Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 301. (Read 154337 times)

PSG couldn't score in the first half maybe but they still destroyed Metz in the second half by 3-1. Mbappe had a really good day by scoring 2 goals.    Vitinha also was impressive by a goal and an assist in this game. Luis Enrique preferred Kolo Muani behind Mbappe in the formation this time. This affected Kolo Muani's performance negatively of course as he is a centre-forward.

But maybe this is an experimental thing and we could continue to watch Kolo Muani in the centre-forward position mostly during the season. Mbappe can play in multiple positions. Even he is preferred on the left wing he would still do his usual work as he isn't stick to his position according to his playing style.

In the first half, the match looked fierce. Lille created their first lead through an own goal by a Strasbourg player. Similarly, Strasbourg were able to equalize through an own goal by a Lille player. In the second half, the match started to move according to rhythm and there were no mistakes like the first half. However, Strasbourg was able to add a goal in 76 which was the deciding factor for their victory and in the end Strasbourg was able to maintain the full 3 points and Lille, even though they were superior, could not do much when they visited Strasbourg headquarters.

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Meanwhile, the performance of the 3 top standings won today's match PSG vs Metz with a score of 3:1, Touluse vs Monaco with a score of 1:2 and Nice vs Lens with a score of 2:0. The three top teams were able to take advantage of the opportunity well, especially Monaco who played an away match. But there is no change in the current position in the top 3. PSG remains in 1st place, Nice is in 2nd place and Monaco is also still in 3rd place.

Lille lost a game after a long run.Lille lost 2-1 away to Strasbourg and lost for the first time in 10 games.Lille were the better side in the match despite being on the road, but they conceded a goal and failed to score in a game in which they were not very good in terms of scoring. There were 3 goals in the match and 2 of these 3 goals were own goals.
Toulouse lost 2-1 at home to Monaco.The home team was the better team in the match, but we must say that they started to play better in the second half.Monaco, who were down to 10 men after Golovin's red card in the second half, played a more defensive football.They managed to win with the goals scored by Wissam Ben Yedder in the first half.

I also hope that a team with a long history like Lyon should not leave Ligue 1. But the positive results they have gotten in the last 3 matches with wins gives hope that they will get out of the relegation zone. But their position is still not safe because they are still ranked 15th with a difference of only 2 points from Toulose. Although I hope that Lyon will be able to stay in Ligue 1. It is very surprising to see that a team that was able to finish in the top 10 last season is now struggling to get out of the relegation zone.

It happened, they were able to beat Nantes, as expected, the teams with a weak attack could not score many goals, but Lyon only needed one goal scored and a good defensive game to achieve such an important victory. By the way, the game was relatively equal, but it was very important for Lyon to win, now they have got out of the relegation zone, and now they need to try to strengthen their positions, such a team should not leave Ligue 1.

It was a very surprising result when the team that was so favored to win actually lost and even though it was an away defeat, it felt inappropriate for Lille. They took the lead in the first half through an own goal from a Strasbourg player and vice versa Strasbourg also got the same advantage with an own goal from a Lille player. This made it 1-1 at half-time and I think Lille will correct their mistakes in the second half.

But it seems that even though Lille was in control of the match, they were the ones who conceded again and this time it was Junior Mwanga's turn to break through Lille's goal in the 76th minute. Lille had withdrawn several of their players to put new energy on the field but this did not produce any results and Lille had to lost with a narrow score of 2-1 in this match. Lille also failed to maintain their top 4 position and had to drop to 5th position after Brest managed to win a landslide win against Lorient.

@MinoRaiola it looks like PSG are getting their form back because initially it felt that they were lost and with the January transfer window coming I wonder if Mbappe will stay or go. Furthermore bringing his brother on could be used an incentive to convince Mbappe to stay and who knows if that might just convince him to stay and if he does then I hope that your scenario does play out as it’ll be an really adorable moment for this sport.

yep, I have the same opinion as you even though Clermont is just a weak team but I am very happy to see this team holding a draw several times or making it difficult for the opponent to score and for me actually if Clermont had quality midfielders and strikers it would definitely be very easy to win, leaving the relegation zone but even though he doesn't have much strength in the attack line at least his defenders are able to make the opponent panic and yesterday's match could have ended in a draw but unfortunately Maximiliano Caufriez made a very dangerous mistake so his defense became very bad losing the defender who initially always helped Clermont to can withstand attacks.

