Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 111. (Read 184944 times)

Monaco dominated, even with 10 men. 60% possession, six shots on target - away from home. That's a statement. Monaco's not messing around; they're coming for the title

Lyon has the same old story. Slow start, scrambling later. Sure, they've pulled it off before, but how many times can you rely on late-season heroics? This ain't a movie, it's Ligue 1. Monaco, PSG, they're not waiting for Lyon to wake up

Lyon's got to figure it out, and fast. This isn't just about tactics, it's about mentality. You can't sleepwalk through the first half of the season and expect to waltz into the Champions League. If they don't make changes, they're looking at another disappointing season, maybe even worse. The clock's ticking, Lyon

Really unfortunate, I passed this match to bet because it is true,  that their record in the previous match certainly provides evidence that Marseille has a very good chance of winning. Moreover, based on the record of head to head results, at least Marseille has a good dominance of victory when playing against Reims. Also, the factor of Marseille playing at home thistime is certainly a very good moment for Marseille to get their second win at the start of this season.

Thus, it is not surprising that Marseille also managed to take the lead since the 25th minute through a goal made by Amine Harit and also,  Marseille has a good dominance also in this match. But even so,it seems that Reims will not just give up, although Reims does not have good statistics in this match, but in fact Reims managed to make an equalizer in the 51st minute through a goal by Sergio Akieme. Thus, the score is now 1-1 but ofcourse,  there are still many minutes left of course to make another goal and maybe Marseille could also fail to get a victory at home. who know.

It seems that Lyon is still stuck like last season, where they started the new season campaign badly, and only improved when entering the second half of the season. This is clearly seen from the two matches that Lyon has played, they were defeated by Rennes and most recently had to admit the greatness of Monaco. I thought that Lyon would most likely improve this season, but it turned out that it was still difficult to realize. Maybe Lyon needs more time to adapt, because they are quite active in recruiting players in this transfer window. However, Pierre Sage must ensure that the adaptation process runs quickly, because he will get sharp criticism because Lyon is in the relegation zone.

Monaco, who finished in second place last season, still shows stable consistency this season, they managed to start the campaign perfectly thanks to two wins. I think Monaco could be one of the teams that has the potential to threaten PSG dominance in Ligue 1 along with several other contestants. Overall Monaco looked too strong for Lyon, not a single shot on target was recorded by Lyon players. If Monaco performance is maintained, then this season we will see the competition for the Ligue 1 trophy will be more competitive than last season.

Many say PSG will win and well, it's not bad, I also See them as winners , especially with that team, however I consider that the true level Will be seen throughout LIGUE 1, For me, in LIGUE 1 they will be more in shape if they give them a hard time like PSG, but I can't say if PSG will be good or bad, I think that halfway through LIGUE 1 you can Already make good Predictions that are a little closer to being or giving a Team the win , but for now it's difficult, it's like making a random choice.

Marseille vs Reims is one of the good matches of the day. Marseille usually has a big advantage in home games with the support of their fans. Also, in the last weeks they have been very effective in offense. Last week they beat Brest 5-1. On the other hand, Reims lost 2-0 to Lille last week. They got a red card at the start of that game and they were down to 10 men. They were actually a bit unlucky. I think Marseille will win this game. They had a great win in the first week of the league. If they play with the same tactics and game plan, I think they will win this match comfortably.

Angers were not able to develop their game in this match because Lille was able to dominate throughout the match, the comparison of the quality and strength of the two teams was very visible in this match, but unfortunely Lille were not able to win with a big score even though they dominated, even Angers were only able to defend and try to rely on counter attacks but they were still able to give Lille defense a surprise even though they failed to score a goal in that match.
In my opinion, Lille game in that match was not very optimal and if they don't immediately maximize it, it will be difficult for Lille to beat their opponents in the next match, because when their  dominated almost 65%, but , wee can see if they do not have good creativity in creating opportunities to score goals, even after the first goal occurs, lille must to wait quite a long time to create the second goal in the match.

