French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[ancafe]

Marseille has had its ups and downs, when they, historically one of France's most successful clubs, has faced challenges and setbacks like any other team. Their history is full of inconsistencies may make poeple are doubtful about their current capabilities and potential for growth. Clubs that don't elevate their chance to maintain their developement shouldn't deserve any chance to compete at the highest level. This is why Ligue 1 is the least rated league in europe top five.

Their historical success and infrastructure suggest that they have the resources and potential to capitalize on their opportunities. Football is a dynamic sport, and success is not guaranteed, even for the most storied clubs, but maintainance is something should be done for the growth of the club and the league. Lyon's recent struggles serve as a cautionary tale that makes Ligue 1 has no big history in european competition.

Maybe the influence is big because they don't have the budget to recruit quality players so every time they play consistently they can't maintain it in the following season. Now Marseille's performance is really below standard as a strong club in Ligue 1 and the level of competition has dropped drastically with other clubs. The lowest rating in Europe's top five for Ligue 1 cannot be separated from the fact that not many top European players have moved to the league because perhaps the club finances there are still standard.

Marseille is stuck in seventh position with 36 points and the competition for the top four is also increasingly difficult because they have to catch up on points from several clubs above them. The level of consistency must be immediately improved because they must at least catch up to the Europa League zone position and even though the competition is tight, the opportunity is still quite big if Marseille can return to consistency.

[Strongkored]

Marseille is stuck in seventh position with 36 points and the competition for the top four is also increasingly difficult because they have to catch up on points from several clubs above them. The level of consistency must be immediately improved because they must at least catch up to the Europa League zone position and even though the competition is tight, the opportunity is still quite big if Marseille can return to consistency.

This is something that is still possible to achieve even though the level of difficulty is very high, what's more, Marseille's fate will depend on the results of other clubs above them so it is possible that they will not get what they are targeting even though they have experienced very good progress in their performance because of other teams perform better and consistently to also get the position that Marseille is also targeting.

However, if Marseille fails to get tickets to play in one of the European competitions, be it the European League or the Conference League because the Champions League position seems impossible to achieve, then they failed to achieve the same thing last season because last season Marseille managed to play in the Champions League qualification but failed to enter the group phase because they lost to Panathinaikos and had to settle for playing in the European league but unfortunately they didn't perform well so they had to go through the playoffs to get to the 16th round.

[bering]

Marseille has had its ups and downs, when they, historically one of France's most successful clubs, has faced challenges and setbacks like any other team. Their history is full of inconsistencies may make poeple are doubtful about their current capabilities and potential for growth. Clubs that don't elevate their chance to maintain their developement shouldn't deserve any chance to compete at the highest level. This is why Ligue 1 is the least rated league in europe top five.

Their historical success and infrastructure suggest that they have the resources and potential to capitalize on their opportunities. Football is a dynamic sport, and success is not guaranteed, even for the most storied clubs, but maintainance is something should be done for the growth of the club and the league. Lyon's recent struggles serve as a cautionary tale that makes Ligue 1 has no big history in european competition.

Maybe the influence is big because they don't have the budget to recruit quality players so every time they play consistently they can't maintain it in the following season. Now Marseille's performance is really below standard as a strong club in Ligue 1 and the level of competition has dropped drastically with other clubs. The lowest rating in Europe's top five for Ligue 1 cannot be separated from the fact that not many top European players have moved to the league because perhaps the club finances there are still standard.

Marseille is stuck in seventh position with 36 points and the competition for the top four is also increasingly difficult because they have to catch up on points from several clubs above them. The level of consistency must be immediately improved because they must at least catch up to the Europa League zone position and even though the competition is tight, the opportunity is still quite big if Marseille can return to consistency.

