French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[arimamib]

PSG are currently drawing at home, it's 1-1 but it's not a problem for them because there is no team in the league that can rival them.
I think they are already champions, that's the worst thing about the French league, there is only 1 team and every year it's the same, every once in a while a surprise team comes out and becomes champion.

There are existence of top club in France and these teams doesn't take chances but end up delivering good efforts for their solid results this season. The Champs of France Ligue One will always run to the footsteps and doesn't make sense. Paris Saint-Germain have been relenting in these previous matches and the results acquire doesn't fight the estimated current position. Watching PSG drawing points with Clermont and this will draw setback for Les Parisiens but they will continue to kick for better.

This situation makes it safe to say money becoming a big factor in football. PSG is not only can recruit the best players who they won, but also can keep them staying in the club for a long time because they pay high wage for their players. On the other hand, 19 other teams would lose their best players if they perform impressively. Monaco and Lille are the examples for losing their best players after winning the league.

The fact that PSG could play with a relaxing mood against Clermont can be a sign that the title race is over. Maybe even if they don't win a single remining match, they will still win the league in the end, because their competitors below them will drop points eventually because their quality and the competitiveness between them make it difficult to win all the remaining matches to overtake PSG. this situation indirectly give advantage to PSG who already too strong to compete with.

[bering]

PSG has got unsatisfactory result today because they had just gets draw result from Clermont and i am sure most of the bettors have already to lost their bets because before this match most people were predict PSG will be able to beat Clermont easily this because currently Clermont as the weakiest team in Ligue 1 and their position also in the bottom of League table so PSG should be beat them without any trouble but in fact Clermont was performing well they even can leading the game in the first half but luckily PSG can avoiding to lost because Goncalo Ramos can equalized the score before the match ended

I have been notice on PSG starting lineup some of their important players such as Mbappe, Hakimi and Marquinhos has starting the match from the bench but i can understand why Luis Enrique did that because PSG has important match against Barcelona on Champion league and obviously Luis Enrique will give his priority to that match so he considers the match against Clermont is not too important again for PSG this because PSG position on league table is quite safe besides that Luis Enrique also want to ensure all of PSG key players will be in the good fitness when against Barcelona later

[GiftedMAN]

PSG are currently drawing at home, it's 1-1 but it's not a problem for them because there is no team in the league that can rival them.
I think they are already champions, that's the worst thing about the French league, there is only 1 team and every year it's the same, every once in a while a surprise team comes out and becomes champion.

The match ended in a draw. This is clearly showing how relegation team can destroy any team including a team that is leading the league table. I never expect Clermont to draw PSG even though they drew their first leg match against each other. But it seems like Clermont is good against PSG because they win them in their last season’s final match.
Nevertheless, the match result did not affect PSG’s League position because 13 points ahead of the second position team Brest is enough for them to lift the League one title because I don’t see them losing enough matches.

The performance of the home team in this match is laughable because they managed to equalize with a team that is at the bottom place in the table, Clermont isn't a strong team to be compared with PSG but I think PSG did not play the game wth all seriousness seeing thst they are comfortable with the difference in gap with the second place team and their match in the Champions League is their most important game for  them right now since they are sure of being the French ligue1 champions with the current points they have righ now and the number of matches left to be played. Yes the outcome of the match tonight did not affect PSG nor stopped Clermont from being in the relegation zone it only reduces the gap between PSG and Brest if they can win tomorrow against Metz.

[Cryptoprincess101]

Just because you have good players on your team doesn't mean that you are going to win all the games. We have seen it with PSG before Messi joined as well, they had Neymar and Mbappe and still lost to Lille as well, which was a shocker to the whole world but it happened. So, we should consider that as very important information regards to this situation. I can't say that we are going to see a lot more situations changing like that, of course we could have some difference, but we can't make it work differently.

I believe that we are going to end up with a situation that would be a lot lesser, and PSG will do fine even after Mbappe because they figured out just star players can't get you everything, so they are getting other good players.

I don't agree with you about good having good players not a guarantee to winning matches because of you check most of the teams that are dominating in their various leagues you will understand that they have good and experienced players and that's why they have been able to make a lot of huge successes for those teams. We all know that Kylian Mbappe is a sensational player that whenever he is playing, a lot of football fans cheers his name because they know he is a worthy superstar so when he finally leaves PSG, they will surely feel his absence.

