French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Hirose UK]

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It was a decent outing for PSG as they showed their class and was able to snatch a late winner through their star player Ousmane Dembele against a formidable side like Monaco in the Super Cup finals.  Now PSG has a cup to their name and am sure they will this win will motivate them to be able to play better and finish this season on a high form.

There is still the French Cup and also Ligue 1, how? is you there confidence for PSG to achieve treble winner this season?

PSG has always performed impressively in various domestic competitions, now they have several players who have shown very good playing quality and can get used to the mentality that previously always depended on Mbappe, in the future there is still lot of competition and Enrique must be careful in preparing his squad, small mistakes can be disaster for them.

[JahriMeayer]

Marseille keep developing themselves and going ahead with full strength. They won four matches out of last five matches including yesterday's match against Le Havre where Marseille defeated their opponent with 5-1 goals which was another achievement and let them standing second rank in the qualifying table with having 33 points. Although PSG still leading at the top with 40 points. In the match between Marseille and Le Havre,, Marseille did great, build good strategy from beginning against their opponent. And that's why they able to score three goals at a row just before the end of first half what helped them to inspire the team go ahead with full strength and that's why afterwards they gave another two goals just after the start of second half which totally destroyed their opponent Le Havre's hope to win, although A. Ayew afford to scored a single goal at 85th minutes behalf of Le Havre but Marseille didn't care about that cause they already let their opponent know, who are they. Well congrats Marseille for such achievement

[beerlover]

It was not an easy victory, PSG managed to score only in extra time, but it was deserved, PSG played better. However, what is surprising here, they have not had a worthy opponent in Ligue 1 for a long time, with varying success several teams are trying to compete with them, but it is obvious that it is very difficult for them to do so. Winning Ligue 1 and the French Cup is what PSG must do.

At the domestic level, many would agree that PSG are the main rulers, so far no team has been able to stop their progress, the trophy they just won can explain it all. PSG also seems to be able to lock the Ligue 1 trophy faster this season, Marseille and AS Monaco who were expected to put pressure on look unable to do so, they have fallen far behind. Without strong competition, PSG will always be the ruler without having to try very hard, which is also believed by many to be the reason why they often struggle when competing in the Champions League.

As long as financials seems this different, no team will have a chance to beat PSG to be fair. The gap between how rich PSG is, and how other teams look, is pretty obvious when you look at how much they are spending each season. It not even just about how much they can spend on transfers, that's great and all but it's also about the fact that PSG can pay much more in salary as well, so that's an important part, and I am pretty sure that is going to be a tough thing for all of the other teams.

When you calculate all these financial differences, you will end up seeing how PSG will easily beat everyone at France, and the only problem they have is that they are incapable of winning the UCL, which has been a tough task for them.

[tusandii]

PSG has again managed to show us who the real ruler of the French league has been so far, although Monaco has shown a good performance and strong resistance throughout the match, but the mentality and also the unyielding attitude possessed by PSG has made them lose 1-0 from PSG.
I think, Monaco actually performed well in the match and was able to keep up with PSG game, but the solidity of their midfield and defense was not supported by the sharpness attacking line, although they managed to create several chances that threatened the PSG goal in that match, but the ineffectiveness of the final finish actually made it difficult for them to break into the PSG goal, I think after yesterday final match was over, they should must improved the final finishing in the next matchs.

It was not an easy victory, PSG managed to score only in extra time, but it was deserved, PSG played better. However, what is surprising here, they have not had a worthy opponent in Ligue 1 for a long time, with varying success several teams are trying to compete with them, but it is obvious that it is very difficult for them to do so. Winning Ligue 1 and the French Cup is what PSG must do.

In my opinion Monaco has a strong enough defense to withstand many attacks made by PSG players just look at how many shots were created 28 shots and 10 of them were on target but were able to convert into goals after 90 minutes of the match and that happened when the referee gave additional time for both teams and PSG was able to take advantage of it well after 2 minutes of additional time and in the end PSG won the French Super Cup even though they had to try very hard but they really deserved it considering that PSG is indeed the strongest club in League 1.

[HajiBagi]

A very big congratulations to PSG on winning their fist trophy for the season, next on the list will be the ligue 1 league title and they will be having two trophies,  a dou wouldn't be a bad one for the season but a trio is going to be a tough one to achieve as the champions league where they could use to achieve that is just too competitive and they are already at the verge exit literally.  But then I see them achieving the ligue 1 title looking at their performance so far in the ligue 1.

