French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

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PSG lost 2-0 against Arsenal in the Champions League match. Arsenal is a very strong and experienced team. And in this match we considered Arsenal as favourites. Even then PSG had a chance to win. But PSG's attacking players could not score any goals despite several powerful attacks. Because Arsenal's defense is very strong. But a similar result against Nice is highly unlikely.
In the last match of Ligue 1, PSG team won against Rennes with a margin of 3-1. PSG won the match. PSG players performed very well. Nice is not very strong against PSG in today's match. Nice has managed to win only two out of six matches. So PSG is unlikely to drop points against Nice. Even without Dembele in the squad, PSG's squad is strong enough. Moreover, Luis Enrique is a very experienced coach. He will definitely try his best to win the match. I am willing to bet PSG to win.

Simply put, when PSG play in domestic competitions, they are almost always reliable. Their defeat in the Champions League cannot be a complete reference, because Arsenal are in their best form. Nice certainly has the opportunity to secure points, because they are advantaged by acting as hosts, but the presentation of the opportunities they have is quite low. I predict PSG will be able to bring home 3 points, even though they have to work extra hard. AS Monaco currently leads the standings with 19 points, they certainly hope Nice can block PSG steps today.
The head to head record of the two teams meetings in the last five matches shows that PSG has managed to win 4 and lost once. This indicates that Enrique squad is one level above Nice, but we still hope that the match can be interesting. Let's see how the two teams will end the match, most likely the match will not end in a draw. The Nice versus PSG match will be the closing match of week 7, and Ligue 1 will take a short break due to the international break.

I thought PSG team will be able to win the match. But the PSG team failed to win the match till the end. The match was drawn 1-1. PSG lost top spot in the table. PSG team is now 2 points behind Monaco. PSG will definitely need to continue their winning streak if they want to stay at the top of the table.

PSG team won 5 matches out of 7 matches, and drew 2 matches. On the other hand, Monaco have won 6 out of 7 matches. Monaco is in great form this season. Monaco are competing for the Ligue 1 title this season. Monaco's defense in particular is very strong. Monaco conceded only 4 goals in 7 matches. Because of the strong defense, Monaco managed to occupy the top spot in the table.

The Nice team was not a strong opponent. PSG lost points in this match due to PSG's attacking weakness. The attacking players missed several easy chances in this match. Kolo Muani and Barcola did not play well in this match. If these two players performed well, PSG would have earned full points in the match.

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Reims vs Montpellier (Reims win)

This season, especially at the beginning of the season, Reims has experienced a more significant increase than previous seasons. After I saw some of their match results, they only lost 1x and won 4 times. They even managed to hold PSG to a draw and are now in the top 4.

And this time, in this week's match, Reims also seems to be going to get a full victory over their opponent Montpellier.
3 - 1 position now, Reims leading.

I admit that Reims has a very stable performance this season but I will not be too quick to say that their performance is strong because this is just the beginning of the season and teams like Reims can always start the season well but become bad at the end of the season. The 3-1 result was very much deserved by Reims because Montpellier is just the worst team at the moment. And the fact that Reims still conceded 1 goal indicates that Reims has a slightly weak defense. From these few matches there may be 3 defeats but only 1 bet that disappointed me when I saw PSG slightly bad performance unlike usual and only managed to end in a draw. While my hope is that at least PSG can get 3 goals in the match against Nice.

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Simply put, when PSG play in domestic competitions, they are almost always reliable. Their defeat in the Champions League cannot be a complete reference, because Arsenal are in their best form. Nice certainly has the opportunity to secure points, because they are advantaged by acting as hosts, but the presentation of the opportunities they have is quite low. I predict PSG will be able to bring home 3 points, even though they have to work extra hard. AS Monaco currently leads the standings with 19 points, they certainly hope Nice can block PSG steps today.
The head to head record of the two teams meetings in the last five matches shows that PSG has managed to win 4 and lost once. This indicates that Enrique squad is one level above Nice, but we still hope that the match can be interesting. Let's see how the two teams will end the match, most likely the match will not end in a draw. The Nice versus PSG match will be the closing match of week 7, and Ligue 1 will take a short break due to the international break.

