Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 172. (Read 193178 times)

Don't forget this, guys. This match was 1-1 until the 84th minute. If Le Havre hadn't fallen apart in the last minutes, they could have tied it. Not every team is as weak as Le Havre. In fact, PSG should be more effective in such matches and dominate the game early. They should concede fewer goals. They scored 3 more goals after the 84th minute and won the match 4-1. So I congratulate them. Still, Enrique will identify their mistakes in this match and make them play accordingly in their next matches.

The gap in team strength is still very visible in Ligue 1, with PSG still the favorite team to win even without Mbappe. There is no excessive worry, nor is there any significant pressure, the depth of the squad owned by Luis Enrique is more than enough to continue to dominate Ligue 1. Meanwhile, PSG journey in the Champions League this season is still a big question mark, because with Mbappe alone they are quite difficult, especially after the mega star left. Many assume that PSG will experience a decline in the Champions League, while at the domestic level they will still be fine.

In the opening match, PSG reaffirmed their identity as the rulers at the domestic level, they easily slaughtered Le Havre with a score of 4-1, amazingly the 4 goals were scored by 4 different players. Departing from this fact, it seems that Luis Enrique has changed his strategy, which encourages each of his players to score goals. This means that PSG wants to prove that their goal productivity does not depend on just one player, anyone can score goals, that's what I think is good. If this performance can be maintained, there is a possibility that PSG will be able to overcome the tight competition in the Champions League, at least they can reach the semifinals like last season.

Without Mbappe in the current squad in fact PSG can still achieve a big victory over Le Havre, but even so, PSG actually had difficulty scoring a goal after Le Havre managed to equalize the score 1-1 in the 48th minute, if you look at it PSG attack line is actually very frustrated because they keep failing to score goals even though in the end PSG was able to win big over Le Havre, but this doesn't prove that PSG attack line is currently in good condition after Mbappe left, this season maybe in Ligue 1 PSG will still are strong candidates for the championship, but we cannot deny that it is likely that they will not have an easy journey this season like as last seasons, apart from that, I think perhaps their goal productivity this season will decrease drastically compared to last season.

Currently PSG main target is of course to win the Champions League trophy, but when if they face Le Havre very difficult for PSG to win, so it is difficult to say if they will be ready to compete in the Champions League this season, especially now that they have lost their main striker (Ramos) again who was injured in that match, so makes Enrique this season is running out of options to sharpen their attack line except recruiting new players in the striker position in the transfer market this time.

The Ligue1 competition will still be dominated by PSG even without players like Mbappe because in Ligue1 there is no heavier pressure from rival teams so that PSG is still the leading team this season. And from one example of a match that has been played by PSG, it is also clear that PSG still has more strength in Ligue1, but I don't know how strong PSG is when playing in the UCL this season because the competition really relies on player cooperation besides having to be filled with quality players in a team.

A pretty painful defeat for Brest as the home club lost badly to Marseille with a score of 1:5 in the first half they were already 3 goals behind as a club that performed impressively last season it is very unfortunate that their performance has declined.
Marseille recruited many players in the transfer market this season from this match it can be seen that Marseille has shown good improvement Mason Greenwood in his debut created 2 goals in this match.

For the Lille vs Reims match I have predicted Lille will win this match because their performance in the Champions League qualifiers is quite good and they qualified for the play-off round so I think their performance in league 1 also almost the same.

PSG have spent money and they are only chasing the Champions League trophy but they have never had significant success in the Champions League. Their only achievement is the local league title. Any mid-sized team could have been rebuilt with the amount of money they spent on players a few seasons ago. Mbappe played for PSG for a long time and did not win a major tournament title but his first match for Real Madrid won a major European tournament title and his contribution was evident. Better things lie ahead for Real Madrid and Mbappe. After Mbappe played his first match, he might be wondering why he didn't come to Real Madrid earlier.

