There are still 5 matches left this week and one of them is the match between Brest vs Marseille. Brest themselves are in a bad situation because they can only get a draw from their last 3 matches. But when compared to Marseille, they are still better because Marseille themselves are winless in their last 5 matches by feeling 1 defeat and the other 4 ended with a draw.
Brest will be the host in this match, it is an advantage for them to be able to restore the victory they did not get in the previous 3 matches. But Marseille also came with the hope of winning, and surely they will try hard for them to be able to bring home points from this match.
But if we look at the opportunities, who do you think will win this match?

Head to head, the two teams seem to be evenly matched so far, apart from that, the performance of the two teams in the last few weeks is not much different in my opinion, in the last few weeks both of them have often lost points but in terms of the opponents they have faced it is clear that Brest has a tougher opponent than Marseille , I see that Brest is able to hold PSG to a draw in the league and of course this shows that Brest game is still better than Marseille, I personally am quite sure that Brest will put out their best performance in this match considering their position which has now been defeated by Lille yesterday, a definite win Brest must get it to be able to take the top 3 position from Nice and send Lille back to 5th place, apart from having a better game than Marseille, of course the home factor is an advantage for Brest to be able to win the match in front of its fans.

[IvugeoEvolutionCoin]

In French Soccer League, Montpellier vs Metz two teams have come to the field to play today's match. So far Montpellier team is leading by 1 goal. Now let's see if Metz team can score any goals. If Metz team can still score 1 goal then the match will be a draw.  Players of Montpellier team scored 1 goal in the first 3 minutes of the game. Now the referee will give the whistle for half time at any time towards the half time of the game.

[Weawant]

Watching the game right here all I see is a PSG team that is tired and looking so stressed, it's a 0:1 score currently with the away team winning but PSG performance has not been a good one in this game as they managed to get a goal attempt which led ro the goal. The home team has made several goal attempts which would have seen the PSG team lose in the game but thanks to the PSG goal keeper Gianluigi Donnaru for pulling out the saves I believe he's been the reason why Nantes has not recorded a goal in this game.

I'm a fan of winning a game and not just giving off good performance because if at the end of the day your performance was top notch and you did had the best play but you lost you are definitely not going to get ahead of the team that won the game neither are you going to be given an extra points for a brilliant performance.

So I most times don't really look at the teams performance even if I know it has a lot to do with determining how well the team results will.be but then a team could be performing well and not be lucky enough but another could have the poor performance but are able to manage to defend their goal which they have been able to secure at a time in the match. For  me PSG had a poor performance but we're at same time deserving of the victory they got at the end of the game.

[Fara Chan]

In French Soccer League, Montpellier vs Metz two teams have come to the field to play today's match. So far Montpellier team is leading by 1 goal. Now let's see if Metz team can score any goals. If Metz team can still score 1 goal then the match will be a draw.  Players of Montpellier team scored 1 goal in the first 3 minutes of the game. Now the referee will give the whistle for half time at any time towards the half time of the game.

It looks like it will be difficult for the visiting Metz team to score because the home team Montpellier scored again through Sagnan in the second half in the 50th minute. And now there is only a little time left so the visiting Metz team must be willing to accept defeat if they don't try to score a goal. Metz, as the bottom ranked team in Ligue 1 this season, seems to still have to stay in the red zone because Montpellier is also trying to stay away from that zone by collecting full points in every match.

[rendravolt]

Surprisingly, Monaco lost against Toulouse and this was a home defeat for Monaco with a score of 1-2. Monaco should have won easily but unfortunately it wasn't what they imagined and instead conceded first. Even though in the end Monaco managed to equalize the series at 1-1, it was still not enough to secure 3 points at home.

What happened was the opposite and Toulouse took advantage of a gap in Monaco's defense to score the second goal and steal full points at home. This is a very bad result for Monaco because they only managed to win the previous match against Nice and the rest all ended in draws and losses in the last 5 matches. Meanwhile, for Toulouse, this was revenge after their round of meetings lost against Monaco with the same score.

[len01]

This is one of the reasons I am now convinced that Ligue 1 is not competitive like other leagues in the Europe. With current PSG form, they are not suppose to be in top five teams on the table but here they are comfortably topping the table with huge gap between them and Nice. Without Mbappe, PSG seems to be like a second division team. I don't know how they'll survive after his departure next season.

