French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[OcTradism]

I still remember the times when Lyon was one the best teams in French League 1 and they were always on the top side of the table and they won the title in the end but now this Lyon we see is far from the good form we saw from them before and they are usually about to get relegated in the end the season instead of wiingthe title.
Maybe there is a problem inthe managment system of Lyon because even using  new coach nad hier more palyers didn't help this regardless ofthe money they have spent for their team so far.

Now we are mainly talking about domination of PSG in Ligue 1 but some years before PSG starting their domination in this league, it was domination era of Lyon.

Let's see history of Ligue 1 and the league champions to see domination of both Lyon and PSG. Lyon win 7 Ligue 1 titles from 2001 to 2008 and PSG win 10 titles from 2012 to 2024, both of them have impressive domination. It's 17 years since a last season Lyon won Ligue 1 title and they're not ready to lift it again in this season.

Ligue 1 history

Lyon
2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08

PSG
1985–86, 1993–94, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24

[Hirose UK]

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The Marseilles victory was one of the most noticed yesterday due to the circumstances around it, imagining winning with a red card it was enough reason for many to give some attention to it but that of Monaco was really not much of a surprise due to the fact that they were both almost equal teams, that's how I see it, I also wasn't expecting much off that game because I don't see both teams to be of much contending strength a s they are of the average starters of their league. Nevertheless congratulations to you on your win mate.

Yes, Marseille victory was the center of attention for the matches from all the schedules in week 5 because basically Marseille had to play with 10 players since the beginning of the first half in the 5th minute when Balerdi received red card.
With that, in the future I believe it can make more people believe that Marseille is strong enough team for this season and they can have great chance of becoming title contender to compete with PSG who always dominate the League.
I see the standings and PSG, Marseille and Monaco have the same points and match results in the last 5 weeks so that in the future they might be able to compete fiercely for the standings table in fighting for places and points from each match.
Possibility of change and difference can really be seen when each of them faces each other and determines who the winner is to fight for points and gain an advantage.

[armanda90]

Now we are mainly talking about domination of PSG in Ligue 1 but some years before PSG starting their domination in this league, it was domination era of Lyon.

Let's see history of Ligue 1 and the league champions to see domination of both Lyon and PSG. Lyon win 7 Ligue 1 titles from 2001 to 2008 and PSG win 10 titles from 2012 to 2024, both of them have impressive domination. It's 17 years since a last season Lyon won Ligue 1 title and they're not ready to lift it again in this season.

Ligue 1 history

Lyon
2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08

PSG
1985–86, 1993–94, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24

Lyon become most consistency team dominance in Ligue 1 since season 2001 to 2008 before PSG acquisition by Nasser Al-Khelaifi, I memorized well with Lyon players from Karim Benzema and Juninho as maestro or free kick success bring Lyon back to back winning Ligue 1 trophies. Since PSG acquisition by Nasser Al-Khelaifi, have huge significant the players composition and success bring many stars player make easily for winning Ligue 1 trophy for every season.

Since PSG acquisition by Nasser Al-Khelaifi, they have one season failure for winning domestic league trophy on season 2021 after Lille success become the winner,
right now seems easily Ligue 1 dominance by PSG but in this season Marseille recently have consistent performance and keep pressure PSG on the top standings position after both teams have the same points.

[hyudien]

Yes, Marseille victory was the center of attention for the matches from all the schedules in week 5 because basically Marseille had to play with 10 players since the beginning of the first half in the 5th minute when Balerdi received red card.
With that, in the future I believe it can make more people believe that Marseille is strong enough team for this season and they can have great chance of becoming title contender to compete with PSG who always dominate the League.
I see the standings and PSG, Marseille and Monaco have the same points and match results in the last 5 weeks so that in the future they might be able to compete fiercely for the standings table in fighting for places and points from each match.
Possibility of change and difference can really be seen when each of them faces each other and determines who the winner is to fight for points and gain an advantage.

Marseille has good capital to be able to compete in Ligue 1 to compete for the championship title. In the first 5 matches, at least they were able to show a pretty good game so that they could be in second place even though they only had a goal productivity advantage. But of course that is a positive thing that they have managed to show this season. They have good goal productivity, but they still have a few weaknesses in the back line. They have to fix that so that they can be more solid so that it is difficult for opposing players to penetrate. This is something they must pay attention to because there must be a balance between the front line and the back line.