[TelolettOm]

The performance of the home team in this match is laughable because they managed to equalize with a team that is at the bottom place in the table, Clermont isn't a strong team to be compared with PSG but I think PSG did not play the game wth all seriousness seeing thst they are comfortable with the difference in gap with the second place team and their match in the Champions League is their most important game for  them right now since they are sure of being the French ligue1 champions with the current points they have righ now and the number of matches left to be played. Yes the outcome of the match tonight did not affect PSG nor stopped Clermont from being in the relegation zone it only reduces the gap between PSG and Brest if they can win tomorrow against Metz.

This is a funny and sad thing. How come? PSG is really dominant. They also made numerous attempted attacks on Clermont Foot. The opposing club also visited the PSG stadium. Then, Clermont Foot also seemed very stressed by PSG's dominance and style of match.

however, only a 1 - 1 draw?
It's annoying, but also saddeningly funny. I don't know whether to be sad or laugh at how PSG failed in this.

Luckily Ramos scored 1 goal for PSG. so they can win. because PSG was behind in the first half. And because of this goal from Ramos, PSG was saved from defeat.

Source: Thanks Ramos

[Docnaster]

PSG has got unsatisfactory result today because they had just gets draw result from Clermont and i am sure most of the bettors have already to lost their bets because before this match most people were predict PSG will be able to beat Clermont easily this because currently Clermont as the weakiest team in Ligue 1 and their position also in the bottom of League table so PSG should be beat them without any trouble but in fact Clermont was performing well they even can leading the game in the first half but luckily PSG can avoiding to lost because Goncalo Ramos can equalized the score before the match ended

I have been notice on PSG starting lineup some of their important players such as Mbappe, Hakimi and Marquinhos has starting the match from the bench but i can understand why Luis Enrique did that because PSG has important match against Barcelona on Champion league and obviously Luis Enrique will give his priority to that match so he considers the match against Clermont is not too important again for PSG this because PSG position on league table is quite safe besides that Luis Enrique also want to ensure all of PSG key players will be in the good fitness when against Barcelona later

Considering the recent performances and results of Paris Saint Germaine in the French league, I think the club manager Luis Enrique I think is feeling too relaxed and confident that his team is definitely going to win the French league title at the end of the season but if you ask me, I don't think his recent tactical approaches in their recent league matches they failed to win is something to be proud of. It is understandable that Paris Saint Germaine is the best team in the league in terms of quality players and are very capable and mostly likely to win the league at the end of the season but Luis Enrique must learn how to use his strongest teams in league games like the one against Clermont earlier today.
The away team were less than six minutes away from recording a surprise win against French champions before Goncalo Ramos scored in the 85th minute to draw the hosts level. Paris Saint Germaine best player Kylian Mbappe didn't start the game but was introduced in the last 25 minutes of the game to help his team find and equalizer or better still win the game but he was only able to help them get a draw in that game

[Leviathan.007]

Just because you have good players on your team doesn't mean that you are going to win all the games. We have seen it with PSG before Messi joined as well, they had Neymar and Mbappe and still lost to Lille as well, which was a shocker to the whole world but it happened. So, we should consider that as very important information regards to this situation. I can't say that we are going to see a lot more situations changing like that, of course we could have some difference, but we can't make it work differently.

I believe that we are going to end up with a situation that would be a lot lesser, and PSG will do fine even after Mbappe because they figured out just star players can't get you everything, so they are getting other good players.

How good and great PSG is from season to season, but the fact is that PSG can still lose by mediocre teams and thus, of course PSG is still not strong enough to be able to compete well in the Champions League. But after all, at least other big teams also sometimes get bad results or experience bad luck when they play against mediocre teams. Because after all, when they play against a team that also has good quality, then of course they will also do their best, at least they still have prestige. But by the way, currently PSG have just finished their home match against Clermont but yes, in reality PSG also almost lost because PSG were just able to score an equalizer in the 85th minute. But indeed, it looks like Enrique really rotated players in this match, of course to prepare for their match in the Champions League against Barcelona later.

That's an old topic that talks about PSG and why they can't have good performance even with many superstar players. Also, people keep talking about the last season when PSG had players like Neymar and Messi and they think PSG had to win all the titles because of these players that's wrong because they didn't have a balanced team.
Now they have a better situation compared to the last season, they only have Mbappe but the team is more balanced and they can hope to have a much better performance with their new coach Enrique in this team.
But I don't know what they should do if Mbappe really leaves the team at the end of this season because finding a player at this level cannot be easy at all.

[SUPERSAIAN]

PSG are currently drawing at home, it's 1-1 but it's not a problem for them because there is no team in the league that can rival them.
I think they are already champions, that's the worst thing about the French league, there is only 1 team and every year it's the same, every once in a while a surprise team comes out and becomes champion.