I thought PSG team will be able to win the match. But the PSG team failed to win the match till the end. The match was drawn 1-1. PSG lost top spot in the table. PSG team is now 2 points behind Monaco. PSG will definitely need to continue their winning streak if they want to stay at the top of the table.

PSG team won 5 matches out of 7 matches, and drew 2 matches. On the other hand, Monaco have won 6 out of 7 matches. Monaco is in great form this season. Monaco are competing for the Ligue 1 title this season. Monaco's defense in particular is very strong. Monaco conceded only 4 goals in 7 matches. Because of the strong defense, Monaco managed to occupy the top spot in the table.

It is obvious that the new signings of Monaco with the competent management of Adi Hütter have transformed the team. Now they are a team to beat both in the French Lig 1 and even the European champions league. They have won six matches and drawn one in their league matches which placed them at the top position in the table. On the European champions league, they won Barcelona, a match that surprised many people, and came from a two zero lead by Dinamo Zagreb   to secure and two all draw. This is a great result and performance by Monaco and they are just on their way to winning a good title this season.

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Is there anyone here who is the same as me who bet on PSG to win against Nice? yes I thought PSG would win even though they were playing away but it turned out that PSG only drew 1:1 after being defeated by Arsenal it turned out that it disturbed the PSG players' mentality when competing in the domestic league and they have not played optimally only able to score 1 goal after Nice scored their first lead in the first half and PSG replied in the second half after the 52nd minute even though PSG controlled the match more and made many shots but they had difficulty breaking through Nice's goal unlike before where PSG always scored at least more than 2 goals.

I think no one here doubts that PSG will win over Nice and we all know why, for now PSG winning streak has ended and Nice became the first team in ligue 1 to have managed to thwart PSG from winning full points at the moment, but even so PSG is still the current team unbeaten in the league,  The draw achieved by PSG in the match made their current position successfully coup d'état by Monaco who managed to win the week 7 match against Rennes, while PSG had to drop to second place with a difference of 2 points from Monaco at the top of the standings, I think the defeat to Arsenal seems to have indeed affected PSG's mentality in the match,  but we also can't deny that Nice did play impressively in the match even though they continue to get pressure from PSG.

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Simply put, when PSG play in domestic competitions, they are almost always reliable. Their defeat in the Champions League cannot be a complete reference, because Arsenal are in their best form. Nice certainly has the opportunity to secure points, because they are advantaged by acting as hosts, but the presentation of the opportunities they have is quite low. I predict PSG will be able to bring home 3 points, even though they have to work extra hard. AS Monaco currently leads the standings with 19 points, they certainly hope Nice can block PSG steps today.

And Nice was indeed able to block PSG's steps in the match until the match result was a draw even though Nice had taken the lead in the match in the first half. That was truly an extraordinary step for Nice at home so that because of the draw, PSG must now be in second place with a gap of two points from AS Monaco in the current Ligue1 standings. And it seems that this season Ligue1 will be even fiercer in terms of competition because several other teams have taken advantage of PSG's condition which is no longer strengthened by Mbappe this season as their opportunity to win Ligue1.

[Weawant]

Losing to Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League last week I don't think is going to have a big effect on Paris Saint Germaine players as they travel to face Nice later this evening. Paris Saint Germaine have been the dominant team in the French Ligue 1 this season and even when we know they'll be playing away this evening, I'm very optimistic that they'll still take all three points from Nice. Paris Saint Germaine forward Ousmane Dembele seems to have found his form again and I think he's the man to look out for at Nice this evening

in that game, both teams did played well, i mean Arsenal had a better chance which was well utilized but both teams did performed so well and one was deserving of the win. PSG not been able to win the game did not mean they weren't a better side but they did so well in that game and as for the game against Nice later, i don't want to believe the champions league game after effect is going to be a problem that will stop them from been able to win or get a draw in this game, if they give their best in this game, they can be sure to still get something if t game.