Congratulations to PSG for winning their first trophy of the season but leg be honest PSG won the match with a lucky win, I know that the match is going to be tough because Monaco is a very strong opponent and PSG always finds it difficult to defeat them, Monaco is always a strong opponent to PSG and that is why from the beginning of the match I know that PSG will not win the match easily and that is why both teams face each other the match will be always tough.

I have said before that we should not underestimate Monaco because they have many young players and they can play against big teams, PSG scored only one goal in the match and the goal was past 90 minutes when the match was about to end which was score by Dembele, Dembele is always giving PSG winning and shows that he is a good player that leads the team to win matches but I don't know why he and the coach always have misunderstood and that makes the coach did not like to start him in some matches.

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At the domestic level, many would agree that PSG are the main rulers, so far no team has been able to stop their progress, the trophy they just won can explain it all. PSG also seems to be able to lock the Ligue 1 trophy faster this season, Marseille and AS Monaco who were expected to put pressure on look unable to do so, they have fallen far behind. Without strong competition, PSG will always be the ruler without having to try very hard, which is also believed by many to be the reason why they often struggle when competing in the Champions League.

They are currently seven points ahead of Marseille, who are in second place, and ten points ahead of Monaco, who are in third place. That's why I don't think Paris Saint-Germain will easily give up the championship in this league. They have a huge advantage, and they also have a much better squad quality than the French league. In other words, they have a squad above the average French league squad. There is a big problem in the Champions League because they fell well short of expectations. Everyone expected them to be in the top eight, but they are having difficulty even getting into the top 24.

Difference of these points surely achievable but sadly we have too many problems in few top teams lack of quality and consistency always keep them below then PSG despite they are also not having any big name now in recent time they are developing their squad without big names through young talent which is having good skills Luis Enrique is having positive signs which can bring improvement in coming days as well.

Champions League is still problem for them, but next season could be much better as they will have good depth and their players will be gain experience which is important for Champions League while having quality striker surely bring good development, but their strategy is having deep facts for their success in the future.

[TelolettOm]

It was a decent outing for PSG as they showed their class and was able to snatch a late winner through their star player Ousmane Dembele against a formidable side like Monaco in the Super Cup finals.  Now PSG has a cup to their name and am sure they will this win will motivate them to be able to play better and finish this season on a high form.

Well, although actually this is not a new thing, and even PSG has won this trophy for the 13th time. And 3 times in a row in the last 3 years, after previously, there was Lille who [had broken PSG's dominance in this Super Cup, but then, it returned to PSG.

however, Enrique admitted that it was a tough and tight final. They had many opportunities and were quite dominant, but all failed. Until finally, Dembele's late winning goal was the only goal scored.

In his interview Enrique explained:

Source: Paris St Germain coach Luis Enrique (54)
PSG-French Super Cup

[Lidger]

A very big congratulations to PSG on winning their fist trophy for the season, next on the list will be the ligue 1 league title and they will be having two trophies,  a dou wouldn't be a bad one for the season but a trio is going to be a tough one to achieve as the champions league where they could use to achieve that is just too competitive and they are already at the verge exit literally.  But then I see them achieving the ligue 1 title looking at their performance so far in the ligue 1.

Congratulations to PSG for winning their first trophy of the season but leg be honest PSG won the match with a lucky win, I know that the match is going to be tough because Monaco is a very strong opponent and PSG always finds it difficult to defeat them, Monaco is always a strong opponent to PSG and that is why from the beginning of the match I know that PSG will not win the match easily and that is why both teams face each other the match will be always tough.

I have said before that we should not underestimate Monaco because they have many young players and they can play against big teams, PSG scored only one goal in the match and the goal was past 90 minutes when the match was about to end which was score by Dembele, Dembele is always giving PSG winning and shows that he is a good player that leads the team to win matches but I don't know why he and the coach always have misunderstood and that makes the coach did not like to start him in some matches.

In the final of the Trophée des Champions, PSG won the match against Monaco with a goal in extra time. When neither team scored against the other team in the main time, I felt that maybe this match will end on penalties and if the result of this match is decided on penalties, then PSG may be a bit behind. But PSG won the match thanks to O. Dembélé (90+2) scoring in extra time. But I will praise Monaco's performance in this match as they put up a tough fight against PSG. The rivalry we saw in the last match would have made the France league even more popular if they could do it in local league tournaments. Congratulations to PSG for winning their first title of the season.

[doomloop]

In my opinion Monaco has a strong enough defense to withstand many attacks made by PSG players just look at how many shots were created 28 shots and 10 of them were on target but were able to convert into goals after 90 minutes of the match and that happened when the referee gave additional time for both teams and PSG was able to take advantage of it well after 2 minutes of additional time and in the end PSG won the French Super Cup even though they had to try very hard but they really deserved it considering that PSG is indeed the strongest club in League 1.

