French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[tusandii]

The funniest of all is they had prepared to celebrate after the match. They were so confident on winning it that they had benched Mbappe and Ramos, maybe they wanted to rest them for champions league. And so desperate to win that they brought them in after being 2-1 down. The resulting points don't matter much for PSG, it's only that their champagne need to wait in the freezer. The 1 point could be life saving for Le Havre as they struggle to stay on the Ligue 1.
But this could also decrease the morale of players as they are playing the first leg of the semifinals of champions league tomorrow. Dortmund is a weaker team but PSG themselves are not in their best.

What PSG is doing is quite reasonable in my opinion, the coach knows that now their priority is the Champions League semifinal match against Dortmund so the coach doesn't want to take risks in a match that is not that important.
A draw will not affect anything for PSG because they remain at the top of the standings.
So the reason for doing some player rotation is quite good I think.

It's not important anymore for PSG to pay too much attention to the French League because they already won it and theirs no reason to be worried about it while they have players like Mbappe and Dembele in their team and they spent too much more money than all the other teams in the league.
Maybe they should just pay attention and focus on what they have in the Champions League against Dortmund which can't be a hard game compared to teams like Real Madrid and Macnshter City. Maye PSG was lucky to play against a team like Dortmund.
On the other hand, Enrique is the coach who has the knowledge to help the team in this situation and maybe if they had a coach like Enrique in their team in the last season they could have even better results.

However, the fact is that Borussia Dortmund is not a club that can be underestimated by PSG. In last night's match, PSG couldn't beat Borussia Dortmund and also couldn't score a goal and of course many people lost their bets due to favoring PSG or betting on BTTS, PSG's efforts in taking several shots but only can hit the goal post. I saw that Mbappè and Dembele were not able to take advantage of opportunities well in this match. I feel that PSG's weakness lies in the players' lack of focus on the opportunities they want to get.

Enrique is indeed an experienced coach in the UCL but that doesn't mean he can handle a club like PSG when he is in the UCL because PSG has a performance that is no stronger than the top clubs. In fact, against Dortmund yesterday, PSG didn't perform well, even in the second leg, I think PSG will achieve another result. What is unsatisfactory is that the lack of a winning mentality really has a big impact on the club's performance.

[bering]

Ligue 1 still have 3 matches remaining and it's interesting to know which team will be able to finish in second place under PSG because in my opinion Monaco, Brest and Lille still have equal chances to finish on that position and according to the schedules from those teams i can see Monaco and Brest will have easy match because Monaco only fight against Clermont and Brest will playing against Nantes and certainly both teams can beat their opponents because based on the recent performance Monaco and Brest they were much better compared to their opponents

But Lille has hard match because this weekend because they will playing against Lyon so i think Lyon cannot be underestimate because the progress from this team is very fantastic because within months Lyon can gets several the winning results and avoiding relegation even Lyon currently has good chances to finish at top 6 or Conference League spots and if we see from meeting statistics apparently Lyon is not weak opponent for Lille because in the last 5 meetings Lyon only get 1 loses from Lille

[Velvet78]

Lyon and Marseille both have 44 points and both will compete with each other to go to European competition next season. Coupled with Lens' inconsistency, I think the chances of these two teams are still quite big, especially since they are only 2 points apart. Lens as we know has experienced setbacks so far and has only managed to get 1 win in the last 5 matches. Obviously that is not a good result, especially if they want to maintain their current position.

Now Lyon will face a challenge this week where they will face Lille and I think this is not an easy match for Lyon to get through. This is because Lille is also targeting finishing in second place in addition to securing a place in the Champions League and it is possible that the result will be very difficult to predict. Meanwhile, Marseille will face the red zone team, namely Lorient, and it is certain that they will be able to secure 3 points in the next match.

Yeah there is a really nice competition there for a Conference League spot.    I think Lens will finish the season out of top six. This performance is just pointing that way. But it is still not easy to predict which one of these teams will finish there. Marseille also have a poor form once again. I was excited about them when they started getting positive results with their new manager but here we go again.  

Lyon's rise in the standings is really difficult to overlook. If you ask me which one deserves that spot more I would say Lyon now. Because they reached this point from the relegation zone. This is a huge improvement. Such comeback is a very challenging work you know especially when your players have a really bad morale.

