Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 1169. (Read 185039 times)

Look like their honeymoon period is going to end, and they are going to drop from top five spot with this form most chances in next week when they will be hosting PSG they could be down with Monaco and Marseille both are improving performance trying to have their higher rank which is surely going to happen with their current form they are losing momentum at home matches which is more concern and their attack is also not working as this was doing in early rounds.

In today match they were doing good in first half but suddenly in second half they lost their touch badly and concede two goals which give them shocking defeat in this round all top teams win their respective matches, just Lorient and Marseille both were unable to have positive end.

PSG really didn't look like they are losing anything while not focusing on Mpabbe to score, he still scored from a penalty, but they changed it up and play as a team since they have a lot of good players and they became better.

Normally they put Mbappe to striker and then pass to him as much as they can, that is how they started at first, after the contract deal he was considered the most valuable player, but that didn't work out that well, and now they are just passing with each other no matter who has the ball, even if it is not Mbappe/Neymar/Messi trio, they pass to whoever they can, and this team ball managed to get them to score a lot more and play a lot better.

Lens won against Toulouse quite comfortably and convincingly. Until the 60th minute, it felt like Toulouse were in the match. Till the 60th minute, it felt like the match was competitive. But in the 60th minute, it started going wrong for Toulouse. They started leaving gaps in the defense. And they paid the price for it. Lens is in the 2nd position right now. But I don't think they will be able to dethrone PSG from the first position on the table or take the Ligue 1 title from them.

It is not just that they don't focus on defense, their defensive line up is obviously not enough for a team like PSG. While the forward trio plays well, the defense still does not inspire confidence. For CL all they have to do is defend well and the forward three will do the rest. But, I don't think their defense will be enough for CL. A recovering midfielder like Kante or Pogba would be great, although I agree with that, I think the defenders are more problematic and have priority. It has already become clear from Kimpembe that he will no longer exist, I saw Ramos as if he didn't care a bit in Benfica matches, even though he was good at handling the ball, he can't press effectively because of his age, he tries risky things or something. Marquinhos is the best, but you can't trust him the way you trust Van dijka. He was never able to reach the peak of his performance. I still remember the mistakes he made in cl last year. Especially in the Real game.

This weakness is just because of their playing style as mostly they prefer to play attacking style, and they have one of the most lethal attacks in the world, so they not try tight this weakness which is surely not good strategy from them if they want to have better results in coming matches then surely they need to work on this and improve their defense which will give them better results, and they can do more aggressive strategy right now if they are having three goals from team like Troyes than surely big teams can do more damage and now with they are in knock out stage this could be hanged their chance to win Champions League in this season which could be more heartbreaker for all fans and management.

PSG can afford to play according to the scheme "they will score as much as they can, and we will score as much as we want." But this only works in Ligue 1 - even in the group stage of the Champions League, PSG failed to beat Benfica 2 times (and by the way, it’s not a fact that they can beat Juventus and take first place in the group). The playoffs are still too far away (a whole World Cup), but PSG don't look ready to fight for the Champions League title.

Lorient started to perform bad earlier than Lens in that duo as it seems. After getting two draws in a row this time they lost to Nice home by 2-1. Their defending style is not good for two weeks as they conceded 4 goals in their last 2 matches in the league. They have started to become no different than Marseille these days.

When it comes to Marseille they are still a mess in the league. They performed really great in the first half and brought the score to 2-0 already. But they did a thing that they shouldn't have done in the first half. They started to play complacently and this helped Strasbourg to be hopeful about a point in this. They really got that point by scoring 2 goals in the last 15 minutes of the match. Marseille are still on a bad streak and it is four weeks now.

I think PSG's defense is not weak, PSG is not focused on their defense. They changed their match strategy. And their main goal now is to attack and score a lot of goals. So they are not able to focus on their defense. Romas is playing like he is. Although Ramos is primarily a defender, he is rarely seen in defensive positions. He wants to score or assist. As a result, the team may score, but their defense is vulnerable. Galtier should be wary of the performance of his defenders right now. Otherwise, they will face a big loss in the Champions League.

This is the main point in this match.
This win is indeed very good for PSG in this regard but conceding 3 goals with their condition of controlling the game and almost equal opportunities is a big question mark here.
Is it true that their defense is a little more fragile or is it that they only focus on attack without paying attention to a defense that is not too good.
Troyes is in the form of players and their performance that is far below them to score 3 goals is something that is indeed surprising.

Rennes beat an opponent who had lost for 4 weeks this week, extending their winless streak to 5 weeks. Montpellier failed to capitalize on their chances. Rennes is a good team and they have good players. We saw this in the midweek match against Fenerbahce.
Monaco also beat their out of form opponent and are now in 6th place.

after appearing tough in the first half and making 2 goals, in the second half, the marseille defense began to fall apart, 2 goals made by Strasbourg were created in the 76' and 93' minutes. with this draw, marseille must be willing to be in 5th place with the same points as Rennes in the Ligue 1 standings. marseille's performances in the last 5 matches have been very bad.

