French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Mayor of ogba]

It is said Endrick's hat-trick is the youngest one among Brazilians who played in Europe in this century. It is really fascinating to watch him play on the recent days. 

I was expecting him to show his hunger when he signed for a team where he could find much more playing time. But this is kind of an extra strong start by him.

Do you think this is a temporary run for him? Because he is playing at an extraordinary level which is hard to maintain during the rest of the season.

Endrick is a good player, and I have been saying that Real Madrid should loan him to another club since he doesn't have playing time at Real Madrid so that he can develop into a better player. I am happy Endrick is now playing for Lyon because Lyon will help him to unlock his talent. Endrick will keep performing well for Lyon if he always plays  with his full fitness, so I don't think what Endrick is doing at Lyon is temporary.

[cande86]

It's not that they're not worthy, but rather that Lens are not yet capable of breaking PSG's dominance in Ligue 1 this season. Because not only are Lens still unable to beat PSG this season, but they also don't necessarily have a consistent winning streak until the end. So when Lens lost at Marseille last week, Lens had to accept the reality that they still have a hard fight ahead of them to stop PSG from dominating Ligue 1. This means that it won't be easy for any team to break that streak as long as they don't have the ability to surpass PSG in Ligue 1.

No one says they are not up to the competition, they were up to par if there had not been Paris San German who are doing such a consistent thing a performance that cannot be matched by any team within League One, and this is a fact, now they cannot, Maybe when PSG weakens it will certainly be.

[$weetne$$]

Paris Saint Germain focuses a lot on the Champions League because the championship is practically already won, of course nothing is certain, but it must be said that for them it is a great advantage not to have rivals at their level in the league and they can do everything they want when they go abroad.

Moat of the investment in players and coach that PSG has ever made all their years has mostly been for the purpose of the champions league so do not really blame them when they channel so much of their efforts in that direction because for them they are hoping to get the return on their investment from there and now that they have got a champions league trophy already, they are quite sure defending it will definitely not be a bad idea so they would want to put in the effort let it be that they were probably not just lucky enough.

[Adiljutt156]

PSG being unable to defeat Newcastle at home was like a shocker to me sincerely, I had expected them to win that match and qualify automatically but instead they drew which has now made them to finish outside the automatic qualification zone which is sad for them because they will be playing and extra home and away games in the play offs before qualifying properly for the Round of 18, I could still remember that last season they didn't qualify directly as well. I don't want to believe that they did it on purpose because I know that every team wants to win. As for the league, they are not at the point they used to be before now by this time of the season but I'm still convinced that the will win the league. As for the champions league, I doubt if they will be able to win it again this time around.

Paris Saint-Germain football team played match against Newcastle United football team in a ground and that was two sided match because both teams gave full effort to win this match and we saw two goals in this match. Vitinha was a person who did first goal of the match and he did this goal at 8 minutes of the match and he gave good start to his team and after that we saw no goal by that team in the whole match because they tried but opponent team defense was strong in this match and they stopped the ball for Many times. Willock was a person who did second goal of the match and he did this goal at 47 minutes of the match and that goal was in the second half of the match.

[giorgione]

That is a bit different, because Ronaldo wasn't playing in Europe as young as Endrick. This makes it sound like Endrick has a potential to be better than Ronaldo. To be fair, even Ronaldo had a better potential than Ronaldo but his injuries derailed his career all his life.

Endrick is a good player there is no doubt about that, but he is not going to be some superb striker who scores 500 goals in his career, he will be good, but not superstar levels. I do not see him, at any age, be the main striker of a UCL winner team. He isn't like Haaland or Mbappe or Lewandowski or Kane, those are another level and I doubt Endrick could reach that.

I think that this time we have to take it easy with the comparisons Endrick is certainly a very good player but we can't say that this guy is stronger than Cristiano Ronaldo or Ronaldo the phenomenon, you can't even get close to these two, Scurmaente is a very good player but never at those levels!