PSG was definitely not good enough today, even though they had very good players, there was not much on the PSG side compared to the opposing team, except for the goal scored by Ramos. It is actually a ridiculous situation that they have such a hard time against the last team in the rankings and that there is such a difference in terms of squad.

On the other hand, PSG has made enough difference for the championship, I am not sure if a loss of points will affect the championship.

[arimamib]

PSG are currently drawing at home, it's 1-1 but it's not a problem for them because there is no team in the league that can rival them.
I think they are already champions, that's the worst thing about the French league, there is only 1 team and every year it's the same, every once in a while a surprise team comes out and becomes champion.

PSG was definitely not good enough today, even though they had very good players, there was not much on the PSG side compared to the opposing team, except for the goal scored by Ramos. It is actually a ridiculous situation that they have such a hard time against the last team in the rankings and that there is such a difference in terms of squad.

On the other hand, PSG has made enough difference for the championship, I am not sure if a loss of points will affect the championship.

They seem to play with a relax mindset that made the players looked no determination. They could beat Marseille before, which is their historical rival and a better team than Clermont, that shows their didn't have the right mindset today. Maybe their focus has been on the upcoming match in Champions League against Barcelona, they are in situation that is able to afford the loss due to a big points gap on the table. Having good quality players makes Enrique easier to manage their priority.

It said that maybe PSG having mercy for Clermont due to being in the bottom of the league table. Having thirteen points gap is big enough for PSG to calm down for a while in preparation for Champions League game. This could be a gift for Clermont to gain a point from PSG that they didn't even expect to get.

[Velvet78]

Just because you have good players on your team doesn't mean that you are going to win all the games. We have seen it with PSG before Messi joined as well, they had Neymar and Mbappe and still lost to Lille as well, which was a shocker to the whole world but it happened. So, we should consider that as very important information regards to this situation. I can't say that we are going to see a lot more situations changing like that, of course we could have some difference, but we can't make it work differently.

I believe that we are going to end up with a situation that would be a lot lesser, and PSG will do fine even after Mbappe because they figured out just star players can't get you everything, so they are getting other good players.

I can't also say PSG are having one of their best seasons. The point gap with the second positioned team might seem big but it is because of their being incapable. Otherwise PSG have got a lot of draws so far. The general statistics aren't looking that good.    I agree about the star player topic with you as well.

Just because they have Mbappe wins aren't guaranteed. Team effort is always the most important thing. If it is not good enough your star player can carry you until a point. After that you need to look after yourself. When Mbappe leaves PSG will need to play even better as a team because there won't be anyone saving them individually probably.

[klidex]

PSG was definitely not good enough today, even though they had very good players, there was not much on the PSG side compared to the opposing team, except for the goal scored by Ramos. It is actually a ridiculous situation that they have such a hard time against the last team in the rankings and that there is such a difference in terms of squad.

On the other hand, PSG has made enough difference for the championship, I am not sure if a loss of points will affect the championship.

Indeed, PSG's performance this time was quite disappointing because the opponent that PSG faced in this match was the weakest club in the French league, but PSG seemed to have difficulty scoring goals. Even though PSG fired many shots at Clermont's goal and 7 of them were on target but unfortunately PSG was only able to score in the 85th minute, if Ramos had not scored a goal in that match, PSG might have suffered defeat and this is quite embarrassing for PSG to be defeated by the weakest club in the league.

Indeed, the loss did not affect PSG's position in first place, still when facing a weak club, PSG still showed good performance, especially since this match was held at home and of course many people favored PSG in football betting in this match and many chose PSG, but it seems that many people lost because PSG only achieved a draw in that match.

Indeed, Luis Enrique tried to rotate his players so they could focus more on the Champions League and tried to play relaxed because they had pocketed a number of points to bring PSG to the league 1 title because no club was able to overtake PSG so there was no longer any excitement in league 1 apart from watching PSG win will lift the trophy in the league at the end of the season and see which clubs will be relegated this season.

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PSG was definitely not good enough today, even though they had very good players, there was not much on the PSG side compared to the opposing team, except for the goal scored by Ramos. It is actually a ridiculous situation that they have such a hard time against the last team in the rankings and that there is such a difference in terms of squad.

On the other hand, PSG has made enough difference for the championship, I am not sure if a loss of points will affect the championship.

PSG being matched by a relegation team is definitely not a good result for PSG, even PSG had to concede first before Ramos could equalize the score 1-1, I am not surprised by the final result of the game and began to understand why Enrique has always relied on their main players when they faced small teams like Reims, Nice, Nantes and even Marseille so far,  Because in the game against Clermont Foot I realized that their reserves and young players were really useless, and Ramos who was PSG's main player must change the course of the match in that game before their lose.