I think the problem is not the budget to buy new players because in my opinion why Marseille playing with not consistent this season is because the fault is came from the owner of Marseille themself because they choose Genarro Gattuso as the replacement of Ivan Juric and we all know as a manager Gattuso career is not really good and he was often to sacked when handle the particular teams so some of fans were doubt Gattuso can be the right manager for Marseille and it just happend now that Marseille owner have to sacked him immediately because Marseille under Gattuso have no significant progress and now Marseille are in danger of not being able to play in the champions league according to their initial target this season

Just like i said previously Marseille under new manager has slightly good progress because they can able to gets 3 winning streak in all competitions and this week Marseille has tight schedules because in Europa league today they will facing Villarreal for round of 16 even so in Ligue 1 because Marseille will playing as a host against Nantes and let see it later whether Marseille can able to resumes their positive results from those matches or they will return to be unstable again

[RaltcoinsB]

Marseille has had its ups and downs, when they, historically one of France's most successful clubs, has faced challenges and setbacks like any other team. Their history is full of inconsistencies may make poeple are doubtful about their current capabilities and potential for growth. Clubs that don't elevate their chance to maintain their developement shouldn't deserve any chance to compete at the highest level. This is why Ligue 1 is the least rated league in europe top five.

Their historical success and infrastructure suggest that they have the resources and potential to capitalize on their opportunities. Football is a dynamic sport, and success is not guaranteed, even for the most storied clubs, but maintainance is something should be done for the growth of the club and the league. Lyon's recent struggles serve as a cautionary tale that makes Ligue 1 has no big history in european competition.

PSG dominates and ranked first on the table while other elite one are fighting for important positions on the table. Competitive race are mainly for the elite clubs, we all know that but in scenarios where we see the top clubs fighting really hard to bounce back to winning shape, it's worth supporting. Marseille started on a wrong foot and they're trying their possible to ensure they make things right for their supporters, they're aiming to bring back the winning days. Olympique Marseille have become prominent and having solid winnings in games becomes trustable on their side.

Marseille remained at average success in the league this year. They are in 7th place and 19 points away from the leader. They are 10 points away from Brest, which is in second place. The top spot in the French league belongs to PSG alone. There is no team that will perform better than them this year. It is also a pleasure to watch PSG in France.

[Velvet78]

I think Enrique should already think about alternatives because Mbappe seems determined to leave. If he's not going to go, the offer made to him must be like a dream. In this case, team dynamics are disrupted and unrest occurs among other players. If Mbappe behaves towards the players like the team owner, no one in the team can play the way they want. Mbappe is ultimately a football player and of course another player can fill his place.

I agree and I think him and the PSG chairman have already started to think about an alternative player to Mbappe. They had better do so because it is really not easy to find a solid replacement for a player like Mbappe. Have you seen the goals he scored against Real Sociedad as well? His playing style is just really lovely to watch. 

Maybe PSG don't have any money problem but it must still be really discomforting for them to see Mbappe leaving without a transfer fee being paid to them. He is one of the best players in active football right now. Nobody would like to see that player leaving their team like that. 

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Brest is currently in the Champions League zone in second place but this is not completely convincing because the clubs below still have a chance, it's just that Brest is 4 points ahead and recently they haven't experienced a defeat and have only achieved 2 draws. If they can maintain his consistency then he can get the ticket and compete in big competitions. Monaco itself has remained in 3rd place for a long time and is also not said to be safe in being in the Champions League zone because it is only 1 point different from Lille.

Yes, at this time besides PSG, of course, Brest is the closest team to get another ticket to the Champions League this season with Monaco, currently both are competing to be the best and certainly to keep their chances from the pursuit of Lille and Nice who are below, at the end of the season all possibilities can happen depending on the performance of each team at this time that they must be able to maintain,  The current 1st and 2nd positions are actually still very unsafe for Brest and Monaco, because Lille and Nice can still get the last two Champions League tickets because they have a small points difference at the moment with Monaco and Brest, so that is why everything will likely depend on how well teams like Brest and Monaco maintain their performance until the end of the season.

