Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 145. (Read 193400 times)

Firstly, the Brest team was never a strong opponent for PSG. PSG team is strong, while Brest team is far behind PSG. PSG players are also very confident this season. PSG team has been able to win by dominating PSG in every match. As PSG boys have performed well in every match. So it can be assumed that PSG players will be confident in the match against Brest as well.

Brest, on the other hand, lost badly in the first two matches. Even against Marseille, the Brest team conceded 5 goals. Brest's defense is not strong. If PSG players can use this opportunity, PSG will win this match by a big margin.



PSG are far ahead in head-to-head statistics. PSG are unbeaten in 18 matches. And won 16 matches. Only two matches were drawn. So I would say PSG are very unlucky if they lose points in the next match.

Last season, this team was usually in the middle of the French League, interestingly they were able to finish in third place in the standings until the end of the season. This season, it is clearly not easy to repeat how they played their matches like the previous season. At the beginning of Ligue 1, Brest fell at home with a score of 0-0 by Leverkusen. Next week Brest will visit the Parc des Princes, the home of Paris Saint-Germain. It is not an easy match for Eric Roy's team, which is PSG's positive trend in its three matches, especially since Brest acts as the away team. So it is clear that PSG is far superior in the match between these two teams. Moreover, if we refer to the betting exchange odds, there is a fairly obvious gap. Which can be interpreted, PSG will make Brest their goal barn. At least, based on my theory. Although PSG will host Girona in the Champions League after playing their match against Brest, it seems that Enrique will not rotate his players much. But we'll see later, when these two teams will play their match. I suspect Brest will choose a defensive pattern.

Brest is indeed not a tough opponent for PSG this season even though PSG only has a makeshift squad this season but it is still much better than the squad owned by Brest. I will not be surprised and amazed if PSG can immediately get full points again in the next match in Ligue 1 because PSG's dominance is still quite extraordinary this season, but we still don't know how PSG will perform when they play in the Champions League this season because Ligue 1 is not a difficult thing for PSG to become champions again this season.

I am one of those who do not believe in this assumption, how can losing Mbappe destroy PSG game because football is a team game, not an individual game. Luis Enrique is not a coach who only cares about one player, he does not make a particular player special in the team so that losing that player has a positive impact on his team's game. PSG players managed to show their best performance at the start of this season, their game was much better than before and this happened after Mbappe left.

PSG is starting to put their trust and hope in Luis Enrique. The club's board of directors is trying to extend his contract and make him a coach who can build a new era for PSG. The Champions League trophy is the only target that has not been won so far, they hope Luis Enrique can make this dream come true with financial support to bring in several top players.

Brest is not an ideal opponent for PSG, the different results achieved by both teams since the start of the season give an advantage to PSG, PSG increasing performance recently means Brest has to play closed with a focus on defense. Although anything can happen in football, Brest's chances of stealing points from PSG are very small, this match will be lopsided because PSG will try to get a fourth consecutive win.

Though some believed losing Mbappé would ruin them, they are proving everyone else incorrect. The squad seems eager overall, the new men fit in, and the goals are flowing. Extending Enrique's contract? intelligent action. PSG is laying an era, not only for today. They are not fiddling; they want that Champions League trophy

Regarding Brest now... Surely, they are the underdogs. Still, this is football; everything is possible. Who knows? If they play with discipline and find PSG off-peak? But PSG is the preferred by mile. Here the true story is PSG's resilience. Their stars vanished, but rather of collapsing they grew stronger. A real champion is marked by that

Without further analysis, most bettors would bet on PSG victory without hesitation. But for me the odds of PSG winning are very small and will probably prefer to bet on PSG score over 2.5. The reason I believe that PSG is able to score over 2.5 is because from the 3 matches that PSG has played, this team has managed to score 13 goals and Brest currently has a very weak defense conceding 7 goals. Brest current condition gives PSG a great opportunity to score at least 3 or 4 goals if possible. Enrique is very confident that this season will bring PSG to the top of the standings with a very large points difference with other teams.