It seems like this season's matches have almost reached the halfway point of the season and Clermont still only has a chance to improve their team if they really want to stay in League 1, at least immediately improve the performance of their players.

Clermont can sometimes make things difficult for any team, but the red card their players received in the final minutes of the first half destroyed their 1-0 lead. It is very possible that if there was no red card, Clermont would try to attack more to further widen the lead or at least be able to secure one point.
Red cards often change the course of a match and Rennes was lucky enough to win because the three points allowed them to move up several levels in ranking, and this defeat made Clermont's fate worse that they will be relegated next season unless in the middle of this season, they can make quite a lot of changes but of course, these changes require money which the club often doesn't have so they have to be ready to move down a division.

Nizza is no longer a problem, you right, but that wasnt the case a few weeks ago. Now Paris St. Germain have a 5 point lead and it is get bigger. The game yesterday was interesting, also because Ethan Mbappe came into the game in minute 92, he is the brother of Kylian Mbappe. 2 brothers together in the game and that for Paris who will win the championship - a nice story. Ethan is only 16 years old and that was his first game in Ligue 1, his career is taking off. And Kylian now has 18 goals in 16 games, he show his brother how he make his goals and I cant wait to see if he gives him a nice pass for a goal in the future.

I reckon all European football organizations have similar principles on club expenditures. This mainly works in leagues like EPL, Serie, and La Liga where many club owners are willing to spend and contend with each other to get better players. We can take out PSG and Ligue will turn into a competitive league. But the champions and the other leading clubs will be average level when the time they are matched to the other leading clubs in the Champions League.

For Ligue to become competitive without lowering the expenditure of PSG is to invite multibillionaire investors to become owners of their clubs.

PSG raised many doubtful questions in early of season but match by match, they slowly improved and now on the league table, they stand at a first position with 5 points more than Nice. It is a big gap if we take into consideration strength of PSG and their usual domination in Ligue 1. They are back and clubs like Nice from now will have to chase PSG and it is a hopeless task for them. They lost best time to sink PSG down on the table and the giant is back, to dominate the league again.

Mbappe is important with PSG is a fact but PSG slowly learned that they need more than a super star player to succeed. A squad with good team-working can be stronger than a club that solely relies on a single super star player.

They let some star players go, brought some new ones in and they are not too famous players but they can contribute good team-working efforts for the team. This can help them succeed in a long run but they still actually need a player like Mbappe.

It took a process for Luis Enrique to bring PSG into a team that can be reckoned with, but if management doesn't give him time then I'm sure it will be quite difficult to achieve. The owner of PSG has a lot of money and in fact we are worried that if Luis Enrique fails to deliver a title in his first season he will be fired. So the long-term target of making PSG become one of the best clubs will not be achieved because usually clubs that have a lot of money like to replace coaches if they fail to win the title.

Star players like Mbappe are indeed needed in the team, but it is much more important when players can show their collective ability together not individually. That is what Pep Guardiola built at Barcelona and Manchester City so that he could bring success to the two clubs he coached, Luis Enrique needs to emulate that attitude and try to implement it into his team.

Honestly, maybe it is just me but it is getting boring a little bit. At the start of every season there is like this "lets see who will do what" period, and after a while every season it becomes clear that PSG will be champions, and the rest get their position and usually end up at that position. Maybe there will be few changes that's true, but usually it will end up where it is and nothing big will happen.

I think that's an issue and we need to focus on that. At least whatever the federation for French football should distribute the money a bit more equally to make other teams stronger, otherwise we are going to keep watching the same boring football just like these games and just like every game that will happen this season.

Nice have no posing threat for PSG because they're very inconsistent and will not become any more connected with the former oppositions. PSG coach, Luis Enrique is strict and he means business for his side, not only pursuing for good results but also an improved strategy that will yields prominent results. Paris Saint Germain doesn't stand in any position to struggle with these random average clubs in the Ligue One. Winning Metz 3-1 was consider good winning and that have sent Metz back to falling close to the relegation zone.