I can't see how it will ever be impressive when PSG beats their opponents in Ligue 1. It will always be David vs. Goliath given how huge the financial advantage is that PSG has over any other team in the league. It is literally like buying 3 points and Enrique will once again be judged by the Champions League only. Nobody really cares about the Ligue 1 title. Enrique probably doesn't care though as his salary is probably quite impressive. If he gets fired, he will be rich and if he doesn't get fired, he will still be rich. But if someone is a highly ambitious coach, I think PSG wouldn't necessarily be the club that a great trainer wants to take responsibility for. It's a pretty boring league and it doesn't feel like a huge achievement to win the title when you can just pump billions into the team whereas nobody else can do the same.

Just before the game started, I had already predicted ahd staked a bet that Paris Saint Germaine will score three or more goals in the game and just like I predicted, they put four goals past the home team Le Havre. Luis Enrique is an experienced manager who understands what it means to manage a top club so even without the presence if Kylian Mbappe in the Paris Saint Germaine team, I still expect the club to dominate the league. What I'm not sure if is if Paris Saint Germaine will do well in the UEFA Champions League competition without a player that's been the club's top scorer in the last seven seasons. PSG will continue their dominance in the league but do you think they'll beat their initial records in the UEFA Champions League competition??

Psg is still very strong in Ligue 1 because in their first match of the season they visited the Oceane stadium but they still managed to get 3 points where the match ended with a score of 1-4. With the depth of the squad filled with quality players, of course we can judge that Luis Enrique's squad will again succeed in achieving maximum results in every match because their game is still quite impressive even though they no longer have Mbappe in their team.


I think Lee Kang will find his best form this season because he played quite well in the opening match of the season and if he is able to maintain his good performance in every match. Maybe he will be able to bring new changes to PSG's journey this season.

Marseille has did a good job today because they were under new manager De Zerbi can able to overcomes Brest with huge scores 5-1 and i have seen into Marseille lineup today and there were some of new players who makes their debut in this match such as Greenwood, Wahi, Cornelius and Højbjerg but these players has been proven that they can adapt quickly with De Zerbi strategy and performing well especially for Greenwood that in his debut match Greenwood has make a brace

For Brest they are 3rd place of last season but unfortunately they have to lost with huge scores in the opening match of season 2024/2025 however so far there was no surprising results for week 1 because after Marseille and PSG win then other strong teams such as Monaco and Lille also can beat their opponents without any problem and for next match i would like to see Lyon match result whether they can beat Rennes or not today

A good game from PSG and this time again they won the game in the French while they didn't have Mbappe in this team to help them. While some people were expecting to see PSG lose some games and lose some points because of not having their superstar player, they had a good performance and they won the game against Le Havre with a 4-1 result which can show Enrique was successful in making the team to fill the place of Mbappe in PSG.
However, Le Havre was not a strong team, and winning this match was not something big for Enrique and his players.

We can't say that despite PSG's thumping win in this game because I think it was clear early on that they were prepared for it and Enrique's proof is still to come as to whether his decision not to look for a replacement for Mbappe this season was justified or not.
This is likely to happen when the matches start to get busy where PSG will face a lot of competition which makes Enrique have to think hard about adjusting players in rotation and maintaining performance.

In addition, their opponents are also not too strong so PSG cannot be complacent for the victory they should get in this match.
For now they may still be comfortable but towards the middle of the season if their performance does not falter then indeed Enrique proved that without Mbappe he can mix his squad better.

Although Mbappe was a huge presence in the PSG team and no matter what they will definitely miss some of his special moments, but my take has always that they will not actually struggle that much against most of the clubs in the league simply because most of the clubs are not upto the standards of the PSG club example of this is Le Havre and that’s what they showed in this game. The biggest fear or obstacle for PSG might be coming from the champions league which is where the big clubs are.  This is the competition that sometimes needs individual brilliance in some games and Mbappe usually provides them, now they might have do it collectively or someone steps up when they need it

Marseille has again shown good performance under De Zerbi, they were even able to defeat Brest with a landslide score. Last season, Brest was able to make it difficult for Marseille when they met and they finished in third place in the standings. In the early match of this season, Marseille was able to defeat their opponent even though it was an away match. Greenwood showed his ability and was able to score the opening goal for his team, not only that he also scored one more goal and 3 from his teammates. Well, a good first match for De Zerbi to handle Marseille in Ligue 1. While Brest, they were unable to do much to reply and were only able to score one goal. A good first match for Marseille, especially to motivate them in the next matches they will play. With a score of 1-5, Marsille is at the top of the standings. Indeed, this is just the beginning of the match, we don't know yet whether they will be consistent or not. But at least, their performance is quite good. It's just that, De Zerbi has to fix some of his players, especially in the defensive sector. because, some of their defenders' performance was not so good.