But despite all that, let's try to suppose if Brest and Monaco get tickets to the Champions League later: for Monaco maybe I will not doubt their capacity to play in the Champions League because so far although they often fail in the Champions League but at least they have better experience playing in the Europa League, while Brest,  honestly maybe they look strong in the league this season, but it seems that for the Champions League it is clear they will be a barn of goals for other teams, besides, I am not sure if brest can bring in new players later to support their performance in the Champions League.

[Die_empty]

Until the last minutes when Mbappe moved to another team and signed a contract officially with that team, I think there is still the chance to say Mbappe can even stay in PSg for a longer time.
Currently, all the big and great people in Qatar and PSG owners are trying hard to don't lose this player, even the Prince of Qatar tried to have this place in PSG and talked to him in person but he didn't change his mind.
However, the story with PSG and Mbappe is long and there is still the chance to stay there otherwise Enrique can think about alternative players.

Winning the champions league with PSG will be a deteming factor that could convince the French striker to remain in th club. But it's seems the chances of  Klyrian Mbappé signing a new contract is slim because he affirmed that he is having problem with the club leadership. After an impressive performance in the UCL where he scored a brace over Real Sociedad , the club will be willing to  keep him but there is more work to be done to motivate him stay. PSG would have to break the bank to satisfy his desire for more money and I am sure the club is not willing to do that.

The coach is already preparing for Mbappé's exist after he was substituted early during the games with Monaco and Rennes. The club is hoping to bring in a quality striker who will be cheaper and also wants to grow young players who will contribute to the team. The club seems not to be ready to splash money on any expensive striker.  

[rendravolt]

Looking at the competition at the bottom of the table, there are three teams that have a difference of 3 points to be able to move above each other in the standings and these three teams have a good chance of avoiding the relegation zone if they don't give up this season. Montpellier, Metz and Clermont are the three teams and Montpellier is one of the teams most likely to escape the relegation zone starting this week. Montpellier's difference from Le Havre, Nantes and Lorient is only 1 to 2 points and an additional 3 points for Montpellier this week is enough to shift their position.

However, that also means that Montpellier's three competitors suffered defeats this week and speaking of Montpellier's opponents, the opening match this week will be against Nice. Actually Nice is not in a good condition and they look very bad with no wins in the last 5 matches. Montpellier must make good use of this situation to steal 3 points in the away match and at least they will continue to make Nice even more frustrated if they lose again.

[MusaMohamed]

Winning the champions league with PSG will be a deteming factor that could convince the French striker to remain in th club. But it's seems the chances of  Klyrian Mbappé signing a new contract is slim because he affirmed that he is having problem with the club leadership. After an impressive performance in the UCL where he scored a brace over Real Sociedad , the club will be willing to  keep him but there is more work to be done to motivate him stay. PSG would have to break the bank to satisfy his desire for more money and I am sure the club is not willing to do that.

I am skeptic that if PSG win Champions League this season, they will be able to convince Mbappe to stay in their club and break their pre-contract agreement with Real Madrid. Mbappe is smart enough to know that if PSG win Champions League this season, it is not their success from a good systematic and strategic development but mainly from luckiness. They will face with many difficulties to defend the title next season and even struggle to go far like quarter finals, semi finals and final match in future.

The match against Real Socidead shows that Mbappe actually enjoys his playing time in Champions League and does not waste any minute to show his ability there.

The coach is already preparing for Mbappé's exist after he was substituted early during the games with Monaco and Rennes. The club is hoping to bring in a quality striker who will be cheaper and also wants to grow young players who will contribute to the team. The club seems not to be ready to splash money on any expensive striker.  

PSG started to change since the summer and they no longer aim at super star players or star players with so much expensive transfer cost. Such expensive players cause many problems for them in financial balance, internal dress-room issues and will affect their performances on field.

If Mbappe actually leaves, I agree with you, that PSG will aim at cheaper striker and they are going to build new squad with cheaper cost but players are ready to play together as a solid squad.