We have great potential in few French clubs which can do much better than current quality, but sadly we have no good development in them which giving them setbacks even though in this season due to new format we have good success for few clubs in Champions League but sadly their performance in Ligue 1 is still not good as no club able to create problems for PSG with chances are also high we will again have fight for remaining spots instead of winning title.

Marseille showing some good signs, but they are also 7 points behind and Monaco is one of the clubs which always done good but suddenly have problems and let them down near the end of season currently few clubs are doing impressive job but still things could be clear near the end of this season.

[Palakka]

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At the domestic level, many would agree that PSG are the main rulers, so far no team has been able to stop their progress, the trophy they just won can explain it all. PSG also seems to be able to lock the Ligue 1 trophy faster this season, Marseille and AS Monaco who were expected to put pressure on look unable to do so, they have fallen far behind. Without strong competition, PSG will always be the ruler without having to try very hard, which is also believed by many to be the reason why they often struggle when competing in the Champions League.

As long as financials seems this different, no team will have a chance to beat PSG to be fair. The gap between how rich PSG is, and how other teams look, is pretty obvious when you look at how much they are spending each season. It not even just about how much they can spend on transfers, that's great and all but it's also about the fact that PSG can pay much more in salary as well, so that's an important part, and I am pretty sure that is going to be a tough thing for all of the other teams.

When you calculate all these financial differences, you will end up seeing how PSG will easily beat everyone at France, and the only problem they have is that they are incapable of winning the UCL, which has been a tough task for them.

Financial differences has made a very significant difference in the performance and also the capacity of other teams in competing with PSG so far, but to be honest this season we can see if there are some teams that actually have the same squad quality as PSG such as Marseille and Monaco, but it turns out that they still have not been able to break or even rival PSG dominance in ligue 1,  so I think actually finance is not the main problem that makes it difficult for other teams to compete with PSG, but we can't deny that mentality may be one of the factors that allows PSG to dominate the league so far and that's despite their poor performance in the UCL.    

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For the next match, Marseille will play away against Rennes and of course, I personally do not hesitate to still choose Marseille to win with odds @2.55 at this time. Because after all, as far as I remember and even until now, Marseille is a team that often gets good results for away games. After all, so far this season Marseille is still the best team for away games even though Marseille has suffered 1 defeat in the away game, and compared to PSG who are undefeated so far. However, Marseille has 7 wins so far from 8 away games that have been played and thus, because Rennes is also currently in 13th position in the Ligue 1 standings, then I personally am very confident that Marseille will still be able to consistently get good results.

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For the next match, Marseille will play away against Rennes and of course, I personally do not hesitate to still choose Marseille to win with odds @2.55 at this time. Because after all, as far as I remember and even until now, Marseille is a team that often gets good results for away games. After all, so far this season Marseille is still the best team for away games even though Marseille has suffered 1 defeat in the away game, and compared to PSG who are undefeated so far. However, Marseille has 7 wins so far from 8 away games that have been played and thus, because Rennes is also currently in 13th position in the Ligue 1 standings, then I personally am very confident that Marseille will still be able to consistently get good results.

Marseille have won 4 and drawn 1 in their last 5 league matches. Their form is very good and they are playing good football. The team tries to play more pressing as they win and they are successful in doing so. Rennes lost 3-2 to Nice in their last league match. They had actually won 2 matches up until that match and could have had a good run but they lost.

Marseille seems to be the side closer to winning this match but there are many matches in football where expectations are not met. I think this match will be a high scoring match but I still think it is better to make a decision after watching the first 10 minutes of the match.

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In my opinion Monaco has a strong enough defense to withstand many attacks made by PSG players just look at how many shots were created 28 shots and 10 of them were on target but were able to convert into goals after 90 minutes of the match and that happened when the referee gave additional time for both teams and PSG was able to take advantage of it well after 2 minutes of additional time and in the end PSG won the French Super Cup even though they had to try very hard but they really deserved it considering that PSG is indeed the strongest club in League 1.

Because indeed Monaco's focus is only trying as much as possible how they don't concede the ball in the end and what is done for 90 minutes is actually almost over well, it's just that in the final minutes of extra time Monaco cannot maintain their form which makes 1 point in sight in the end must be lost because PSG managed to get 1 goal thanks to a goal created by Dembele.

The match was as expected in the end although only 1 goal was scored but I am quite satisfied with what Monaco and PSG showed in this match regardless of the result because they showed a very good performance on the field where both clubs tried to show the best performance they could and we can see that the attacking pattern that occurred in the end was quite good although Monaco's mistake was that they lost focus in the final minutes before the game ended.

