French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[GiftedMAN]

PSG is attacking the whole match, but could not win, and even missed almost immediately after scoring a goal to the opponent, it is unusual to see such a thing, but I think the main thing is that they did not lose and did not lose all the points at all. And a draw is like that, it happens to everyone, especially they have a good series, I do not see anything terrible in the fact that they played a draw

For Enrique this draw is not critical, although they dominated the whole match, but maybe the players were tired after the match with City, and also I am almost sure that Enrique already has in mind the match with Stuttgart in the Champions League, which they will have to play in a few days and they need to win this match not to worry about a place in the top 24.

I guess Enrique will use the champions League match against Manchester City as an excuse but for a team like PSG they ought to have won the game because they were better than their opponent in the match. I didn't notice him resting his regular starters like a team that is experiencing fatigue in his players and for their upcoming champions League game against Stuttgart in the coming weeks so I think he he just admit his errors and try to maintain the lead against the second place team in the league table since they still have about 10 points difference. PSG faced Manchester City in the champions League and defeated them 4:2, same Manchester City were against Chelsea in their domestic league a very difficult game for them but they won 3:1, I expected Enrique to have had an easy match but dropping 2 points was what they ended up doing after their 1:1 draw.

[imamusma]

PSG is still the unbeaten team in Ligue 1 so far this season although indeed, PSG was quite disappointing about the home draw in the previous match against Reims. Indeed, although PSG got a draw it is also not at all a problem for PSG's position in the Ligue 1 standings but unfortunately, with a very low score like that and the match ending in a draw, then of course there will be many bettors who have lost. Therefore, the result remains a bad result for bettors, although in reality it still does not have any bad impact on PSG, moreover PSG also managed to beat Manchester City and PSG must prepare to play better in the Champion League play off round later.

In my opinion, Luis Enrique and his team main focus right now is on the Champions League, the draw against Reims reflects that they are not pushing too hard to win the match. Besides, the players energy has been drained in the previous match against Manchester City, and Luis Enrique is trying to save his players energy for the match against Stuttgart in the last round of the League phase. On the one hand, the draw against Reims is certainly disappointing for bettors, but on the other hand, this step is part of Luis Enrique strategy to face a much more important match.

[LUCKMCFLY]

I see a very big potential that Monaco has, it's just that it's hampered by several obstacles that finally make them look different from usual.
Specifically talking about them in Ligue 1, they should also be able to be the main competitor for Paris Saint Germain, but it's a shame when they can't use what they have to do that. However, in the future if they can continue to improve, then I can be sure they will be able to be the main threat to Paris Saint Germain.
They may have to look for fresh cash injections so that they can bring in players who can make their squad more even.

And it's time for a worthy opponent to emerge for PSG , I've always hoped for this to see this league more second, I can't deny that PSG has been the leader for a long time, it is the most dominant, it's like the dominance that Bayern had in the Bundesliga, until Dortmund, Leverkusen came along, so I think these kinds of things can happen, in fact Monaco promises and for me it is a team that has been rising and I think that it is time to apply that Mentality to all the teams in League 1, then it can become one of the highest level.
Interesting:

AS Monaco e Ipswich Town, a la espera de fichar al jugador del Sheffield United

That’s according to L’Equipe, who state the Ligue 1 side are monitoring the 18-year-old’s situation. Ipswich Town, for their part, also appreciate his profile.

Oné joined Sheffield United from Scottish Championship side Hamilton Academical in 2023 and signed a contract until 2029.

Source: http://sportwitness.co.uk/as-monaco-and-ipswich-town-hovering-to-sign-sheffield-united-player/

[Lida93]

For Enrique this draw is not critical, although they dominated the whole match, but maybe the players were tired after the match with City, and also I am almost sure that Enrique already has in mind the match with Stuttgart in the Champions League, which they will have to play in a few days and they need to win this match not to worry about a place in the top 24.