[tusandii]

Several players left PSG in the previous season, but PSG's performance was OK in their local league, but Mbappé left their club for Real Madrid in the last season, so now the question is naturally raised about the performance of this team, how this team can perform this season. However, so far in all the matches this team has played this season, the results have been in their favor. Spanish star Dembele is doing his job well after leaving Mbappe. With the players that are still there, I think PSG will definitely win the French league with these players. Even if they play like this this season, they will surely think about signing players next season and if they can re-sign quality players to the club then this club's chances of doing well in the Champions League will increase a lot.

Actually PSG is still doing well in the domestic league even though their mainstay players left the team it did not affect their performance and I do not think there is another club that surpasses PSG's performance in League 1 PSG's player resources are above average other League 1 clubs it is very difficult to beat a club that has dominated for years unless the club has the same resources as PSG and has a good manager then the manager can give a surprise. However, for the Champions League I still doubt PSG with the current players I think it is very difficult for PSG to compete with strong Champions League candidates who have star players in them.

Btw PSG will play their 6th match against Rennes tomorrow, PSG must not lose points in this match if they do not want to lose their place in first place because Marseille continues to try to catch up with PSG to provide fierce competition and currently they have the same points, I bet on PSG hopefully not disappointing like before.

[Lidger]

What I want to say about this match was that Paris Saint-Germain played football with one goal in mind, like a training match. Girona could not attack at all throughout the match. They tried to repel Paris Saint-Germain’s attacks. I look at the statistics and see that Paris Saint-Germain took 26 shots. Only five of them found the goal. In fact, they had a problem here in the match. Their accurate shot rate was quite low. Still, they managed to leave the match with three points, which was important for them. However, to tell the truth, Paris Saint-Germain could have scored 4-5 goals in this match. They scored the winning goal in the 90th minute.

If it was a victory at the last minute, it would really leave Girona very bored. Personally, I have always said that winning is winning, it does not matter when it is done, the important thing is that they win. Well, I could think that they were lucky, but that should not be discredited either. I have seen games of other teams where the favorite always arrives and does not score goals, makes many shots at the goal, and then the other team that was practically submissive scores the goal and wins So that is something that leaves many people bewildered and that can happen in football , they are the toughest games when it is one's favorite, but in this case PSG did well.

PSG faced fairly easy opponents in their Champions League opener but were unable to win the match. PSG's next match against Barcelona will surely be tough for PSG. Barcelona are at the top of the La Liga points table so far, so PSG will have to come into the field relatively far behind Barcelona when they play in the Champions League second leg against Barcelona. Barcelona have appointed a new goalkeeper in their club and they have a mix of young and experienced players in their club so if they can give their best against PSG it will be difficult for PSG to get a point in that match. Since they drew the first match of the Champions League, if they lose the second match, the equation of going to the next round will be more difficult for PSG.

[Hanadawa]

Since PSG acquisition by Nasser Al-Khelaifi, they have one season failure for winning domestic league trophy on season 2021 after Lille success become the winner,
right now seems easily Ligue 1 dominance by PSG but in this season Marseille recently have consistent performance and keep pressure PSG on the top standings position after both teams have the same points.

Currently both teams are performing very impressively and it seems that they will both be contenders for the Ligue 1 title this season. PSG performed well even though they no longer have Mbappe in their squad. It is a little different from the previous season where they always gave the ball to Mbappe. But it must be admitted that Mbappe is a great finisher and giving the ball to him is the right decision. And it seems that I see PSG playing more solidly and more dynamically as a team.

On the other hand, Marseille performed well after their poor performance in the previous season. Last season they finished in 8th place and did not play in European competition this season. This should be able to benefit them because they can only focus on the league and do not have to rotate players a lot. Bringing in Greenwood is also a very good choice. Currently, Greenwood has succeeded in becoming the top scorer in Ligue 1 by scoring 5 goals.

[Webetcoins]

Marseille has good capital to be able to compete in Ligue 1 to compete for the championship title. In the first 5 matches, at least they were able to show a pretty good game so that they could be in second place even though they only had a goal productivity advantage. But of course that is a positive thing that they have managed to show this season. They have good goal productivity, but they still have a few weaknesses in the back line. They have to fix that so that they can be more solid so that it is difficult for opposing players to penetrate. This is something they must pay attention to because there must be a balance between the front line and the back line.

