French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[marcous]

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With the draw experienced by Brest when they hosted Nantes, this will open up opportunities for Lille to get into the top three if Lille can win at home in today's match. Because the opponent that Lille will face is Lyon, which in general is not very good this season, but I also think that Lyon can definitely make it difficult for Lille to win and Lyon could even beat Lille today. So Lille has to play very carefully in order to win the match because they remember that they have the opportunity to take the top three positions today.

It's true, Lyon has the potential to make it difficult for Lille to move up to 3rd place in the standings, where Lyon is now performing well after slumping quite badly at the start of last season. But statistically Lyon chances are quite low of beating Lille, because Lille will act as hosts. However, it is possible that the match will end in a draw, and the two teams will share the points.

Lyon has the ambition to get additional points, because if successful they will move up to two places, overtaking Marseille and Rennes. This is an interesting match and will also be the closing match of Week 32 of Ligue 1. Brest hopes that Lyon can help them, by stopping Lille steps today. The match will get underway soon, if Lyon manages to win they will be moving in a better direction, their moves in the January transfer window have borne fruit.

[SUPERSAIAN]

In fact, the Lille versus Lyon match is difficult to predict, even though on paper Lille deserves to be the favorite, Lyon could act beyond expectations by making their own luck. This match could affect Lille position as a participant in the Champions League next season, Lyon of course has the ambition to damage it while wanting to get an additional 3 points. Even though Lyon this season had slumped very badly, now they have managed to recover and improve their performance, Lille should be fully alert even though they are acting as hosts. Brest certainly hopes that Lyon can beat Lille, so that their position is safe in 3rd place in the standings. This is the most sacred period before the end of the season, where in my opinion a small mistake could have a fatal impact on their position in the standings.

It is indeed a difficult fight to predict. Lyon won the last match between them. If Lyon wins again, they will surpass both teams in the rankings. While they were in a very bad situation, they are in a good situation now, it is promising. In fact, Lyon is in the 7th place to win this match, and from there it is a very important match to catch up with the 6th team in the ranking.

They are aware of this. After the PSG defeat, they won the Monaco match. They are going one on top of the other with all the good teams. I think the Monaco match gave Lyon a different mental strength.

[Hanadawa]

Apart from that, Brest might suffer a loss if they finish in 4th position, they have to go through the Champions League play-off round first before joining the other teams in the group stage. So the only solution for Brest to move forward easily without any further obstacles is to maintain its current position and they have to resolve this later.

Lille have one game in hand. They will get third place if they are able to win it. Brest have relatively easy opponents in their remaining 2 matches. Lille will have to face Nice in their final match. They will also face Lyon tonight. Lille should not underestimate Lyon because Lyon is able to beat several big teams. Lille has an advantage of 1 match more than Brest but Brest has relatively easier matches than Lillle. This will be an interesting rivalry to watch. Lille must win tonight's match to shift Brest from third place in the standings.

[CryptoBuds]

Regarding Monaco, you are correct; after that win, the Champions League is pretty much a done deal. You have to be really determined to win big, and they've shown that. Lets talk over Brest now. The situation has changed so much! Really, I have a lot of respect for how they've made things better. After beating Toulouse and Reims, it should be easy sailing. There's a good chance that Lille will finish in third place. They are a solid top-tier team. That match between Lyon and Barcelona will decide the winner. Just being honest, I'd love for both Brest and Lille to win. They've earned it.

Currently only PSG had managed to secure the Ligue 1 trophy and Champions League slot next season, while for Monaco and also Brest of course still have fierce competition to be able to get one Champions League slot next season, currently Monaco is ranked second with a difference of 4 points from Brest who are ranked third at this time,  I think the two can still swap positions at the end of the table if indeed Monaco is not able to continue their positive trend in the remaining two games of the season, for now Monaco has a greater chance of being able to win the Champions League ticket because indeed they only need one more win to be sure,  But I think Monacomentality will be tested by Montpellier next week because Montpellier has been a difficult opponent for Monaco to beat.

If we talk about brest, aren't they a pretty surprising team this season?
After experiencing a difficult journey to stay in Ligue 1 last season, Brest surprised us all with their ability to compete in the top 4 this season, even before they were able to put pressure on PSG in the second rank but it was tragic when they were comfortable enough to be ranked second in Ligue 1, but thier  were unable to maintain their performance towards the end of the season.