[macson]

Moat of the investment in players and coach that PSG has ever made all their years has mostly been for the purpose of the champions league so do not really blame them when they channel so much of their efforts in that direction because for them they are hoping to get the return on their investment from there and now that they have got a champions league trophy already, they are quite sure defending it will definitely not be a bad idea so they would want to put in the effort let it be that they were probably not just lucky enough.

PSG is already at a different level from the other teams in Ligue 1, so it is only natural that they are focusing on the Champions League because they are already very good in Ligue 1. In fact, they have been undefeated in their last few matches and are now at the top of the table,  and it is very likely that they will remain there until the end of the season. So, it can be said that their focus now is solely on defending their Champions League title.

[m4r1o]

Paris Saint-Germain has finally achieved the expected result. Lens has put up a very good fight so far, but after losing to Marseille, they have no choice but to watch Paris Saint-Germain take the lead. It's clear they've put up a great fight in the French league so far. However, in a league where Paris Saint-Germain wins the championship every year, they can do their best but they can't win. Of course, the race isn't over for Lens, but Paris Saint-Germain won't relinquish the lead to anyone now.

Finally, i dare say, we all expect great things from Paris Saint-Germain, it was about time they gave themselves a little wake-up call.
Lens are having a great season, there's nothing to complain about, and i have to say the league is becoming really fun, i don't know if you agree with me.

[HajiBagi]

It is said Endrick's hat-trick is the youngest one among Brazilians who played in Europe in this century. It is really fascinating to watch him play on the recent days. 

I was expecting him to show his hunger when he signed for a team where he could find much more playing time. But this is kind of an extra strong start by him.

Do you think this is a temporary run for him? Because he is playing at an extraordinary level which is hard to maintain during the rest of the season.

Endrick is a good player, and I have been saying that Real Madrid should loan him to another club since he doesn't have playing time at Real Madrid so that he can develop into a better player. I am happy Endrick is now playing for Lyon because Lyon will help him to unlock his talent. Endrick will keep performing well for Lyon if he always plays  with his full fitness, so I don't think what Endrick is doing at Lyon is temporary.

What Endrick is doing in Lyon is not a surprise, we all know how good he is before he sign for Real Madrid, Endrick is going to be one of the best players in the world if he continue playing the way he playing at Lyon, he should be at Real Madrid now scoring important goals for the team but Xabi Alonso did not see him as a player that can play well, Endrick deserves more minutes in Real Madrid and with his current performance in Lyon, Real Madrid is going to bring him back next season.

According to many sources, Lyon is planning to extend Endrick loan which is going to be impossible, Real Madrid is currently regretting letting him go on loan, if Real Madrid has a chance they will have order for the loan deal to be terminate, Endrick is Real Madrid future and they will never going to let any club sign him next season because they need him.

[1kodumtek7]

PSG are in the lead against after some weeks of Lens' occupation at top. Will they lose this place once again? Who knows maybe not...

They have already been winning their league matches for many weeks. Easy or harder, they just get 3 points.

Even though they don't play as good as last season they still stand the number 1 contender by far. I don't think we will see any surprise this year either.

[changaa]

Juventus for example, won their league ten times in a row, but failed to get UCL, so it's obvious that league and UCL are not the same. Real Madrid is unique in that way, they managed to win UCL even in some seasons where they failed to win their league, but that's just who Real Madrid is, do not expect other teams to be like that when it comes to UCL.

Of course everyone would have expected that Paris Saint German would have had a drop, but this was not the case on the contrary they came back stronger than before, and in any case they are first in the league and among the best in Europe without going through a payoff, obviously the investments made have paid off!

[odunybiz]

PSG are in the lead against after some weeks of Lens' occupation at top. Will they lose this place once again? Who knows maybe not...

They have already been winning their league matches for many weeks. Easy or harder, they just get 3 points.

Even though they don't play as good as last season they still stand the number 1 contender by far. I don't think we will see any surprise this year either.

Some leagues are not too competitive. PSG have been dominating in French league for some years now. Even if they lose some of their matches and Len were opportune to be in the first position, Lens can't maintain this till the end of the league as PSG will still come back from behind to claim the league title.