[QueenVera]

Yes, at this time besides PSG, of course, Brest is the closest team to get another ticket to the Champions League this season with Monaco, currently both are competing to be the best and certainly to keep their chances from the pursuit of Lille and Nice who are below, at the end of the season all possibilities can happen depending on the performance of each team at this time that they must be able to maintain,  The current 1st and 2nd positions are actually still very unsafe for Brest and Monaco, because Lille and Nice can still get the last two Champions League tickets because they have a small points difference at the moment with Monaco and Brest, so that is why everything will likely depend on how well teams like Brest and Monaco maintain their performance until the end of the season.

But despite all that, let's try to suppose if Brest and Monaco get tickets to the Champions League later: for Monaco maybe I will not doubt their capacity to play in the Champions League because so far although they often fail in the Champions League but at least they have better experience playing in the Europa League, while Brest,  honestly maybe they look strong in the league this season, but it seems that for the Champions League it is clear they will be a barn of goals for other teams, besides, I am not sure if brest can bring in new players later to support their performance in the Champions League.

The League starts and we see some clubs doing pretty well with their major challenge being to hold on this improved form for a long time. The main challenge on maintaining this form is investment and most of these small teams don’t have the financial capacity to build up a formidable team. In the Ligue 1, we had Nice starting the season quite well and many though they’ll be that team to worry PSG just like Girona in the La Liga. Now Nice are lurking around 4th/5th and are struggling to get back to UCL Spot.

 They didn’t have the right determination in the team to build up and keep up their form for long. Now we’ve got Brest who’re doing currently at 2nd place and I feel they’re still not safe because the point difference is 4 and Monaco are also a good side. Though Brest have been consistent in performance and with about 12-14 matches to go, I think them maintaining this consistency will see them having a UCL Spot.

 Lille and Nice are also on the chase but I don’t see them being able to overthrow Monaco and stretch to Brest. Though this is football and anything is quite possible within 90 mins of play and Brest too will need to be more determined if they want to attain the success of securing a UCL Ticket. Looking at these teams in the UCL, you’ll begin to wonder why they’re struggling to go to that competition only to end up departing at the group stage. I think if these clubs successfully feature in the competition then they should try to get right players to help them especially in the UCL as there they’ll meet more better teams across Europe.

[mammusu]

Looking at the competition at the bottom of the table, there are three teams that have a difference of 3 points to be able to move above each other in the standings and these three teams have a good chance of avoiding the relegation zone if they don't give up this season. Montpellier, Metz and Clermont are the three teams and Montpellier is one of the teams most likely to escape the relegation zone starting this week. Montpellier's difference from Le Havre, Nantes and Lorient is only 1 to 2 points and an additional 3 points for Montpellier this week is enough to shift their position.

However, that also means that Montpellier's three competitors suffered defeats this week and speaking of Montpellier's opponents, the opening match this week will be against Nice. Actually Nice is not in a good condition and they look very bad with no wins in the last 5 matches. Montpellier must make good use of this situation to steal 3 points in the away match and at least they will continue to make Nice even more frustrated if they lose again.

Everything is still very likely to happen at the bottom of the table considering their points gap is not too far away. Competition is even tighter and more interesting at the bottom than at the top, maybe this is an inverse thing. Lol

The bottom position of the standings now occupied by Clermont only has a difference of 7 points from Le Havre which is right on the border of the safety zone. Given that all teams still have problems and inconsistencies, it does not mean that Clermont can catch up and get out of the relegation zone. Especially if we look at Metz or Montpellier, they have a very big chance to get out of the relegation zone because they have fewer points than Clermont. Teams like Nantes, Lorient and Strasbourg are also not in a safe position, because they also still have a fairly close point difference. So with all that is happening at the bottom of the table, all possibilities are still very much possible. Their results in each match will determine their fate in the standings that will bring them whether they can still survive in Ligue 1 or have to go down to division 2.

