French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[changaa]

Difficult position and inconsistent performance of AS Monaco should be terrible for this season if want to secure the Champion League spot standings for this season, the Ligue 1 has many matches left and Monaco must improve performance if won't finish outside the top fourth position place. Next games Monaco will face Le Havre and its moment wake up return to winning trend but three days later will face Juventus in Champion League, will Monaco get six points at two upcoming matches later?

Unfortunately, AS Monaco isn't very consistent. They're improving but their performances aren't consistent yet.
He still has a lot of work to do, but in my opinion, the path to success is clear.
Is clear that they can improve and climb up to the European cup zone.

[Ahli38]

17th place Auxerre will be hosting the champions PSG tonight. After PSG lost to Sporting it wasn't how we expected the PSG side to end that night with a sad face and it seems like they have to change the way they handled the champions league game to dominate this game and get a win tonight...like we always say "this game is an easy one for PSG" but I doubt because these days the way the smaller side to seek to get a win is very surprising and who knows if PSG can even draw this game instead of getting a win and sitting at the top of the league table, just a point for PSG to push Lens aside, can the Ligue 1 champions defeat a weak side as Auxerre tonight? What's your score line?

PSG's defeat to Sporting will not affect their winning mentality. PSG still dominates Ligue 1, where they have won several games recently. In terms of player quality PSG is clearly superior to Auxerre. PSG has also won both of their previous head-to-head matches. However at that time PSG was the home team. This time they will visit Auxerre's home ground, where it may put a little pressure on PSG. I personally predict that PSG will win this match easily. But the normal goal difference that might occur is 1 or even 2 goals. And I'm sure PSG will not put too much pressure on themselves to score many goals in this upcoming match, where they still have to maintain their players' fitness in preparation for the Champions League match next week.

[Velvet78]

Unfortunately, AS Monaco isn't very consistent. They're improving but their performances aren't consistent yet.
He still has a lot of work to do, but in my opinion, the path to success is clear.
Is clear that they can improve and climb up to the European cup zone.

They are improving? In what way? They lost their last 4 games in the Ligue 1. Right after that they got demolished by Real Madrid 6-1. I don't see any improvement here...

Monaco are just a hopeless case for this season. Let's accept that fact first. I highly doubt they will join any European tournament next season.

They are already 8 points behind the 6th-placed team in the league now.

[Shadiq]

PSG's defeat to Sporting will not affect their winning mentality. PSG still dominates Ligue 1, where they have won several games recently. In terms of player quality PSG is clearly superior to Auxerre. PSG has also won both of their previous head-to-head matches. However at that time PSG was the home team. This time they will visit Auxerre's home ground, where it may put a little pressure on PSG. I personally predict that PSG will win this match easily. But the normal goal difference that might occur is 1 or even 2 goals. And I'm sure PSG will not put too much pressure on themselves to score many goals in this upcoming match, where they still have to maintain their players' fitness in preparation for the Champions League match next week.

Is PSG dominating Ligue 1? I don't see it. PSG have been playing well so far and are still in a good position to challenge for the title. But they are still struggling with Lens' consistency. Dominance is when your opponents are far behind you, but PSG are still behind Lens.

I'm not really comfortable with Lens' consistency, I'm looking forward to seeing them lose. Auxerre are one of the weaker teams in the league, they might try to force home advantage, but I'd like to see PSG win easily. This week might not be positive for Lens, they might lose points against Marseille, and even lose a place to PSG.

[slapper]

Lyon's victory wasn't any different, especially since they were 11 vs 10 from the 19th minute. Goal difference will be important for the Champions League at the end of the season. Lyon made a great signing with Endrick. It's been a long time since I watched a Lyon match, but because of Endrick,I was curious to watch them and I wasn't disappointed at the end of the day.

In terms of athleticism and technique, Endrick is far superior to what I have witnessed in attack in recent years, but his game intelligence and balance are limited. He's always making runs behind but doesn't know how to manage his time and the defenders around him. FC Metz is going to be an easy opponent next week.