Giving clumsy excuse for the draw in that game between PSG Vs Reims I don't accept because it was a game PSG could have won and used all three points to increase their lead gap but they failed to. The champions league next game against VfB Stuttgart isn't a strong side as Manchester city whom PSG were able to defeat, so sacrificing the Reims game ahead of Stuttgart whom I expect that they would accelerate their win run in both games was crazy. Enrique should try to prioritise all points from both the domestic league and champions league because every sides counts.

[Sexylizzy2813]

I don't know why I'm still banking on Marseille to win the Ligue 1 this season even after dropping point in their last game which I thought they would have won without much stress to mount pressure on PSG, really sad that they couldn't get a win. Tonight they haven't been promising with the score line 1nil against them at halftime with the home team Nice doing much of the defending, it would be better if they played a draw instead of ending the first half with the home side leading. Currently they need 10pt to meet up with the league leaders that's PSG and if the second half resume and the amount of force they're suppose to use to get an equalizer isn't there then they should forget it and a draw would be bad result for them talking about Marseille. They need a win because with time PSG will definitely drop points.

[Docnaster]

PSG is attacking the whole match, but could not win, and even missed almost immediately after scoring a goal to the opponent, it is unusual to see such a thing, but I think the main thing is that they did not lose and did not lose all the points at all. And a draw is like that, it happens to everyone, especially they have a good series, I do not see anything terrible in the fact that they played a draw

For Enrique this draw is not critical, although they dominated the whole match, but maybe the players were tired after the match with City, and also I am almost sure that Enrique already has in mind the match with Stuttgart in the Champions League, which they will have to play in a few days and they need to win this match not to worry about a place in the top 24.

" For Enrique, this match is not critical..." Are you tryna say that Paris Saint Germaine manager Luis Enrique do not consider a league game at the time of the season and important game that his team must win? I know Paris Saint Germaine have a very crucial game against Stuttgart in the UEFA Champions League coming up in the midweek but I don't think that's enough reason for him not to underestimate the importance of their game against Reims yesterday. I expected Paris Saint Germaine to win that game but a draw wasn't that however, that doesn't mean the manager didn't consider it an important game for the French champions

[junder]

For Enrique this draw is not critical, although they dominated the whole match, but maybe the players were tired after the match with City, and also I am almost sure that Enrique already has in mind the match with Stuttgart in the Champions League, which they will have to play in a few days and they need to win this match not to worry about a place in the top 24.

Giving clumsy excuse for the draw in that game between PSG Vs Reims I don't accept because it was a game PSG could have won and used all three points to increase their lead gap but they failed to. The champions league next game against VfB Stuttgart isn't a strong side as Manchester city whom PSG were able to defeat, so sacrificing the Reims game ahead of Stuttgart whom I expect that they would accelerate their win run in both games was crazy. Enrique should try to prioritise all points from both the domestic league and champions league because every sides counts.

Actually if you look at PSG performance against Reims today I think they played as usual targeting 3 points, we can see all of that from their dominance on the field and also the number of chances they managed to create but the problem is Reims also played well. Sometimes strong teams also have difficulties so I think this result is quite reasonable, even though they only got one point at least PSG did not lose and their position in the standings is still very safe.

[Weawant]

PSG is still the unbeaten team in Ligue 1 so far this season although indeed, PSG was quite disappointing about the home draw in the previous match against Reims. Indeed, although PSG got a draw it is also not at all a problem for PSG's position in the Ligue 1 standings but unfortunately, with a very low score like that and the match ending in a draw, then of course there will be many bettors who have lost. Therefore, the result remains a bad result for bettors, although in reality it still does not have any bad impact on PSG, moreover PSG also managed to beat Manchester City and PSG must prepare to play better in the Champion League play off round later.

Having draws to maintain the unbeaten record is actually even making me see it like they aren't really unbeaten afterall especially when it has to be a draw against a weak or small team. Been a bad result for bettors is another reason it can technically be seen like they aren't winning actually but just maintaining some top spot, but their UCL performance then seemed like the opposite of the ligue 1, but most importantly they are doing just great, for their domestic league and at a time the UCL.