[Lidger]

Monaco are going pretty even with PSG this season. Even number of matches played so far by these two teams where two teams have equal number of points and two teams have won equal number of matches and these two teams have drawn one match each. PSG have won the title in other seasons as auto choice in France League but Monaco's performance this season looks like they will give PSG tough competition this season. It was a bit different that every season PSG won the local league title without a tough competition but if Monaco could win the title instead of PSG this season then it would be a big event by France. Monaco will have to perform in such a plan to win the title, but they can be successful in this competition.

It might be a tough challenge for Monaco as PSG is still one of the strongest teams in the French Soccer league and dominates the league (league 1) the most. Monaco's performance in Ligue One this season has been excellent as they are already at the top of the points table after winning a few matches. Which makes them think that they are one of the best contenders to win the League One title this year. Maybe PSG Club will not be left behind in this journey because their position and strength this season is already second in the points table with one match less than Monaco. PSG's next match is against Nice team, maybe PSG will win this match. If PSG wins this match, they will move above Monaco in the points table.

It will certainly be difficult for Monaco to win the Ligue 1 title as PSG have always single handedly dominated the league but this season's PSG team is very different from other seasons. PSG have not had any notable good players this season, so Monaco could capitalize on this opportunity to become Ligue 1 champions. However, even though there are no good quality players in PSG, they are still performing well in the local league. If they perform consistently throughout the season, they might be able to maintain their streak of winning the France League title, but if they make a mistake in the middle and if they lose points in a series of matches, they can overtake Monaco to occupy the number one position in the points table. So of course PSG must try to perform according to the right plan.

[Docnaster]

Simply put, when PSG play in domestic competitions, they are almost always reliable. Their defeat in the Champions League cannot be a complete reference, because Arsenal are in their best form. Nice certainly has the opportunity to secure points, because they are advantaged by acting as hosts, but the presentation of the opportunities they have is quite low. I predict PSG will be able to bring home 3 points, even though they have to work extra hard. AS Monaco currently leads the standings with 19 points, they certainly hope Nice can block PSG steps today.

And Nice was indeed able to block PSG's steps in the match until the match result was a draw even though Nice had taken the lead in the match in the first half. That was truly an extraordinary step for Nice at home so that because of the draw, PSG must now be in second place with a gap of two points from AS Monaco in the current Ligue1 standings. And it seems that this season Ligue1 will be even fiercer in terms of competition because several other teams have taken advantage of PSG's condition which is no longer strengthened by Mbappe this season as their opportunity to win Ligue1.

It's actually surprising that my initial prediction that Paris Saint Germaine were going to defeat Nice didn't actually turn out the way I initially thought. I wasn't just disappointed because PSG failed to win but because I also lost some fortunes because of that draw.
To be honest, I wasn't expecting Nice to be that resistant against a Paris Saint Germaine but they actually played like a team who was all out for a win but will be okay with a draw. Despite the result, PSG is still leading the league standings before the international but it seems like the competition in the French Ligue 1 this season will be very fierce.

[Jody.Drummer]

There is no reason for them to think about the defeat in the Champions League so that they have to get a negative result in the domestic league match, if that happens then I can conclude that their mentality is really bad. Nice is not a very strong club, from any point of view they are a better club than Nice, so they should be able to win this match. Indeed they will focus more on the Champions League than Ligue 1, but they should not regret what happened in the Champions League. They also have a very experienced coach, so the coach must be able to restore their confidence quickly, that is one of the tasks of a coach.

There are cases where defeat affect the performance of a team we have seen it happen in several occasions but in the case of the defeat that PSG suffered against Arsenal in the champions League, the team should not be demoralized because they have witnessed the champions league competition several times and the team is used to winning and losing in the league so right now, they have to look beyond the champions and focus on winning their game in the domestic league.