^ Brest has definitely been surprising. To be specific, surprisingly good. But towards the end of the season, I agree that the performance has not been the best from them. And better performance could have been given by them by the standards they have set for themselves in this season. But I think that is not going to matter too much if they are just able to finish on the first three positions of the table. Because that is going to give them a chance to perform in the Champions League competition.

Right now they are in the third position and they are being threatened by the team that is below them. But I think if they are able to win the remaining two matches, they will be able to stay in the third position. Of course, they will have to pray that Losc loses or at least drops points in a match. let’s see what happens. But the third position is currently there for anyone to take.

[rahmad2nd]

The players of Brest vs Nantes both teams scored 0-0 in this match from the beginning to the end. The players of Brest team could not do anything well. Everyone thought that the players of Brest team might score in this match but the goalkeeper of Nantes team did very well for that.  The players of Brest team could not score a goal after many attempts for which the match between the two teams was a draw. The match between the two teams was a draw for which the points had to be shared.

Referring to the statistics of the match between Brest vs Nantes, in fact it is Nantes who has the biggest chance.  they had 3 big chances, while the home team only had 1 big chance. although in fact, in this match Brest almost didn't let Nantes control more ball possession. Brest controlled 72% ball possession, but only had 2 accurate shots from 9 attempts. Nantes doesn't have much ball possession, but they have dangerous opportunities based on statistics.

Well, as I said in another post, basically it's not a really strong team in this competition. However, this season Brest's performance is slightly better than last season. The match ended in a draw, while Lille had a 2-point lead over Lyon, if the match was over Lille would still be able to be ahead of Lyon. That means, Lille shifted the ranking previously occupied by Brest. There are two matches remaining, if Brest is able to win the match then their position will remain safe or at least rise again to overtake one of the teams that slipped. However, if it were the other way around, let alone Nice winning the remaining matches, Brest's position would drop again and Nice would be in fourth place. But, this is just a scenario that may or may not happen. However, this means that Brest's position is not safe if Nice wipes out the remaining matches and Brest experiences another decline. well, a little interesting.

[redsun114]

It is quite interesting to have a short week like this where only a few teams play, but if it is something the French like to do then that is their own decision and I can't judge them for it. I believe that it is quite obvious that we are talking about a situation where it is going to be a little bit complicated and I think it is not going to be all that crazy, just assume that you are going to end up with a result that won't be entertaining for the fans.

In the end, a few games were quite good, Brest failing to win and Monaco getting an easy win made Monaco establish their second place even further, which is definitely something they really wanted. I can see that unless something major happens, Monaco will end the season as second place easily.

[Falconer]

PSG don't have a game for this week and that really works for them ahead of their Champions League semi-final second leg against Dortmund. PSG, who have to overcome a 1 goal deficit from Dortmund, have prepared themselves well to host their opponents at home, while Dortmund, who won 5-1 over Augsburg, will come with their best morale.

The match is expected to be very close from the first half, but I would not be surprised to see Dortmund focus on defense while taking advantage of opportunities to build counter-attacks. Dortmund have a good defense as they proved in the first leg, but I'm sure PSG will score from the first half. I'm looking forward to that.

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There's only one game today in the French Ligue 1. Lille will play Lyon at home. Lille are fighting to finish in the top 3 teams in the league this season and play in the Champions League next season. They've been getting more consistent results in Brest in recent weeks. I think they are better than Brest and will finish 3rd in the league. On the other hand, Lyon had the worst start in Ligue 1 in their history this season. But after Piere Sage took charge, they turned into a good team. They played the last 7 weeks with 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. It will undoubtedly be a very good match. I will bet on both teams to score.

Today's match was really interesting and I don't regret watching the Lille and Lyon match because both clubs showed a very good match in 90 minutes.

In the first half Lyon didn't do much to trouble Lille but in the second half, especially in the 10 minutes of normal time, apart from Lille's performance, Lyon also played very well in this match.

4 goals in the last 10 minutes made the situation very pleasant as a spectator and the final result was a victory for Lyon which I did not expect because I initially felt that after the first half seeing Lille's superiority then they would win quite feasibly but the second half was really the difference and Lille had to be willing to lose points in their home match in today's match.
Obviously this is a loss because after all, apart from losing by 3 goals in the last 10 minutes they also failed to overtake Brest when the opportunity was in sight.