[wmaurik]

Of course, this will be a difficult match for Lyon, because they will face a team that is also aiming for their best position in the standings. Likewise with Lille, it will not be easy for them to win this match, because Lyon cannot be underestimated either, so this is a game that will not be easy for both Lyon and Lille.

I actually see their match as an opportunity for the Lille team who are aiming for a top three position this season. Because Lille is only one point behind Brest and three points behind Monaco, Lille will definitely try not to be careless and try to win at home in order to win a better position. And I think Lille certainly won't underestimate a team like Lyon because this team also often troubles big teams in its class in League 1, where Lyon is also able to put on quite a good performance in their away matches.

[Franctoshi]

Ligue 1 still have 3 matches remaining and it's interesting to know which team will be able to finish in second place under PSG because in my opinion Monaco, Brest and Lille still have equal chances to finish on that position and according to the schedules from those teams i can see Monaco and Brest will have easy match because Monaco only fight against Clermont and Brest will playing against Nantes and certainly both teams can beat their opponents because based on the recent performance Monaco and Brest they were much better compared to their opponents

For the second position, Monaco has more chances of finishing second more than these two other contending teams, They've currently has accumulated a total of 58 points; that's 2 points ahead of Brest and 3 points clear ahead of Lille, so with 3 games left so far to play, If at all, let's say each of these teams behind Monaco wins their three remaining matches, and accumulated total of 9 points, and Monaco draw one of its games and wins 2, Brest will be having a total of 65 points, whereas Lille 64 points, at the end of the season while Monaco will have 65 points as well.

[piebeyb]

Lyon's rise in the standings is really difficult to overlook. If you ask me which one deserves that spot more I would say Lyon now. Because they reached this point from the relegation zone. This is a huge improvement. Such comeback is a very challenging work you know especially when your players have a really bad morale.

They have struggled throughout this season and it is true that it is a tough job but they have managed to get to this point at least out of the relegation zone that will make them more comfortable, against Lille will of course be an obstacle for them because Lyon has played quite well during the season. In their last five matches, I think playing at Lille's home ground, of course Lyon must be more careful in playing because they could lose points if they are too careless and give Lille players an opening to score goals.

Lyon is also not an easy opponent for Lille because they have played very well recently, Lille also don't want to share points let alone lose points against Lyon because they have to secure their position in 4th place where of course to secure a UCL ticket next season, they have to can win the match against Lyon later in front of all their supporters playing at Lille's home ground, of course this is their opportunity to get full points against Lyon, even though they will certainly experience difficulties and obstacles to be able to win, they will definitely play as hard as possible.

[Palakka]

For the second position, Monaco has more chances of finishing second more than these two other contending teams, They've currently has accumulated a total of 58 points; that's 2 points ahead of Brest and 3 points clear ahead of Lille, so with 3 games left so far to play, If at all, let's say each of these teams behind Monaco wins their three remaining matches, and accumulated total of 9 points, and Monaco draw one of its games and wins 2, Brest will be having a total of 65 points, whereas Lille 64 points, at the end of the season while Monaco will have 65 points as well.

At the moment Monaco have a greater chance of being able to end the season under PSG position, at the moment of course the difference in points and also the possibility that as you said will happen between Lille, Brest and also Nice, but apart from all that of course Monaco has 3 easy remaining games that they are likely to win this season,  Monaco's performance so far is of course still better than for these three teams, so I think Monaco will be able to accompany PSG to play in the Champions League next season, the hope to play in the Champions League is of course still there for the team that ends the season in fourth position in Ligue 1 if PSG can get the Champions League trophy this season, because as champions league champions of course PSG will get an automatic ticket to play in the Champions League next season.

For now all possibilities can of course happen at the top rank of Ligue 1 this season, but not so with what happened in the relegation zone this season which maybe we will see Clermont Foot and also Lorient will not be able to stay in Ligue 1, besides that the difficulty of the remaining games that both teams have is of course my reason to say if they will play in Ligue 2 next season,  While one other team that will fight in the relegation qualification looks like Le Havre is a strong candidate in my opinion. 