[irhact]

PSG should be ashamed because even though they are strong they can only score one goal and the opponent team which is Reims is a very weak team they also scored one goal to draw this match. PSG was expected to win the match but it didn't happen although many people were happy to see their record and PSG is getting stronger and stronger but they are not good against such a weak team. In this match I will praise Reims because he played well although he didn't win the match but he kept his defense and opposing strong team from scoring and drew the match.

PSG can't be ashamed as they didn't lose the game, they were leading and Reims managed to equalized. PSG were dominating the whole game but were unfortunate to not be able to score more goals. PSG has more shots and possessions of the game and they create more chances but luck wasn't just on their side. PSG are still top of the league and they're leading with 10 points therefore there's nothing to be ashamed of. It'll take a lot of losses from them for them to lose the league to anyone else therefore drawing games instead of losing is a good way to gather points to top the league. PSG has a better advantage to win the league than any other teams.

[bering]

PSG is still the unbeaten team in Ligue 1 so far this season although indeed, PSG was quite disappointing about the home draw in the previous match against Reims. Indeed, although PSG got a draw it is also not at all a problem for PSG's position in the Ligue 1 standings but unfortunately, with a very low score like that and the match ending in a draw, then of course there will be many bettors who have lost. Therefore, the result remains a bad result for bettors, although in reality it still does not have any bad impact on PSG, moreover PSG also managed to beat Manchester City and PSG must prepare to play better in the Champion League play off round later.

The draw result from Reims didn't threaten PSG position on league standing because currently PSG has 10 points above to Marseille i think it's clearly they are in the safe position so i am sure Marseille will not able to taking over first place from PSG especially today Marseille surprisingly lost over Nice which make PSG has comfortable position and in my opinion although the league still have 15 matches remaining before ended i think PSG almost certain can defend their title

Speaking about PSG chances in Champion league they are in the good shape especially after made an epic comeback by beating Manchester City at their home and for 8th match Stuttgart will being an their opponent which i am sure PSG will be able to collect 3 points from this match and PSG will be qualified at top 24 and will through an playoff stages before play at round of 16

[skarais]

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For Enrique this draw is not critical, although they dominated the whole match, but maybe the players were tired after the match with City, and also I am almost sure that Enrique already has in mind the match with Stuttgart in the Champions League, which they will have to play in a few days and they need to win this match not to worry about a place in the top 24.

PSG is still basically fine without winning a single point this week, but they also need to maintain their unbeaten run and that's working until week 19. PSG has a 10-point gap with its rivals so far and they are actually in a safe position in top of the standings. Enrique only ensured that PSG's unbeaten record remained protected, but Reims was really lucky in that match.

There is one thing that is attracting my attention at the moment, it is about Ousmane Dembélé's goal record this season. Ousmane Dembélé seems to be developing rapidly alongside Enrique as proven by his goal record in the last 11 matches. Dembele has scored 11 goals and 4 assists in 17 matches, last season only 3 goals and 8 assists in 26 Ligue 1 matches. That is a record of more goals for him than at Dortmund or Barcelona.

[TelolettOm]

I don't know why I'm still banking on Marseille to win the Ligue 1 this season even after dropping point in their last game which I thought they would have won without much stress to mount pressure on PSG, really sad that they couldn't get a win. Tonight they haven't been promising with the score line 1nil against them at halftime with the home team Nice doing much of the defending,

However, Marseille's performance has not been that consistent. They have indeed had very rapid development this season, even when last season they could only finish in 8th position, this season, they have experienced rapid progress, being in second position. It's just that to compete and beat PSG for the French Ligue 1 title, this is still rather difficult to achieve this season.

Especially in the last match, Marseille also had to admit the superiority of their competitor who is in 5th place, Nice. In fact, even though Marseille has 71% ball possession and a very high attack of 18 shots and 6 shots on target, no goals were created. Honestly, their performance this time, they missed so many chances.

[hyudien]

For Enrique this draw is not critical, although they dominated the whole match, but maybe the players were tired after the match with City, and also I am almost sure that Enrique already has in mind the match with Stuttgart in the Champions League, which they will have to play in a few days and they need to win this match not to worry about a place in the top 24.