I'm sure the headline in some of the major sports tabloids in France tomorrow will read "10-man Monaco snatched a 2:0 win at Lyon" despite the fact that the fact that Monaco's Lamine Camera who scored the second goal of the game saw the red card in the 97th minute of stoppage time. Monaco were simply the better and dominated the game even when they were the away team and if you ask me, I think it's a strong suggestion that Monaco might be challenging for the league title this season. Lyon manager really needs to work on his team if they don't want to fight from being relegated.

2 shots on goal produced by Angers indicate they played badly, there was no creativity in developing the attacks that were built, seeing this it is natural that every season they struggle with the relegation zone, LOSC took the initiative with ball possession and played very well but the 2 goals produced in my opinion were less should have been more than 2 goals produced by LOSC in the match.
talking about the league 1 trophy I doubt LOSC is in the order of champion candidates, there are still other teams like Marseille and Lens, but I also doubt they can shift PSG's dominance for this season

Seeing them struggle early on, I know some of you are becoming anxious. Deja vu, right? The same story from last season. Slow start, but they managed to claw their way back into the top 6. Perhaps now this is part of their great scheme, or perhaps they just need to get their act together sooner. Lyon often settles later in the season either way.

Monaco's is looking good in meantime. Like last year, they are off to a great start and right up with Lille. That struggle for second place will be fantastic. Lyon drops points right at home? Not exactly perfect. If you hope to be a contender, you have to win your home games. To be honest, PSG has the top slot under lockdown. But its early days, after all. Football is here; anything can happen.

Strasbourg vs Rennes

Confirmed Lineups
Strasbourg (confirmed lineup): Karl-Johan Johnsson, Guela Doue, Saidou Sow, Abakar Sylla, Dilane Bakwa, Caleb Wiley, Ismael Doukoure, Andrey Santos, Diego Moreira, Habib Diarra, Emanuel Emegha.

Rennes (confirmed lineup): Steve Mandanda, Lorenz Assignon, Leo Oestigard, Christopher Wooh, Alidu Seidu, Glen Kamara, Azor Matusiwa, Adrien Truffert, Albert Groenbaek, Ludovic Blas, Amine Gouiri.

Nantes vs Auxerre

Nantes possible starting lineup:
Lafont; Coco, Castelletto, Zeze, Amian; Chirivella, Augusto; Thomas, Kadewere, Simon; Mohamed

Auxerre possible starting lineup:
Leon; Joly, Jubal, Osho, Pellenard; Coulibaly, Raveloson, Owusu, Sinayoko; Bair, Onaiwu


Nice vs Toulouse

Nice possible starting lineup:
Bulka; Mendy, Rosario, Dante; Clauss, Boudaoui, Ndombele, Bard; Cho, Guessand, Orakpo

Toulouse possible starting lineup:
Restes; Cresswell, Nicolaisen, Suazo; Kamanzi, Sierro, Casseres Jr, Donnum; Aboukhlal, Magri, Gboho

which match is your favourite here

In today's match I should have excluded the Strasbourg - Rennes match because for me these two clubs are difficult to predict.
Looking at the last meeting of these two clubs, Strasbourg has won 2x at home while Rennes has beaten Strasbourg when playing away or at home.
The prediction for this match seems like Rennes has a greater chance of winning and adding 3 points to look more consistent.
Bad results are possible with a draw.

Lille has so far appeared very impressive under their new coach Bruno Genesio both in Ligue 1 and Champions League qualification, the victory over Angers in yesterday match was Lille fifth unbeaten match in all competitions, but If you look that the match it's actually not that interesting because both teams have the quality of the squad was very different, apart from that the game of both teams was very monotonous even though Lille had many opportunities but they couldn't convert them into more than two goals.
If we look at Lille game this season and last season, many significant changes occurred after the replacement coaching, previously Lille tended to play attacking with a 4-2-3-1 scheme and strategy which was Paulo Fonsesca favorite, but in the hands of Bruno Genesio currently Lille game is more dominant in defending by using 5 defenders in front of their goalkeeper and a 5-4-1 strategy  is quite effective against weak opponents, but it will be very worrying if their must to face a team that have aggressive attacks later.

@Republikcoin.com by using a 5-4-1 formation in a match certainly indicates that Lille is not aiming for many goals in that match, usually a team that uses a 5-4-1 formation will tend to score 1 or 2 goals before they defend completely, So far, PSG has indeed controlled the Ligue 1 trophy, but it seems you need to review it if you say that Lille is always hindered by PSG in winning the championship because in fact the last time Lille won was the 2020/21 season.

