Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 282. (Read 188886 times)

PSG didn't field their strongest lineup, showing they're taking the league title for granted yet. Despite their comfortable lead, they haven't officially announced the Ligue 1 title. PSG's decision to rest key players indicates their focus on upcoming Champions League matches. Coach Luis Enrique seems determined to preserve the team's energy for the UCL game. This strategy could benefit PSG in the long run, ensuring they're well-prepared for crucial matches. However, their narrow victory against Le Havre, a team currently in 15th place, highlights the risk of fielding a weakened lineup and coach can take blame.

After beat Lille i am sure Monaco is really confident to facing upcoming match today and it's clearly their target is one place on Champion League spots and Monaco will attempts to gets the winning results from all of the remaining matches until this season ended and today they will tested by Lyon and i think Lyon is very fantastic because at the beginning of season i thought they will be relegated to Ligue 2 but everything was change after December because Lyon can return to the winning ways and playing more consistent and their position also is very secured now and Lyon will not be relegated

About this match actually it's hard to predicted because both teams in the good shape although last week Lyon has just lost from PSG but overall their performance is still impressive  and according to the squad update i can see whether it Lyon and Monaco in the good conditions although there was some players from them who potentially absense but i don't think it will have any affect to their performance later and about the outcomes of this match just like i said before this match is hard to predicted but as a host probably Lyon has slightly chances to win this match and the odds for Lyon win is quite high to bets @2.45 or other alternative just like both teams to scores probably good pick

source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68913764

PSG is literally playing almost to the second team in this one. And I thought they still should be fine and be able to win this match. But PSG actually had to fight a lot in this match. At one point it looks like they are not going to be able to get a single point from this match. But in the end, PSG has been able to score at the very last moment of the match. Le Havre had a really good chance to get three points. and considering the fact that they are literally fighting relegation, it could have helped them a lot. But we all know that they are going up against the best team in the league. so even though PSG is not playing the best 11, was able to avoid embarrassment and disappointment and was also able to get one point from this match.

Still, I do not think they care about this league title at all. All they care about is the Champions League competition and they are going to concentrate on that more and more.

Lille is still fighting to get a place in the Champions League next season and they finally got an additional 3 points after beating Metz with a score of 1-2. It's clear that even in an away game they should be able to win easily, but this time Metz did seem to make things a little difficult for Lille as they needed points to quickly get out of the relegation zone. But at least Metz have fought well and they must continue to try to get good results before the season ends.

Apart from that, PSG almost lost against Le Havre. We certainly didn't expect that Le Havre would put so much pressure on PSG, especially since playing away from home is not easy to face a strong team. Goncalo Ramos was the player who saved face for the fans at home and the final score was at 3-3 level with no winner. However, the status of defending champions will still be held by PSG and this additional one point means Le Havre is out of reach of the temporary relegation zone.

It seems that PSG is not too worried about the League 1 title because all PSG players believe that whatever results they get, PSG can still dominate the League 1 title because it seems like destiny is always on PSG's side.
So maybe Enrique is just trying to manage PSG well by arranging the players' working hours to be ready to overcome obstacles in the Champions League.
Yes, I admit that betting on recent PSG matches is very dangerous because the results are always surprising, but there is no harm in betting by taking big risks at big odds.
The important thing is that currently betting on PSG winning is not the best choice and for me the option you said betting on over or under is a good choice to try.

Mbappe's health will continue to be monitored and he will really be relied on in the Champions League.
So we won't see Mbappe playing in League 1 before PSG completes its work in the Champions League.

Money has the most important role so that PSG becomes the dominant team in this league, they can always buy the players they want unless the player is not interested in playing for PSG, other clubs in this league need rich investors like the owner of PSG to be able to do the same thing , if not then only PSG will be champions with only occasionally failing to become champions.

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Lyon will host Monaco today, and never underestimate Lyon even though they sometimes appear disappointing but they can be a threat to a stronger team to get full points, moreover Lyon managed to win in their last two meetings at home and away, so Monaco might lose or just get a draw and besides the victory for Monaco, PSG will be the most advantaged team because it ensures they will not be pursued by any team this season. My prediction is that this will be a tight match and will probably be a heated match with several cards being issued by the referee and more than three goals being scored.

PSG's struggles, especially against a team they should dominate, are puzzling. They're certainly prioritising Champions League. The huge prize makes sense, but domestic matchups cant be ignored. This discrepancy calls into doubt their ability to balance between fronts. For PSG betting, they'll shuffle players before a huge Champions League match. Resting key players disrupts the rhythm, resulting in unforeseen effects. Be careful not to naively bet on them to win. Are they in a Champions League run? Is their lineup weakened? If those conditions match, goal bets may be better. Over/under, etc. It reduces danger when PSG is unpredictable.

