French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Slow death]

I agree, they may literally stay out of top 24 this season and that would be totally shocking and maybe they could even fire Louis Enrique on the spot when that happens. Like the moment it's guaranteed that they are out of top 24, they may fire him on the spot.

Who will replace him could be discussed later on, like they could find some interim manager for the time being at that moment, but the reality is that they should fire him at that moment. This is PSG, they are doing better at league than all French teams in UCL, but in UCL all French teams are doing better than them, Brest and Lille are not teams you should be worried about at all, and yet they are doing better at UCL than PSG, so it's clear that PSG is specially bad at UCL this season and we have absolutely no clue why.

I hope that they get better and get the results they want in the last two games, but it is going to be very tough, I am not expecting simple solutions at all, definitely a tough one.

Often at times people refer to the French League as farmers leagues or not competitive at all and that's true if you at it critically, the only team in the French League is PSG for the past 14 years or so, the rich owner made sure the club buys the mostly the top player from the other teams in the league thereby reducing the chances of those other teams from competing with them. PSG will keep on struggling in Europe because they face no really competition from their leagues.

La Liga = Real Madrid and Barcelona

Premier League = Manchester City, Liverpool

Serie A = Inter and Napoli

Bundesliga = Bayern and Leverkusen

Portuguese League = Benfica, Porto and Sporting

Turkish League = Galatasaray

In my opinion, the case of Ligue1 is not very different from the other leagues. The fact that PSG constantly becomes champion does not mean that the league is not competitive, the other teams in Ligue1 are not weak, we have seen cases of Ligue1 teams beating other European teams, in the same way that we have seen cases of Premier League teams losing to other European teams.

[Leviathan.007]

PSG can claim the French Ligue title much early before the season comes to an end. I doubt there is any team team that can stop them from winning the French Ligue title. Both Marseille and Monaco has been in form form this season but I don't think they can compete with PSG for the title.

That's what makes this league not so interesting because PSG can claim the title much earlier before the season ends so the league competition is not so competitive. It is difficult for any team to break PSG's dominance and that is not at all the competition that football lovers expect. To be a competitor for PSG in the fight for the title, it takes a balanced player strength and that is not possessed by Marseille or Monaco so it is difficult for both of them to compete with PSG.

You have a point, I just don't like it when there are no competitions in football leagues. This season too, we all know the winner already when we still have months to the end of the season, it shouldn't always be like that, fierce competition keenly competed is always interesting. Still, I absolve PSG from any wrongdoing but rather commend them for holding that top position for too many years while others look on. It's now a wake-up challenge to other clubs in the league, they can buy players and change coaches. PSG doesn't have two heads so they should be ready to break the jinx like what is happening in Serie A.

I'm not sure yet but maybe the solution for having more competitions in the French League is to have a more rich owner for the other teams as they have than in PSG. Since they have good a rich team in PSG they can have much better and more expensive players and coaches which makes PSG a much better team than other teams.
That's why even if PSG is not in the good for many other teams like Marseille and Monaco try hard they still can't have a fair competition with PSG.
Recently we saw rumors about Marseille and maybe the Arabs are interested in buying this team and hiring some superstar players for them but this team but until that time I don't think if we can see any competitions in the French League.
 

[SOKO-DEKE]

I didn't expect Monaco to struggle in the away match against Nantes, the current score is 2-2 and Nantes always managed to score first. Although there is still a lot of time for Monaco to be able to beat Nantes, but it doesn't seem easy at all. Or maybe, a draw could happen, because based on head to head, in reality their matches often end in a draw, and Monaco also doesn't always manage to beat Nantes in every meeting. If I consider their position in the standings and their statistics so far this match until the 65th minute, I personally am still confident that Monaco will still manage to win, because that is also my hope because I also bet on Monaco win in this match.

Honestly, I was expecting Monaco to win this match based on my comparison. Looking at their current form, it was a little bit clear that Monaco was the favorite team to win the game. However, I was not that surprised when the match ended in a draw because, even from their head-to-head statistics, it has been a few meetings now since Monaco last beat Nantes in Nantes’ home game. Monaco always has good chances to beat Nantes, but only when Monaco is the host of the game.

But the truth is that Monaco tried, but they just weren't lucky enough to win the game. Monaco was the team that controlled the pitch and created some good chances, but they weren't lucky enough to convert those opportunities into goals. When Nantes scored, I thought maybe they would lose the game to Nantes, but they equalized with two goals. That was great work.