[Zlantann]

PSG don't have a game for this week and that really works for them ahead of their Champions League semi-final second leg against Dortmund. PSG, who have to overcome a 1 goal deficit from Dortmund, have prepared themselves well to host their opponents at home, while Dortmund, who won 5-1 over Augsburg, will come with their best morale.

It looks like the French League administrators are giving PSG all the support they need. They have always ensured that the Ligue One champions have enough time to rest before any Champions League match. The last time PSG played a match was on 1st May when they played the first semi-finals leg. Meanwhile,. Borussia Dortmund played their last game against Augsburg three days after they met PSG. Edin Terzić was smart enough to rest some of his key players in preparation for the game with PSG

The match is expected to be very close from the first half, but I would not be surprised to see Dortmund focus on defense while taking advantage of opportunities to build counter-attacks. Dortmund have a good defense as they proved in the first leg, but I'm sure PSG will score from the first half. I'm looking forward to that.

Borussia Dortmund has a one-goal advantage and will like to defend well and also use the counter-attacking style with some of their fast strikers. But PSG is also a good attacking side and I don't forget how Mbappé hit the poll twice. The match is still open to both teams and we expect to see a very entertaining match tomorrow.

[skarais]

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It looks like the French League administrators are giving PSG all the support they need. They have always ensured that the Ligue One champions have enough time to rest before any Champions League match. The last time PSG played a match was on 1st May when they played the first semi-finals leg. Meanwhile,. Borussia Dortmund played their last game against Augsburg three days after they met PSG. Edin Terzić was smart enough to rest some of his key players in preparation for the game with PSG

I'm not sure how it's set up, but expecting teams to be able to play as many as 3 games in 7 days is terrible. PSG gets 7 days of preparation time before playing Dortmund, while Dortmund has 5 days. In terms of rest time, Dortmund certainly doesn't have much time to make better team preparations, but 5 days seems reasonable.

The PSG vs Dortmund match will be played tomorrow or in 21 hours 18 minutes. Both teams have prepared and I hope they both entertain throughout the match. Dortmund, who holds the aggregate advantage, is not the favorite to win, while PSG is the favorite to win and qualify for the final.

[Jegileman]

PSG don't have a game for this week and that really works for them ahead of their Champions League semi-final second leg against Dortmund. PSG, who have to overcome a 1 goal deficit from Dortmund, have prepared themselves well to host their opponents at home, while Dortmund, who won 5-1 over Augsburg, will come with their best morale.

The match is expected to be very close from the first half, but I would not be surprised to see Dortmund focus on defense while taking advantage of opportunities to build counter-attacks. Dortmund have a good defense as they proved in the first leg, but I'm sure PSG will score from the first half. I'm looking forward to that.

Both teams will come with their best morale and with the look of things, the match will be very hard to predict the winner of this game. I have also realised that PSG are good at comebacks and if Dortmund are not careful, their journey in the champions league competition will come to an end tomorrow after the match. The best they can do to be on a safer side is to use their defense wisely to not allow any goal from the opponent while taking advantage of any attack that comes during the match. If they can maintain this strategy for the whole full time of the game, they’ll come out victorious. Any goal encountered from this match against the other team will be a lost hope in their in the others persons side. I look forward to a very competitive match between this two teams tomorrow evening.

[snipie]

In the end, a few games were quite good, Brest failing to win and Monaco getting an easy win made Monaco establish their second place even further, which is definitely something they really wanted. I can see that unless something major happens, Monaco will end the season as second place easily.

This round wasn't good for Brest since they got a draw against Nantes but also for their close follower, Lille, which was defeated by Lyon by four goals to three.. So Brest are still in the third place with only two points difference between them and Lille.
For Monaco, as you said they established the second spot and they almost confirmed their participation in UEFA Champions League next season regardless of the other teams results.

[Sexylizzy2813]

I'm not sure how it's set up, but expecting teams to be able to play as many as 3 games in 7 days is terrible. PSG gets 7 days of preparation time before playing Dortmund, while Dortmund has 5 days. In terms of rest time, Dortmund certainly doesn't have much time to make better team preparations, but 5 days seems reasonable.

It doesn't matter how long both teams have to rest before they clash horns together in the champions league but one thing is certain, PSG are on the losing side and I believe this is the end for them in the UCL. The first leg was awful I mean from the Ligue 1 champions (PSG) and they couldn't do what they normally do in their domestic league against Dortmund and I don't think that is also the cause of short term preparation, is it? No, is just how they play in the CL.