There are considerable weaknesses in PSG's defense lineup. The way they are performing in Ligue 1 with this kind of defense is disappointing. If 3 goals are conceded after scoring 4 goals, then where is the profit? PSG will never do well in the Champions League with this defense. They need to change some defense or develop defense skills.

Yes they need to improve their ground performance soon if they don't want to have a bad balance between defense and attack. Maybe it won't be a problem when they play in Ligue 1 because the majority of the teams here they can beat easily. But they can't do the same thing when competing in the Champions League with a defense like this because it will certainly make it easier for opponents to score goals easily.

Even though Lorient can win the match and make the points equal to Lens, it looks like Lorient is still losing in goal productivity so that even if Lorient wins, Lorient's position will remain like that. But indeed, at least Lorient have to win if they want to stay safe in third place, and I don't think that Nice is a difficult opponent for Lorient. Due to the fact last season Lorient and Nice could take turns to win and thus, basically with Lorient's performance this season I believe Lorient will still be able to win the match.

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Apart from that I am still interested in continuing to monitor the progress of Marseille, whether they will stay on their path because they have bad habits. As I have said before, Marseille is a difficult team to be consistent with to get good performances and luck like the previous season. But on the other hand, when they have a bad season but the next season they get a very good performance and they keep repeating that season after season.

At least that was also evident in last night's match, when Marseille had taken the lead but in the end Strasbourg could equalize in the last minute of the match. At least it was a bad turn of events and an unlucky one for them, and I was lucky to only bet on the double chance option for Marseille.

Marseille continue to drop points for the 4th match in a row, making them the 5th team in the table until now. Strasbourg is way weaker than the previous season and barely getting points, their last minutes goal made Marseille in a poor position.

Spurs are favourites in this game that will be played next Tuesday, although they have much difficulties to secure 3 points lately. Marseille isn't good and with the poor results these days, the team is psychologically less concentrated and might ruin its progress in EL soon.

Unfortunately, Marseille was not able to get full points during their away game. they lost momentum after leading 0-2 in the first half, in the end, Strasbourg was able to equalize in the second half. the final result, both only won one point in this match.

facing a schedule in the champions league, making Igor Tudor not play his core starting line-up.
plus the loss of Samuel Gigot and Eric Bailly, made the performance of Igor Tudor's troops unable to play stable. the reason is, Marseille's attention is on the champions league which incidentally they will play a decisive match to qualify for the round of 16.

in the end, Marseille must sincerely share points with the home team.
should be, last night's match was a win for them and got a big motivation when they will play the match against Tottenham at the Orange Velodrome, their own home base.

A shameful end of the match for Marseille as they were leading by two goals at the half-time but fail to maintain this lead and injury time equalizer give a bonus point to struggling Strasbourg which is still at 16th spot and most chances they could be down but here things looking difficult for Marseille as well because they were looking for first win after three losing matches streaks but fail and ends with a draw.

Suddenly their defense and attack both are giving them bad results with in last four matches they are able to score only three goals which are surely not enough if you want to stay at the top of league and defense is also conceding goals in every match which is surely not good as now they are going to stay out of top four for some more time with few challenges coming in next few days with next match is against Lyon at home, and they are going to face Tottenham in Champions League last group match in case of win they could be able to qualify for next round.

I really was not expecting PSG to concede so many goals in this match. I honestly expected a better performance from them when it came to defending. It doesn't matter what the scorebook says, what matters is that they were able to win.

Lionel Messi is still a very effective player today and I would argue that he is still the most talented player in the world in my opinion. There are going to be a lot of people who will not agree with me on this point, especially since Messi is quite old at the moment. However, that is okay. In order to succeed, PSG is very dependent on Lionel Messi for coordination within the attacking line-up. My expectation is that PSG will be able to do better in the Champions League this year. There is no doubt that Messi is no longer at his prime, but even those who don't have enough faith in Messi must admit that PSG wouldn't have had the level of coordination they do today without him.

Troyes was not a weak opponent. PSG's main target now is the Champions League, so they are not paying much attention to Ligue 1 matches. But you are right that PSG's poor defense is showing up quite well. PSG's attack is strong. They are scoring a lot of goals. At the same time, they are conceding results due to poor defense. They conceded 5 goals in the last two matches. Galtier should now focus more on strengthening the defense.

Lorient will faced tough opponent today Nice this because Nice has several times beat them last season and although Nice position on standings league doesn't looks so good but they had successfully improved their performance so Nice will be strong opponent for Lorient today and for Lorient although they didn't lose but Lorient has losing several points from their previous matches so if they want to taking over Lens position then win result is mandatory today but the good things from Lorient is during this season they were quite strong to playing at home even so far until week 12 Lorient still unbeatable at their home ground so these records good as reference that probably Lorient have good opportunity to win the match and improved their records from Nice