Same here man hadn't properly watched Lyon in ages till Endrick showed up. Now I'm checking out their lineups like I've got money on them (I don't, but still).


Moreira scores in literally 49 seconds,


Lille equalize with Ngoy,



then Endrick just appears at the back post off the flick of Tolisso.

Reminded me why people were hyped to the Palmeiras about him.

Lyon are top of the Europa league group right now. Fonseca's got them playing genuinely dangerous football when they're allowed to control games, six straight wins across all comps before this.

The Metz fixture is important but to be honest it's that +9 goal difference that Marseille have over Marseille's +22. That's a thirteen goal structural deficit that you can't close with narrow wins, you have to blow teams out. And Metz manage to concede half their goals to them after the 60th minute to make the window there.

The kid went from appearing 3 times under Xabi Alonso (ONE start) to being Lyon's main attacking outlet overnight. There's gonna be chaos with the adjusting.

What happens in June though? Weirdo loan situation no buy option.

[martinom]

PSG's performance has been so poor that they were humiliatingly defeated by Sporting CP despite dominating the game. This is a difficult situation for them as they are the defending champions, and this defeat will certainly affect their morale and possibly their performance in the next few games. Enrique needs to address PSG's issues immediately if he wants PSG to stay on top, as their position in Ligue 1 remains below Lens, and their performance in the Champions League has also been inconsistent in recent matches.

Paris Saint-Germain is experiencing a monstrous decline, from being a team at the top of the world and therefore from the stars to the stables.
We need to change gear a little, otherwise we risk making a fool of ourselves that never ends.
I hope he recovers, i enjoyed watching him play.

[jakdanyel]

What happens in June though? Weirdo loan situation no buy option.

Real Madrid wouldn't like to put a buy option if they want to give the player a chance at some point.

Endrick is really showing a good level of development already. He is hungry for goals and wins at Lyon. I liked him a lot in both matches so far. Goal contribution in both. 

By the end of the season I think Real Madrid would loan him out again though. I don't think Endrick can find a place for himself there for a while.

[Just Say]

17th place Auxerre will be hosting the champions PSG tonight. After PSG lost to Sporting it wasn't how we expected the PSG side to end that night with a sad face and it seems like they have to change the way they handled the champions league game to dominate this game and get a win tonight...like we always say "this game is an easy one for PSG" but I doubt because these days the way the smaller side to seek to get a win is very surprising and who knows if PSG can even draw this game instead of getting a win and sitting at the top of the league table, just a point for PSG to push Lens aside, can the Ligue 1 champions defeat a weak side as Auxerre tonight? What's your score line?

This team has been consistently dominant in Ligue 1 so I would say that they have a chance to win against 17th placed Auxerre. However, in this context your argument is correct because they lost to a weak team Sporting CP in the Champions League and maybe it was an unexpected defeat but if they can overcome that disappointment then we can believe that they will win by a huge margin against Auxerre tonight. Honestly this team used to be at the top of the French league before but in this new ongoing 25/26 season we are facing a difference as the current champions are now in shambles but my thought is that another challenge for this team is that they have to fight against Newcastle in the upcoming UCL match.

[Sexylizzy2813]

17th place Auxerre will be hosting the champions PSG tonight. After PSG lost to Sporting it wasn't how we expected the PSG side to end that night with a sad face and it seems like they have to change the way they handled the champions league game to dominate this game and get a win tonight...like we always say "this game is an easy one for PSG" but I doubt because these days the way the smaller side to seek to get a win is very surprising and who knows if PSG can even draw this game instead of getting a win and sitting at the top of the league table, just a point for PSG to push Lens aside, can the Ligue 1 champions defeat a weak side as Auxerre tonight? What's your score line?