[Adbitco]

I didn't expect Monaco to struggle in the away match against Nantes, the current score is 2-2 and Nantes always managed to score first. Although there is still a lot of time for Monaco to be able to beat Nantes, but it doesn't seem easy at all. Or maybe, a draw could happen, because based on head to head, in reality their matches often end in a draw, and Monaco also doesn't always manage to beat Nantes in every meeting. If I consider their position in the standings and their statistics so far this match until the 65th minute, I personally am still confident that Monaco will still manage to win, because that is also my hope because I also bet on Monaco win in this match.

Me too, i didn't expect Monaco to play 2-2 with Nantes tonight, was expecting a 2-1 or 3-1 win from Monaco. But from their previous records i noticed that in Monaco vs Nantes fixture both teams scores in most of their encounter, so i opted for GG option in one ticket and straight win for Monaco in another ticket, as it stands Monaco has made me to lose money in that area this night, i actually trusted them to win this match. Nut its all good, this is football and anything can happen.
I'm waiting for Auxerre vs Lille game for both teams to score because that's the option i gave them. 

[baeva]

I didn't expect Monaco to struggle in the away match against Nantes, the current score is 2-2 and Nantes always managed to score first. Although there is still a lot of time for Monaco to be able to beat Nantes, but it doesn't seem easy at all. Or maybe, a draw could happen, because based on head to head, in reality their matches often end in a draw, and Monaco also doesn't always manage to beat Nantes in every meeting. If I consider their position in the standings and their statistics so far this match until the 65th minute, I personally am still confident that Monaco will still manage to win, because that is also my hope because I also bet on Monaco win in this match.

As it seems to me Monaco was stronger in this match, they attacked more and struck, but they could not win, moreover they were losing 2-0, at the moment it seemed that they could lose, but I generally understood that with such a game Nantes will not last long and will concede a goal, and where the first goal, there is somewhere near the second. Basically it turned out that way, it's a pity they couldn't score anymore

[khiholangkang]

I didn't expect Monaco to struggle in the away match against Nantes, the current score is 2-2 and Nantes always managed to score first. Although there is still a lot of time for Monaco to be able to beat Nantes, but it doesn't seem easy at all. Or maybe, a draw could happen, because based on head to head, in reality their matches often end in a draw, and Monaco also doesn't always manage to beat Nantes in every meeting. If I consider their position in the standings and their statistics so far this match until the 65th minute, I personally am still confident that Monaco will still manage to win, because that is also my hope because I also bet on Monaco win in this match.

Unfortunately Nantes first excels than Monaco which makes their situation very difficult to get a victory, from the first half, Monaco does not have confidence and their game is not so neat in the strategy so that Nantes can enter two goals into the Kohn goal in the first half, and fortunately Monaco can see opportunities in the second half with his perseverance can turn things off and end in a draw, the match is difficult for both despite several experiments that failed to add a goal but the draw in my opinion is far better than defeat.

[LUCKMCFLY]

talking about UCL, when Messi, Neymar and Mbappe failed to bring PSG champions, then what kind of player are we expected can to bring PSG championsip?

That's Where you can see the inefficiency in the Players that they are famous for. Some say it was the coach's fault , that it's impossible for players like These to not reach the final of a UCL and not win it. I don't Know , but they're partly right. It could be that the strategy was never adequate, but it was also a lack of discipline on the part of the sheikh. When he saw that he didn't win anything, he changed coaches, but he didn't. One mistake led to another and so on and they went down. One thing that can't be forgotten is that they were the sole and undisputed Leaders of Ligue 1, but that's all.

[Weawant]

I'm not sure yet but maybe the solution for having more competitions in the French League is to have a more rich owner for the other teams as they have than in PSG. Since they have good a rich team in PSG they can have much better and more expensive players and coaches which makes PSG a much better team than other teams.
That's why even if PSG is not in the good for many other teams like Marseille and Monaco try hard they still can't have a fair competition with PSG.
Recently we saw rumors about Marseille and maybe the Arabs are interested in buying this team and hiring some superstar players for them but this team but until that time I don't think if we can see any competitions in the French League.
 

The competition the French league is one which i don't see centering around the wealth of the owners of the teams, PSG does have a really wealthy owner but i at same time do not see that as the only reason they are at the leading point of the French league but their depth and their squad strength which is something others can actually build without having to really having to buy big star players but with building the team to that point where they will be able to get them the level of stability that PSG has gotten enough to compete with them.