Nice is ahead in the first half but the performance of PSG is not bad in the team I see them coming back in the second half but winning the game is something I'm not expecting them to do tonight because Nice is doing a good job on the defense.

Paris Saint Germain failed to secure a win in this match, they could only get 1 point which made their position in the standings temporarily shifted by Monaco who successfully won this week. 2 points is the distance between them, this is actually what is expected, because with a standings like this the competition will be more interesting. But my question is whether they will be consistent enough to maintain this or not, because consistency is the main problem for clubs in Ligue 1. Back to the Paris Saint Germain match this week, statistically they played very well, they even dominated the game with a very high percentage, but Nice was able to implement a good defense so that Paris Saint Germain experienced a deadlock to create a goal.

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Paris Saint Germain failed to secure a win in this match, they could only get 1 point which made their position in the standings temporarily shifted by Monaco who successfully won this week. 2 points is the distance between them, this is actually what is expected, because with a standings like this the competition will be more interesting. But my question is whether they will be consistent enough to maintain this or not, because consistency is the main problem for clubs in Ligue 1. Back to the Paris Saint Germain match this week, statistically they played very well, they even dominated the game with a very high percentage, but Nice was able to implement a good defense so that Paris Saint Germain experienced a deadlock to create a goal.

Yes, PSG although rated higher, encountered many difficulties when playing away at Allianz Riviera. With this result, PSG had to endure the pain of losing the top spot to Monaco. There were too many unusual mistakes from PSG, quite simple situations that normally work very well. This time, the error rate is too high. PSG played dominantly but did not create many really good opportunities. As for Nice, they scored from a lucky shot on the edge of the box. They were still luckier than PSG.

PSG should be optimistic and I think PSG is still having a better start than last season. It is too early to judge the success or failure of the season at this point.

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PSG although rated higher, encountered many difficulties when playing away at Allianz Riviera. With this result, PSG had to endure the pain of losing the top spot to Monaco. There were too many unusual mistakes from PSG, quite simple situations that normally work very well. This time, the error rate is too high. PSG played dominantly but did not create many really good opportunities. As for Nice, they scored from a lucky shot on the edge of the box. They were still luckier than PSG.

PSG should be optimistic and I think PSG is still having a better start than last season. It is too early to judge the success or failure of the season at this point.

I would guess they did expected a part of the season that would be like this. After all they lost a star player and having lost him, they were getting a different strategy all together and this is what they need right now. I believe that they are going to have some trouble along the way but I still think that they are going to end up winning without a doubt.

This is why I believe this Nice game isn't a big deal, and while Monaco seems higher now, they are still only two points ahead, we all know very well that Monaco will lose points and I think it is going to be something that will not be all that simple to handle because in the end we are going to see PSG win when Nice loses eventually and PSG will take the top spot back for sure.

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Marseille seems to be getting worse and worse, these are not acceptable results, not against these teams at least. I doubt they will go back to last years position, they will finish better than last year, but they are not going to finish that high, not at top three if they keep this up. That's the most important part, fourth place goes to UCL qualifiers and that is worst they can do, anything lower than that and they spent money for nothing, it wouldn't be worth it at all to be just in Europa league, they could do that with less money, it wouldn't be profitable. And if they get these results a few more times then top four would be a pipe dream for them. They need to recover and fix whatever is wrong and win some games.

It’s a poor start to the season but then again the season is still fresh. They have time to work harder on improving their performance going ahead. They have a young and good manager who is capable of replicating what he did at Brighton with a young squad, Roberto De Zerbi has a even better squad at Marseille. I think he will do well if he is given time to build the squad.