Dominating a game with lots of possessions and not securing a goal doesn't freak me at all. I wasn't impressed with their first half performance despite their dominance because there was no positive result. The attackers were not threatening at all until Mbappe came in as a substitute. Enrique was just trying to be stubborn and decides to bench him. He later regain his senses and brought him up. I think they should just accept that he's leaving and stop pushing agenda.

yep, I thought the same thing as you, even since PSG had Mbappe arrive and was able to help dominate league 1, I felt the competition was not competitive or a little boring but that only happened in the second half of the season after PSG topped the standings and at the start of the season when all the teams still competing for the safest position, that's when league 1 is very interesting.
this kind of dominance will end after the scoring machine leaves PSG, as you mentioned, Mbappe will leave PSG and at that time PSG will be a team that will find it difficult to win the title because almost all of PSG's winning scores come from Mbappe kicks.

I can't imagine what PSG future will be without Mbappe, it will definitely be very difficult to get the league 1 title and league 1 will become very interesting when star players move to other leagues.
but all I can imagine is how surprising and very ridiculous it would be if there was confirmation that Mbappe extended his contract and if that happened I would say that Mbappe is a domestic star player, not an international star player.

[Leviathan.007]

Such a shocking turn of events for Lyon, I mean they looked like they would lose every game at the start of the season, it didn't really look like it would be anything decent for them in the end.

However, we are talking about them beating the second team Nice, that is a huge huge change on that team. I get that it is not going to be all that confusing, we could probably see it change even more. Going from 18th to 11th is a marvellous achievement, and they did so by losing only a few times, they won all the other games and that is just a marvellous thing. I believe that Lyon could get even better, but at the end of the day we are talking about a huge deal and can't really consider the team done, they have so much more to do.

Lyon was losing points in this season a lot against weaker teams than Nice which made us think they are going to get relegated from the French League at the end of this season. Also, they were playing against a team like Nice while Nice was racing at the top of the French league with PSG for the title and  I was expecting to see Nice easily win this match and beat Lyon but they lost it with a 1-0 result.

[Ondekinecakabilirim]

The last match of the week in French Ligue 1 will be played between Brest and Marseille. Brest are unbeaten in their last 10 games in the league. But they drew the last 3 weeks. Two of these draws were against Paris Saint Germain and Nice. They have drawn in the last weeks. But they drew against the two best teams in the league. On the other hand, Marseille's last win in the league was 6 weeks ago against Clermont. They have a bad performance in the league in the last weeks. They are unbeaten after the Clermont game. But they haven't won at the same time. I expect a balanced game, but I think Brest will be closer to victory in this match.

[marcous]

Surprisingly, Monaco lost against Toulouse and this was a home defeat for Monaco with a score of 1-2. Monaco should have won easily but unfortunately it wasn't what they imagined and instead conceded first. Even though in the end Monaco managed to equalize the series at 1-1, it was still not enough to secure 3 points at home.

What happened was the opposite and Toulouse took advantage of a gap in Monaco's defense to score the second goal and steal full points at home. This is a very bad result for Monaco because they only managed to win the previous match against Nice and the rest all ended in draws and losses in the last 5 matches. Meanwhile, for Toulouse, this was revenge after their round of meetings lost against Monaco with the same score.

It was very unfortunate, Monaco again lost points to middle-class team Toulouse, like Nice who suffered a surprising defeat to Lyon. I think Monaco will be under threat, if Brest manages to secure full points in the match against Marseille, then Monaco will be knocked out of the top four of the standings. The fight for tickets to appear in the Champions League next season is indeed more interesting, because we know that currently it is no longer possible for PSG to be overtaken by any team in Ligue 1.

On the other hand, the additional three points keep Toulouse away from the degradation zone, even though their position is not completely safe because they are only one point away from the relegation play off participants. I think if Brest rises to fourth place in the standings, then Monaco will find it difficult to overtake them in the future. Statistically, Monaco has only been able to achieve one win in their last five matches.

I predict Brest can secure full points in the closing match of Week 22, because they will act as hosts. Apart from that, Marseille is in a bad period, and has not managed to win in its last five matches.

