Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 272. (Read 188987 times)

There is only one match left this week between LOSC vs Lyon, looking at the existing opportunities LOSC is more favored in the match to win. Apart from them playing as hosts, in terms of overall performance LOSC is also better than Lyon, so it is a very natural thing that they are more favored in this match.

Lyon are very fragile in their defense, that is the space that the LOSC players can exploit to win this match. Meanwhile, LOSC has a more solid defense, which will make it difficult for Lyon in this match. However, this is not a guarantee that LOSC will be able to win easily in this match, they should not underestimate Lyon at all, because Lyon is a club that can give them trouble. The record of the last 5 matches played by Lyon is also quite good with 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. So LOSC must not be careless about the strength that Lyon has.

Who do you think will win this match, host LOSC or visiting team Lyon?

In fact, the Lille versus Lyon match is difficult to predict, even though on paper Lille deserves to be the favorite, Lyon could act beyond expectations by making their own luck. This match could affect Lille position as a participant in the Champions League next season, Lyon of course has the ambition to damage it while wanting to get an additional 3 points. Even though Lyon this season had slumped very badly, now they have managed to recover and improve their performance, Lille should be fully alert even though they are acting as hosts. Brest certainly hopes that Lyon can beat Lille, so that their position is safe in 3rd place in the standings. This is the most sacred period before the end of the season, where in my opinion a small mistake could have a fatal impact on their position in the standings.

In my opinion, the result of the match was surprising, because in terms of strength, Brest was better than Nantes, but the fact is that they couldn't score a single goal in this match. They really controlled the game, but we can see how they couldn't penetrate the defense built by Nantes, so throughout the match they were only able to create 2 matches that were on target. They could not be effective on the front line to be able to destroy the defense built by Nantes.

On the other hand, it seems like Nantes had been preparing for this from the start, yes they were able to prepare a defensive strategy and it worked very well, so they were successful in holding Brest to a draw. Even though it was only a draw, for Nantes this was a victory in my opinion because it is not easy to win when playing at the opponent's headquarters, especially as the opponent they faced also had a better performance than them.

Regarding Monaco, you are correct; after that win, the Champions League is pretty much a done deal. You have to be really determined to win big, and they've shown that. Lets talk over Brest now. The situation has changed so much! Really, I have a lot of respect for how they've made things better. After beating Toulouse and Reims, it should be easy sailing. There's a good chance that Lille will finish in third place. They are a solid top-tier team. That match between Lyon and Barcelona will decide the winner. Just being honest, I'd love for both Brest and Lille to win. They've earned it.

The draw obtained by Brest in yesterday's match is certainly not a positive result, because after all Brest really need points to be able to secure their chances to qualify for the Champions League next season, for now Brest's position is quite safe in the Champions League zone but that does not mean they have to continue to drop points in the remaining matches this season,  At this time, of course, Brest position in the standings began to be threatened by Lille, if Lille managed to win the match against Lyon today, it is certain that Brest will drop to rank 4 with a difference of 1 point from Lille in the third rank, honestly it is quite surprising to see Brest's current performance, so far Brest has been able to perform quite consistently at the beginning of the season and even they were able to become PSG competitors in the race for the championship but unfortunately when towards the end of the season Instead, Brest experienced inconsistency in their game and made Brest now probably have to end the season ranked 4.

The match between Brest and Nantes, is a match that should be won by Brest, because indeed Nantes' current performance is quite bad and also as the host, of course Brest has greater motivation in the game, but indeed Nantes defense in the game is quite solid and able to break every opportunity created by Brest attackers,  Throughout the match Brest were able to dominate the match but I think indeed Nantes was more fortunate in the match.  

The players of Brest vs Nantes both teams scored 0-0 in this match from the beginning to the end. The players of Brest team could not do anything well. Everyone thought that the players of Brest team might score in this match but the goalkeeper of Nantes team did very well for that.  The players of Brest team could not score a goal after many attempts for which the match between the two teams was a draw. The match between the two teams was a draw for which the points had to be shared.

There's only one game today in the French Ligue 1. Lille will play Lyon at home. Lille are fighting to finish in the top 3 teams in the league this season and play in the Champions League next season. They've been getting more consistent results in Brest in recent weeks. I think they are better than Brest and will finish 3rd in the league. On the other hand, Lyon had the worst start in Ligue 1 in their history this season. But after Piere Sage took charge, they turned into a good team. They played the last 7 weeks with 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. It will undoubtedly be a very good match. I will bet on both teams to score.

The financial capacity of PSG in the whole of the French league is almost not contestable and that has been their advantage all this years such that they have been able to retain mbappe probably when mbappe still care so much about the money because almost every season in other to keep him there was an increment in his pay and that has kept him about two seasons long than he had wanted to stay most likely.