[junder]

For the next match, Marseille will play away against Rennes and of course, I personally do not hesitate to still choose Marseille to win with odds @2.55 at this time. Because after all, as far as I remember and even until now, Marseille is a team that often gets good results for away games. After all, so far this season Marseille is still the best team for away games even though Marseille has suffered 1 defeat in the away game, and compared to PSG who are undefeated so far. However, Marseille has 7 wins so far from 8 away games that have been played and thus, because Rennes is also currently in 13th position in the Ligue 1 standings, then I personally am very confident that Marseille will still be able to consistently get good results.

The bookies give odds that are not much different to these two teams even though the distance between the two teams in the standings is very far, which means Rennes can provide a surprise, besides the factor of playing at home Rennes also has a fairly sharp attack, in my opinion placing a 1x2 bet for Marseille is quite risky, maybe BTTS can be a pretty good choice if we don't want to take risks or over 2.5 can also be considered. But again there is no guarantee. Well, hopefully you are lucky, my friend.

[bering]

For the next match, Marseille will play away against Rennes and of course, I personally do not hesitate to still choose Marseille to win with odds @2.55 at this time. Because after all, as far as I remember and even until now, Marseille is a team that often gets good results for away games. After all, so far this season Marseille is still the best team for away games even though Marseille has suffered 1 defeat in the away game, and compared to PSG who are undefeated so far. However, Marseille has 7 wins so far from 8 away games that have been played and thus, because Rennes is also currently in 13th position in the Ligue 1 standings, then I personally am very confident that Marseille will still be able to consistently get good results.

A little surprised to see the odds for both teams because the difference odds between them is not too far and as the favourite Marseille odds seems good to be considered as betting option and Rennes currently at 13th place of standing league with collect 5 wins from 16 matches and all of those wins have come from home matches

This record proves that Rennes has an impressive performance when playing on their home ground moreover, this season Rennes only lost once at home for Ligue 1 matches and it's not easy to beat them but Marseille is in full confidence especially after beating Le Havre with a big scores but for me personally i am more likely to bet on both teams to scores

[ndutndut]

It was not an easy victory, PSG managed to score only in extra time, but it was deserved, PSG played better. However, what is surprising here, they have not had a worthy opponent in Ligue 1 for a long time, with varying success several teams are trying to compete with them, but it is obvious that it is very difficult for them to do so. Winning Ligue 1 and the French Cup is what PSG must do.

In my opinion Monaco has a strong enough defense to withstand many attacks made by PSG players just look at how many shots were created 28 shots and 10 of them were on target but were able to convert into goals after 90 minutes of the match and that happened when the referee gave additional time for both teams and PSG was able to take advantage of it well after 2 minutes of additional time and in the end PSG won the French Super Cup even though they had to try very hard but they really deserved it considering that PSG is indeed the strongest club in League 1.

First of all, Congratulations to PSG who won the French Super Cup.

Yes, that's right. PSG's victory in the match was not easy because Monaco's game in this match was very solid, they played the match very well starting from the defense and the goalkeeper also performed well, this can be seen from PSG's attacks that were successfully blocked. Even this match almost ended in a penalty shootout but PSG was lucky in this match because they had a player like Dembele who appeared as a hero in the 92nd minute.

Of course this victory will again increase self-confidence to always perform better, become better collectively, increase intensity, increase mobility, and highlight effectiveness in completing opportunities. This victory will also be a motivation for PSG, because they have a very important match against Man City in the Champions League. For PSG, the Champions League will remain the main target, because indeed in league one they are very dominant and it can even be said that it is difficult for other teams to catch up with PSG at the top of the standings.

[Adbitco]

As long as financials seems this different, no team will have a chance to beat PSG to be fair. The gap between how rich PSG is, and how other teams look, is pretty obvious when you look at how much they are spending each season. It not even just about how much they can spend on transfers, that's great and all but it's also about the fact that PSG can pay much more in salary as well, so that's an important part, and I am pretty sure that is going to be a tough thing for all of the other teams.

When you calculate all these financial differences, you will end up seeing how PSG will easily beat everyone at France, and the only problem they have is that they are incapable of winning the UCL, which has been a tough task for them.

It seems that this financial fair play stuff isn't really working on teams like Manchester City and PSG because those two teams spends recklessly and way above their revenue. The PSG take over happened less than 15 years ago, the question is apart from the owners money where else could PSG get the kind of money they are spending? Because they could not have generated such amount of money internally, the owner just pump in money at will thereby reducing the ability of the other 19 teams to compete with them financially. I just wonder why the league organizers have turned a blind over this for ages now. PSG will keep on struggling in Europe because they lack competition in France.