In this season we are having good development in Marseille as they spend good funds for the quality of their squad, and they are having good coach which is going to have good impact on their performance in this season with PSG which is playing without big names are also decent and Monaco is always long race horse which give challenging time to big teams and stay into top spots now after beating Barcelona in Champions League their confidence level is also high.

In 6th round, we are having mostly easily games for the top teams which will keep them at their current spots, but still few matches are going to be interesting because we are having good matches between PSG vs Rennes with Marseille will be visited Strasbourg and then Monaco is going to host Montpellier which have their first win of this season in last game against Auxerre.

[Akbarkoe]

Yes, Marseille victory was the center of attention for the matches from all the schedules in week 5 because basically Marseille had to play with 10 players since the beginning of the first half in the 5th minute when Balerdi received red card.
With that, in the future I believe it can make more people believe that Marseille is strong enough team for this season and they can have great chance of becoming title contender to compete with PSG who always dominate the League.
I see the standings and PSG, Marseille and Monaco have the same points and match results in the last 5 weeks so that in the future they might be able to compete fiercely for the standings table in fighting for places and points from each match.
Possibility of change and difference can really be seen when each of them faces each other and determines who the winner is to fight for points and gain an advantage.

Marseille has good capital to be able to compete in Ligue 1 to compete for the championship title. In the first 5 matches, at least they were able to show a pretty good game so that they could be in second place even though they only had a goal productivity advantage. But of course that is a positive thing that they have managed to show this season. They have good goal productivity, but they still have a few weaknesses in the back line. They have to fix that so that they can be more solid so that it is difficult for opposing players to penetrate. This is something they must pay attention to because there must be a balance between the front line and the back line.

Competing with PSG and Monaco on the same points at the moment in the standings, indeed Marseille has capital if you look at the beginning of the season now with its commitment, but how long will they be consistent in a position like this? This is always a big question in managing a club in the league, even though the start is good not necessarily in the middle and end of the season they are stable, fluctuations in team performance are always there to make them fall.

The midfield and attack must also be improved, although today they are in a good state but in my opinion they are still lacking because sometimes they lose concentration between players, just look at how they play in midfield and pass forward, there are still shortcomings that must be corrected.

[Pandu Geddon]

Competing with PSG and Monaco on the same points at the moment in the standings, indeed Marseille has capital if you look at the beginning of the season now with its commitment, but how long will they be consistent in a position like this? This is always a big question in managing a club in the league, even though the start is good not necessarily in the middle and end of the season they are stable, fluctuations in team performance are always there to make them fall.

The midfield and attack must also be improved, although today they are in a good state but in my opinion they are still lacking because sometimes they lose concentration between players, just look at how they play in midfield and pass forward, there are still shortcomings that must be corrected.

In several Ligue 1 seasons, Marseille has been able to compete with Monaco and PSG. The problem of performance consistency is indeed a problem for every team in the league. This is because of the difference in player quality in the main squad and reserves.
This situation is not only experienced by Marseille, many teams have this problem. Monaco also experienced the same thing, they are now starting well, and hopefully, they can maintain it.

What we can see now, some stronger teams must take advantage of the situation to get as many points as possible when they are playing well. Minimizing defeats when facing equally strong opponents, at least getting a draw instead of a defeat. PSG has always dominated Ligue 1, I don't think other teams will compete much.

[Weawant]

Actually PSG is still doing well in the domestic league even though their mainstay players left the team it did not affect their performance and I do not think there is another club that surpasses PSG's performance in League 1 PSG's player resources are above average other League 1 clubs it is very difficult to beat a club that has dominated for years unless the club has the same resources as PSG and has a good manager then the manager can give a surprise. However, for the Champions League I still doubt PSG with the current players I think it is very difficult for PSG to compete with strong Champions League candidates who have star players in them.

Btw PSG will play their 6th match against Rennes tomorrow, PSG must not lose points in this match if they do not want to lose their place in first place because Marseille continues to try to catch up with PSG to provide fierce competition and currently they have the same points, I bet on PSG hopefully not disappointing like before.

Many have attached a greater part of PSGs success to their main stay player and that has been why most persons seem surprised how the team is still doing well even in his absences. sometimes it does happens that it feels like the success of  a team is tied to a player until that same player is actually gone and the team is still doing grate then it will become a thing of surprise to some others as to how that could happen and that's basically the case with PSG. Rennes i believe wouldnt be so much of a challange to PSG in a way that PSG is goin to loose to them, in a worse case it will end in a draw.