[IjawMan]

It's not that they're not worthy, but rather that Lens are not yet capable of breaking PSG's dominance in Ligue 1 this season. Because not only are Lens still unable to beat PSG this season, but they also don't necessarily have a consistent winning streak until the end. So when Lens lost at Marseille last week, Lens had to accept the reality that they still have a hard fight ahead of them to stop PSG from dominating Ligue 1. This means that it won't be easy for any team to break that streak as long as they don't have the ability to surpass PSG in Ligue 1.

No one says they are not up to the competition, they were up to par if there had not been Paris San German who are doing such a consistent thing a performance that cannot be matched by any team within League One, and this is a fact, now they cannot, Maybe when PSG weakens it will certainly be.

I'm not surprised about the recent standings on the table of the ligue1, the points difference between PSG and RC Lens was not large enough to make Lens comfortable enough to anticipate winning the title.

With PSG reclaiming their place at the top this means they will reclaim the title as well. This was what i feared and was expecting that Lens will take advantage of any setback for PSG to brace up their points, which the match with Marseille was an opportunity but they failed to show high competition been familiar of the competitor behind them.

[snipie]

PSG are in the lead against after some weeks of Lens' occupation at top. Will they lose this place once again? Who knows maybe not...

They have already been winning their league matches for many weeks. Easy or harder, they just get 3 points.

Even though they don't play as good as last season they still stand the number 1 contender by far. I don't think we will see any surprise this year either.

Lens defeat against Marseille forced them to lose their first place and allowed Paris Saint-Germain to jump in the first spot. Otherwise, Lens returned to the lead since they defeat Le Havre, at least temporarily, until PSG will face Strasbourg. Although the game is away and Strasbourg is a quite good team, yet PSG odds are way better than them to win this match.

[justinlamode]

Paris Saint-Germain has finally achieved the expected result. Lens has put up a very good fight so far, but after losing to Marseille, they have no choice but to watch Paris Saint-Germain take the lead. It's clear they've put up a great fight in the French league so far. However, in a league where Paris Saint-Germain wins the championship every year, they can do their best but they can't win. Of course, the race isn't over for Lens, but Paris Saint-Germain won't relinquish the lead to anyone now.

Finally, i dare say, we all expect great things from Paris Saint-Germain, it was about time they gave themselves a little wake-up call.
Lens are having a great season, there's nothing to complain about, and i have to say the league is becoming really fun, i don't know if you agree with me.

Lens have done well this season because for the first time in many years PSG is being threatened about winning the league. I know that PSG will still win the league this season but its on record that an unexpected team have been occupying the top position for some weeks while PSG trailed them. Tonight Lens got three point which shows they are still hopeful of the league. I expected many goals from them but they seems to care more about getting the three points than scoring too many goals which was why they defended the single goal they scored with all their might.

[slapper]

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Was actually a very bad night for Marseille because they were supposedly playing knowing that they could not afford to lose and even if they were going to lose with their 0 goal difference they had advantage and shouldn’t have allowed themselves to concede more than a goal deficit in the night but ended up with three and the last goal by Turbin for Benfica actually eliminated them, such a bad night for the Zerbi boys who have not been convincing of recent.

As for PSG they were definitely bound to fell to champions league playoff place with their performance of recent in the champions league not that convincing and playing against a Newcastle team was definitely going to be hard for them.

But seriously this is a family route for them as they actually follow through this same route last season against some odds to be crowned champions for the first time maybe they would actually be able to do that again this season to retain their title

The Trubin thing still doesn't seem real to me. Like - a goalkeeper making a goal in the 98th minute and your whole season just. Ends? Not even in your own match, in someone else's game half way in Europe. That's the sort of thing that makes you wonder whether football is a sport or elaborate chaos with a referee.

But Marseille did this to themselves at Brugge. You can't come into that match knowing you're on the edge and then give them 2 goals before most people have had time to sit down. Fourth minute, eleventh minute - what are you doing at this point?

