Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 1031. (Read 194240 times)

The condition of PSG players now it will be very difficult for them to win most of their games expecially in the Champions league.  But I think with the challenging conditions of their players they still have hope of winning the French league.  Neymar's injury is a big blow to the club.

I don't doubt Marseille in this match and believe that they will beat Montpellier later. Apart from the target of the champions league phase, there are things that are more important at the moment, namely being able to continue to cut points from PSG. On the other hand, statistically H2H Marseille is always ahead with a win over Montplier, but Marseille wins by a narrow score and in my opinion that is quite risky. Apart from that playing at home seems to be a separate motivation for Marseille to secure an additional 3 points. Marseille's victory in the previous game against Reims is also a very important asset when they face Montpellier later.

Monaco's performance this season has been very good. But their performance in the last few matches has been erratic. They have won only 2 of their last 5 matches. There must be consistency in performance to stay in the top 2 of the table. Monaco will play their next match against Strasburg. Strasburg is not a strong team. Also, this is Monaco's home match. Monaco will win this match.

Strasbourg does not have their old good status this year.  Monaco is performing well this year.  They have to get the first 2 places to go to the champions league.  However, there is a possibility that he can take the second place.  There is a 5 point difference with Marseille.  Monaco will beat Strasbourg and wait for Marseille to lose points.

I want to talk about a little different context. Messi and Neymar are able to create a great combination. But in the PSG team, Messi and Neymar have some problems with Mbappe. So I think these two players need to leave PSG and join other teams. Due to which two players will be able to increase their career.

it seems that when facing Lyon next week, PSG will have quite a few difficulties with some of their players. PSG are still on top of the table but of course, they don't want to drop any more points after losing against Rennes at home.
some unpleasant news for Messi. fans at the stadium did not like Messi, who felt he was unable to lead PSG to qualify for the Champions League quarter-finals.

Neymar's injuries have almost become chronic. Therefore, although Paris SG wants to sign a new contract with him, I do not think that they will force the conditions. Messi, on the other hand, does not play for Paris SG, as he plays for the Argentina national team. While he manages the team like a maestro in Argentina, he is under the impression of a simple team player in Paris SG.

PSG team will not leave Mbappe, because Mbappe is a really fast striker whether he is playing bad or playing well and he is able to score in every match. But I think Lionel Messi should leave PSG because he can better his career if he goes to another club.

We don't know all details of his contract with PSG but I believe with Mbappe does know that he is wanted by many big clubs and I believe he would ask PSG to add some special conditions in the contract that can help him to leave PSG more easily. He is still young when he completes this contract with PSG, at age of 25 and I think it's possible to see Mbappe completes the contract no matter how PSG performance will be in next 2 seasons.

PSG don't want to sell Mbappe because they don't need money from play transfers but do need Champions League and they consider him as a core player for their club to win Champions League. So far the idea to build up PSG around Mbappe, Neymar and Messi failed at least in the latest two seasons. In order to win Champions League, maybe PSG will have to let both Messi and Neymar go, then find other younger players who are good in attacking but can contribute better for proactive defense.

Having three super star attacking players who are all free from proactive defense task is terrible for a squad.

we can not rule out the fact that Mbappe is really have dream to be champions league title. he has felt he couldn't get it in club where don't have mental for that. the only way is to move and switch to another club like Madrid. On another side, Madrid is try to building the dream team, a new Galacticos v.3.0, where they want to try to create a new dream team attacker, Mbappe-Haaland. Which I think is not imposible to happen because they have unlimited money where they can print it on anytime.

Last extended contract Mbappe will play for PSG until June 2025 and not sure he will play until his contract expiry after frustrating and PSG eliminated from Champion League. Big dreaming from all player how to winning Champion League tittle and Mbappe have completed tittle in his career from FIFA World Cup, Euro until Ligue 1 but he still not get Champion League trophy.

Mbappe is the most potential and valuable player for PSG, not only with consistency performance but also he still in the young age and have potential with higher transfer fees. But PSG not priority for selling him before contract expiry after last season not accepted 200 million euro offering from Real Madrid and believing Mbappe will extended his contract. Not guarantee with Mbappe future extend until his contract expiry because Real Madrid still waiting for him and if this season Madrid win Champion League again I sure Mbappe will leave PSG.