The PSG vs Dortmund match will be played tomorrow or in 21 hours 18 minutes. Both teams have prepared and I hope they both entertain throughout the match. Dortmund, who holds the aggregate advantage, is not the favorite to win, while PSG is the favorite to win and qualify for the final.

From how both teams played in the first leg you'd agree with me that Dortmund played better than PSG, the way and manner the German side took control in that encounter wasn't what I expected. No desperate kind of play all positions was operating perfectly fine till they got the goal and I believe if they (Dortmund) continue the way they did in the first leg and even add more fire power I believe the final is theirs with PSG going back home as usual.

[klidex]

This round wasn't good for Brest since they got a draw against Nantes but also for their close follower, Lille, which was defeated by Lyon by four goals to three.. So Brest are still in the third place with only two points difference between them and Lille.
For Monaco, as you said they established the second spot and they almost confirmed their participation in UEFA Champions League next season regardless of the other teams results.

Brest was lucky even though they achieved a draw against Nantes but Lille failed to take advantage of that moment to overtake Brest in 3rd place because the difference between the two clubs was only 2 points. If Lille could beat Lyon then they could occupy the Champions League zone with 1 point more than Brest but it turned out Lille had to suffer defeat at home so they failed to overtake Brest. Lyon scored the 4th goal in the extra minute of added time with the defeat. Monaco is slightly safe in 2nd place with a difference of 4 points from Brest and 6 points from Lille with 2 more matches remaining. If Monaco wins the match against Montpellier in the next match, then they will win it is certain that Monaco will finish in second place and Brest must win the remaining matches to ensure its position in 3rd place to get a Champions League ticket next season.

Lille must win the remaining matches too so that Nice doesn't overtake him in 4th place, maybe by winning 1 more match Lille will safely be in 4th position and he will enter the Champions League qualifying round while Nice will end up in the Europa League qualifying. Lyon looks like he will continue to improve he is currently in 7th place thanks to winning the match against Lille.

[rojan]

Enjoyed a tough match today in the French Soccer League LOSC vs Lyon two team match. LOSC team scored 3 goals and Lyon team scored 4 goals. In this match Lyon team players did not play well but after halftime they won the match with great performance. Against Lyon team.  Today I placed a bet. If LOSC team scored one more goal, the match could have been drawn, but LOSC team had a poor performance after halftime, for which LOSC team could not win even after performing so well in today's match.

[ndutndut]

Enjoyed a tough match today in the French Soccer League LOSC vs Lyon two team match. LOSC team scored 3 goals and Lyon team scored 4 goals. In this match Lyon team players did not play well but after halftime they won the match with great performance. Against Lyon team.  Today I placed a bet. If LOSC team scored one more goal, the match could have been drawn, but LOSC team had a poor performance after halftime, for which LOSC team could not win even after performing so well in today's match.

This defeat left Lille in fourth place and 2 points different from Brest who is in third place in the UCL zone, Lille's struggle is getting tougher to qualify for the UCL zone. Meanwhile, Lyon, who appeared impressive, rose to 7th place with a difference of 2 points from Lens in 6th place. Of course, Lyon is currently developing and developing after a bad start to the season.

I didn't watch the match anymore when the first half ended with the score 2-0. However, after seeing Lyon's final score, it was extraordinary, the successful comeback of 4 goals at home to Lille was very strong. The Lyon coach managed to attract everyone's attention from the start when Lyon was in crisis. But now Lyon is back in character. I think Lyon will be much better next season.

[Zlantann]

I'm not sure how it's set up, but expecting teams to be able to play as many as 3 games in 7 days is terrible. PSG gets 7 days of preparation time before playing Dortmund, while Dortmund has 5 days. In terms of rest time, Dortmund certainly doesn't have much time to make better team preparations, but 5 days seems reasonable.

It doesn't matter how long both teams have to rest before they clash horns together in the champions league but one thing is certain, PSG are on the losing side and I believe this is the end for them in the UCL. The first leg was awful I mean from the Ligue 1 champions (PSG) and they couldn't do what they normally do in their domestic league against Dortmund and I don't think that is also the cause of short term preparation, is it? No, is just how they play in the CL.

Fatigue can affect the performance of any sportsman. Players need rest to recover the strength they have spent in the field of play. Rest could also help players to recover from injuries faster. When a player is overstretched they might end up underperforming in some games. Nothing is certain in today's game because both teams are on the same level. Before you give the match to Borussia Dortmund don't also forget that had clear-cut chances to score and two shots that would have been goals hit the post. We should also take into consideration that the club has one of the best strikers in the world whose personal effort can make a difference.   