By next season it's very clear he will be having nothing to keeping him back again in PSG as he seem not to be attached anymore to the increments in payment or wanting to bargain a good offer different from that which he had any more, the concerns now seem to have been shifted to the need for achievement in his career which he's hoping to get in his new team Real Madrid of which I think it's going to be a better place for him to be able to achieve all that's within his mind as he has wished in his career, he now appears to be more achievement driven in his career than just the pay.

For PSG isn't going to be another period of hunt for a replacement for their star player like they will always appear, finance may not be the problem but getting the best replacement may be but then they could aswell recruit someone who's close that's if they don't get the exact replacement and with time he may get to fit in as much as possible and they get their squad back again but then they may have to sacrifice a season to get all of these adjustments done.

However, even if Lille wins against Lyon, it will not change Brest's status to be able to play in the Champions League next season and what is clear is that even if they drop to 4th place in the standings they will still be safe without any pressure from other teams. We can see that the difference from Nice alone is already 6 points, so it will be quite difficult to shift Brest's position from the top four.

Apart from that, Brest might suffer a loss if they finish in 4th position, they have to go through the Champions League play-off round first before joining the other teams in the group stage. So the only solution for Brest to move forward easily without any further obstacles is to maintain its current position and they have to resolve this later.

for the time being, PSG really needs experience or at least one UCL title because that is the desire of the current PSG owner and if they can get a prestigious title, PSG can recruit young players to develop the talent of young players without having to spend a lot of money.
so for the time being PSG doesn't seem to have a goal of recruiting young players but instead will continue to pursue players who have quality talent like Mbappe to be able to provide assistance in achieving the goals that PSG owners currently want.
but we don't know who Mbappe replacement will be, but I still remember that it seems like PSG will be targeting players from the EPL and Serie A, but you haven't confirmed anything from PSG.

and regarding the upcoming match against Dortmund I might have to say that PSG has a very big chance of qualifying for the final round if they can perform consistently like against Barcelona at that time and currently Dortmund only has a very small aggregate score and is quite easy for PSG to catch up with.
betting on PSG winning is the best choice but it would be better to wait for the latest news regarding what happens to PSG and Dortmund.

Yes, of course PSG must have talented young players next season to replace Mbappe who will move to Madrid, after all Mbappe needs a lot of experience playing in several leagues because of course to hone his skills in playing football, I think Mbappe will be worthy of Laliga with Madrid, a lot what he will learn there, besides that, PSG must get used to playing without Mbappe in order to balance the game, but for now Mbappe is still needed to face Dortmund in the second leg of the semi-final against Dortmund.

I hope PSG will meet Madrid in the final because that will find Mbappe with Madrid, at least testing his abilities in the UCL final match, Mbappe needs to play harder and more seriously in the second leg because if PSG loses to Dortmund or is held to a draw, PSG will not qualify to the final and failed in the semi-finals of the UCL this season, so far Mbappe has not succeeded in bringing the UCL trophy to PSG even though he is a great player, he may have succeeded in bringing the world cup trophy to France but Mbappe has not succeeded in bringing the UCLC trophy to PSG, this season was Mbappe's opportunity before moving to Madrid to give PSG the UCL trophy.

The draw result from Nantes is very dissapointing for Brest because they were failed to wided their gap points with Lille and this makes their current position will be threaten by Lille and actually after Brest failed to win i think this could be good opportunity for Lille to taking over 3rd place from Brest but probably it would not be easy because Lille opponent is Lyon and although from the position on League Table Lille is much better than Lyon but i don't think Lyon can be considers as weak opponent anymore and since Pierre Sage handle this team Lyon progress was very fantastic

About this match according to the odds i can see Lille status as the favourite with odds @1.89 but just like i said before this is hard match for Lille because Lyon is quite strong now and actually this match is hard to predicted because although Lille status as the favourite but i personally considers both teams have equal chances to win this match even not impossible the match will ended to draw and for betting options probably over 2.5 goals also good because most likely both teams will displayed attacking style during the match

The Brest vs Nantes match was completely controlled by the home team but unfortunately only had two shots on goal without one being a goal, and seeing what Brest displayed is proof of why PSG can always easily dominate this league because the competition will start to decrease in difficulty because their rival teams are starting to have difficulty maintaining consistency and will slowly experience bad results. We can see Nice, which once performed well but is now even outside the top four.

Nantes will probably drop in ranking because the two matches against Lille and Monaco will certainly not be easy so there is a chance that another team will overtake them even though the other teams are facing almost the same conditions, namely they will still face tough matches.

PSG has a lot of financial acumen and it is because of this financial acumen that PSG have been able to keep Mbappe until now as Mbappe had long planned to leave the club but every season PSG has increased the amount of money to keep the French star in the team. However, PSG may not be able to retain Mbappe this season as there are rumors that PSC star Mbappe's contract with Real Madrid is over and he will leave PSG for Real Madrid next season. If Mbappe leaves PSG for Real Madrid, PSG will definitely need to recruit a quality star. 