[Adiljutt156]

In the French Soccer League match Auxerre vs Brest I hope to enjoy a very nice game in the match of two teams. Which team will win the match between the two teams in this match will be understood only after the start of the game because the team which can perform well will win the match.  If the team performs equally, the match will be more likely to be drawn. My favorite team in this match is Brest. I don't know how well the players of Brest team can perform in this match.

Brest team is good team and the players of that team are looking in good form and I think they will win this match because they are habitual to win the matches and they always try their best to win the match and I think they will try like before they did because both teams played 5 matchez and from which Auxerre team could not win any match and Brest team won the 4 matches easily and 1 match was draw . Auxerre team is losing matches consistently and they are not favorite for this match and they are under confident and the players of that team are also not good players and they will not be prominent in this match and there are more chances of their lose in this match.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Do you believe in the upcoming match PSG can beat Rennes?
Honestly I'm not too sure even though PSG is in their best form with a new coach. But sometimes a weak team can always thwart a big team to win from previous encounters and Rennes probably knows the best way to hold a draw.
It may not be logical for me to say this but in H2H, Rennes has also beaten PSG 2 times and 1 draw.
It means this match could end in a draw and I prefer to bet on other options than betting on 1x2 with small odds and too risky.

PSG made a big mess in their last game and I don't blame them for playing 1-1 draw against Reims, it was suppose to be, because of the champions league game they played, the players are very tired after a long game. Since the beginning of this season PSG has been doing better than when they have Mbappe, I was thinking they are going to be awful upfront but it turned out to be a miracle for the forward to be banging goals while the midfielders remains solid. The game against Rennes I believe the PSG side are now refresh to go in to this encounter and a winning is going for the PSG side.

Everyone blames the tight schedule, but we have to see when PSG were held to a draw, Reims were solid enough in creating a defensive line that made the PSG team ready to break through their goal, especially when they were behind Reims with a goal in the first 10 minutes, it made PSG a little chaotic. In my opinion they must be able to make all the players in the team have a high mentality so that they do not waver so that they can play stably.

In my opinion PSG's failure to bring home 3 points was also due to the lack of their attacking line as we know they are quite good at attacking but have a little difficulty with that, so for me if I look at PSG they must be sharper in the attacking position so that all opportunities can be maximized properly otherwise I think their existence will be eliminated by Marseille.

It is normal for the season to be busy but this campaign is very busy, no breathing space for the players. Players thinking of going on strike because of this heavy schedule is something that might happen if something isn't done and fast. PSG have more competitions than Reims so the draw is suppose to happen, Reims have enough time to rest before playing PSG and they have every right to win PSG because fatigue is written all over the PSG players while the other team players are fresh to play the game.
Tonight's game is not going to be like the game they played out a draw so I expect PSG to be more aggressive and very mobile, in the first half I'm expecting like 2 goals from PSG as the host they need to cover up for the 2pt the couldn't get in their last game. For me I think PSG are going to dominate this game with a score line of 4-2 or 4-1.

[Abu-Naim]

PSG faced fairly easy opponents in their Champions League opener but were unable to win the match. PSG's next match against Barcelona will surely be tough for PSG. Barcelona are at the top of the La Liga points table so far, so PSG will have to come into the field relatively far behind Barcelona when they play in the Champions League second leg against Barcelona. Barcelona have appointed a new goalkeeper in their club and they have a mix of young and experienced players in their club so if they can give their best against PSG it will be difficult for PSG to get a point in that match. Since they drew the first match of the Champions League, if they lose the second match, the equation of going to the next round will be more difficult for PSG.

PSG's first opponent in the Champions League was Girona, and they won the match 1-0 at home, they played well in the match even though we expected more from them, but they won narrowly because Girona is also not a small opponent because of how they perform in the Laliga last season.

PSG's next match will be against Arsenal not Barcelona, and it will be a tough match because Arsenal drew their first match against Atalanta, which means that Arsenal will try their possible best to win the match so that they can be among the top teams because they are among the favorites to win the Champions League.

Arsenal vs PSG's last three games result shows that they played two draws, and Arsenal won the last match 5-1. This has nothing to do with this coming match because both the two teams have entirely different squad and different mentality. But based on current form, and Arsenal playing the game at the Emirate stadium, I think Arsenal will do their best to win the match.