[Webetcoins]

Winning the champions league with PSG will be a deteming factor that could convince the French striker to remain in th club. But it's seems the chances of  Klyrian Mbappé signing a new contract is slim because he affirmed that he is having problem with the club leadership. After an impressive performance in the UCL where he scored a brace over Real Sociedad , the club will be willing to  keep him but there is more work to be done to motivate him stay. PSG would have to break the bank to satisfy his desire for more money and I am sure the club is not willing to do that.

I am skeptic that if PSG win Champions League this season, they will be able to convince Mbappe to stay in their club and break their pre-contract agreement with Real Madrid. Mbappe is smart enough to know that if PSG win Champions League this season, it is not their success from a good systematic and strategic development but mainly from luckiness. They will face with many difficulties to defend the title next season and even struggle to go far like quarter finals, semi finals and final match in future.

The match against Real Socidead shows that Mbappe actually enjoys his playing time in Champions League and does not waste any minute to show his ability there.

Even it's not sure because with their current performance level which is improving they are not able to have this historic win but most chances now they can go through for the last four surely because things are taking good change and their performance is much better specially we have good improvement from Mbappé who is scoring in every game and overall also changes happening.

With this all if they are able to secure Luis Enrique for some more time then surely we will have great improvement, and they could be able to give better performance in Champions League in future because this is their weak point, and they are trying their best for fixing this which is possible and if they are able to have this surely they could be superior in coming years which will be give them good success because with the sources of current owners they could be able to have success like Manchester City in all competitions.

[Hirose UK]

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Honestly yeah, I believe there is a chance for Marseille to make it to the Champions League. Because if you have noticed Lille, Nice and Lens all don't have a very good form recently. If these teams continue to show performances like this Marseille would capture a big opportunity to go for at least the fourth position which would take them to qualification phase in the Champions League. 

There are 10 more weeks to go. This means a potential 30 points but I'm not saying it like Marseille would win all of their remaining games.    But collecting a solid amount would be very useful for them.

If look at the performance of the other top team, this is not possible and gives Marseille the opportunity to at least occupy the top 3 positions and get the opportunity to compete in the UCL.
It just that if they really want ticket with safe place then runner-up is the rank they have to pursue, but if not then the top 3 positions can also provide that opportunity.
It just that, as I said before when they are in 3rd place, they have to pass the qualifications or play-offs.
But this is not easy because their opponents are several other team who also have to be in the play-offs to get to the group phase.

Hahaha it would be ridiculous to expect Marseille to win overall from the remaining matches, but being able to get 21 points with 7 wins from the remaining 10 matches is very good achievement.
This allows them to be at the one of top standings.

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With 14 games remaining of course all possibilities can happen including Marseille ending the season in the Champions League zone, Marseille biggest chance to go to the Champions League is still open if if they can consistently win and hope Monaco can drop points in their matches, currently Monaco is the 3rd team in Ligue 1 and Marseille has the closest distance to Monaco at the moment with only 6 points,  Although fairly close but still all possibilities can happen Lens, Lille and Nice are also eyeing the last ticket to the Champions League at this time, but actually the chances of the 4 teams to be in the Champions League next season are as great as Marseille, Lille, Lens and Nice will still meet in the next few weeks.

In addition to the league route, there is actually another way but it can be said to be more difficult for Marseille to be able to reach the Champions League next season, namely by winning the Europa League trophy this season because Marseille has so far still competed in the Europa League, and we all know that UEFA provides 1 automatic ticket to qualify for the Champions League if there is a team that wins the Europa League regardless of their position in the domestic league standings.

Yes, 10 matches is number that can be said to be quite lot and provides an opportunity for all team to realize changes or achieve better achievements, including for Marseille, after all, no one knows what the development of each team will be like in the future.
I not sure Marseille will really be able to get UCL ticket but if an unexpected surprise can happen then nothing is impossible.
It just that even though failed to get UCL ticket, are still available for the Europa League competition and being able to get the Europa League title is also an extraordinary success.
Moreover, when Marseille can be in the UCL I also think that they will fall and in the end become team participating in the Europa League.

