French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Pokapoka124]

To be fair while Strasbourg could be strong, Marseille is much more strong and this is why everyone assumed that they would win. I am not saying they were a bad team, they are good at home, and this resulted with a win obviously as we can see.

However, Marseille spent so  much money and did so well until this game so everyone assumed maybe there was a chance Marseille could win with ease, or even if they would have hard time, get a win barely. None happened, Strasbourg ended up getting the win which is shocking to me but I hope things get better with time and Marseille could close the gap once again, losing these unexpected games hurt their chances to be second. Nobody other then PSG will be first of course, I always think like that, even without Mbappe.

We have had a lot of shocking results in all Europe competitions this season, football has never been this unpredictable. The teams with higher probability of winning matches tend to be the losers. Who would have thought Strasbourg would come out victorious in the game against Marseille. I placed my stake on Marseille to win or get a draw but it didn’t turn out as I predicted and I lost the bet.

[beerlover]

Every team that plays at home must be more confident with being watched by many of their supporters and that happened to Strasbourg even though they knew that their opponent was quite tough for them but they did not lose their spirit and tried hard not to lose points and in the end they were smart enough to take advantage of the situation and scored the only goal in the match until the opposing club could not equalize and that was the first defeat for Marseille this season.
However, Marseille can still compete tightly to occupy the top ranking but it seems not for the first champion because I think Marseille can compete tightly to become the runner-up champion I don't think other clubs will beat PSG in the hunt for the League 1 title.

Yeah, but we see Marseille have away games they win, so that means there are some teams that loses to Marseille on their own home. Marseille doesn't go 17 home wins and 17 away losses all season long (which would be 51 points and good for 7th place last season) they end up being good enough to go to other teams homes and beat them there too. Strasbourg should have been one of them, just because they ended up with a loss there, doesn't mean strasbourg is great at home, at the same time doesn't mean Marseille is bad, it just means there was one bad game and we should not find any excuse for it.

Simply put, Marseile sucked that game and they should have been better. They don't really have many other games neither, they finished 8th last season so they are not in any European competition neither. So they spent so much money to be near the top as much as they can, and they need to win these games to make sure they are doing fine, without that there is nothing that can be good at all.

[LUCKMCFLY]

PSG still shows their small mentality so far in the Champions League and it can be seen from the two matches they have played, against Girona they were able to win but we can't deny that it is just luck after the stalemate until the 90th minute, yes although they continued to field their best squad in the match PSG had difficulty breaking into the Girona goal and an own goal from the Girona goalkeeper actually made PSG win the match,  the defeat to Arsenal further shows how their current performance and mentality, although actually PSG was able to dominate the match but we can see how bad their defense and attack line are which Arsenal are actually able to make good use of, what happened to PSG this season is still the same as what happened last season, so I think we will only be able to favorite them in Ligue 1 and the Champions League trophy  of course still will be a dream for them .

Have you not realized that the same thing always happens to PSG in the UCL? I remember that when there was that terrible trident like Messi + Mbappé + Ney it was the same, they never managed to win a UCL, I don't know what's happening to them, now that there is no star like them, their performance is clearly not the same, they try to play very well with their team, they include the players and everything, but it is not enough, I personally think that they have to invest in players, a worthy player for this team would be an Osimhen, and a good defender would make the difference for this team, that way they would have more solidity.

[Weawant]

To be fair while Strasbourg could be strong, Marseille is much more strong and this is why everyone assumed that they would win. I am not saying they were a bad team, they are good at home, and this resulted with a win obviously as we can see.

However, Marseille spent so  much money and did so well until this game so everyone assumed maybe there was a chance Marseille could win with ease, or even if they would have hard time, get a win barely. None happened, Strasbourg ended up getting the win which is shocking to me but I hope things get better with time and Marseille could close the gap once again, losing these unexpected games hurt their chances to be second. Nobody other then PSG will be first of course, I always think like that, even without Mbappe.

We have had a lot of shocking results in all Europe competitions this season, football has never been this unpredictable. The teams with higher probability of winning matches tend to be the losers. Who would have thought Strasbourg would come out victorious in the game against Marseille. I placed my stake on Marseille to win or get a draw but it didn’t turn out as I predicted and I lost the bet.

Somehow, I'm beginning to see it resulting from the fact that its been a series of tight game schedule for these teams and they are trying to see how well they can mange the situation even with all of the busy schedules and al they could do is to just play and hope they get lucky somehow but the players may actually be fatigued and now they are mostly playing based off priority because that may turn out the best way to get the kind of results they may want to get as much as they want it because you see them playing some game with more determination and strength than the other and that could be only due to priority.

[Hirose UK]

Paris Saint Germaine have dominated the French league for far too long and must extend their dominance to Europe now before they can be considered as an European heavyweight. A win for the French champions at the Emirates will help improve the mentality and confidence of PSG but I strongly doubt they'll be able to beat Mikel Arteta's men.

Yes, that what fans have always wanted by seeing PSG able to create their own dominance in European competition, they are only kings in the domestic league and are always team that does not show stable strength in European competitions such as the UCL.
If this season with the new format can provide an opportunity for PSG to compete for the championship title, then they must be able to make the most of it because that way PSG will slowly adapt to learn how to become team with champion mentality and be feared when participating in the UCL competition.
Upcoming match will not be an easy match for PSG because they have to play away against Arsenal who are currently strong team, they could even beat PSG even though in the first UCL match they had to fail and accept draw when playing away against Atalanta.
I curious about this match, whether PSG can play well or just like usual who have difficulty when playing against big team in every UCL match.

This time PSG is lucky because they can finally have better performance in the Champions League after years of failing it. PSG this time got a coach like Enrique who can help this team a lot because of the experience he has from Barcelona. But other than this PSG is going to play against Arsnela today and this match won't be hard for PSG because Arsenal also had bad performances usually in the Champions League games and this can make a far better situation for PSG in this match however I don't think if Arteta and his players will let PSG take points easily in this match.

In the end I was very disappointed with PSG performance in the UCL yesterday when they played against Arsenal and had to suffer defeat, this was serious defeat because PSG had to lose when Arsenal was also in imperfect condition, it was valuable lesson for Enrique so that in the future he could prepare his players better.
I have seen all of PSG remaining schedules in the UCL competition and several big team will face PSG so it will be very burdensome for PSG to be able to perform better in every UCL competition in the future, I doubt PSG can get comfortable place without having to go through the play-off round.
But this is only two matches and it is still very early, what is clear is that in the future there will be Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich and Manchester City who will be PSG opponents in the UCL match schedule that PSG will undergo and all three can put pressure on PSG, haha ​​this is test for Enrique because the opponents he must face are even much stronger than Arsenal.