[Farma]

Of course, this will be a difficult match for Lyon, because they will face a team that is also aiming for their best position in the standings. Likewise with Lille, it will not be easy for them to win this match, because Lyon cannot be underestimated either, so this is a game that will not be easy for both Lyon and Lille.

I actually see their match as an opportunity for the Lille team who are aiming for a top three position this season. Because Lille is only one point behind Brest and three points behind Monaco, Lille will definitely try not to be careless and try to win at home in order to win a better position. And I think Lille certainly won't underestimate a team like Lyon because this team also often troubles big teams in its class in League 1, where Lyon is also able to put on quite a good performance in their away matches.

Lille's opportunity is still wide open to get the top three positions, this week they will compete with Lyon. Lille must be able to win this match if they want to fight for a better ranking, by playing against Lyon this will be a difficult match because they are playing at home against Lyon Lille has only won one match in five matches, which is not an easy thing against Lyon, who have high spirits and when they compete with top teams, Lyon always shows their best game.

Lyon is also a team that has a good squad, it is not easy for Lille to win over Lyon, I think this will be a draw because they have an equally strong squad.

[Hanadawa]

Lyon's rise in the standings is really difficult to overlook. If you ask me which one deserves that spot more I would say Lyon now. Because they reached this point from the relegation zone. This is a huge improvement. Such comeback is a very challenging work you know especially when your players have a really bad morale.

Lyon had slumped at the start of the season and they were in the relegation zone for several weeks. Some people even think they will be relegated this season. But in the second half of the season they surprisingly performed extraordinary and got several wins which kept them out of the relegation zone. Currently Lyon is in 8th place with 44 points. That is a very significant improvement. Unfortunately they are too late to start a positive trend. I think if they can get some momentum early maybe they can even get a ticket to the European leagues next season.

[hyudien]

I actually see their match as an opportunity for the Lille team who are aiming for a top three position this season. Because Lille is only one point behind Brest and three points behind Monaco, Lille will definitely try not to be careless and try to win at home in order to win a better position. And I think Lille certainly won't underestimate a team like Lyon because this team also often troubles big teams in its class in League 1, where Lyon is also able to put on quite a good performance in their away matches.

True, this is an opportunity for Lille to win, because they get many advantages, including the advantage of playing as a host. They can also take advantage of the weaknesses that Lyon has with their defense that is not too tough. Until now, Lyon has conceded 51 of the 31 matches they played, of course this is not a good thing for them, because they are one of the teams that have a fairly fragile defense.
The bookmakers also provide a fairly high chance of winning for Lille, it shows that they are indeed favored in the match in week 32. If they win and the team above them loses, then they have the opportunity to be in 3rd place in the standings, even they also have the opportunity to become runners up this season.
But they have to work hard, because it is not easy to beat Lyon, because Lyon will not let Lille beat them just like that.

[beerlover]

It was already the easiest thing for Paris to win the league. The league championship is nice, but the important target is UCL. They lost morale by losing to Dortmund in the first match, but we should not forget that they also lost against Barcelona and they came this far by playing great in the rematch. So, they may have lost against Dortmund away, but they still have the chance to make the most of their home advantage and reach the final.

As we have said before, PSG is indeed very dominating Ligue 1 and even no team has been able to break PSG's dominance for many years in the league, financial strength and also the many star players they have is certainly one of the reasons PSG has become a very strong club in Ligue 1 so far, but unfortunately the mentality possessed by PSG in Ligue 1 is not comparable to the mentality they have when playing In the Champions League, we admit that PSG lost the first leg to Barcelona but they won the second leg, then can it be repeated in the game against Dortmund?
Of course not, admit it or not but what is certain is that the red card obtained by Barcelona in the second leg had a big influence on PSG's victory.

The defeat to Dortmund made PSG have to work hard enough in the second leg, playing in France of course will not guarantee they can win the game later, at this time Enrique needs to improve the mentality that the players have because indeed I saw against Dortmund they did not have a winning mentality at all, when Mbappe and Dembele were closely guarded as if there were no other players who could be the difference in the match and it was fitting for Enrique to Look for a solution before playing in the second leg later.

I feel like they will once again just not care about the league game, but they will probably train a lot harder, I am saying this because I am expecting them to have a situation where it is going to decide on what kind of result they are going to get.