PSG's main squad contains star players but apparently their reserve squad is like a useless player because it is unable to beat a team in the relegation zone, PSG's position is indeed quite safe this and even the draw will not affect their chances of winning Ligue 1 this season, but I think from the draw result Enrique can see if actually the depth of the squad, especially the reserves owned by PSG at this time is not enough to they can compete in the Champions League and it is only right for Enrique to improve that next season if he is still PSG coach.

[W Jr.]

PSG are currently drawing at home, it's 1-1 but it's not a problem for them because there is no team in the league that can rival them.
I think they are already champions, that's the worst thing about the French league, there is only 1 team and every year it's the same, every once in a while a surprise team comes out and becomes champion.

There are 6 weeks until the end of the league. In my opinion, there is no rival to Paris Saint Germain in the French league. They are at a very high level in the league in terms of staff and economic power. They also managed to direct this economic power in line with their own interests. We can say that the championship for League 1 belongs to Paris Saint Germain.

[Chilwell]

Montpellier vs Lorient

Montpellier StartXI: 4-2-3-1
Benjamin Lecomte; Enzo Tchato Mbiayi; Bećir Omeragić; Modibo Sagnan; Lucas Mincarelli Davin; Joris Chotard; Jordan Ferri; Teji Savanier; Mousa Al-Taamari; Arnaud Nordin; Wahbi Khazri

Lorient StartXI: 3-4-2-1
Yvon Mvogo; Formose Mendy; Nathaniel Adjei; Souleymane Isaak Touré; Panos Katseris; Laurent Abergel; Imrân Louza; Darlin Yongwa; Ayman Kari; Badredine Bouanani; Mohamed Bamba


Toulouse vs Strasbourg

Toulouse StartXI: 3-4-2-1
Guillaume Restes; Logan Costa; Rasmus Nicolaisen; Moussa Diarra; Warren Kamanzi; Vincent Sierro; Cristian Cásseres Jr.; Gabriel Suazo; Frank Magri; Yann Gboho; Thijs Dallinga

Strasbourg StartXI: 3-4-2-1
Alaa Bellaarouch; Frédéric Guilbert; Lucas Perrin; Saïdou Sow; Marvin Senaya; Andrey Santos; Ibrahima Sissoko; Thomas Delaine; Dilane Bakwa; Habib Diarra; Kévin Gameiro


Reims vs Nice

Reims StartXI: 4-4-1-1
Yehvann Diouf; Emmanuel Agbadou; Yunis Abdelhamid; Joseph Okumu; Sergio Akieme; Junya Ito; Valentin Atangana Edoa; Marshall Munetsi; Amir Richardson; Reda Khadra; Oumar Diakité

Nice StartXI: 4-3-3
Marcin Bułka; Jordan Lotomba; Jean-Clair Todibo; Dante; Melvin Bard; Hicham Boudaoui; Pablo Rosario; Khéphren Thuram; Mohamed-Ali Cho; Terem Moffi; Jérémie Boga

[rendravolt]

PSG are currently drawing at home, it's 1-1 but it's not a problem for them because there is no team in the league that can rival them.
I think they are already champions, that's the worst thing about the French league, there is only 1 team and every year it's the same, every once in a while a surprise team comes out and becomes champion.

There are 6 weeks until the end of the league. In my opinion, there is no rival to Paris Saint Germain in the French league. They are at a very high level in the league in terms of staff and economic power. They also managed to direct this economic power in line with their own interests. We can say that the championship for League 1 belongs to Paris Saint Germain.

That's right and even though PSG often get draws, including against Clermont last night, this won't hinder them from winning the title this season. If there are still 6 matches left in this season, then PSG must win at least 3 more times to finish this season faster considering that they are 10 points away from their closest competitor, namely Brest.

PSG's superiority in all sectors makes it easy to defend the title every season and this cannot be achieved by other teams in Ligue One. Moreover, even if there are problems with PSG, they can always overcome them well without continuing to get poor results. I think that in the next 5 years PSG will still dominate Ligue One unless there are other competitors who have financial strength from the Middle East, then PSG's dominance will slowly fade.

[slapper]

Just because you have good players on your team doesn't mean that you are going to win all the games. We have seen it with PSG before Messi joined as well, they had Neymar and Mbappe and still lost to Lille as well, which was a shocker to the whole world but it happened. So, we should consider that as very important information regards to this situation. I can't say that we are going to see a lot more situations changing like that, of course we could have some difference, but we can't make it work differently.

