French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Obari]

You're right, in short, PSG has no competition No matter what other teams do, none of them have the grit to challenge this team. As long as that's the case, PSG will always be champions.+

I haven't seen any club enough to win the league if not PSG. They might try their best but they don't have the quality to meet up with PSG pace in the competition. However, it's good for us to see a club thay will threaten PSG position once in a while, which is what's happening currently.

No competition at all for PSG and they keep their eyes shining for the UEFA Champions League. They're Being reigning UCL Champion, the best performing team in France is definitely something to boost for? Paris Saint-Germain are eligible team and will always come out as the best team because none of these clubs are competent to hold ground with Paris Saint-Germain. It's going to be a really long path when PSG are not in form. The club is not even bother because winning matches is definitely the routine of Luis Enrique.

[Tmoonz]

The most important thing right is that RC Lens now have the lead and it's left for them to decide their fate considering the title race, I believe they know what's at stake and what PSG can do if they make any mistakes within these period. PSG on the other would be also looking out for opportunities to get back to the top as soon as possible which means we might have a very close race between the winner of the title and the runner up at the end of the season hopefully.

Consistency is really needed by Lens because leading the first standings with a point difference that is so close is not safe for the issue of winning the title. PSG themselves will also try to do everything to reach first place in the standings and I don't think it will be difficult for them to reach first place again. There are still a lot of matches left so it won't be difficult for PSG to shift Lens' position at the top of the standings and if Lens doesn't perform optimally in the remaining matches then that position will again be a struggle between PSG and Lens.

Consistency could be the only determining factor that might help RC Lens if they must clinch this title, as a matter fact being consistent is the only chance they have right now at winning the French ligue1 title because PSG will be looking out for any mistakes by lens to capitalise on in order to reclaim the top position but if only RC Lens can stay focused then they might do the impossible because PSG already have other engagements like the UCL which might also distract them from the title race.

Lens only need consistency that's what can only take them to the finish line with good mark now it is obvious Paris Saint Germain is not really doing great but I believe with time they will still get back on their stand but while waiting for that time to come Lens should accumulate enough points as possible to at least keep them on the track line when Paris Saint Germain might have come back to their normal form, but just like I have been saying I'd really love it if Lens should win the French ligue 1 title like it will be more interesting than Paris Saint Germain winning it like they always do.

[Razmirraz]

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Lens only need consistency that's what can only take them to the finish line with good mark now it is obvious Paris Saint Germain is not really doing great but I believe with time they will still get back on their stand but while waiting for that time to come Lens should accumulate enough points as possible to at least keep them on the track line when Paris Saint Germain might have come back to their normal form, but just like I have been saying I'd really love it if Lens should win the French ligue 1 title like it will be more interesting than Paris Saint Germain winning it like they always do.

Indeed, only consistency can help Lens reach the finish line as the leader of the standings. But how long can Lens maintain this kind of performance, especially since the season is still very long and there will be so many unpredictable results in the next matches. Being one point behind Lens doesn't worry PSG too much. Luis Enrique also understands the current situation very well. He will try to make changes like last season to return to the top of the standings.
It is very difficult for Lens to break PSG's dominance in Ligue 1, it will require a mature squad depth and consistent performance like Leverkusen did when they won the Bundesliga trophy, although I hope Lens wins the trophy this season, but the chances are very small because PSG will not let them stay at the top of the standings until the end of the season.

[Sexylizzy2813]

No competition at all for PSG and they keep their eyes shining for the UEFA Champions League. They're Being reigning UCL Champion, the best performing team in France is definitely something to boost for? Paris Saint-Germain are eligible team and will always come out as the best team because none of these clubs are competent to hold ground with Paris Saint-Germain. It's going to be a really long path when PSG are not in form. The club is not even bother because winning matches is definitely the routine of Luis Enrique.

Honestly these guys need to be worried, since they have been ruling the Ligue 1 I think they should keep showing that dominance and stay that way just to tell the other clubs that they're not tired of winning (nobody loves losing) but should in case they feel relax that they have done it all I feel their astonishing form would drop completely to the point that they might find it hard to come back to how they were before. And trying to win back the UCL title again is going to be a hard journey if you ask me, other teams are now holding PSG up in their own game, just imagine how they were all over the pitch missing chances and for full 90'mins they were just shooting the bar and the goalkeeper with finding the back of the net in their champions league game, PSG are currently losing form.

[Fara Chan]

No competition at all for PSG and they keep their eyes shining for the UEFA Champions League. They're Being reigning UCL Champion, the best performing team in France is definitely something to boost for? Paris Saint-Germain are eligible team and will always come out as the best team because none of these clubs are competent to hold ground with Paris Saint-Germain. It's going to be a really long path when PSG are not in form. The club is not even bother because winning matches is definitely the routine of Luis Enrique.