[bering]

PSG vs Rennes

Possible lineup for both teams

PSG (4-3-3): Safonov; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Mendes; Zaire-Emery, Vitinha, Ruiz; Dembele, Kolo Muani, Barcola

Rennes (3-4-2-1): Mandanda; Hateboer, Wooh, Ostigard; Assignon, Santamaria, Matusiwa, Truffert; Blas, Gronbaek; Kalimuendo

5 latest meeting between these teams

PSG 1-0 Rennes (Coupe de France)
PSG 1-1 Rennes (Ligue 1)
Rennes 1-3 PSG (Ligue 1)
PSG 0-2 Rennes (Ligue 1)
Rennes 1-0 PSG (Ligue 1)

I know PSG last week has been failed to win from Reims and they also only can able to win with narrow score from Girona on Champion league but basically PSG is still consistent and indeed if we see based on the meeting statistics Rennes is more better than PSG but i think PSG is more solid now and they have dangerous attacking lines so PSG has good chances to improved their records from Rennes

I think it's not required to analysis more because PSG is much stronger than Rennes and they will be the winner of this match and for betting option as usual the bookies always be provide low odds for PSG even so in this match because PSG has odds @1.41

[Sexylizzy2813]

Do you believe in the upcoming match PSG can beat Rennes?
Honestly I'm not too sure even though PSG is in their best form with a new coach. But sometimes a weak team can always thwart a big team to win from previous encounters and Rennes probably knows the best way to hold a draw.
It may not be logical for me to say this but in H2H, Rennes has also beaten PSG 2 times and 1 draw.
It means this match could end in a draw and I prefer to bet on other options than betting on 1x2 with small odds and too risky.

PSG made a big mess in their last game and I don't blame them for playing 1-1 draw against Reims, it was suppose to be, because of the champions league game they played, the players are very tired after a long game. Since the beginning of this season PSG has been doing better than when they have Mbappe, I was thinking they are going to be awful upfront but it turned out to be a miracle for the forward to be banging goals while the midfielders remains solid. The game against Rennes I believe the PSG side are now refresh to go in to this encounter and a winning is going for the PSG side.

I think the match in the champions League affected the performance of PSG in the domestic league but as a team that has much experience in the champions league they were supposed not to complain about the fixture because they had few days rest even before the game against Reims. Fatigue could be the major reasons why PSG find it difficult to win as expected in the game but watching the game they weren't playing better like a team that ought to take all 3 points in the game. Going on against Rennes they have to win to regain their confidence else their fans will start complaining.

I don't blame PSG for what happened and talking about experience, I don't think they are the kind of team you'd talk about experience when you want to defend them because when it comes to champions league they (PSG) have been very poor in terms of performance so they can't be addressed as a team that have experience that for me, experience for what? No trophy and up till now they are still going to the UCL and coming back without any.
They couldn't get all 3pt in their last game doesn't mean tonight is going to repeat the same thing in their last game, but no need to say they can or can not get all 3pt tonight, I just believe PSG are fully ready to dominate this game.

[Slow death]

I still remember the times when Lyon was one the best teams in French League 1 and they were always on the top side of the table and they won the title in the end but now this Lyon we see is far from the good form we saw from them before and they are usually about to get relegated in the end the season instead of wiingthe title.
Maybe there is a problem inthe managment system of Lyon because even using  new coach nad hier more palyers didn't help this regardless ofthe money they have spent for their team so far.

Now we are mainly talking about domination of PSG in Ligue 1 but some years before PSG starting their domination in this league, it was domination era of Lyon.

Let's see history of Ligue 1 and the league champions to see domination of both Lyon and PSG. Lyon win 7 Ligue 1 titles from 2001 to 2008 and PSG win 10 titles from 2012 to 2024, both of them have impressive domination. It's 17 years since a last season Lyon won Ligue 1 title and they're not ready to lift it again in this season.

Ligue 1 history

Lyon
2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08

PSG
1985–86, 1993–94, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24

There is no doubt that nowadays, teams with greater financial power are able to achieve good results when compared to teams with less financial power. Years ago, player prices were not as high as they are today and even teams that did not have great financial power were able to have very famous players. But nowadays everything has changed. Teams with less financial power have to settle for players with less ability and at the end of the day, teams with greater financial power win the leagues. We only need to see that this has been happening in La Liga (only Real Madrid or Barcelona have beaten them), the Premier League (Manchester City have been dominating the league for years) and in Ligue 1 (PSG). This scenario will not change.