Giving clumsy excuse for the draw in that game between PSG Vs Reims I don't accept because it was a game PSG could have won and used all three points to increase their lead gap but they failed to. The champions league next game against VfB Stuttgart isn't a strong side as Manchester city whom PSG were able to defeat, so sacrificing the Reims game ahead of Stuttgart whom I expect that they would accelerate their win run in both games was crazy. Enrique should try to prioritise all points from both the domestic league and champions league because every sides counts.

I also can't accept their excuse for the draw they experienced this week. If that was the reason for fatigue, I don't think we would have seen them dominate the game by creating so many chances, only one of which they could convert into a goal. In fact, I think they were just unlucky in this match when looking at the statistics they managed to create. From there I see they really deserved to win the match. Even so, this draw will not have much effect on their position, they are still a team that is still very difficult to catch at the top of the standings.

[bitgolden]

PSG beating City definitely tired them out enough that they couldn't get a win in this game. This happens at times, that's normal, the "focus on one competition" thing isn't always just roster changes but how players play too. When you play with 100%, that means you run for all the balls, every 50-50% you rush, and you try to play harder, and after the game ends, you feel as if you can't even walk. Whereas, in these type of games, after the game, you can even go to clubbing, which some of them I am sure does.

This is why PSG definitely looks to be a different situation for them here, they just didn't care about this game as much as they did with UCL and that's the most important part, we can't really focus on anything else.

[RaltcoinsB]

PSG is attacking the whole match, but could not win, and even missed almost immediately after scoring a goal to the opponent, it is unusual to see such a thing, but I think the main thing is that they did not lose and did not lose all the points at all. And a draw is like that, it happens to everyone, especially they have a good series, I do not see anything terrible in the fact that they played a draw

For Enrique this draw is not critical, although they dominated the whole match, but maybe the players were tired after the match with City, and also I am almost sure that Enrique already has in mind the match with Stuttgart in the Champions League, which they will have to play in a few days and they need to win this match not to worry about a place in the top 24.

I think Luis Enrique didn't care about this match. The important thing for him is the Champions League. They will play Stuttgart in the Champions League and they want to make the playoffs. They don't want to get a surprise result. Especially considering the advantage they gained after the Manchester City win, they have to be on the field with their best performance and squad against Stuttgart. A draw in the French League is not very important. Because there is a huge point difference between them and their opponents anyway.

[pusaka]

For Enrique this draw is not critical, although they dominated the whole match, but maybe the players were tired after the match with City, and also I am almost sure that Enrique already has in mind the match with Stuttgart in the Champions League, which they will have to play in a few days and they need to win this match not to worry about a place in the top 24.

I think Luis Enrique didn't care about this match. The important thing for him is the Champions League. They will play Stuttgart in the Champions League and they want to make the playoffs. They don't want to get a surprise result. Especially considering the advantage they gained after the Manchester City win, they have to be on the field with their best performance and squad against Stuttgart. A draw in the French League is not very important. Because there is a huge point difference between them and their opponents anyway.

Indeed, Paris Saint Germain always puts the Champions League as a top priority compared to Ligue 1, so they want to go further there. However, in my opinion, even though they prioritize the Champions League, it does not mean that they should consider their matches in the Champions League unimportant, because in any case they need to get points in Ligue 1 to be able to sit comfortably, especially the opponents they face on paper should be easy for them to beat. In the Champions League itself, at least they need a draw. I think they are quite lucky to face Sturtgat, because a draw alone is enough to take them to the play-off round.

[Silence Scream]

PSG is still the unbeaten team in Ligue 1 so far this season although indeed, PSG was quite disappointing about the home draw in the previous match against Reims. Indeed, although PSG got a draw it is also not at all a problem for PSG's position in the Ligue 1 standings but unfortunately, with a very low score like that and the match ending in a draw, then of course there will be many bettors who have lost. Therefore, the result remains a bad result for bettors, although in reality it still does not have any bad impact on PSG, moreover PSG also managed to beat Manchester City and PSG must prepare to play better in the Champion League play off round later.