[Farma]

Winning the champions league with PSG will be a deteming factor that could convince the French striker to remain in th club. But it's seems the chances of  Klyrian Mbappé signing a new contract is slim because he affirmed that he is having problem with the club leadership. After an impressive performance in the UCL where he scored a brace over Real Sociedad , the club will be willing to  keep him but there is more work to be done to motivate him stay. PSG would have to break the bank to satisfy his desire for more money and I am sure the club is not willing to do that.

I am skeptic that if PSG win Champions League this season, they will be able to convince Mbappe to stay in their club and break their pre-contract agreement with Real Madrid. Mbappe is smart enough to know that if PSG win Champions League this season, it is not their success from a good systematic and strategic development but mainly from luckiness. They will face with many difficulties to defend the title next season and even struggle to go far like quarter finals, semi finals and final match in future.

The match against Real Socidead shows that Mbappe actually enjoys his playing time in Champions League and does not waste any minute to show his ability there.

I also think it is almost impossible for PSG to win the Champions League this season and I see this realistically that PSG's strength this season is not strong and in fact they are not much better than last season.
Regarding PSG being able to qualify easily past Real Socidead, I think that is a natural thing because PSG's quality is much better than Real Socidead, which is currently in a slump this season.

With all the existing problems, I think it is almost impossible for Mbappé to extend his contract at PSG and I think now PSG must start to forget about it and eliminate dependence on Mbappé and focus on building this team from the start to go through many processes so that it can excel on the European stage as has been done. carried out by Manchester City.

[Hanadawa]

For Lyon, this club will continue to avoid the red zone, but getting a Champions League ticket seems very difficult.

Even Brest and Monaco are still not safe in the Champions League zone because Lille, Nice and Lens can still catch up with them because their point advantage is not too far away. The competition for places 2 to 6 is still very competitive and it is possible that the leaderboard will change at the end of the season. I think it is already impossible for Lyon to target the Champions League because they are 14 points behind Monaco in third place. I respect them for managing to escape the relegation zone after a difficult start to the season. They managed to be in the middle of the standings and I hope they can evaluate their strategy and team for next season.

[redsun114]

The two clubs you mentioned Marseille and Lyon are popular clubs who experienced bad times at the start of the season but have made positive improvements and managed to continue adding points to be in the best position in the points table.
Talking about this opportunity, it could happen because if we look deeper, the club that has managed to reach its best position at the moment is actually making consistent improvements, while the club that is currently at the top has experienced a slight decline in performance and if Marseille really wants to get a ticket to the Champions League in next season, Marseille just needs to be consistent to continue adding points slowly and shift the clubs above them.
For Lyon, this club will continue to avoid the red zone, but getting a Champions League ticket seems very difficult.

Lyon and Marseille are having great history in this French League, but sadly we are having now time which is giving them huge setbacks like we have Lyon break their 50 years worst performance record and Marseille which is currently at the 7th spot are trying their best for achieving top four which is surely never been easy while still chances are available but for having they need to give their best for the remaining last 10 games Lyon is surely now out of the UEFA competitions because they are having not ideal situation.

Marseille is having 10 points difference from the second spotted Brest with Monaco and Lille are also giving their best for the top four and Lens is also hopeful but who could be consistent and stay at the top level it's not easy to predict because mostly matches are unpredictable, but things are going interesting until last game of this season.

[Jody.Drummer]

Lens will host a club that is ranked 2nd in the standings this week, namely Brest. Lens are still having quite a hard time maintaining their stability this season, repeatedly they have had results that are not at all satisfactory. Now they are in 6th place in the standings with 39 points, from 11 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats from the 24 matches they have played this season. With this situation, I think Brest still has a big chance to win even though their status is the visiting team.

Meanwhile, Brest is in 2nd place, their performance is much more stable than the opponents they will face now, in fact they had 3 consecutive wins before this match. Brest has advantages apart from the visiting team's status, but even so, as I said before, they have the opportunity to make Lens have to suffer defeat in front of their own fans. However, it is possible that in this match both clubs will play equally well and the match will end in a draw. I'm not interested in betting on this match, I feel it's a very big risk, so it's better for me to avoid it.  