Lorient vs Toulouse

Lorient StartXI: 3-4-2-1
Yvon Mvogo; Nathaniel Adjei; Montassar Talbi; Souleymane Isaak Touré; Panos Katseris; Laurent Abergel; Imrân Louza; Benjamin Mendy; Badredine Bouanani; Julien Ponceau; Mohamed Bamba

Toulouse StartXI: 3-4-2-1
Guillaume Restes; Logan Costa; Rasmus Nicolaisen; Moussa Diarra; Kévin Keben Biakolo; Stijn Spierings; Vincent Sierro; Gabriel Suazo; Zakaria Aboukhlal; Aron Dønnum; Thijs Dallinga


Strasbourg vs Nice

Strasbourg StartXI: 3-5-2
Alaa Bellaarouch; Abakar Sylla; Lucas Perrin; Frédéric Guilbert; Thomas Delaine; Andrey Santos; Ibrahima Sissoko; Habib Diarra; Marvin Senaya; Emanuel Emegha; Dilane Bakwa

Nice StartXI: 4-3-3
Marcin Bułka; Pablo Rosario; Jean-Clair Todibo; Dante; Melvin Bard; Hicham Boudaoui; Youssouf Ndayishimiye; Khéphren Thuram; Mohamed-Ali Cho; Evann Guessand; Jérémie Boga


Clermont Foot vs Reims

Clermont Foot StartXI: 4-4-2
Mory Diaw; Mehdi Zeffane; Andy Pelmard; Maximiliano Caufriez; Neto Borges; Muhammed Cham-Saračević; Yohann Magnin; Johan Gastien; Elbasan Rashani; Alan Virginius; Grejohn Kyei

Reims StartXI: 4-3-3
Yehvann Diouf; Therence Koudou; Emmanuel Agbadou; Yunis Abdelhamid; Thibault De Smet; Amadou Kone; Marshall Munetsi; Teddy Teuma; Keito Nakamura; Oumar Diakité; Junya Ito

It seems to me that Monaco could be a worthy competitor to PSG, they have a very strong school and periodically develop talents like Mbappe, but they sell them instead of leaving them in the team, and striving for other tasks, that is, it’s just business. And PSG has huge funding, so it is possible for them to buy almost any player, and we saw this some time ago, when PSG bought everyone they wanted for any money in order to win the Champions League.

Finance happens to be one very key part of football as it helps a team be able to acquire any kind of player they want and this result in a teams success and you can’t say less for PSG. The team has remained very dominant over the years especially since the Arab investors got this French club, you can see how they have been able to dominate the Ligue 1.

 ⁠They dominated the Ligue 1 so well that they are now regular winners of the league and yet no other team in the league is able to come close to stop them from being champions. This dominance though hasn’t been extended to their European football but with the current style of play, I think they’ll soon be top of the European football.

 I think there are still great teams in the league despite the league being termed farmers league, I think the league still needs a littlt more time to grow and develop especially these clubs needs to develop very well financially to be able to challenge on PSG. PSG's UCL form is truly worthy of all the questions it’s receiving as it’s with the way they’ve bossed the French league, you expect them to also at least have an iota of success in the UCL.

 With the way the owners keep getting top players you can tell they’re on a way to being one formidable side across Europe. They have varying record of experience in the European Competition and with massive investment then I think they will at least be winning their first UCL sooner.

Le Havre managed to get an important point away to PSG.It was very important for Le Havre to get points from this kind of games in order to stay in the league.PSG will most probably finish as champions and that's why this game doesn't have much importance for them.PSG are now 12 points clear of their nearest rivals and it's difficult to close this gap in the remaining 4 weeks. Le havre could have been expected to get a point from this away game because there is no points difference between them and their rivals Metz, so they had to win knowing that their rivals will also have a tough fight, but it's a different challenge to win on the road.

There is no need to be surprised by this because in the French League only PSG has enough money to bring in star players even though in the end they will all go elsewhere because PSG is only successful in the domestic league. In fact, there were many people who expected other teams to have more abilities than PSG, but that didn't happen. Because other teams don't have enough money to buy the best players in the transfer market so they only use the players they have without hunting for more stars in the transfer market.

what happened to PSG? is this a surprise?
in H2H history they have never been able to break through PSG defense but in yesterday's match PSG only used second tier players and made it easier for Le Havre to score early and I was worried that in the first half they were behind by 2 scores while PSG were only able to get 1 score.
fortunately, Goncalo Ramos managed to provide 1 additional score to be able to hold the match to a draw so as not to lose points.
and perhaps this was the strategy that Enrique had planned to use Mbappe in the second half to maintain his physical quality so that he was well maintained to compete in the UCL.
so we must always be careful when betting on every PSG match before finishing the UCL match. It seems that PSG results in League 1 are difficult to predict.