The PSG vs Dortmund match will be played tomorrow or in 21 hours 18 minutes. Both teams have prepared and I hope they both entertain throughout the match. Dortmund, who holds the aggregate advantage, is not the favorite to win, while PSG is the favorite to win and qualify for the final.

From how both teams played in the first leg you'd agree with me that Dortmund played better than PSG, the way and manner the German side took control in that encounter wasn't what I expected. No desperate kind of play all positions was operating perfectly fine till they got the goal and I believe if they (Dortmund) continue the way they did in the first leg and even add more fire power I believe the final is theirs with PSG going back home as usual.

If you take a close look at the match statistics, both teams performed well. PSG was slightly better in ball possession and shots on target but the game was balanced and entertaining. This match is highly unpredictable, but if Dortmund get another goal, PSG will find it very difficult to overturn two goals. Neither team has won the Champions League like Bayern Munich and Real Madrid. Dortmund have won the trophy just once, while PSG have never won it and any team that gets to the finals will be my candidate for the trophy. 

[ancafe]

This defeat left Lille in fourth place and 2 points different from Brest who is in third place in the UCL zone, Lille's struggle is getting tougher to qualify for the UCL zone. Meanwhile, Lyon, who appeared impressive, rose to 7th place with a difference of 2 points from Lens in 6th place. Of course, Lyon is currently developing and developing after a bad start to the season.

I didn't watch the match anymore when the first half ended with the score 2-0. However, after seeing Lyon's final score, it was extraordinary, the successful comeback of 4 goals at home to Lille was very strong. The Lyon coach managed to attract everyone's attention from the start when Lyon was in crisis. But now Lyon is back in character. I think Lyon will be much better next season.

Lille wasted the best opportunity to finish in third place and in fact they wasted this opportunity when they suffered defeat against Monaco. Playing in front of their own crowd did not give Lille the opportunity to get full points and instead they had to concede four goals at home. Lyon experienced an increase in performance even though they previously played inconsistently in the middle of the season and they learned from their mistakes so they managed to restore their confidence.

Lyon even managed to dominate the match in the second half and Lille had difficulty keeping up with the match shown by Lyon. This defeat closed the opportunity for Lille to qualify for the Champions League because now they have a slightly greater distance from Brest who are third in the standings.

[bitgolden]

Honestly, Lyon has been amazing recently and it looks like they just get the wins they need, being dead last in the leauge and then reaching seventh is a huge deal, unfortunately for them they do not have more games left, just two games left, if they had more games left I am sure that they would be in top 5. This is why Lille lost, because Lyon is playing amazingly, and it's normal that they would lose such a game.

Brest was unlucky as well, they could have won that game, but French league is like this, things are not all that straight up better teams vs worse teams, everything is quite close to each other. I hope that we could see things get better for the league, and we should probably see that not changing on the long run neither.

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Lille wasted the best opportunity to finish in third place and in fact they wasted this opportunity when they suffered defeat against Monaco. Playing in front of their own crowd did not give Lille the opportunity to get full points and instead they had to concede four goals at home. Lyon experienced an increase in performance even though they previously played inconsistently in the middle of the season and they learned from their mistakes so they managed to restore their confidence.

Lyon even managed to dominate the match in the second half and Lille had difficulty keeping up with the match shown by Lyon. This defeat closed the opportunity for Lille to qualify for the Champions League because now they have a slightly greater distance from Brest who are third in the standings.

The competition between Brest and Lille will now be even fiercer after Lille lost yesterday game, currently the two are only 2 points apart so the remaining two games of the two teams will greatly determine who deserves to be ranked third later, I think for now Monaco only needs to win one more game to ensure one Champions League slot next season is theirs,  So with the additional 3 points it is no longer possible to be chased by Brest let alone Lille who are in third place at this time, the competition to get one remaining automatic qualifying ticket will certainly trigger fierce competition for both teams, especially now that both have balanced opponents in my opinion so that the potential to lose points in one match certainly still exists for both teams.

Brest, who have been able to perform quite consistently since the beginning of the season, must again work hard to secure their position in the current standings, previously Brest continued to be in second place in the standings but towards the end of the season their performance was decrease and made them currently have to fight hard to get a ticket to the Champions League zone next season.