[beerlover]

Lille is now at the third position on the table with over 35 points already, which means finishing top four is a good possibility for them but they are sure they would not be able to win the title, thia season, Le Havre did tried their best but were unable to secure a goal from the game rather they got neither the goal or victory which is actually poor results but then they weren't in the same capacity as their opponent so it was very possible they would have still lost the game.

This season Lille has performed very well. And this season Ligue 1 has three slots in the Champions League so that will be a motivation for them to maintain their ranking. I think the competition to get tickets to the Champions League is still very competitive in second to sixth place in the standings. There are 5 teams that have a very small difference in points in the standings. Nice with 39 points is in second place and Lens with 35 points is in sixth place. This makes every match of these teams very interesting to watch.

Lille was the winner just like 3 seasons ago or something, which should mean that they shouldn't have been that bad to begin with, the fact that they got so much worse was mainly their winner players being sold, but they used that money smartly and back to UCL spots again, and with Mabppe leaving this summer, I think Lille may actually have a chance or at least some other team may win it aside from PSG. This isn't of course guaranteed.

With Lille going to UCL, they could get so much money there, and with that type of income, teams could build great clubs. The profits of going to UCL every year is just beyond bonkers and fans do not realize it, doing that for like 5 years in a row, would make you build a team that can do it for another 10 years, it's just insanely profitable thing.

[QueenVera]

This is one of the reasons I am now convinced that Ligue 1 is not competitive like other leagues in the Europe. With current PSG form, they are not suppose to be in top five teams on the table but here they are comfortably topping the table with huge gap between them and Nice. Without Mbappe, PSG seems to be like a second division team. I don't know how they'll survive after his departure next season.

Dominating a game with lots of possessions and not securing a goal doesn't freak me at all. I wasn't impressed with their first half performance despite their dominance because there was no positive result. The attackers were not threatening at all until Mbappe came in as a substitute. Enrique was just trying to be stubborn and decides to bench him. He later regain his senses and brought him up. I think they should just accept that he's leaving and stop pushing agenda.

PSG are doing well in the French Ligue 1 race, even though it's not as balanced as it ought to. They're a team expected to perform better than they're doing now judging from the performances of previous seasons. They're just a few points ahead and it's very much not buoyant for them as the increase in the league's intensity may unintentionally lead to their drop in position which they as a team shouldn't let to happen.

 They've also been able to advance to the round of 16 of the UCL and their Spanish opponent, who's not really a tough side as them but maybe stands a chance to advancing to the next stage. They'll have to be extra prepared for the game ahead. They also have to be careful about their league race. They've got to stay in shape and capacity too. They've got to use the games during the early second half of the season to cover up their tracks and also strive to be far better than Sociedad and even advance to the quarter finals.

[Docnaster]

This is one of the reasons I am now convinced that Ligue 1 is not competitive like other leagues in the Europe. With current PSG form, they are not suppose to be in top five teams on the table but here they are comfortably topping the table with huge gap between them and Nice. Without Mbappe, PSG seems to be like a second division team. I don't know how they'll survive after his departure next season.

Dominating a game with lots of possessions and not securing a goal doesn't freak me at all. I wasn't impressed with their first half performance despite their dominance because there was no positive result. The attackers were not threatening at all until Mbappe came in as a substitute. Enrique was just trying to be stubborn and decides to bench him. He later regain his senses and brought him up. I think they should just accept that he's leaving and stop pushing agenda.

Paris Saint Germaine's dominance in the French league over the past seven seasons is simply because of their superior spending in the in signing high profile and quality players aged of the other French clubs and I don't even think that their dominance is stopping anytime soon because none of the other French teams is even ready to spend as huge as the French champions in signing quality players.
Kylian Mbappe is believed will be leaving Paris Saint Germaine at the end of the season and as the club's best player over the past seven seasons, I expect his departure to affect the performance of the club but I still don't think it's gonna end Paris Saint Germaine's dominance in the league because even without the France national team captain, PSG is still better than the other teams in the French Ligue 1.

[hahay]

The last match of the week in French Ligue 1 will be played between Brest and Marseille. Brest are unbeaten in their last 10 games in the league. But they drew the last 3 weeks. Two of these draws were against Paris Saint Germain and Nice. They have drawn in the last weeks. But they drew against the two best teams in the league. On the other hand, Marseille's last win in the league was 6 weeks ago against Clermont. They have a bad performance in the league in the last weeks. They are unbeaten after the Clermont game. But they haven't won at the same time. I expect a balanced game, but I think Brest will be closer to victory in this match.