[Akbarkoe]

Lille is the favourite over Auxerre this because the recent form of Auxerre is quite bad that Auxerre even went through December without a win in all competitions but the condition of Lille is also not so good because during this season Lille has got 7 draws in Ligue 1 this record makes Lille as the team with the most draws along with Nantes

Today Lille will fight at Auxerre home ground actually from away matches Lille only lose once during this season but the most problem is Lille inconsistent and they were only able to win once and get 4 draws even Lille still can't get a winning result from an away matches since November last year

For the condition of the squad Lille will lost several players due to injury but for the front lines Lille still rely on their key player Jonathan David so far this player has 11 goals in Ligue 1 and for betting option i personally more prefer to bets both teams to scores or draw also good pick and for the final scores 1-1

Ball possession reached more than 70%, but LOSC was unable to do more in this match, Auxerre defended quite well. They displayed a solid and strong defense, even to break the attack carried out by LOSC, they had to lose one of their players, P. Joly received a red card right in the 56th minute, but even so playing with 10 men did not make their defense weak, they were still able to survive until the end of the match. So the score ended 0-0. On the other hand, LOSC was unable to take advantage of opportunities to score goals, with the absence of several core players, LOSC had lost creativity in building attacks. So even though LOSC's front line did not experience any obstacles, when the flow of the ball from the midfield was considered lacking and not creative, it was quite difficult for LOSC to attack well.

[Adbitco]

talking about UCL, when Messi, Neymar and Mbappe failed to bring PSG champions, then what kind of player are we expected can to bring PSG championsip?

That's Where you can see the inefficiency in the Players that they are famous for. Some say it was the coach's fault , that it's impossible for players like These to not reach the final of a UCL and not win it. I don't Know , but they're partly right. It could be that the strategy was never adequate, but it was also a lack of discipline on the part of the sheikh. When he saw that he didn't win anything, he changed coaches, but he didn't. One mistake led to another and so on and they went down. One thing that can't be forgotten is that they were the sole and undisputed Leaders of Ligue 1, but that's all.

Wrong bro, PSG never got to the Champions League finals with the squad of Messi, Neymar and Mbappe. In fact PSG with this trio got knocked out in Round 16 twice in two consecutive years. The season that PSG got to the Champions League finals was in 2020 when they played and lost to Bayern Munchen 1-0 it was only Neymar and Mbappe that was in that squad and not Messi, the season Messi joined they were knocked out in round 16 as well as the next season

[Adbitco]

Often at times people refer to the French League as farmers leagues or not competitive at all and that's true if you at it critically, the only team in the French League is PSG for the past 14 years or so, the rich owner made sure the club buys the mostly the top player from the other teams in the league thereby reducing the chances of those other teams from competing with them. PSG will keep on struggling in Europe because they face no really competition from their leagues.

La Liga = Real Madrid and Barcelona

Premier League = Manchester City, Liverpool

Serie A = Inter and Napoli

Bundesliga = Bayern and Leverkusen

Portuguese League = Benfica, Porto and Sporting

Turkish League = Galatasaray

In my opinion, the case of Ligue1 is not very different from the other leagues. The fact that PSG constantly becomes champion does not mean that the league is not competitive, the other teams in Ligue1 are not weak, we have seen cases of Ligue1 teams beating other European teams, in the same way that we have seen cases of Premier League teams losing to other European teams.

In the last 10 years
You didn't include Atletico Madrid in Spain
AC and Juventus has won it in the last ten year
Chelsea as well has won the EPL in the last ten years

[ShowOff]

I'm not sure yet but maybe the solution for having more competitions in the French League is to have a more rich owner for the other teams as they have than in PSG. Since they have good a rich team in PSG they can have much better and more expensive players and coaches which makes PSG a much better team than other teams.
That's why even if PSG is not in the good for many other teams like Marseille and Monaco try hard they still can't have a fair competition with PSG.
Recently we saw rumors about Marseille and maybe the Arabs are interested in buying this team and hiring some superstar players for them but this team but until that time I don't think if we can see any competitions in the French League.
 

The competition the French league is one which i don't see centering around the wealth of the owners of the teams, PSG does have a really wealthy owner but i at same time do not see that as the only reason they are at the leading point of the French league but their depth and their squad strength which is something others can actually build without having to really having to buy big star players but with building the team to that point where they will be able to get them the level of stability that PSG has gotten enough to compete with them.

There are many factors that play a role in bringing a team to become a champion, but financial strength plays a big role among all the other factors. Some clubs that have star players in the team, sometimes have to let them go, because the club financial condition requires them to do so. This cycle often happens, and Mbappe transfer from AS Monaco to PSG is one example.

With financial strength, PSG can also cut down the time to build an ideal team, PSG is also able to unite them all in one transfer window. That is what makes the competition in Ligue 1 never balanced, but this season, I see a slight improvement. Marseille and AS Monaco have at least made the competition in the Champions League zone even fiercer than the previous season.