PSG's defeat to Sporting will not affect their winning mentality. PSG still dominates Ligue 1, where they have won several games recently. In terms of player quality PSG is clearly superior to Auxerre. PSG has also won both of their previous head-to-head matches. However at that time PSG was the home team. This time they will visit Auxerre's home ground, where it may put a little pressure on PSG. I personally predict that PSG will win this match easily. But the normal goal difference that might occur is 1 or even 2 goals. And I'm sure PSG will not put too much pressure on themselves to score many goals in this upcoming match, where they still have to maintain their players' fitness in preparation for the Champions League match next week.

You see that game they lost to Sporting it will affect them some how only if Auxerre will take the fight to them and defend well, after all it was a smaller club (Paris FC) that eliminated PSG from their league cup competition so why can't Auxerre try to do the same to make the game to be in their favor? Winning PSG in this encounter will boost Auxerre's confidence but the problem is that PSG will not drop point like that since they know how it will affect them if they do, it will become hard to catch up with the league leaders Lens so they'll come out with full force to get a win without minding the last leg of the champions league.

[Sandra_hakeem]

While Paris Saint German next match is already upon them, after the disappointment against Sporting, I'm able to conclude that their current signings are hurting the squad. Dominating isn't enough, the players need a boost. A talented player for instance, is becoming one who delays a pass when he should play them, sets himself up in a bad position and prefers to play selfishly.

A quick update: This isn't going to be an easy match, they are going to face a deep defensive block. As usual. In the past, most of the big Ligue 1 teams have had difficulties, and Paris Saint German did too last season, even though their goalkeeper was on fire. Auxerre will definitely play with a low block, and Paris Saint German will have a lot of players missing before hosting Wednesday's UEFA Champions league match against Newcastle, which will be important for finishing in the top 8, so this may be so unsatisfying!

[giorgione]

Lyon's victory wasn't any different, especially since they were 11 vs 10 from the 19th minute. Goal difference will be important for the Champions League at the end of the season. Lyon made a great signing with Endrick. It's been a long time since I watched a Lyon match, but because of Endrick,I was curious to watch them and I wasn't disappointed at the end of the day.

In terms of athleticism and technique, Endrick is far superior to what I have witnessed in attack in recent years, but his game intelligence and balance are limited. He's always making runs behind but doesn't know how to manage his time and the defenders around him. FC Metz is going to be an easy opponent next week.

This is a difficult opponent for everyone compared to teams that are less adaptable to certain championships, but I must say that these guys have been able to see their skin dearly, but these will not be the final results, clearly we need time to see if it will actually be a bad result

[Mame89]

PSG's defeat to Sporting will not affect their winning mentality. PSG still dominates Ligue 1, where they have won several games recently. In terms of player quality PSG is clearly superior to Auxerre. PSG has also won both of their previous head-to-head matches. However at that time PSG was the home team. This time they will visit Auxerre's home ground, where it may put a little pressure on PSG. I personally predict that PSG will win this match easily. But the normal goal difference that might occur is 1 or even 2 goals. And I'm sure PSG will not put too much pressure on themselves to score many goals in this upcoming match, where they still have to maintain their players' fitness in preparation for the Champions League match next week.

Is PSG dominating Ligue 1? I don't see it. PSG have been playing well so far and are still in a good position to challenge for the title. But they are still struggling with Lens' consistency. Dominance is when your opponents are far behind you, but PSG are still behind Lens.

I'm not really comfortable with Lens' consistency, I'm looking forward to seeing them lose. Auxerre are one of the weaker teams in the league, they might try to force home advantage, but I'd like to see PSG win easily. This week might not be positive for Lens, they might lose points against Marseille, and even lose a place to PSG.

Your analysis is correct. Next week PSG will likely take over the top spot from Lens, as the opponents Lens and PSG will face are very different. Lens has a strong chance of losing points against Marseille, a strong team with arguably equal quality. Meanwhile, PSG will face Auxerre a weaker team and it's certain that PSG will approach this match motivated by a comeback after losing to Sporting in the Champions League.