A star like Mbappe may not be available to PSG at the moment but since they have enough financial solvency, it would not surprise us if they complete a deal with a big star.  But PSG must give more importance to recruiting young players.

Yes, of course, in the first leg Atalanta really wasted a lot of their chances. And this becomes a big lesson for them. In the second leg, they will play at the Atalanta Stadium. So this will provide greater benefits for Atalanta itself. In the end, this will make Marseille have to try extra hard with an even stronger mentality in the second leg. It won't be easy, but we still don't know what will happen during the game.

At least in the French League, next week will be a game that shouldn't be so difficult for them. So at least they can get the full 3 points against Lorient. It is a small team with very bad stats lately. I think Marseille can defeat them with the second lineup (substituted players). The main players must focus on the match against Atalanta.

Of course, Lorient is just a small team but Lens is quite strong team in France league. So, it is very normal to see Lens wins the match with 2 goals. Even, I think Lens should win with more goals because Lorient played very badly in the last 5 matches. Anyway, with this result, Lens has a chance to finish the season in Europa league zone, but Lorient seems to be out from main league in France.

Brest are doing mild in their latest games and they are risking their third and last position for UEFA Champions League next season.
For the moment, PSG are confirmed to end first and to take a Champions League spot. Monaco are also safe whether they ended second or third. Brest third position is quite fragile and Lille could literally be third if they win against Lyon tomorrow.

This result is a setback in their effort to finish in Champions League zone. Their position at third can potentially be overtaken by Lille which have a game to play tomorrow. If Lille win against Lyon tomorrow, they will stand at third position with one point different. Brest and Lille will need to fight for the third position to secure a straight ticket to Champions League group stage, if they finish fourth, they will have to go through qualification for their ticket to play in Champions League group stage.

This result is not so bad for Nantes, despite their position is not safe from relegation, earning a point from a good team that fight for Champions League zone is a net positive. They are still the front runner in the battle to stay in Ligue 1 next season. Two more wins could be enough for them to avoid relegation with expectation of their competitors not going to have a winning streak.

Brest only drew against Nantes and yes, with this result, Brest will be even further left behind by Monaco. I think it's also not a problem because it is certain that Brest will play in Ligue One next season and of course they still have work to do by closing this season with a win.

Meanwhile for Nantes, their position is not yet safe enough as there is still the possibility of being displaced by other teams such as Le Havre and Metz considering that the difference can still be caught. With this estimate, it could be Nantes' turn to fall into the red zone and be relegated this season. Because that's the only way Nantes has to win.

PSG financial strength makes Ligue 1 uncompetitive, because they do not have equal competitors in the race for trophies every season. But the ease of dominating Ligue 1 makes them weak when competing in the Champions League. There is no solution to this imbalanced situation to date, but now PSG has the opportunity to prove this wrong. Mbappe departure on a free transfer will certainly cause PSG a loss, but it will not cause them financial difficulties. This season PSG won the Ligue 1 trophy again, even though Mbappe will leave next season, PSG will still be the ruling club at the domestic level. Of course management will look for a replacement for Mabppe, previously Osimhen and Rashford were reported to be the solution if Mbappe really left. Apart from that, we can judge that no Ligue 1 contestant has the same finances as PSG, which is what makes the difference so striking.

As I always say in many posts, if in the end Monaco will be able to place its position in 2nd place in Ligue 1. reviewing the two matches that Manaco will play until this season ends, it is possible that Adolf Hutter's team squad should be able to secure  to finish in 2nd place in the Lique 1 table. In this way, they will be safe when heading to the Champions League next season. Speaking of Brest, recently they have not been able to maintain the balance of their team's squad and so Monaco has shifted the ranking they previously occupied.

As for Lille, Paulo Fonseca's squad has the opportunity to shift the ranking that Brest currently occupies. but with the condition, Lille must beat Lyon in tomorrow's match. If that happens, then the position occupied by Brest will be overtaken by Paulo Fonseca's squad. Moreover, Lille will act as the home team when they host Lyon's match tomorrow. Their chance of overthrowing the opposing team is quite big. Well, talking about the Brest team squad, it could be said that Brest has made quite a difference this season. Naturally, they only focus on the two Domestic League competitions. yeah, like Nice at first. However, these two teams are actually mediocre teams. In the end, the ranking they occupy at the end of this season has the potential to be overtaken by the teams below them. it could be that Brest will end up in 4th place in the Ligue 1 table. My prediction for this team is that in the end Brest will only finish in 4th place in the Ligue 1 standings. The potential for being overtaken by Lille is very big, and the difficulty in taking over returned to the standings they had previously occupied.