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In games like this most persons do Jude by impulse because of the superiority of the other team, PSG is the team with the superiority where and so it's enough reason for others without hesitation to just consider them the favourite for the game but for me I don't do so, I make some reservations especially if I'm to place a bet on them and by that I mean I try to look into possible evenly of the game probably the number of goals, corner, cards or other available predictive options but I may risk it on another ticket that the superior team will win, generally I'm just saying there's never an absoluteness in the predictions of the possible outcome of a football game because most times we don't have that absolute control over the outcome and results of this games and this doesn't dispute the fact that PSG remains the superior team still.

Nantes also have made a really good start to the season. 2 wins and a draw. I have checked their squad and I can't say I know most of the names there. But for now the team effort is just fine. 

Do you expect them to finish at one of top positions this season? I haven't watched any of their game so that's why I'm asking if you have watched. We are likely to see this kind of teams making surprises in this league you know.

Like the Brest example from the previous season.    I see that Lens also started well. It is good to see that. You know they finished the 22/23 season by only one point behind PSG and joined the Champions League.

PSG has a great chance to get further away from their rivals at the top of the Ligue 1 standings, facing brest is certainly not a difficult match for PSG considering their dominance so far, brest who last season was able to perform surprisingly, but this season is quite disappointing if you see that they have only got 1 win from 3 matches they have played,  last season when Brest performed quite well in the league but PSG was able to win points over them, so I think when Brest is in a bad condition like now, of course, 3 points will absolutely be PSG will get it back later, although indeed currently Mbappe is no longer in the squad but to face Brest, it seems that the same formation when Enrique applied in the match against Lille was enough to destroy Brest later in the match.

I will also bet PSG to win. The first reason is that PSG are in very good form right now. In every match we have seen PSG players perform well. Also the bonding between PSG players is very strong. Because of this they can play well against any team. Even in the last match against strong Lille, PSG players performed well. Therefore, in such a situation, the Brest team is not a strong opponent for PSG.

Another reason to consider PSG favorites against Brest is that Brest's defense is quite weak. Brest conceded 5 goals against Marseille and conceded two goals against Lens. So Brest's players have very little chance of resisting against PSG's powerful attack. PSG are also unbeaten in their last 10 matches against Brest. And out of these 10 matches, PSG won 9 matches and one match was drawn.

Without further analysis, most bettors would bet on PSG victory without hesitation. But for me the odds of PSG winning are very small and will probably prefer to bet on PSG score over 2.5. The reason I believe that PSG is able to score over 2.5 is because from the 3 matches that PSG has played, this team has managed to score 13 goals and Brest currently has a very weak defense conceding 7 goals. Brest current condition gives PSG a great opportunity to score at least 3 or 4 goals if possible. Enrique is very confident that this season will bring PSG to the top of the standings with a very large points difference with other teams.

Last season we saw Luis Enrique rest Mbappe for several matches. And Luis Enrique experimented with the squad. So last season we saw unstable performance of PSG in several matches. But this season it appears that Luis Enrique has succeeded in his experiment. PSG team is able to perform well without Mbappe, the most important player in the squad.

PSG's squad is now full of young players. And these players are able to perform very well. Dembele, Asensio, Barcola, Ramos and Kolo Muani are all performing well in every match. And the important thing is that the PSG team is no longer dependent on any particular player.

Based on the performance of both teams, PSG will not experience any difficulties when facing Brest, PSG have improved tremendously this season even without Mbappe in their squad. Their goal productivity is increasing and the players are starting to fit in with the strategy used by the coach. It is very difficult to stop PSG when their performance is like this, especially a team like Brest who has only managed to get one win from the three games played.

PSG management is very satisfied with Luis Enrique's current performance, they plan to extend the coach's contract which will end in June 2025. Luis Enrique played a key role in this summer's transfer plans, his success in bringing together players made the Management try to extend his contract because he had contributed and been involved in the important project that was being developed. He is expected to make PSG a respected club in Europe like Manchester City experienced with Pep Guardiola, PSG has made a very good decision, PSG future will be brighter if Luis Enrique serves as coach for the long term.

What is Les Parisiens without Kylian Mbappe? We all have different view of what the club would look like but it becomes stable when they've one of the prominent coach. PSG are doing so well without Mbappe in the team, gaining full confidence to win games and its amazing to watch their new pattern of football and having top talents to replaced their main player. We gives accolades to the coahc, Luis Enrique knows the job he got employed for and he will deliver every area at his best reach. PSG winning all consecutive fixtures this season, smooth running for them. Paris Saint-Germain headcoach, Luis Enrique having his best moment the early starts of the 2024/2025 Ligue One season.