If they could train hard and see what their opponent is all about, then they do not need to play the game. They could just put the bench players in the league game, there is no need to tire the stars out at this league game that means nothing and then make them play in the dortmund second leg game, which is a lot more important, with something like fatigue hanging over their heads. They will probably just try to relax and not really tire themselves out until the second game comes.

[rojan]

In the French Soccer League Toulouse vs Montpellier the match will start between the two teams I still don't know which team will win this match. Both teams have very good players. Montpellier team has played bad in their previous matches so they will try hard to play well in this match. But  Toulouse team will also want to win this match as it will be a tough fight between the two teams and the team that can perform well will be victorious.

[Bobrox]

Indeed PSG loss on first leg Champion League match against Dortmund but they have won Ligue 1 tittle this season, after AS Monaco match result defeating by Lyon make PSG more comfortable on the first place behind 12 points remaining and can't catch yet with three matches left. PSG won Ligue 1 tittle three season in a row and for this season won early with three matches left in domestic league.

Seems excited with top fourth race behind not any teams have secure yet will get Champion League ticket next season, Monaco make their position not comfortable after defeating by Lyon and right now remaining two points from Brest. Interested with underdog team Brest on the Champion League spot this season, will three matches left can defend their champion league spot?

[hahay]

In the French Soccer League Toulouse vs Montpellier the match will start between the two teams I still don't know which team will win this match. Both teams have very good players. Montpellier team has played bad in their previous matches so they will try hard to play well in this match. But  Toulouse team will also want to win this match as it will be a tough fight between the two teams and the team that can perform well will be victorious.

Toulouse and Montpellier are mid-table teams this season but what is interesting to me is that both Toulouse and Montpellier have better match results for away matches this season, and they have a poor record for home matches. With that reason, even though Montpellier will be playing away, but it seems that Montpellier also has the ability not to lose. After all, if Montpellier managed to beat Toulouse then Montpellier would have the same points as Toulouse. But yes, if Montpellier fails to win in this away match, then Montpellier will have a wider gap with Toulouse. Because anyway, based on their head to head record it also seems like they are quite balanced and or have the same quality.

[lalabotax]

yes, that's right, UCL. "Because PSG actually lost to Dortmund in the first leg of the UCL... PSG failed to optimize the chances they had to beat Dortmund, because I think PSG can do it. but sometimes that's not enough.
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Of course, Luis Enrique has the most challenging job this season, especially after successfully bringing PSG through to the semi-finals. PSG lost 1-0 to Dortmund in the first leg, but this defeat did not rule out PSG's possibility of qualifying for the final.

This will definitely be a real challenge for Louis Enrique to reorganize the club, to further sharpen the capabilities in every line. Even though there isn't much time left to meet in the second leg, so at least PSG can really be optimal and not lose again. I still think and have confidence that PSG will have a bigger lead in the second leg. However, it will also depend on how Mbappe and his friends in the squad can optimize their chances.

Now, PSG is very closed to the final of UCL. How can they give up  to get it? that is  the best reason for them to struggle as much as possible in order to make impressive comeback in the second leg, like when against Barcelona. and that worked really good.

[entertheabyss]

yes, that's right, UCL. "Because PSG actually lost to Dortmund in the first leg of the UCL... PSG failed to optimize the chances they had to beat Dortmund, because I think PSG can do it. but sometimes that's not enough.
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The UEFA Champions League is important and entertaining. Dortmund waved surprising winning which was unacceptable on the ends of Les Parisiens, after their numerous attempts on goal, they did have something to worry about. Paris Saint-Germain failed but all hope are not lost because there's always a second chance to revived themselves. Luis Enrique and his team will make terrific planning towards Borrusia Dortmund for the second leg of UCL and they mean business this time.

[Slow death]

Lyon and Marseille both have 44 points and both will compete with each other to go to European competition next season. Coupled with Lens' inconsistency, I think the chances of these two teams are still quite big, especially since they are only 2 points apart. Lens as we know has experienced setbacks so far and has only managed to get 1 win in the last 5 matches. Obviously that is not a good result, especially if they want to maintain their current position.