I actually think the players shouldn't push themselves too hard. Because it will be a tough fight for them in the Champions League. The two points they lost against Reims aren't a big deal for them because they are already ahead in the league by a large margin. There is almost no chance that Marseille and Monaco will catch up. Still, we can say that they went into this match with their main squad. Most of the players were in the first 11. Paris Saint-Germain, the team that had the ball and was attacking throughout the match, can only get results like this sometimes.

[Docnaster]

PSG is still the unbeaten team in Ligue 1 so far this season although indeed, PSG was quite disappointing about the home draw in the previous match against Reims. Indeed, although PSG got a draw it is also not at all a problem for PSG's position in the Ligue 1 standings but unfortunately, with a very low score like that and the match ending in a draw, then of course there will be many bettors who have lost. Therefore, the result remains a bad result for bettors, although in reality it still does not have any bad impact on PSG, moreover PSG also managed to beat Manchester City and PSG must prepare to play better in the Champion League play off round later.

I watched most of Paris Saint Germaine games this season and to be honest, I think the reason why they're still unbeaten in the league isn't because of how good they are but because of how poor their opponents have been. It seems that all the French clubs that's faced Paris Saint Germaine this season had already conceded defeat in their minds before meeting the reigning French champions and my reason of saying so is because I've seen Paris Saint Germaine underperform in some of their league games this season but still ended up not losing just like in their game against Reims over the weekend.
For me, I've stopped staking on PSG games since they're not consistent again like they were last season.

[Btcdeybodi]

For Enrique this draw is not critical, although they dominated the whole match, but maybe the players were tired after the match with City, and also I am almost sure that Enrique already has in mind the match with Stuttgart in the Champions League, which they will have to play in a few days and they need to win this match not to worry about a place in the top 24.

I think Luis Enrique didn't care about this match. The important thing for him is the Champions League. They will play Stuttgart in the Champions League and they want to make the playoffs. They don't want to get a surprise result. Especially considering the advantage they gained after the Manchester City win, they have to be on the field with their best performance and squad against Stuttgart. A draw in the French League is not very important. Because there is a huge point difference between them and their opponents anyway.

Since PSG is the visiting team against Stuttgart in their next champions league game, they don't want to exhaust all their strength on Reims, that was why they didn't apply much pressure like they do in most of their games. After keeping their hope alive in the Champions League when they won Manchester City last week, they want to use same energy and play against Stuttgart because it is a very crucial match considering that Stuttgart in not in a good position, they will want to fight in order to climb higher while PSG will also want to win so that they can be confident about their position in the table. PSG is already 10 points clear at the top of the Ligue 1 table after Marseille who is second in the table lost to Nice yesterday, so 10 points is a huge gap not to panic about hence, PSG is giving their Champions League match against Stuttgart more priority than the game the played against Reims and moreover, they will be traveling to MHPArena stadium, home ground of Vfb Stuttgart.

[Hirose UK]

PSG is attacking the whole match, but could not win, and even missed almost immediately after scoring a goal to the opponent, it is unusual to see such a thing, but I think the main thing is that they did not lose and did not lose all the points at all. And a draw is like that, it happens to everyone, especially they have a good series, I do not see anything terrible in the fact that they played a draw

For Enrique this draw is not critical, although they dominated the whole match, but maybe the players were tired after the match with City, and also I am almost sure that Enrique already has in mind the match with Stuttgart in the Champions League, which they will have to play in a few days and they need to win this match not to worry about a place in the top 24.

Match against Manchester City in the UCL and the match against Reims in Ligue 1 are few days apart and Reims are not team with good quality of play, from the assumption that the players are tired after the match against Manchester City, this is really less relevant reason in my opinion because what is clear is that PSG attacking game is not so aggressive.
Last match in the UCL against Stuttgart is important for PSG to win, if the reason for the draw against Reims is to keep the players fit then I agree because after all Stuttgart is not team to be underestimated even though they have the same results as PSG in the 7 match they have played.