Yep, PSG performance is very perfect even though they don't have a mainstay player yet but I see the contribution of each player is very solid, very different from when Mbappe was still there. When Mbappe was still there, other players still depended on Mbappe who could always score but now all players can work together perfectly to score in turns.
Since the beginning of the match, even before the match started, it was clear that it would be impossible for the biggest team in League 1 to lose against a much weaker team and on the one hand Enrique certainly also has an alternative after losing Mbappe, he will definitely try to build the team's performance to be more consistent and look more stable even though it is very doubtful in the UCL later.

BTW, my bet won according to my prediction and I should have chosen -1.25 to get higher odds. But it doesn't matter, this is already profitable enough.

In the first match of Ligue 1, PSG secured a huge victory by a margin of 4-1. However, PSG's opponents were relatively weak. The Le Havre team was weak. Even so, a 4-1 win is certainly commendable. PSG players have performed well. And from this it can be assumed that the PSG team is moving in the right direction with the help of Luis Enrique.

PSG had 76% ball possession in this match and dominated the match. PSG's defenders did not allow Le Havre's players to create any strong attacking opportunities. Le Havre players managed to make only 5 shots in the entire match. Ramos, Asensio, Vitibha and Lee Kang, Dembele and Barcola all performed very well.

Thia is yat another to prove that PSG can still strive in the absence of mbappe contrary to the earlier contentions most persons had that PSG were rather going to suffer or struggle in mbappes absence but a 1-4 victory isn't such that can be regarded any close to luck, the obvious has to be that they did performed brilliantly and were deserving of such so it's no way a thing that should be considered luck. Very likely PSG still maintains a good potential around the ligue 1 and may possibly maintain dominance if not challenged by any of its counterparts in the ligue 1 this season. with this result so far, I'm building some optimism around PSG this season tho not beyond their domestic league.

It's not surprising, in the French League, even without Mbappe, they definitely and should have won. Moreover, their opponent was Le Havre, who was ranked 15th last season, and was almost in the relegation zone. So, PSG's big win is very natural, even without Mbappe.


What is really awesome is Marseille's performance.
They won full from Brest, the top 3 French League last season.
With a big victory 1 - 5

Check the statistic, it's exactly effective attacks by Marseille.

Source: Google/Ligue 1

The game ended exactly how I imagined it would end and this was what I was talking about all summer long. Everyone assumed that they would be a bit worse without Mbappe, but what they didn't realize was that Mbappe wasn't the one that made them win, he was an overkill, you do not need Mbappe talent level player to win ligue 1, they already have good players and this is a proof.

I think they will continue to be like this for a long time as well, I am not expecting them to be any worse. They are going to be champions again, beating every team and they may even finish with similar points to last season as well, or maybe even more if they do a bit fine like this. They are not joking anymore, the yare taking this very seriously and there is a potential that they could be incredibly talented. We should be considering how they can get greater results by just looking at the result right now. Betting on PSG this season is the easiest thing that one could ever do.

PSG is doing just fine without Mbappe. Enrique has a fantastic coach, and he is not hesitant to take big actions. Dembele and Barcola was a wise choice that reveals PSG has a strong bench.

Though they are ruling Ligue 1, the Champions League is the true test. The big lads play here, hence PSG has to be ready. Losing Ramos to an injury is unfortunate; they are still working out their attack without Mbappe. They require a consistent goal scorer who can pull through in pivotal circumstances.

Thus, if PSG makes a splash on the transfer market, not be shocked. They wont accept second best as their normal. They want a striker who might even surpass Mbappe's performance in filling his place.