[JeffBrad12]

Sharing points equally became the fate of PSG as they drew the game against Nice, a 1-1 draw wasn't the kind of result expected of PSG but then it turned out that was the final result. in this game, PSG had more of the possession and the dominance of the game shifted towards them a little but they were challenge with been able to beat the defense of Nice to get more goals to help them win the game.  the dominance of PSG in that game was just too much to have them settling for a draw, they even had more chances to get an extra goal but couldn't convert the chances into the needed goal.

It's a very disappointing result to see PSG get a draw against Nice. They dominated possession, mostly playing in the final third. But, they were still dropping two points. And i see none of their midfielders or attackers were able to perform consistently.

They were trying so hard to break Nice's barrier, but they always failed. Their attackers, Kolo, always made good runs, but he always lost control over the ball. And i don't see anything positive from their performance.

And i think this is the main effect Enrique has not decided to buy a number 9.

[Pokapoka124]

PSG lost 2-0 against Arsenal in the Champions League match. Arsenal is a very strong and experienced team. And in this match we considered Arsenal as favourites. Even then PSG had a chance to win. But PSG's attacking players could not score any goals despite several powerful attacks. Because Arsenal's defense is very strong. But a similar result against Nice is highly unlikely.

In the last match of Ligue 1, PSG team won against Rennes with a margin of 3-1. PSG won the match. PSG players performed very well. Nice is not very strong against PSG in today's match. Nice has managed to win only two out of six matches. So PSG is unlikely to drop points against Nice. Even without Dembele in the squad, PSG's squad is strong enough. Moreover, Luis Enrique is a very experienced coach. He will definitely try his best to win the match. I am willing to bet PSG to win.

IMO PSG are not at their best form recently after recording 4 points in three games. The game against Arsenal showed PSG are not so tough after all because against Arsenal they failed to score a goal and conceded two. The next game they won and drew to Nice yesterday though it was an away game, PSG had the greater odds to win. By all metrics, PSG should have been able to win Nice even if they are not in top form.

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Losing to Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League last week I don't think is going to have a big effect on Paris Saint Germaine players as they travel to face Nice later this evening. Paris Saint Germaine have been the dominant team in the French Ligue 1 this season and even when we know they'll be playing away this evening, I'm very optimistic that they'll still take all three points from Nice. Paris Saint Germaine forward Ousmane Dembele seems to have found his form again and I think he's the man to look out for at Nice this evening

in that game, both teams did played well, i mean Arsenal had a better chance which was well utilized but both teams did performed so well and one was deserving of the win. PSG not been able to win the game did not mean they weren't a better side but they did so well in that game and as for the game against Nice later, i don't want to believe the champions league game after effect is going to be a problem that will stop them from been able to win or get a draw in this game, if they give their best in this game, they can be sure to still get something if t game.

About PSG in the Champions League, I personally will still admit that PSG still needs greater efforts to be able to compete with the top teams playing in the Champions League. Because for me PSG is still quite weak in the Champions League compared to other top teams from different which leagues playing in the Champions League. With that reason, I personally still recognize PSG's defeat for losing with a score of 2-0, it was definitely a bad result experienced by PSG a team that has great dominance in Ligue 1.

Also in the away match against Nice that has ended, at first I was also quite sure PSG would still be able to win despite playing away. But anyway, in fact PSG also conceded first by Nice and the final score was 1-1 and with that draw, the top position of the Ligue 1 standings is  currently placed by Monaco and PSG is in second place with a 2-point gap with Monaco who is currently at the top of the Ligue 1 standings.

[Slow death]

Sharing points equally became the fate of PSG as they drew the game against Nice, a 1-1 draw wasn't the kind of result expected of PSG but then it turned out that was the final result. in this game, PSG had more of the possession and the dominance of the game shifted towards them a little but they were challenge with been able to beat the defense of Nice to get more goals to help them win the game.  the dominance of PSG in that game was just too much to have them settling for a draw, they even had more chances to get an extra goal but couldn't convert the chances into the needed goal.

It's a very disappointing result to see PSG get a draw against Nice. They dominated possession, mostly playing in the final third. But, they were still dropping two points. And i see none of their midfielders or attackers were able to perform consistently.