But at least for now:



We are seeing that the League is competitive, it is not yet possible to say which team will be champion, I hope we see this scenario until the last round of the league. I know that this is something very difficult to happen.

[pusaka]

I still remember the times when Lyon was one the best teams in French League 1 and they were always on the top side of the table and they won the title in the end but now this Lyon we see is far from the good form we saw from them before and they are usually about to get relegated in the end the season instead of wiingthe title.
Maybe there is a problem inthe managment system of Lyon because even using  new coach nad hier more palyers didn't help this regardless ofthe money they have spent for their team so far.
 

So far I haven't heard what their problems are, maybe they are closed with what they are facing and no one wants to talk in front of the media about their problems. If so, I think that's a good thing, as long as they try to fix it before their problems are heard by the media. You could be right there is something wrong with the management system that affects the team, at first glance it may not have anything to do with the game, but things like this usually have a big impact. But I don't think finance is their problem at the moment, because the money they are spending at the moment does not indicate that they are having a problem with that, maybe there is something else that is an internal problem and only they know.

[fullhdpixel]

Lyon become most consistency team dominance in Ligue 1 since season 2001 to 2008 before PSG acquisition by Nasser Al-Khelaifi, I memorized well with Lyon players from Karim Benzema and Juninho as maestro or free kick success bring Lyon back to back winning Ligue 1 trophies. Since PSG acquisition by Nasser Al-Khelaifi, have huge significant the players composition and success bring many stars player make easily for winning Ligue 1 trophy for every season.

Since PSG acquisition by Nasser Al-Khelaifi, they have one season failure for winning domestic league trophy on season 2021 after Lille success become the winner,
right now seems easily Ligue 1 dominance by PSG but in this season Marseille recently have consistent performance and keep pressure PSG on the top standings position after both teams have the same points.

Olympique Lyonnais which is one of the biggest club in French Ligue 1 and having great history in just 74 years in last one decade is suffering badly even in last season more than half season they spend in relegation zone and mostly peoples were fearing for them to be relegated, and then we have impressive fightback from them even they have done good job and having their spot into UEFA Europa Cup but in this season things are not going as mostly were needed with having just one win from their five games and three defeats clearly indicating how poor start they are having.

French Ligue needs some good changes which are essential for their better future and improved quality but sadly FFF fail to bring anything positive which is surely dilemma for them in last few years we are having huge drop in quality and consistency with many big clubs are facing financial issues and having not quality players hopefully they will think about this, and we will have good changes which will bring good improvement in near future.

[Palakka]

I still remember the times when Lyon was one the best teams in French League 1 and they were always on the top side of the table and they won the title in the end but now this Lyon we see is far from the good form we saw from them before and they are usually about to get relegated in the end the season instead of wiingthe title.
Maybe there is a problem inthe managment system of Lyon because even using  new coach nad hier more palyers didn't help this regardless ofthe money they have spent for their team so far.
 

So far I haven't heard what their problems are, maybe they are closed with what they are facing and no one wants to talk in front of the media about their problems. If so, I think that's a good thing, as long as they try to fix it before their problems are heard by the media. You could be right there is something wrong with the management system that affects the team, at first glance it may not have anything to do with the game, but things like this usually have a big impact. But I don't think finance is their problem at the moment, because the money they are spending at the moment does not indicate that they are having a problem with that, maybe there is something else that is an internal problem and only they know.

Lyon is one of the teams that was very successful in the 2000s and even they were a team that won the championship trophy for 7 consecutive seasons, but indeed the revival of PSG in ligue 1 changed the direction of competition in the league so far, what happened with Lyon is questionable considering that they are the second team after PSG who have spent a lot of money this summer,  So far Lyon has not shown impressive performance in the league so without any changes that occur in the handling of the team of course they will continue to slump, I think with squad it should allow Lyon to be able to compete with PSG and also Marseille but instead they have to fight hard to avoid the current relegation zone,  I think the Lyon management should immediately evaluate the performance of team and coach so that they can find the right solution before it is too late.
If it talk about Lyon finances, indeed there are a few financial problems that befall them, but I don't know if it has an effect or not with Lyonperformance in league, it is reported that the parent company will fire most of their employees after they experience financial pressure due to the transfer deficit this season.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sport/lyons-parent-company-considering-job-cuts-amid-financial-stress-4626266