[ShowOff]

As long as financials seems this different, no team will have a chance to beat PSG to be fair. The gap between how rich PSG is, and how other teams look, is pretty obvious when you look at how much they are spending each season. It not even just about how much they can spend on transfers, that's great and all but it's also about the fact that PSG can pay much more in salary as well, so that's an important part, and I am pretty sure that is going to be a tough thing for all of the other teams.

When you calculate all these financial differences, you will end up seeing how PSG will easily beat everyone at France, and the only problem they have is that they are incapable of winning the UCL, which has been a tough task for them.

It seems that this financial fair play stuff isn't really working on teams like Manchester City and PSG because those two teams spends recklessly and way above their revenue. The PSG take over happened less than 15 years ago, the question is apart from the owners money where else could PSG get the kind of money they are spending? Because they could not have generated such amount of money internally, the owner just pump in money at will thereby reducing the ability of the other 19 teams to compete with them financially. I just wonder why the league organizers have turned a blind over this for ages now. PSG will keep on struggling in Europe because they lack competition in France.

Every rule has loopholes that can be exploited, allowing a rich club like PSG to build squad depth according to their wishes without breaking financial fair play rules. I think all clubs will do the same when given the opportunity, because it is the easiest way to continue to dominate the competition. The gap in strength between each contestant is basically influenced by financial support factors, so it is not surprising to see PSG can easily dominate all competitions at the domestic level.

Overall, the ability to avoid financial fair play rules without breaking them does seem unfair in the eyes of mediocre clubs, the competition becomes unbalanced, the opportunity to win trophies becomes very slim, and reduces the appeal of the League. The organizers cannot be blamed for this, and I don't think they turn a blind eye and ignore their rules being violated by any club.

[Pokapoka124]

Angers defeated Brest 2-0 at home and managed to get an important 3 points despite being in the relegation zone.Luck was on their side even though they had a bad game compared to their opponent.Brest's performance in the champions league is different from their performance in the league.They seem to be more focused on the champions league but they have tough matches ahead of them.
Strasbourg, on the other hand, won 3-1 at home and took the 3 points.We can say that both teams had plenty of positions in the match and the match was really competitive.It was clear that both teams were on the pitch to win, but Strasbourg won this match with the advantage of home advantage.Strasbourg, who increased their points to 20, have to show more than they can do to finish in the top 6.

I was very angry in that match because I staked high on Brest to win and eventually lost the bet. How can you say a team had a bad game when they were able to secure all three points against a relatively stronger side? I don't know your definition of good game but to me there is nothing else important in a match than getting all three points.  It was a relatively great game for them as the win over Brest will surely catapult them out from the relegation zone into a safe position currently in the league. Brest form in the league has not been encouraging as compared to their surprise Champions League form but they have failed to replicate their Champions League form in their domestic league this season.

On the other hand, Strasbourg has been having a quite and decent run in the Ligue 1 and their recent win against Auxerre was a commanding win and they would surely looking forward to build on this victory to be able to at least qualify maybe for the Conference League next season.

[mvdheuvel1983]

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It was not an easy victory, PSG managed to score only in extra time, but it was deserved, PSG played better. However, what is surprising here, they have not had a worthy opponent in Ligue 1 for a long time, with varying success several teams are trying to compete with them, but it is obvious that it is very difficult for them to do so. Winning Ligue 1 and the French Cup is what PSG must do.

At the domestic level, many would agree that PSG are the main rulers, so far no team has been able to stop their progress, the trophy they just won can explain it all. PSG also seems to be able to lock the Ligue 1 trophy faster this season, Marseille and AS Monaco who were expected to put pressure on look unable to do so, they have fallen far behind. Without strong competition, PSG will always be the ruler without having to try very hard, which is also believed by many to be the reason why they often struggle when competing in the Champions League.

They are currently seven points ahead of Marseille, who are in second place, and ten points ahead of Monaco, who are in third place. That's why I don't think Paris Saint-Germain will easily give up the championship in this league. They have a huge advantage, and they also have a much better squad quality than the French league. In other words, they have a squad above the average French league squad. There is a big problem in the Champions League because they fell well short of expectations. Everyone expected them to be in the top eight, but they are having difficulty even getting into the top 24.

I think PSG is still going to win the League title this season ahead of the two teams you mentioned, PSG stands a better chance of increasing their points as they have the best team in the league so even though Monaco and Marseille who are following team in positions is doing well PSG will still increase their gap before the end of the season. Coming to the champions league the squad of PSG team is not doing well because they have a lot of inexperienced players playing in the champions I think they stand a better chance of winning the league more than the champions League competition.