So, analytically PSG should be able to take over the top spot next week. However, in football miracles always happen and sometimes they are difficult to predict. Lens who are considered unable to beat Marseille could win if luck is on their side. If this happens the Ligue 1 competition will become even fiercer making it difficult for PSG to defend their Ligue 1 title.

[mvdheuvel1983]

Is PSG dominating Ligue 1? I don't see it. PSG have been playing well so far and are still in a good position to challenge for the title. But they are still struggling with Lens' consistency. Dominance is when your opponents are far behind you, but PSG are still behind Lens.

I'm not really comfortable with Lens' consistency, I'm looking forward to seeing them lose. Auxerre are one of the weaker teams in the league, they might try to force home advantage, but I'd like to see PSG win easily. This week might not be positive for Lens, they might lose points against Marseille, and even lose a place to PSG.

PSG is just playing like every other team in the league this season they are not dominating the league like they used to do in the past because of the decline in performance and they are behind Lens with one point. Lens is trying to maintain the position and PSG is doing well to overtake them but we won't know if it's going to be possible this week you can't trust PSG when they play from away and besides Auxerre may make things worse for PSG by holding them to a draw while Lens will defeat Marseille to top PSG with 4 point this week result there should be a little change.

[Slow death]

Difficult position and inconsistent performance of AS Monaco should be terrible for this season if want to secure the Champion League spot standings for this season, the Ligue 1 has many matches left and Monaco must improve performance if won't finish outside the top fourth position place.

Honestly, I highly doubt that Monaco will manage to finish in a Champions League qualifying position in Ligue 1. Right now, in my opinion, Monaco needs to worry a lot about not being relegated because that's where they're headed, not the other way around. If they keep losing, then we'll see Monaco very close to Auxerre, who are 12 points behind in the relegation zone. I don't know what happened to Monaco, but I'm not seeing anything significant that convinces me they can turn things around and perform well.

Next games Monaco will face Le Havre  later?

Le Havre will be playing at home, I wouldn't be surprised if they manage to win or draw.

[Jewan420]

PSG is just playing like every other team in the league this season they are not dominating the league like they used to do in the past because of the decline in performance and they are behind Lens with one point. Lens is trying to maintain the position and PSG is doing well to overtake them but we won't know if it's going to be possible this week you can't trust PSG when they play from away and besides Auxerre may make things worse for PSG by holding them to a draw while Lens will defeat Marseille to top PSG with 4 point this week result there should be a little change.

PSG have not been able to do anything special this season, so we do not see the dominance of the past from PSG. They are even failing to snatch the first place from Lens, PSG would have been at the top if they had not dropped points against Monaco. However, PSG now has a good chance to take the top spot. PSG should get an easy win against Auxerre and there is a good chance that Lens will drop points in the Marseille vs Lens match. Marseille is a strong team, while Auxerre is one of the weakest teams of the season. However, if the unexpected happens, all the calculations will change.

[cande86]

The gap isn't so much to secure Lens, just make a couple of mistakes and PSG continues to push hard while maintaining high performances that the situation could quickly turn around by putting PSG in a clear lead as well.
Sooner or later one of the two teams will make a mistake by losing or drawing a match, they cannot continue to win continuously.

I think PSG will win the title, although it's still too early to tell.

sooner or later Paris Saint-Germain will go on the attack and will win safely, I don't know if they still have to do the direct clash, but that sure will change the fate of the championship, whoever wins that can be worth the whole championship, sure I think that Paris Saint-Germain will win easily

[Hypnotizer]

While Paris Saint German next match is already upon them, after the disappointment against Sporting, I'm able to conclude that their current signings are hurting the squad. Dominating isn't enough, the players need a boost. A talented player for instance, is becoming one who delays a pass when he should play them, sets himself up in a bad position and prefers to play selfishly.