I believe that we are going to end up with a situation that would be a lot lesser, and PSG will do fine even after Mbappe because they figured out just star players can't get you everything, so they are getting other good players.

PSG having big names like Neymar and Mbappe doesn't guarantee them anything. We saw that with the Lille loss; football ain't a one-man show, it's about the whole damn team working together. Now, seems like PSG's finally getting their heads on straight. From what I hear, they're not just banking on individual stars anymore, they're building a team that actually functions as a unit. That's the kind of strategy you need for long-term wins

I get the worry about Mbappe leaving. The guy's a monster on the pitch, losing him would sting. But PSG making this change, focusing on being a real team, it could soften that blow. There's no replacing Mbappe exactly, but if the team gels like they need to, they can still succeed. That's football at the end of the day; it's about eleven guys out there giving everything, not one guy trying to carry the weight of the world

[snipie]

PSG - Clermont Foot match started and we all know which team will win this game!

PSG vs Clermont Foot

The match has just started. And I am not very surprised to see PSG not play Mbappe. Probably they are saving him for the match against Barcelona and will not play him in this match if it is not very much needed. I like this because I don’t think they will need him to win a match going against the team which is absolutely at the bottom of the table. pretty sure PSG is going to win this match. only seven minutes have been played so far in this match.

Enrique underestimated Clermont Foot and tried to rest his key players and that cost him two points! The sad part is that Clermont Foot is the last team in Ligue 1 and expected to relegate. PSG have to wait until Kylian Mbappe join the game in the second half to make an assist for Ramos to score. Poor result before facing Barcelona this Wednesday..

[bering]

Nantes vs Lyon

Lyon is in the good shape because recently they can advances to the final match of France Cup after beat Valenciennes with final scores 3-0 and in Ligue 1 too Lyon can collect 7 points from 3 matches by beating Lorient and Toulouse and draw from Reims so they are very confident will beat Nantes today and collect 3 points from this match and for Nantes their situations is very difficult now because after playing at Europa League and eliminate on that competition their performance is not getting better and now Nantes only can occupy 15th place with only collect 28 points from 27 matches

I can see there was no players from Lyon who got injured and suspension so today they can playing with all of their key players including their captain Alexandre Lacazette and after return from the injured i can see Lacazette can find his shape again and recently he can scores 2 goals and help Lyon to beat Valenciennes and the condition of Nantes squad also very good because all of their players can be played today including Mostafa Mohamed and Lyon is on fire now because they can bounce back recently and gets some of positive results from their previous matches and for today i am sure Lyon can be the winner of this match and the odds for Lyon win is quite high @2.21

[junder]

That's right and even though PSG often get draws, including against Clermont last night, this won't hinder them from winning the title this season. If there are still 6 matches left in this season, then PSG must win at least 3 more times to finish this season faster considering that they are 10 points away from their closest competitor, namely Brest.

PSG's superiority in all sectors makes it easy to defend the title every season and this cannot be achieved by other teams in Ligue One. Moreover, even if there are problems with PSG, they can always overcome them well without continuing to get poor results. I think that in the next 5 years PSG will still dominate Ligue One unless there are other competitors who have financial strength from the Middle East, then PSG's dominance will slowly fade.

PSG is not a small team, I think there is a possibility that PSG can win the title this season, because their previous history is quite good. as you said, even though they experienced a draw, that doesn't rule out the possibility of them winning the title. but in my opinion they will get extra work when they play against Barcelona, because Barcelona is a big team which is also famous for its beautiful and neat game. Even though Barcelona's current performance is not good, they cannot be underestimated. maybe they are preparing the taka tiki.

It's true what you said about PSG who can always handle their problems well, that's what makes me applaud them,  they can handle their problems well and maybe because they are also calm in dealing with them. with their previous match, I think they were quite good in their performance, and I think they have a chance to win the title this season.

[Jossque]

Lens drew 1-1 with Le Havre.Le Havre want to stay in the league and even 1 point in this tough away game is important for them to stay in the league.Lens are in a race with their rivals for the European Cups.Lens, who are 1 point behind Nice, aim to finish 5th in the league at worst.Le Havre have to take points from every game as the points difference with their rivals is small.
PSG, on the other hand, drew with Clermonti.PSG will most probably finish as champions this season.The league is no longer important for them, but they will want to at least maintain the points difference.Clermont has a chance to play in the play-offs, but I see their potential to stay in the league as low.It was very important for them to get points from a rival like PSG.