I got the expected result from this match. Even I won the bet on this match. I don't think Angers will win Lille's home match. It was Lille's home match. And in the last few matches I have seen good performances from Lille players. Lille players played well against Fenerbahce and Slavia Praha. And maybe Lille will qualify for the Champions League.

In the home match against Angers we saw the dominance of Lille players. If Angers performs well, it might not be easy to win against Lille. But the performance of Angers players was very poor. So Lille got an easy 2-0 win.

I just don't get Lyon. They really gave hope after a point in the previous season you know. They made a huge progress and finished at a Europa League spot. After such an improvement you would expect them to impress more. But they are back to where they started... 0 scored, 5 conceded after 2 games. They are just too bad at the beginning of a season.  

But I hope they pull themselves together earlier this time. Otherwise probably Pierre Sage would get sacked. I don't even know whether it is manager related. Because they have been like this for a long time. Maybe some team policies need changes.

After watching the match between Lille vs Angers at the Decathlon Arena, it is very unfortunate that the Angers team could not score a single goal in the match and made Lille win even though they only scored two goals in the match. In addition, the Lille team has often performed impressively in Ligue 1 every season even though Lille has not been able to become champions in Ligue 1 due to being blocked by PSG as the ruler of Ligue 1 every season. However, winning at home against Angers is certainly a source of pride for Lille because they have been able to win twice in two matches at the beginning of this season.

Lyon lost a significant advantage by losing on their home field. The matches you play on your home field for three points are very valuable. If you cannot get three points, you need to investigate where you made a mistake. Paris Saint-Germain will win the championship for League One. Everyone, both partial and impartial, has now accepted this. Olympique Lyon, Monaco, Lille are the other teams competing to be second. Olympique Lyon, on the other hand, did not get a point because they were defeated in the first two matches, and their chances of being second are getting weaker day by day.

Lyon did a drama like last season when at the start of the season to the second half of the season, Lyon appeared very badly. But after approaching the end of the season, Lyon appeared very strongly able to finish in the top 6 positions. I wonder what Lyon is planned at this time but always happens at the beginning of the season always performs poorly but I am not too far into the problems that occur with Lyon but I'm still sure this team will do the same thing.
BTW, Monaco is also still the same as last season with big ambitions but still with his best appearance to secure 2 wins and is currently competing with Lille who currently also appears more consistent without conceding.

It seems I was wrong after previously saying that Lyon was able to beat Monaco at home and on the contrary Lyon was humiliated with a score of 0-2. Lyon has no fighting spirit at all and they are like imprisoned in their own home with no way to escape from the door.

The difference in ball possession is very clear where Monaco is superior with 60% and Lyon only 40%. In addition, Lyon was also unable to shoot a single shot on target throughout the match and on the contrary Monaco was far superior with 6 shots on target. Ben Seghir opened the first goal in the 65th minute and was followed by the second goal scored by Camara in the 80th minute. It was a truly satisfying result for Monaco and if I may be honest I am starting to worry that Lyon will experience the same fate as last season.

I also did not expect PSG to still play well even without Kylian Mbappe even though at first I doubted the ability of this club and if I remember I once underestimated it with the words "Without Mbappe PSG can't do much" but now I am ashamed because my words are not true they are still strong enough even without Mbappe in League 1 even in these 2 matches they have scored 10 goals and only conceded 1 goal among other major leagues that have just started the season it seems that only PSG has scored that many goals.

We cannot equate these leagues because of the different atmospheres of each league, League 1 is different from La Liga and EPL, apart from the leagues also being dominated by Real Madrid and Man City but the abilities of Real Madrid and Man City are different when compared to PSG especially in the UCL.

Seems a good number of you have accepted that line of thought that some players of PSG have been activated by the exit of Mbappe. It is not actually far from the truth because the present PSG is playing a different football from last season. There is coordination and cohesion in the team with each and everyone of the players giving their best with the purpose of proving the point that Mbappe leaving PSG is never the end of the team. I just hope they will be able to remain this strong when they play teams from other leagues when the champions league starts. This is because the champions league is the major test of PSG.