In Ligue 1, PSG may not need to worry about winning again this season, but in the Champions League, PSG does need to worry, which is generally the worry of not being able to defend their Champions League title this season. As for the Ligue 1 title, I personally believe PSG can still return to first place, even though they are currently one point behind Lens. And in the Champions League, PSG has a chance to qualify directly for the next round, as they are currently in third place, just behind Bayern Munich and Arsenal, who are at the top of the Champions League standings.

[HajiBagi]

No competition at all for PSG and they keep their eyes shining for the UEFA Champions League. They're Being reigning UCL Champion, the best performing team in France is definitely something to boost for? Paris Saint-Germain are eligible team and will always come out as the best team because none of these clubs are competent to hold ground with Paris Saint-Germain. It's going to be a really long path when PSG are not in form. The club is not even bother because winning matches is definitely the routine of Luis Enrique.

In Ligue 1, PSG may not need to worry about winning again this season, but in the Champions League, PSG does need to worry, which is generally the worry of not being able to defend their Champions League title this season. As for the Ligue 1 title, I personally believe PSG can still return to first place, even though they are currently one point behind Lens. And in the Champions League, PSG has a chance to qualify directly for the next round, as they are currently in third place, just behind Bayern Munich and Arsenal, who are at the top of the Champions League standings.

I don’t even know what is wrong with PSG team this season, I know they have a lot of injuries but they have players who can play the position, they have been doing well even when some of the players are injured, to be honest, I am surprised by PSG current performance, PSG find it difficult to defeat Bilbao in the Champions League, Athletic Bilbao that is not in good form this season, Athletic Bilbao that Real Madrid and Barcelona defeat with more than two goals.

PSG coach need to do better because it looks like PSG is going to find it difficult to win Champions League this season, although PSG performance last season changed in the middle of the season but this current performance is not good and with the injury crisis they are having is going to affect them, I believe if it was Real Madrid that is having a poor performance like PSG, the team will have warn the coach to solve the problem or getting sacked.

[ndutndut]

No competition at all for PSG and they keep their eyes shining for the UEFA Champions League. They're Being reigning UCL Champion, the best performing team in France is definitely something to boost for? Paris Saint-Germain are eligible team and will always come out as the best team because none of these clubs are competent to hold ground with Paris Saint-Germain. It's going to be a really long path when PSG are not in form. The club is not even bother because winning matches is definitely the routine of Luis Enrique.

In Ligue 1, PSG may not need to worry about winning again this season, but in the Champions League, PSG does need to worry, which is generally the worry of not being able to defend their Champions League title this season. As for the Ligue 1 title, I personally believe PSG can still return to first place, even though they are currently one point behind Lens. And in the Champions League, PSG has a chance to qualify directly for the next round, as they are currently in third place, just behind Bayern Munich and Arsenal, who are at the top of the Champions League standings.

If PSG didn't have any injured players, they might still be as dangerous as last season. However the problem is that many of PSG's players are suffering from injuries, and this has significantly impacted their performance. In UCL they will certainly struggle to defend their title. They even managed a draw against Bilbao. What if they face a strong team with a squad as weak as their current one? PSG will certainly struggle to win and even lose easily.

This could also happen in Ligue 1 especially since PSG currently trails Lens by one point. While PSG are still the favorites to win the trophy the high number of injuries will impact PSG's performance. Lens is currently in top form and their confidence is high, as they strive to maintain their top spot. What I mean is, even though PSG dominates Ligue 1, they won't underestimate their opponents. Because many teams considered weak have managed to surprise by winning league trophies like Leicester City. Who would have thought that with so many big teams, they could win titles, and Leverkusen could break Bayern Munich's dominance at that time. So don't underestimate Lens because anything can happen in football.

[Franctoshi]

No competition at all for PSG and they keep their eyes shining for the UEFA Champions League. They're Being reigning UCL Champion, the best performing team in France is definitely something to boost for? Paris Saint-Germain are eligible team and will always come out as the best team because none of these clubs are competent to hold ground with Paris Saint-Germain. It's going to be a really long path when PSG are not in form. The club is not even bother because winning matches is definitely the routine of Luis Enrique.

In Ligue 1, PSG may not need to worry about winning again this season, but in the Champions League, PSG does need to worry, which is generally the worry of not being able to defend their Champions League title this season. As for the Ligue 1 title, I personally believe PSG can still return to first place, even though they are currently one point behind Lens. And in the Champions League, PSG has a chance to qualify directly for the next round, as they are currently in third place, just behind Bayern Munich and Arsenal, who are at the top of the Champions League standings.

I don't really understand the angle from which you're talking from, is it that they're leading with a wide range of points in the Ligue 1 and therefore they should relax or that they've lifted the trophy? right now when they're only 1 point difference between them and Marseille who are 2nd in the table, I think you're talking trash.