Not only that, because the reality is that Marseille is the worst team for away matches so far this season and thus, although Brest at this moment also seems to have a decline in performance but ya, playing against Marseille at least gives a good chance for Brest to be able to win . But, even if for example Brest fails to beat Marseille but I am personally very confident, that Brest will also not lose because the factor about Marseille's poor quality for away matches makes me not at all confident about Marseille in this match . After all, in the statistics so far this match until the 40th minute also in fact Marseille can only control ball possession but not for a good attack.

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Paris Saint Germaine's dominance in the French league over the past seven seasons is simply because of their superior spending in the in signing high profile and quality players aged of the other French clubs and I don't even think that their dominance is stopping anytime soon because none of the other French teams is even ready to spend as huge as the French champions in signing quality players.
Kylian Mbappe is believed will be leaving Paris Saint Germaine at the end of the season and as the club's best player over the past seven seasons, I expect his departure to affect the performance of the club but I still don't think it's gonna end Paris Saint Germaine's dominance in the league because even without the France national team captain, PSG is still better than the other teams in the French Ligue 1.

If Mbappe realizes his intention to leave, Luis Enrique still has a number of good players in his squad. Of course, Mbappe departure will shake PSG performance, or even make it difficult for them to win in several matches. This is very normal, and no matter how unstable PSG is in Ligue 1, other contestants will not be able to surpass their strength and consistency. That is the fact that makes Ligue 1 not very competitive, no team can seriously suppress PSG dominance, in fact this season is also going the same way.

PSG management will certainly look for new players if Mbappe leaves, PSG has strong finances to buy any expensive players. In conclusion, PSG will continue to dominate Ligue 1 without stopping, but this does not necessarily make it easier for them to win the Champions League trophy. rumors regarding Mbappe move are increasingly circulating, With speculation that the former Monaco player future is always linked to Real Madrid. It is very likely that Mbappe will go to this club, he is very eager to win the Champions League.

[temple]

Paris Saint Germaine's dominance in the French league over the past seven seasons is simply because of their superior spending in the in signing high profile and quality players aged of the other French clubs and I don't even think that their dominance is stopping anytime soon because none of the other French teams is even ready to spend as huge as the French champions in signing quality players.
Kylian Mbappe is believed will be leaving Paris Saint Germaine at the end of the season and as the club's best player over the past seven seasons, I expect his departure to affect the performance of the club but I still don't think it's gonna end Paris Saint Germaine's dominance in the league because even without the France national team captain, PSG is still better than the other teams in the French Ligue 1.

If Mbappe realizes his intention to leave, Luis Enrique still has a number of good players in his squad. Of course, Mbappe departure will shake PSG performance, or even make it difficult for them to win in several matches. This is very normal, and no matter how unstable PSG is in Ligue 1, other contestants will not be able to surpass their strength and consistency. That is the fact that makes Ligue 1 not very competitive, no team can seriously suppress PSG dominance, in fact this season is also going the same way.

PSG management will certainly look for new players if Mbappe leaves, PSG has strong finances to buy any expensive players. In conclusion, PSG will continue to dominate Ligue 1 without stopping, but this does not necessarily make it easier for them to win the Champions League trophy. rumors regarding Mbappe move are increasingly circulating, With speculation that the former Monaco player future is always linked to Real Madrid. It is very likely that Mbappe will go to this club, he is very eager to win the Champions League.

It may have a lot to do with how they are going to do in the Champions League because I think that if for some reason they reach the final in the Champions League (although I don't believe it), everyone involved there could be so euphoric that it has an impact on his decision when Khealifi decides to add another billion to his wealth! They know that PSG won't be the same with this striker who is also French. He isn't just any striker, but he is a striker from the home country who is going to play a maximum important role in all the big tournaments that are coming and I am talking about European Championships and World Cups. Khelaifi would him to stay at PSG no matter how much it costs.

[snipie]

This round made PSG run away from the other teams with 13 points difference and Brest to move to the second position in the table after defeating Marseille. The defeat against Lyon was unexpected for Nice supporters and made Lyon escape further from the relegation zone.
Nantes started with some power but ended up by accepting the domination of PSG although having and missing many opportunities. Next time PSG will face Rennes which has a good record lately but they are expected to lose.