They were trying so hard to break Nice's barrier, but they always failed. Their attackers, Kolo, always made good runs, but he always lost control over the ball. And i don't see anything positive from their performance.

And i think this is the main effect Enrique has not decided to buy a number 9.

Coach Luis Enrique's situation is not good. PSG has always aimed to win the European Champions League and this squad has shown that it is mission impossible to win the European Champions League this season. To make matters worse, in Ligue 1 they are not very strong, without Mbappe and they have not signed players capable of replacing Mbappe, so PSG is in no condition to give the Champions League to its fans and management. I read a recent article in which it talks about how Luis Enrique's situation could be very complicated, this is the article:

Problems for Luis Enrique, the main target at PSG

If the coach in the next transfer window does not make big signings in order to make the team competitive to the level of winning the European Champions League, then I see him not lasting long as PSG coach.

[Velvet78]

PSG got another draw which resulted in losing the lead to Monaco in the standings. It is really nice to see though. It brings some more competition to the title race you know. 

Nice tried to defend with all they had in the second half and it really worked for at least getting a draw. PSG really started to slow down recently. First losing to Ajax like that and now this point loss...

Do you think we will see more of it on the upcoming weeks? I think it won't last long at least in the Ligue 1. Because you know how big the gap between PSG and the rest of the teams normally.

[Jossque]

Lyon has been on a recovery trend in recent weeks.Lyon managed to increase its points to 10 after beating Nantes 2-0 at home.There was a draw in the battle of 2 teams competing for a draw in the league.Although Lens closed the first half ahead, Strasbourg managed to get a point from the match with a penalty goal in the 60th minute.2 In the last match of the day, Nice made the giant team of the league to lose points. With a 1-1 draw against PSG, they both knocked their rival out of the leadership and managed to get an important draw.

[TelolettOm]

And this time, in this week's match, Reims also seems to be going to get a full victory over their opponent Montpellier.
3 - 1 position now, Reims leading.

Reims did good indeed but it is only the beginning and they should keep up the good work if they want to stay in top. Lille and other used to be top teams are behind them and they can jump at any moment in front of them.
In this round I was quite shocked by Marseille and how they failed against the weakest team in Ligue 1, a draw against Angers? Very promising..

Yes, it's true, consistency is very important for a club to continue to survive and develop to a higher ranking. And this is usually quite difficult to do. As happened to Marseille, they looked very good, but lately the results have been disappointing several times. Even on matchday this week the result was a draw.


Source: Ligue 1’s leader at the moment

Not only that, PSG is also the same. even on matchday this they could only draw against Nice. Yes, although Nice can sometimes bother top clubs. And now Monaco is the top leading in the standing of the French League with a difference of 2 points from PSG.

[Majestic-milf]

PSG got another draw which resulted in losing the lead to Monaco in the standings. It is really nice to see though. It brings some more competition to the title race you know. 

Nice tried to defend with all they had in the second half and it really worked for at least getting a draw. PSG really started to slow down recently. First losing to Ajax like that and now this point loss...

Do you think we will see more of it on the upcoming weeks? I think it won't last long at least in the Ligue 1. Because you know how big the gap between PSG and the rest of the teams normally.

Hehehehe, I guess it's only the tough ones that keep on going when things get rough. What can I say? PSG performed as was expected; why did I say it was expected? They lost to Arsenal in the champions league and couldn't channel their anger and use it to get good results against Nice but they just wasted chances that should have been converted and at some point Nice started playing like they should. PSG were the better side no doubt but sometimes when you underestimate a team, it usually does not end well.
 Luis Enrique has gotten an apology from Dembele and the Frenchman was a starter in their game yesterday yet they couldn't get good results. Somehow the number of competitions some of these clubs are in also play a major role in their performance because you can't be overworked and be expected to put in your best if not PSG should have dismantled Nice on a normal day.