De Zerbi's got this thing where he doesn't want to change. High line high press, all the time all the time. It's brilliant when it works but when it doesn't you get battered 3-0 and eliminated by a header from a goalkeeper in a different country. The man's won one Champions league match out of ten as a manager. ONE!!!

PSG though, they did this exact route last season and won the whole thing. Beat some French team in the playoffs then just rolled through.

But Monaco is a concern for them. Those guys beat PSG already this season and they know all the tricks. Plus half their midfield is in the treatment room at this point. Vitinha can't do everything by himself.

Meanwhile Lens may well go top of the table tonight and nobody's even talking about it.  

[Cryptoprincess101]

Lens is still showing competitiveness in the chase for the league title against PSG despite their loss against Marseille last week, they came back stronger today after they won Le Havre by a lone goal. If PSG mistakenly loses against Strasbourg that means Lens will return back to top the table. I feel that PSG will find it hard to win Strasburg as a result of tiredness from the Champions League match they played against Newcastle because they were so exhausted in that match while trying to avoid a defeat from Newcastle. Can Lens really remain consistent for long and battle the title against PSG or they will drop along the way?

[GiftedMAN]

Lens defeat against Marseille forced them to lose their first place and allowed Paris Saint-Germain to jump in the first spot. Otherwise, Lens returned to the lead since they defeat Le Havre, at least temporarily, until PSG will face Strasbourg. Although the game is away and Strasbourg is a quite good team, yet PSG odds are way better than them to win this match.

Happy to see Lens winning again tonight to return back to the top of the table after Marseille defeated them and made them to go behind PSG wbo win their last league game, now they are back to top of the table and PSG will be away against Strasbourg a game they ought to be winners but after their performance in the champions League it's hard to see them winning from away after much stress. PSG odd will always favor them to win but they are playing from away which is why I don't see them winning the game.

[Sexylizzy2813]

After watching Lens take on Le Havre I just saw a team that have lost that spark of brilliance, it wasn't as I expected this game tonight, the host didn't play like they are a big threat to PSG this season and is like after they lost to Marseille 3-1 their performance dropped. Lens was lucky to have played a team that doesn't have any direction, they are just on the field running for nothing and I imagined if it was Lille or Monaco that played against Lens, it would have been a problem for Lens but they should enjoy staying at the top till PSG are done with Strasbourg.

[Just Say]

After Paris Saint-Germain regained top spot in Ligue 1 I thought they could win the UEFA Champions League match against Premier League clubs, but It may have been noticed that in that UCL match against Newcastle, a Portuguese player scored a goal in the 8th minute, and the team took the lead, still, this team managed to draw in that Champions League game. Even, after drawing the UCL match against Newcastle, we now see that the current Champions League winners will face their home club in the play-off match. In fact PSG's chances of winning against Monaco are higher because we know that Paris Saint-Germain is aware of the strength and depth of this club, in addition Monaco is now in 10th place in the French league points table.

[Swordsoffreedom]

It's not that they're not worthy, but rather that Lens are not yet capable of breaking PSG's dominance in Ligue 1 this season. Because not only are Lens still unable to beat PSG this season, but they also don't necessarily have a consistent winning streak until the end. So when Lens lost at Marseille last week, Lens had to accept the reality that they still have a hard fight ahead of them to stop PSG from dominating Ligue 1. This means that it won't be easy for any team to break that streak as long as they don't have the ability to surpass PSG in Ligue 1.

No one says they are not up to the competition, they were up to par if there had not been Paris San German who are doing such a consistent thing a performance that cannot be matched by any team within League One, and this is a fact, now they cannot, Maybe when PSG weakens it will certainly be.

Lens is not a weak team at all. They are strong enough. But their squad is not as strong as PSG. They will be far behind when compared to PSG. It will be very difficult for Lens to continue their good performance until the end of the season.

Lens tried their best. They have been winning for a long time. But they failed to play well in the match against Marseille. Perhaps Lens has started to decline. Now there is a possibility that they will perform irregularly in some more matches. PSG is 2 points ahead. They will have to try their best to continue their winning streak. If they lose any match, PSG will also lose the top spot in the table. They should now try to increase the point gap from Lens.