[Weawant]

Lyon was losing points in this season a lot against weaker teams than Nice which made us think they are going to get relegated from the French League at the end of this season. Also, they were playing against a team like Nice while Nice was racing at the top of the French league with PSG for the title and  I was expecting to see Nice easily win this match and beat Lyon but they lost it with a 1-0 result.

Lyon is building strength so well that I they may not have any business around the relegation again this season and that's such a good and impressive improvement because at a time it did looked like they were going to be relegated due to their poor performance since this season but at the time they began to improve they have been doing great.

I actually didn't expect Nice who has seemed like a top team this season in the Ligue 1 to have lost to Lyon who just battled out of relegation but then it's a norm in football to expect surprises at some point I'm time when you never taught of such a surprise to take place and that's exactly what happened to Lyon against Nice. Nice did tried their best but Lyon just had their lucky day and so they couldn't take any less of the advantage they have seen and so securing Three points was all they wanted and they did got it.

[udidrone]

This round made PSG run away from the other teams with 13 points difference and Brest to move to the second position in the table after defeating Marseille. The defeat against Lyon was unexpected for Nice supporters and made Lyon escape further from the relegation zone.
Nantes started with some power but ended up by accepting the domination of PSG although having and missing many opportunities. Next time PSG will face Rennes which has a good record lately but they are expected to lose.

There is no need to be surprised because PSG is the only team that has more ability and has no competitors in this league PSG is comfortably going through the competition and has secured the title, so far PSG have only lost once and drawn 5 times they can tune the match according to what they want whether win, draw or lose. This is one of the reasons why Ligue 1 is less interesting there are no competitors so it's boring to watch it, in fact, we are more interested in watching matches in the Saudi Pro League.

[mammusu]

Paris Saint Germaine's dominance in the French league over the past seven seasons is simply because of their superior spending in the in signing high profile and quality players aged of the other French clubs and I don't even think that their dominance is stopping anytime soon because none of the other French teams is even ready to spend as huge as the French champions in signing quality players.
Kylian Mbappe is believed will be leaving Paris Saint Germaine at the end of the season and as the club's best player over the past seven seasons, I expect his departure to affect the performance of the club but I still don't think it's gonna end Paris Saint Germaine's dominance in the league because even without the France national team captain, PSG is still better than the other teams in the French Ligue 1.

Indeed, PSG's financial resources have allowed them to assemble a formidable squad that has consistently outmatched their domestic rivals in terms of talent and depth. The impending departure of Kylian Mbappe may have an impact on the club's performance. Mbappe's contributions to PSG's success over the past seven seasons have been undeniable, and his absence will certainly be felt on the pitch.

However, PSG's financial muscle ensures that they can continue to recruit top talent to bolster their squad and remain a formidable force in domestic competition. While Mbappe's departure may lead to adjustments in PSG's playing style and dynamics, it's unlikely to spell the end of their dominance in the league. PSG's consistent success in recent years reflects not only their financial resources but also their organizational stability, strategic planning, and overall quality as a team. It will be interesting to see how PSG adapts to any changes in their lineup and how they continue to assert their dominance in the French league landscape.

[TelolettOm]

Indeed, PSG's financial resources have allowed them to assemble a formidable squad that has consistently outmatched their domestic rivals in terms of talent and depth. The impending departure of Kylian Mbappe may have an impact on the club's performance. Mbappe's contributions to PSG's success over the past seven seasons have been undeniable, and his absence will certainly be felt on the pitch.

Yes, Mbappe's decision to leave PSG at the end of this season is completely clear. So, this is certainly clear enough for PSG to immediately formulate various plans to replace Mbappe in their team. In the French League, PSG will still be first even without Mbappe, but on the other hand, there are several other leagues they have to conquer, especially UCL,  and Mbappe is PSG's main source of strength so far. So indeed PSG should look for a significant replacement for Mbape, whether it will be successful or not, but maybe it won't be as good as Mbappe.

Anyway, the result of Monaco vs Toulouse : 1 - 2
Monaco again couldn't race a good result again, moreover their performance seems decreasing again and again. Moreover in this match, they played at home, but they had bad result. Even though they were quite offensive, their accuracy was really poor. Their back line was also quite bad this time. Even Toulouse, which incidentally was not too strong up front, but was ultimately able to beat Monaco very well.