 So far PSG have won all three of their games and in an impressive fashion as well so it will be difficult for Brest to get something out of this. Of their last three games, it's only one win they have to boast of and sitting in 12th place doesn't help their case either. I see this game going a bit one way and that is in the favor of PSG because Luis Enrique's men will be looking to continue in their sterling ways, adapting well to life without Mbappe and I do not see Brestois being a problem, or maybe they can if they play their cards right since in football anything can happen.

Brest has performed poorly in the last 3 matches and has suffered 2 defeats so I think PSG's chances of winning are very high as the picture you gave PSG has a 74% chance of winning but betting on PSG has small odds so the profit is not much possible, the option you convey is quite reasonable by betting on the total Asia more than 3.5 goals and the odds are @2.10 I think PSG will score many goals like recently if Marseille can score 5 goals PSG players should be able to do it too because Brest's defense is very bad.

It seems to be the same for me too. I have considered them to be one of the clubs fighting to win the France League 1 Competition this very season. With De Zebri in charge, they have started the season we'll though with double wins and also a point shared on matchday two. It's been quite sometime since they last won the League 1 Competition though, I won't be boggled seeing them fighting to win it this season. Mason Greenwood newly signed from Manchester United is also slowly becoming the face of League 1 Competition since Kylian Mbappe left for Real Madrid. He's had just the perfect debut in a new environment and competition. After matchday three, it gladdens my heart to see that he had taken his goal tally to five goals in three games. It's a great start and hopefully, he consistently put in those balls behind the back of the net for Marseille.

You are right, Marseille weakness at the moment is their defense line which is not really solid and able to withstand various attacks when facing other strong team in Ligue 1, their opportunity is to take advantage of the upcoming transfer window to be able to improve their defense line.
For Greenwood in the three matches he has played with Marseille, he looks very good and as new striker it is very satisfying because he has been able to provide 5 goals at the start of his first season, this is development that really helps Marseille to be able to perform better considering that last season they could only finish in 8th place.
To be honest, fighting for the championship title is not easy, maybe there will be an opportunity for Marseille but if they can't take advantage of everything well then the opportunity is still very small to be realized.
I think if Greenwood performs well here and really brings Marseille towards better change then there will be interest for other teams to have him, it is even possible that PSG will also be interested in being able to have Greenwood in the future.

Week 4 will be a match between Paris Saint Germain vs Brest. This should be a match that Paris Saint Germain can win, Brest has lost 2 of the 3 matches they have played, that means their strength is not the same as last season where Brest could compete at the top of the standings and could win 1 ticket to go to the Champions League. I don't remember the last time Brest was able to beat Paris Saint Germain, because based on the data I saw from 2010 the best achievement when facing Paris Saint Germain was only being able to draw. They often struggle and even when they were in their best form last season, they couldn't beat Paris Saint Germain. Paris Saint Germain is highly favored to win.
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Most likely Marseille is going to be a befitting rival to PSG and thw reason cannot be far fetched, one of which is in the fact that Marseille currently has got a better depth than they do before now, they have got a key player who has been brilliantly epic in rhw person of greenwood who's performance and presence has been of a great boost to the psychology of other players who are his team mates, ahead of other ligue one teams PSG excluded, Marseille is obviously having a much more better form than others this season ans so far they have lost no game even after three fixtures, all they need now is consistency and a strategy that will help them maintain their results so far as to keep  them long enough in the title race and if they be lucky, they get to win the trophy.

What happened with Brest last season is the same thing that Lens felt in the previous 2 seasons where indeed they are a club that is actually always in the middle of the table but when there is good momentum they sometimes become a surprise club. But something like that can't keep happening every season because it only happens in some unexpected seasons. So when last season they played and had a good performance, it would not be surprising if the next season they would be a little troubled to undergo the season.

I actually don't expect too much from Brest but indeed when they are now in the Champions League then the situation is clearly different because after all this has become a big competition and representatives of each major competition in Europe are a reflection of the league itself so they have to work hard to show that ligue 1 is not bad for a big competition and not just use PSG as a shield for now.