Now Lyon will face a challenge this week where they will face Lille and I think this is not an easy match for Lyon to get through. This is because Lille is also targeting finishing in second place in addition to securing a place in the Champions League and it is possible that the result will be very difficult to predict. Meanwhile, Marseille will face the red zone team, namely Lorient, and it is certain that they will be able to secure 3 points in the next match.

There are only 3 games left for the league to finish and looking at the remaining games that Lens, Nice, Lyon and Marseille will have, I would say that Lens are out of luck, because in my opinion the maximum of the remaining games that they can win will be just 1 game, I believe they lost in 1 game and drew in another and will win in 1. In other words, in my opinion at most Lens will get 4 points in the 3 games remaining until the end of the league. while in the case of Marseille I believe they will get 9 points in these 3 remaining games, they are the team with the greatest chances of getting a lot of points in these 3 remaining games, which is why in my opinion Marseille will get a place in European competitions next season . I expected them to finish in a good position this season, but unfortunately they did poorly this season

I don't know what Marseille's management will do to improve next season. Nice is another big disappointment, it was a team that reached the top of the table this season, with an incredible defense that I even thought would be able to create headaches for PSG, but they suddenly started to decline in the middle of the season, They started to lose in games that they wouldn't lose at the beginning of the season and the saddest and most disappointing thing is that they dropped to number 5, they didn't even get a place in the European Champions League. I believe that Nice's management must be very disappointed with everything that happened to the team this season



Very disappointing when you look at the table and see Nice in 5th position when they started the league very well

[Weawant]

For the second position, Monaco has more chances of finishing second more than these two other contending teams, They've currently has accumulated a total of 58 points; that's 2 points ahead of Brest and 3 points clear ahead of Lille, so with 3 games left so far to play, If at all, let's say each of these teams behind Monaco wins their three remaining matches, and accumulated total of 9 points, and Monaco draw one of its games and wins 2, Brest will be having a total of 65 points, whereas Lille 64 points, at the end of the season while Monaco will have 65 points as well.

Three games is enough to probably getting to cost a team their position in the league and I'm sure about the fact that Monaco going by their performance so far will definitely try not to drop form so badly to the point they are going to finish below the second position, although they have been able to  get to the second position already, they are not in looking like they want to allow their form drop below where it is currently.

Nice was actually my favorite for the second position but sadly they were unable to even be able to get to win their games to get enough points to bringing them to the top of the table, they lost their dorm but then Monaco has progressively gotten to the second position and is still trying to maintain it aswell.  Monaco and Lille seem to have similar results going by their last five games and that's giving .e some kind of conviction that they have relative strength with each other and breast seem just lucky to be in that position having lost two matches most recently too aswell.

If Monaco and lille gats to win all three matches that's remaining then it's very certain in the fact that both teams are going to finish at second and third position respectively and probably breast my be at the fourth and not even the third while nice will still maintain their fifth position. I think nice needs to improve as they had appeared much better before now appearing in this form towards the end of the season was actually terrible.

[snipie]

yes, that's right, UCL. "Because PSG actually lost to Dortmund in the first leg of the UCL... PSG failed to optimize the chances they had to beat Dortmund, because I think PSG can do it. but sometimes that's not enough.
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The UEFA Champions League is important and entertaining. Dortmund waved surprising winning which was unacceptable on the ends of Les Parisiens, after their numerous attempts on goal, they did have something to worry about. Paris Saint-Germain failed but all hope are not lost because there's always a second chance to revived themselves. Luis Enrique and his team will make terrific planning towards Borrusia Dortmund for the second leg of UCL and they mean business this time.

According to bookies, PSG are expected to win the second leg game in Parc des Princes and I expect them to do it. Luis Enrique knows very well that they have a golden chance this season to play the final game and eventually challenge one of the other big two for the title. Missing this chance will cost them a lot especially after losing Mbappe..

[Velvet78]

Will Still has left his job at Reims officially.

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1785999331272671288

Actually his journey here started really good but he couldn't maintain consistency and stayed below the expectations. The recent form was really horrible as well. He started his career really interestingly. First a Football Manager lover and slowly entering the professional arena.    Now I wonder where his next address will be. Currently it is rumoured like he will manage a Championship team in England next season. Maybe he would be more successful there like helping a team promote to the Premier League.