Since the arrival of investors to take over PSG's shares a few years ago, PSG has turned drastically into a giant that is able to dominate Ligue 1 so far without any competition from other teams that are able to collapse PSG at this time, the financial strength possessed by PSG at this time certainly makes other teams only able to compete for second place because the trophy is only a dream for rival teams in Ligue 1,  even if there is another team that surprises by being able to win Ligue 1 of course we must to wait even almost 10 seasons like what happened by Lille last 2021 season, for now I think there will be no other team that might be the strongest opponent in Ligue if there is no team that can match PSG finances at this time.

After PSG dominated Ligue 1, of course, made Ligue 1 a farmers' league because Ligue 1 was only dominated by one top team without any competition from other teams, so indeed among the top 5 European leagues at this time it was Ligue that did not have prestige compared to other leagues, for now the fierce competition in the league certainly tested the team's mentality and we will never see this at PSG,  Because their mentality has never been tested in the league so when PSG play outside Ligue 1 (champions league) of course PSG have a bad mentality.

The French laugh has turned out to be the worse farmers league ever, so predictable, only PSG topping the league every season with no challenge at all from other teams, and worse of all is when PSG  faves off against other top teams form other league you find out that they are not close to been the best out there.

Just imagine what the future of PSG would be without mbapee, a mess cause I hardly see what they woudl play when all the stars are off from the club, although they are rich enough to buy new players for themselves.

Montpellier and Nantes had quite a difficult match even though they were fellow mid-table clubs but in fact they almost had equal performance and they also tried to put pressure on each other so there was no favorite between the two of them they got a draw at least a fair result for both and the same So far, Montpellier has collected 37 points and is in 12th place, while Nantes has collected 32 points and is in 14th place. For Montpellier, perhaps their current position is quite safe from the relegation zone, but for Nantes they still have to win a few more to ensure he continues to appear in League 1 next season.

Le Havre achieved a draw when playing against PSG today, even though he only got 1 point, at least he was able to score 3 goals and the same as what PSG did, I think Le Havre's performance in this away match was quite good against top club like PSG even though Le Havre themselves had less control of the ball and PSG had more dominant control so what Le Havre achieved today is already a good result, and now we just have to watch Metz against Lille. If Metz wins then they can get closer to Nantes who are ranked 14th but what is clear is the chance Lille is bigger than Metz who plays at home.

PSG 3 - 3 Le Havre AC

I confess that I expected PSG to win this game very easily even if they didn't put their best players in this game since PSG needs to save their best players for the European Champions League game, but I was shocked when I saw that Le Havre AC scored the first goal, then PSG scored the equalizer, but again Le Havre AC scored the second goal and then PSG scored the second goal and the game was tied again, I was wondering what was happening, because Looking at Le Havre AC's performance in the last 5 games, I didn't see them winning any games



and in Le Havre AC's last 12 games they scored at most 1 goal in each game, they are not a team that could score many goals, but in that game against PSG they had already scored 2 goals and the game hadn't even finished yet, so I thought what the hell was going on, because Le Havre AC played against weak teams and it was still difficult for them to score and the most they could manage was 1 goal, so even if PSG were playing with the worst players, it was still very It's strange that they concede a lot of goals against Le Havre AC and I was more shocked when Le Havre AC scored a third goal. Fortunately, PSG managed to score the third goal as well and the game ended in a draw. If PSG wins in the next game, they will be champions, but if Monaco also loses in the game against Lyon, then PSG will be champions.

This  game feels like PSG half-hearted to beat Le Havre remembering Le Havre need points to fight relegation. The players also didn't play with their full determination, because they need to avoid injuries for preparation to play against Dortmund in the Champions League semi-final game. Enrique still subbed on the regular starters to ensure them the match fitness for the important game.

After securing the league title, the remaining games are good times for Enrique to give young talents some gametimes for their development. Their focus right now is the Champions League games, and it wouldn't be a surprise if PSG lost their game in the league. Playing in meaningless games without fighting spirit is common. However, Enrique needs to make sure that their players not losing the rhythm of their game.

I agree with you. The top three positions will not be replaced until the end of the season. PSG, Monaco and Brest will appear in the Champions League next season. Many doubt Brest because they still have to compete with Lille for third place. But as you said, if you look at the remaining matches between the two teams I think Brest has a better chance. With a 1 point advantage over Lille they will maintain their chances of qualifying for the UCL. One defeat will make Brest fail to play in the Champions League. But I'm not sure Brest will slip up by losing to a weak team like Rennes or Nantes. Lille also have tough games against Lyon and Nice so I think it is unlikely the current ranking will change at the end of the season.

i didn't expect Le Havre to be able to make PSG almost lose, what an unexpected goal was scored by Ramos in the 95th minute.  Enrique played Mbappe in the 46th minute replacing Dembele but the pattern of play did not change significantly, I am curious if rumors about Mbappe's move to Madrid materialize whether PSG will still be like now, PSG is still dependent on Mbappe.

Montpellier vs Nantes also ended in a draw, their position in the standings has not changed.

today LOSC will face metz, this is an important song for LOSC, if they win then they can move up to 3rd place shifting brest.