A quick update: This isn't going to be an easy match, they are going to face a deep defensive block. As usual. In the past, most of the big Ligue 1 teams have had difficulties, and Paris Saint German did too last season, even though their goalkeeper was on fire. Auxerre will definitely play with a low block, and Paris Saint German will have a lot of players missing before hosting Wednesday's UEFA Champions league match against Newcastle, which will be important for finishing in the top 8, so this may be so unsatisfying!

So far in this game against Auxerre they’re still playing their possession dominating game but in this game I can see they’re dominating everywhere but still no goals for now..PSG have had three shot so far, two on target and one off target and the Auxerre goalkeeper saved two attack that could have been goals. So if PSG can keep this momentum and press more then they’ll definitely win this game.

[Princess Leah]

While Paris Saint German next match is already upon them, after the disappointment against Sporting, I'm able to conclude that their current signings are hurting the squad. Dominating isn't enough, the players need a boost. A talented player for instance, is becoming one who delays a pass when he should play them, sets himself up in a bad position and prefers to play selfishly.

A quick update: This isn't going to be an easy match, they are going to face a deep defensive block. As usual. In the past, most of the big Ligue 1 teams have had difficulties, and Paris Saint German did too last season, even though their goalkeeper was on fire. Auxerre will definitely play with a low block, and Paris Saint German will have a lot of players missing before hosting Wednesday's UEFA Champions league match against Newcastle, which will be important for finishing in the top 8, so this may be so unsatisfying!

So far in this game against Auxerre they’re still playing their possession dominating game but in this game I can see they’re dominating everywhere but still no goals for now..PSG have had three shot so far, two on target and one off target and the Auxerre goalkeeper saved two attack that could have been goals. So if PSG can keep this momentum and press more then they’ll definitely win this game.

They're doing the best they can to win the match but it's not enough since they need just one goal to weaken Auxerre more and give them chances to score more goals, PSG had good chances though but missed it, if only Barcola and kvaratskhelia made good use of the chances they had at the early phase of the game.

 I'm not sure if PSG could score in the first half but if they can keep dominating maybe Auxerre could get weaker and grant them a good opportunity to find the net.

[Humblevirus]

The gap isn't so much to secure Lens, just make a couple of mistakes and PSG continues to push hard while maintaining high performances that the situation could quickly turn around by putting PSG in a clear lead as well.
Sooner or later one of the two teams will make a mistake by losing or drawing a match, they cannot continue to win continuously.

I think PSG will win the title, although it's still too early to tell.

It is just one point difference between Lens and PSG, and definitely very soon one of the teams will drop points. That will make a little point gap for the other team and increase their chances of winning Ligue 1.Currently, PSG is playing against Auxerre, and the current score is 0 goals. They are still in the first half of the game, and the way PSG is playing, they have higher chances of winning. They are dominating the game and creating some good chances, but they have not been lucky enough to convert them into goals.

However, I have confidence in PSG that very soon they will score and claim the top spot for a while. Still, Lens will play later, and if they win, they will claim it back from PSG. In fact, I am not even expecting Lens to be consistent at this level.But even if none of them lose for now, the teams will not play against each other soon, which makes it difficult to determine who may win the title. I really enjoy how competitive Lens are right now; this is making Ligue 1 much more interesting.

[len01]

In terms of athleticism and technique, Endrick is far superior to what I have witnessed in attack in recent years, but his game intelligence and balance are limited. He's always making runs behind but doesn't know how to manage his time and the defenders around him.

All of that is because he’s still very young and his ambition is still sky high. Relying on stamina and running as fast as possible makes him confident, and that’s totally normal. In my opinion, he just needs a bit more learning to improve his skills, not just running, but also training his ball control in certain situations.

I admit that if he can develop his abilities with Lyon, he will definitely shine in Ligue 1. But if Lyon try to make his move permanent in the future, I’m pretty sure Madrid will not let Endrick go easily.