[CryptoBuds]

PSG coach need to do better because it looks like PSG is going to find it difficult to win Champions League this season, although PSG performance last season changed in the middle of the season but this current performance is not good and with the injury crisis they are having is going to affect them, I believe if it was Real Madrid that is having a poor performance like PSG, the team will have warn the coach to solve the problem or getting sacked.

PSG's performance at the beginning of the previous season  was weak. And in the middle of the season , Luis enrique was able to stabilize the squad. And until the end of the season , PSG's performance  was stable. They were able to secure both the champions league and Ligue 1 titles.

This season, the scenario is different. PSG's performance is quite erratic. Even the top spot of the ligue 1 table is not occupied by psg . PSG is under pressure on both platforms. Luis Enrique is not able to completely stabilize the squad because PSG's squad has a lot of  injury problems this season. And because of this , it has become difficult for Enrique to stabilize the squad.

[kriminall]

No competition at all for PSG and they keep their eyes shining for the UEFA Champions League. They're Being reigning UCL Champion, the best performing team in France is definitely something to boost for? Paris Saint-Germain are eligible team and will always come out as the best team because none of these clubs are competent to hold ground with Paris Saint-Germain. It's going to be a really long path when PSG are not in form. The club is not even bother because winning matches is definitely the routine of Luis Enrique.

In Ligue 1, PSG may not need to worry about winning again this season, but in the Champions League, PSG does need to worry, which is generally the worry of not being able to defend their Champions League title this season. As for the Ligue 1 title, I personally believe PSG can still return to first place, even though they are currently one point behind Lens. And in the Champions League, PSG has a chance to qualify directly for the next round, as they are currently in third place, just behind Bayern Munich and Arsenal, who are at the top of the Champions League standings.

I don't really understand the angle from which you're talking from, is it that they're leading with a wide range of points in the Ligue 1 and therefore they should relax or that they've lifted the trophy? right now when they're only 1 point difference between them and Marseille who are 2nd in the table, I think you're talking trash.

This week Paris Saint-Germain will have a very easy match. They will face Metz, who are at the bottom of the league, away from home. It won't be a very difficult or challenging game. In my opinion, they might field a team mostly composed of reserves to rest their key players, as they've just come off a demanding match schedule. Watching the French league this year is quite enjoyable because Lens are currently leading. The increased competition makes the league much more exciting.

[Velvet78]

Lyon are still cooking in the Europa League. 5 wins in 6 games... Like I said before, they are very different than the Ligue 1 there. Quite nice looking in league phase at least. 

Now by only a break of 2 days they are going to play home against Le Havre. Of course fatigue would show itself but they are lucky about one thing, playing both games at home.

1.61 odds given for Lyon win. It's like a gift! I think they will get 3 points.

[Inwestour]

Lyon are still cooking in the Europa League. 5 wins in 6 games... Like I said before, they are very different than the Ligue 1 there. Quite nice looking in league phase at least. 

Now by only a break of 2 days they are going to play home against Le Havre. Of course fatigue would show itself but they are lucky about one thing, playing both games at home.

1.61 odds given for Lyon win. It's like a gift! I think they will get 3 points.

Listening to Fonseca's comments in interviews, it's clear he's serious about the Europa League and wants to win it. I think they can secure a Champions League spot in Ligue 1, but they shouldn't be thinking about winning the Ligue 1 title because they're already 10 points behind Lens, which I don't think is realistic to close. So I think this explains their focus on the Europa League, even though there are plenty of good teams that could win it.

[Republikcoin.com]

This week Paris Saint-Germain will have a very easy match. They will face Metz, who are at the bottom of the league, away from home. It won't be a very difficult or challenging game. In my opinion, they might field a team mostly composed of reserves to rest their key players, as they've just come off a demanding match schedule. Watching the French league this year is quite enjoyable because Lens are currently leading. The increased competition makes the league much more exciting.

This weekend could see a change in the top spot if Lens cannot win at home against Nice. Nice hasn't been a particularly bad team in Ligue 1 this season, while Metz, who will host PSG, will likely have a much harder time winning, as PSG has a reserve team whose quality is not much different from their starting lineup. Therefore, it will be quite easy for PSG to secure three points this weekend to stay close to the current top team, as returning to first place always requires more consistent effort from the team itself, namely PSG.

[Yabani]

Lens seems to be doing well; the season is long, and even if PSG seems out of form, they can suddenly recover and overtake them. The one-point difference is nothing anyway.

However, it's clear Lens is extra motivated this year, and if they avoid mistakes in a few more matches, things could get really interesting.

[GiftedMAN]

Lyon are still cooking in the Europa League. 5 wins in 6 games... Like I said before, they are very different than the Ligue 1 there. Quite nice looking in league phase at least. 