Lyon is indeed a pretty good club, it's just that by looking at the last 2 matches even though they were draws, we still realize that they are always off guard at the start and always concede the ball. This needs to be fixed by them especially the current opponent is PSG.
PSG's condition is clear now that they are only focused on Ligue 1 and I think the poor result against Rennes could be one of the reasons they were able to wake up from their sleep last week and this is 3 points for PSG.

Marseille - Montpellier is going to be the opening game this time. Normally Marseille should be able to win this game nicely. They are really successful in their head-to-head games as well. Besides they won in their away game against Montpellier as well therefore it would be surprising if Marseille lose points this time. This is important for Marseille too of course.

Because Marseille are trying to secure their current position at least. Because it is very important to qualify for the Champions League group stage. I expect Marseille to get a decent win.

Neymar actually has a slightly worse forehead. Because he was injured for most of the season, missing important matches and affecting his career drastically. Due to such injuries, the PSG team has had a great negative effect in some matches of this season.

this season PSG are not doing well, things are not going well for PSG and there is a big risk that PSG will not be able to become champion, look at PSG's performance in the last few games:

PSG 4 - 2 Nantes

in this game PSG managed to win, but look at how many goals PSG conceded, they conceded 2 goals and Nantes is not even a team that is fighting to win Ligue 1, you might think: it's something normal and it only happened in this game

but look at the following game:

stay brestois 1 - 2 PSG

PSG conceded 1 goal here, but I watched this game and PSG were very close to a draw, it was a difficult victory, but then who is the Brestois stadium? It is a team that is struggling not to be in the relegation zone, but again you might think that it only happened in this game, but see the result of the game below

PSG 0 - 2 Rennes

in this game they lost and failed to score at least 1 goal, they lost at home. As you can see, PSG is not the same strong team in the past that people were convinced will win Ligue 1 without any problems, this season things are different, there is no guarantee that they can win Ligue 1 as long as they have this coach.


to this day I still don't understand why PSG doesn't sell him since he doesn't play most games of the season, PSG is spending a lot of money on him

Lens are now starting to return to their good form after mid-season their performance declined slightly but Rennes also clearly cannot be underestimated, especially with their slick performance last week by beating PSG, which clearly will be high confidence for them.
This is a big match that is worth waiting for, especially with the current points condition, it is clear that this will also determine their next match.

But even without Mbappe, PSG will apparently easily become champions. They are too good for that. Yet things went wrong 2 years ago when Lille won the championship. In that season, PSG took things seriously too late, but Lille continued to win games and that cost PSG dearly. The competition has long ceased to be a challenge, not even fun for other teams who can basically only play for 2nd place at the top. In itself, becoming 2nd is also fine since you are also assured of participation in the CL. Mbappe will still be in a good mood himself, since he performs every week and it is not his fault that PSG goes out every time at the CL. This year he was unlucky to have an injury in the first game. But he also needs more challenge in the competition.

Mbappe had a really great night with France last night as he scored 2 goals and made an assist. He is such an amazing player at this very young age. He is already the captain of France national team as well. These are all big responsibilities for him but it doesn't matter for him anyway. His performance is still mesmerizing and I think we will see more of it coming in his future years in his career.

He is literally the most important player for PSG so I wonder how long they will be able to keep him. Because being eliminated in the Champions League this early must have made Mbappe really frustrated. Real Madrid would be in line to sign him for sure.

Lens certainly cannot lose this match. But another thing is they are also in a better form compared to Rennes. I know we are talking about Lens not closing this match, but at the same time, Rennes cannot also lose the match as well. Because if they lose they can go down in terms of positions on the table. So this is going to be a very competitive match between the teams which are at the top of the table right now. This can very well be a draw.

PSG currently has a lot of injured players, so it's hard for Mbappe to win in every match, even though Mbappe was able to show his good skills when playing as the national team but at PSG he very difficult. Messi too, last match they lost against Rennes. Regarding Neymar, it seems that he has no more hope of playing at PSG next season because he is often injured, at the moment he is also still injured and will be back in June so yes he will be absent against Lyon.