[tusandii]

Nantes - Monaco

I wonder what Nantes will do in this match before they were able to hold Lille to a draw when playing as the away team but can they beat Monaco when they will play at home which should be an advantage for Nantes? As we know Nantes is actually in bad condition but they are trying to give a surprise when facing elite clubs even though the performance of Lille and Monaco is not much different if Nantes can beat Monaco it is an extraordinary result they will find their confidence again to improve their performance.
For their odds Monaco still has a greater chance of winning.

Monaco isn't consistent either. Nantes can fight for a draw and if they are well determined they might have it. Nantes beating Monaco might be possible but doesn't sound realistic in all honesty. I will rather go for a draw game than Nantes winning against Monaco even though Monaco is not perfect form.

If eventually Nantes defeats Monaco then it mean Monaco needs to revisit their drawing board and restrategize else they might not end will this season because LOSC is patiently waiting for a flop so they can replace replace.

And it turns out that Nantes again drew against Monaco, I think this is not surprising anymore when we previously saw Nantes able to hold Lille to a draw and they repeated the same thing against Monaco, actually Nantes could have won if they were able to withstand Monaco's attacks because Nantes had led 2 goals before Monaco could reply 2 goals to equalize.
And for Lille, they also drew so Monaco's draw means nothing because Lille failed to shift their position.
Unfortunately my bet was destroyed by the Lille-Auxerre match because they did not score each other.

[Farma]

And it turns out that Nantes again drew against Monaco, I think this is not surprising anymore when we previously saw Nantes able to hold Lille to a draw and they repeated the same thing against Monaco, actually Nantes could have won if they were able to withstand Monaco's attacks because Nantes had led 2 goals before Monaco could reply 2 goals to equalize.
And for Lille, they also drew so Monaco's draw means nothing because Lille failed to shift their position.
Unfortunately my bet was destroyed by the Lille-Auxerre match because they did not score each other.

Nantes held Monaco for the 5th time at home in a row, this shows that Nantes has its own way to frustrate Monaco with this, at the beginning of the first half Nantes dominated the match enough to take the lead first but in the second half Nantes was not strong enough to face Monaco's attacks until they equalized again, here it is very unfortunate that Monaco failed to bring home 3 points which if that happened they could have matched Marseille's points but unfortunately they had to share points, but I managed to win my bet on this match, and that makes me happy.

Lille failed to get full points even though they should have won and won if the penalty execution was successful but unfortunately it didn't, Auxerre has experienced consecutive defeats and Lille failed to get points even though with what happened to their opponents they should have been able to take advantage of it well to bring home 3 important points but unfortunately Lille also did not do their best.

[Hirose UK]

talking about UCL, when Messi, Neymar and Mbappe failed to bring PSG champions, then what kind of player are we expected can to bring PSG championsip?

That's Where you can see the inefficiency in the Players that they are famous for. Some say it was the coach's fault , that it's impossible for players like These to not reach the final of a UCL and not win it. I don't Know , but they're partly right. It could be that the strategy was never adequate, but it was also a lack of discipline on the part of the sheikh. When he saw that he didn't win anything, he changed coaches, but he didn't. One mistake led to another and so on and they went down. One thing that can't be forgotten is that they were the sole and undisputed Leaders of Ligue 1, but that's all.

Wrong bro, PSG never got to the Champions League finals with the squad of Messi, Neymar and Mbappe. In fact PSG with this trio got knocked out in Round 16 twice in two consecutive years. The season that PSG got to the Champions League finals was in 2020 when they played and lost to Bayern Munchen 1-0 it was only Neymar and Mbappe that was in that squad and not Messi, the season Messi joined they were knocked out in round 16 as well as the next season

True, while Messi himself joined PSG in the 2021 season and ended it in 2023 which means that during these two season Messi did not contribute anything to PSG in the UCL competition, Messi did play well for PSG but that was only in Ligue 1 in his last season, namely 2022/23.
Only Neymar and Mbappe are the best players for PSG, Messi is just player with an expensive price and high salary but is not dominant player for PSG success, now they are all just memories for PSG so that in the future maybe PSG will give birth to young potential that can make them stronger again.

[hyudien]

True, while Messi himself joined PSG in the 2021 season and ended it in 2023 which means that during these two season Messi did not contribute anything to PSG in the UCL competition, Messi did play well for PSG but that was only in Ligue 1 in his last season, namely 2022/23.
Only Neymar and Mbappe are the best players for PSG, Messi is just player with an expensive price and high salary but is not dominant player for PSG success, now they are all just memories for PSG so that in the future maybe PSG will give birth to young potential that can make them stronger again.