Now by only a break of 2 days they are going to play home against Le Havre. Of course fatigue would show itself but they are lucky about one thing, playing both games at home.

1.61 odds given for Lyon win. It's like a gift! I think they will get 3 points.

Cooking in Europe but struggling in the league will only make sense of Lyon goes on to win the UEFA Europa League competition at the end of the season. Anything short of that will leave Lyon not qualifying to play in European competition next season and still not finish the season with a trophy.
I've not been following up with the UEL this season like I used to do I'm the previous seasons but whenever I check the table, I find out that Lyon are doing exceptionally well in the competition. Hopefully for their fans, they'll go on to reach the final and eventually winning the trophy.
On Sunday, they face 15th placed Le Havre, a game I think they'll not struggle to win at home.

[giorgione]

Consistency could be the only determining factor that might help RC Lens if they must clinch this title, as a matter fact being consistent is the only chance they have right now at winning the French ligue1 title because PSG will be looking out for any mistakes by lens to capitalise on in order to reclaim the top position but if only RC Lens can stay focused then they might do the impossible because PSG already have other engagements like the UCL which might also distract them from the title race.

In my opinion, the lens also needs consistency because the points of difference are not many and this thing is starting to weigh, right now i don't know if they can actually compete with Paris Saint German but i don't see it doing very well in the next challenges, for this reason i don't know if Paris Saint German will remain under for a long time

[reagansimms]

I haven't seen any club enough to win the league if not PSG. They might try their best but they don't have the quality to meet up with PSG pace in the competition. However, it's good for us to see a club thay will threaten PSG position once in a while, which is what's happening currently.

No competition at all for PSG and they keep their eyes shining for the UEFA Champions League. They're Being reigning UCL Champion, the best performing team in France is definitely something to boost for? Paris Saint-Germain are eligible team and will always come out as the best team because none of these clubs are competent to hold ground with Paris Saint-Germain. It's going to be a really long path when PSG are not in form. The club is not even bother because winning matches is definitely the routine of Luis Enrique.

PSG players motivation has grown after winning the Treble last season. It's understandable that PSG is more focused on the Champions League because their goal is to defend the title they won with great difficulty last season, while in Ligue 1, sooner or later they will return to the top of the standings because no other team can match their strength. I still believe in Luis Enrique's abilities, even though PSG is currently one point behind Lens, he can turn things around because the experience and quality of the team he manages exceeds that of any other team in Ligue 1.

[m4r1o]

I wouldn't have said that the great Paris Saint Germain could have problems in Ligue 1, so it means that in the end they are not as strong as they are painted, even Paris Saint Germain can bleed like the other teams.
This makes it all very fun in my opinion.

All teams can have problems, none are exempt from having them these days.

Overestimating or underestimating a team is always very dangerous. Paris Saint-Germain is a strong team, but they're not gods; they make mistakes too. Like other teams

[Princess Leah]

PSG players motivation has grown after winning the Treble last season. It's understandable that PSG is more focused on the Champions League because their goal is to defend the title they won with great difficulty last season, while in Ligue 1, sooner or later they will return to the top of the standings because no other team can match their strength. I still believe in Luis Enrique's abilities, even though PSG is currently one point behind Lens, he can turn things around because the experience and quality of the team he manages exceeds that of any other team in Ligue 1.

It's true that they're more focused on the Champions League competition since they're the defending Champions but it's also true that it would be very tough for them to win it again and it seems this season is more tougher than the previous season they won it. So far, they're  in a good position to continue to the next round but it won't be easy.

 So far, Enrique is one of the best coaches out there, he's some who's strategy is very reliable even in modern football so I trust that he'll lead his team to success in their domestic league, my worry concerning PSG is the Champions League, I'm not yet convinced that they'll win it consecutively.

[Smack That Ace]

No competition at all for PSG and they keep their eyes shining for the UEFA Champions League. They're Being reigning UCL Champion, the best performing team in France is definitely something to boost for? Paris Saint-Germain are eligible team and will always come out as the best team because none of these clubs are competent to hold ground with Paris Saint-Germain. It's going to be a really long path when PSG are not in form. The club is not even bother because winning matches is definitely the routine of Luis Enrique.

If Luis Enrique thinks that they will win the Ligue 1 title easily this season like last season, he will be making a big mistake. Last season, no team competed for the title. PSG was 19 points ahead of Marseille, who were in second place in the table. But this season, the scenario is different.

Lens' performance has surprised us all. The team's performance is very stable and they have continued their winning streak for a long time. And this is why PSG lost the top spot in the table. If Luis Enrique still does not focus well on Ligue 1, PSG will lose the Ligue 1 title. The title fight will mainly be between Lens and PSG. Marseille and Lille will gradually fall further behind in the competition.