Today, to be honest, I missed a lot of matches in all the leagues that I follow, unfortunately with the busy work I have to do, I can't predict the matches that are displayed in several leagues. speaking of Paris Saint-Germain, Enrique's squad beat Metz with a big score after drawing against Lille in the previous match. referring to the differences between these two teams, both in terms of ranking and performance in Lique 1. This result is a normal result and deserves to be obtained by PSG. even though in fact, I didn't watch the match. however, statistically speaking, PSG dominated both technically and tactically. well, at least I have followed PSG in their last 3 matches, Luis Enrique is starting to apply the same pattern as 3-4-2-1. it seems that Enrique is starting to seriously develop his new system other than 4-3-3. in the match they will play, it is very likely that Enrique will further improve the quality of his players and at the same time cover up their weaknesses. well, let's just follow the developments that Enrique implements. in essence, as long as PSG's position is secure at the top of the standings, the Spanish coach will try to experiment with what he wants. especially for now, he is more focused on rotating his players. as for Nice, they were good enough to prevent Lens from scoring in this match. Nice had a good defense, so Lens found it difficult to break down the home team. in the end, Nice was able to take advantage of the opportunities they had. in the end, Nice was still able to maintain its position in 2nd place in the Ligue 1 standings. a pretty good job for Nice, even though it will be very difficult for them to provide tough competition to PSG.

PSG victory in Parc des Princes when they faced Metz today is not a surprise, especially with Mbappe scoring two goals. Metz isn't doing good in Ligue 1 and that was their fourth successive defeats.
Now Nice won too at home against Lens by two goals, which is a good score comparing how much Lens improved comparing to the beginning of the season.
When comparing PSG with Nice, the difference is clear. The goals scored by PSG are twice more than what Nice scored. In fact the number of goals scored by Nice are less than the other top 7 teams..

I am pretty much satisfied with Lyon progression these days with another victory today vs Nantes. That's the third victory in a row and they are still out of the relegation zone which is psychologically relieving for the whole team and their fans.

About last season, Lens took everyone by suprise to finish 2nd in the Ligue 1, with just a point behind PSG, this season they killed a lot of expectations by starting poorly, however they began to pick up their pace and have got a good performance in their last 5 matches, indeed they're still a strong team and has proved it in today's win against Nice, who seemed like the potential winners of the league earlier on.

 With Nice dropping more points they're giving PSG more advantage to win the league, they've got their 2nd lose this season and they really need to do something to stop them from dropping more points, the league leaders PSG are now 5 points ahead of them and if they continue losing it would be difficult to catch up to PSG and Monaco who are 2points behind them might even catch up and overtake them.

Nice and PSG winning to night is further going to increase the point difference between this two teams on the league table this season, PSG will now be five points ahead of Nice, I think it will be very difficult for Nice to be able to get back to the top of the table again any time soon because PSG continually maintain the point difference between them.

PSG appeared more superior in today's game and their dominance has been seen in a greater part of the game, they did had no goals in the first half and it did looked like they were going to draw this game but in the second half, they have been able to lead by three goals and definitely going to get three points by the end of the game today because the second half is almost coming to an end with a 3-1 score line, this has made PSG top position on the table firm for the time been and Nice trying really hard to get back to the top.

Lens potentially securing a win against Nice tonight is indeed indeed an intriguing prospect.. Lens has shown commendable consistency in recent matches, especially their impressive win against Arsenal. Lens remains a tough team to play against, because they are capable of causing trouble for formidable opponents. The significance of this match for Nice cannot be understated, especially in their effort of competing with PSG at the top of the standings. A loss could hinder a good momentum for both teams. And Lens' recent form and ability to challenge top teams make them a potential stumbling block for Nice.

PSG will probably stay dominating but football fans want to have a thrilling competition, and every team aims to disrupt the established order. Lens, with their promising consistency, could pose a challenge for Nice just had a blow last game. The dynamics of the game make it an exciting prospect, and Lens' potential to trouble Nice adds an element of unpredictability to this clash in Ligue 1.