But to say that Messi did not contribute anything in my opinion is also too much, because he can also contribute, it's just that maybe he did not contribute as expected, that's all. He had a hard time after leaving Barcelona, ​​and indeed it was the first time he had a new team after years of being in the Barcelona squad. And if we look at it, his departure was not entirely his wish, but Barcelona was in a bad situation so they were forced to sell Messi. So maybe one of the reasons why it took him so long to adapt to Paris Saint Germain's game, because his heart was still left in his previous team.

[Leviathan.007]

OGC Nice’s significant injury concerns, which have thus far hampered their entire season, are beginning to ease. The likes of Tom Louchet, Jonathan Clauss, Antoine Mendy, Ali Abdi and Mohamed Ali-Cho are all returning and building full match fitness.

Clauss is expected to be thrown straight into the starting line-up when Nice face Stade-de-Reims on saturday evening. There are still absentees, however. Pablo rosario is out after receiving a red card in the narrow 3-2 win over Stade Rennais last weekend.

Morgan Sanson, Jérémie Boga, Terem Moffi, Victor Orakpo, and Moïse Bombitio are all also out. The latter’s absence is not expected to return and he could even return for the midweek Coupe de France fixture., against Bastia on Tuesday.

OGC Nice likely line-up v Reims
Marcin Bulka; Mohamed Abdelmonem, Dante, Youssouf Ndayishimiye; Melvin Bard, Tanguy Ndombélé, Hicham Boudaoui, Jonathan Clauss; Sofiane Diop, Gaëtan Laborde, Evann Guessand. (L’Éq)

Both teams are not in a good defensive position and their attack is relatively better. I said this because of the number of goals scored and goals conceded, but nice has managed to defeat Reims in the previous two games and has 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the last five games, which shows that Nice is relatively stable.
however reims has not won any of its last 5 games and has 3 draws and 2 losses. this shows that nice is more likely to win in the upcoming game between these two teams, but we must also pay attention to the many injuries this team has and think about the possibility of a draw.

[mamesso]

~Snip~

But to say that Messi did not contribute anything in my opinion is also too much, because he can also contribute, it's just that maybe he did not contribute as expected, that's all. He had a hard time after leaving Barcelona, ​​and indeed it was the first time he had a new team after years of being in the Barcelona squad. And if we look at it, his departure was not entirely his wish, but Barcelona was in a bad situation so they were forced to sell Messi. So maybe one of the reasons why it took him so long to adapt to Paris Saint Germain's game, because his heart was still left in his previous team.

I agree with you, Messi has contributed with Goals and Assists to lead PSG to win the title in the domestic competition, but he was unable to carry PSG to win the UCL trophy because they are still unable to compete with other top clubs. At that time, PSG front line was filled with the world's best players, Messi, Neymar and Mbappe, while in other positions PSG also had classy players, so all players had the same responsibility. Psychological problems can affect his performance, but as a professional player he has done his best for the team he plays for.

[Adiljutt156]

The first match for matchday 17 will be held today, it is a match between Nantes & AS Monaco. Briefly, we can find out which team is the favorite in this match. That is AS Monaco where they also have a clear objective to eliminate Marseille in second place in the Ligue 1 standings.

Talking about the Ligue 1 standings, PSG's points gap is too big with Marseille & AS Monaco, in your opinion, is there a big possibility that PSG will fail to win the Ligue 1 title this season?

Monaco football team played match against Nantes football team and that was two sided match because both teams played well in this match and match was ended with draw.  Both teams did 2,2 goals in this match and no team could ahead in this match and Abline was the first person who did first goal of this match and he gave good start to his team and he did goal at 12 minutes of the match and after his goal, one more player from Nantes football team did goal goal and now he did goal at 47 minutes of the match and after this one player from Monaco football team took step for his team and he did goal at 52 minutes of the match and he gave power to the players of his team and after that team got confidence and one more player did goal in this match.

[Ondekinecakabilirim]

The Brest vs Lyon match will start soon. Lyon are struggling with financial crises off the field. But they are getting good results on the field. When I look at the statistics, I see that they have 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat in their last 11 league matches. They lost only to Paris Saint Germain. They beat Montpellier 1-0 in their last league game. On the other hand, Brest have 3 defeats and 2 wins in their last 5 league games. In their 16 league games this season they have 6 wins, 9 defeats and 1 draw. I think this match is unlikely to end in a draw according to these statistics. I think Lyon will win this match. But I will not bet on this match.