[lixer]

PSG started to change since the summer and they no longer aim at super star players or star players with so much expensive transfer cost. Such expensive players cause many problems for them in financial balance, internal dress-room issues and will affect their performances on field.

If Mbappe actually leaves, I agree with you, that PSG will aim at cheaper striker and they are going to build new squad with cheaper cost but players are ready to play together as a solid squad.

After the arrival of new coach Luis Enrique we have few good changes which are surely going to help them in all competitions like they are improving their quality in Champions League with mostly were feeling things will be not good for them but still now they are having spot into last eight, and they also can go through for better end of this season for them which is surely impressive secondly now they are trying to avoid star players which was trademark of the PSG, but now they are trying to have things with average players which are also good change and coach is also ready for the exit of Kylian Mbappé which is under serious rumours about his future which is he wanting to join Real Madrid as there are better chances for the win of Champions League instead of staying here at the PSG which is unpredictable and never been ideal club even he is having huge salary from here.

[len01]

Marseille is stuck in seventh position with 36 points and the competition for the top four is also increasingly difficult because they have to catch up on points from several clubs above them. The level of consistency must be immediately improved because they must at least catch up to the Europa League zone position and even though the competition is tight, the opportunity is still quite big if Marseille can return to consistency.

This is something that is still possible to achieve even though the level of difficulty is very high, what's more, Marseille's fate will depend on the results of other clubs above them so it is possible that they will not get what they are targeting even though they have experienced very good progress in their performance because of other teams perform better and consistently to also get the position that Marseille is also targeting.

However, if Marseille fails to get tickets to play in one of the European competitions, be it the European League or the Conference League because the Champions League position seems impossible to achieve, then they failed to achieve the same thing last season because last season Marseille managed to play in the Champions League qualification but failed to enter the group phase because they lost to Panathinaikos and had to settle for playing in the European league but unfortunately they didn't perform well so they had to go through the playoffs to get to the 16th round.

there are still 14 remaining matches this season that Marseille can still catch up with, while this team only has a difference of 5 points with Lille, which is currently in 4th position and to get 3rd place to get a UCL ticket, there is nothing impossible, just have the difference is quite close as long as Marseille can be more consistent in continuing to secure points, everything can be achieved comfortably.
as we know, several teams above Marseille are experiencing a decline in performance, such as Lille and Nice, which are currently shifted from their previous position, so if Marseille can take advantage of this opportunity, they can definitely move up to the top 5, but competing with Lens seems a bit difficult.

[Palakka]

Meanwhile, Brest is in 2nd place, their performance is much more stable than the opponents they will face now, in fact they had 3 consecutive wins before this match. Brest has advantages apart from the visiting team's status, but even so, as I said before, they have the opportunity to make Lens have to suffer defeat in front of their own fans. However, it is possible that in this match both clubs will play equally well and the match will end in a draw. I'm not interested in betting on this match, I feel it's a very big risk, so it's better for me to avoid it.  

Yes this is their second meeting this season after previously Brest painstakingly beat Lens 3-2 at home, both teams have high motivation to be able to beat each other because both currently need points to be able to secure their respective positions from the pursuit of other teams, both as you said have the same performance,  But so far I see that Brest has a better league winning record than Lens so it is very likely that Brest will be able to win again with a narrow score in the match later.

In other matches, of course, Marseille might benefit if later Lens is defeated by Brest, Marseille, which is currently under Lens position, has a great chance to be able to equalize points in the standings if Marseille can win when facing Nantes in the same week, but if Lens can win against Brest, of course it will make the competition in the Champions League zone will be even more exciting and it can be said that the team in under brest position will Having the opportunity to win a tikets for the Champions League later, after PSG managed to win the championship trophy this season automatically makes rival teams have only one choice: End the season as high as possible to be able to play in European competition next season.