Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 304. (Read 195056 times)

Nice vs Le Havre
One of the important matches in the last weeks of the league. Nice had a great start to the season, followed by a sharp decline, and now they come into the final stretch of the season as an ambitious team. Nice have already booked their ticket to the European Cups next season. However, there is still a chance that they will not qualify for the European Cups. For that, they need at least 3 points in the last few weeks. Le Havre, on the other hand, have not yet fully recovered in the league and sit just above the relegation zone. This is a critical match. Le Havre won a crucial match last week. They will prefer a high tempo game in this match as in the last matches. It won't be a surprise if both teams score.

Most likely Lyon can get 6 points in the remaining matches but still their chances of get in the European competition zone next season will still depend on the performance of the team above them at this time, Lyon at this time of course has high motivation to be able to continue to win because indeed the opponent that Lyon will face is not a team that is too strong for them,  For now, what you said is quite true because it is better for now lyon thinks the UCL is just a reward if it is possible for them to get it at the end of the season.

Currently Lyon only needs to chase the position of the lens that is indeed above it, Lyon only needs to focus on winning the rest of the game so that maybe Lens will slip when facing Rennes or Montpellier and make Lyon at least able to get one tikets Conference League, because that is the closest to them at this time, in addition to the competition that occurs between Lyon and several teams above it,  I think for now Ligue 1 no longer gives us interest in watching because the title race is over.

PSG has released a new home kit uniform for the 24/25 season and you can see it via the link below where Kylian Mbappe is not included in the uniform model.

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6x8MbhMJi5/

This clearly indicates that there is nothing to keep and it is clear that Kylian Mbappe will go to Real Madrid at the end of the season. What we see next season with PSG will clearly be less attractive because the star players leave and maybe some of us will not be more interested in this league.

Apart from that, I think this home uniform is also quite good and maybe PSG wants to release their creativity through this uniform with the new generation and with Luis Enrique this squad will still have a very long journey ahead.

Le Havre is a club that wants to stay in league 1 this season, therefore he will show his best performance until the end. He has shown some progress by achieving a draw against PSG and winning against Strasbourg so I think Le Havre will do the same thing Even though the opponent is not an easy opponent, because Le Havre's condition is slightly threatened, it is possible that he will do it with a little effort, Nice has quite bad attack power from the top 5 clubs.

So Le Havre will try to make it difficult for Nice to break through their defense but he will also remain focused on scoring goals, PSG's performance is much better than Nice's. Le Havre should also be able to do that to Nice, the BTTS option is clearly safer than what you say because I think both clubs I will score if I see Le Havre being a little aggressive lately. Being able to score 6 goals in 2 matches is a very good score for a club which is currently near the relegation zone.

Lyon might mot be going to the UCL next season when you look at the remaining fixtures and the chances for all team but I think after the victory over Lile, then you can begin to hope on them. Whilst they struggle for the UCL, I think one thing they won’t fail is making sure they are in the UEL next seaon.

 ⁠Checking the remaining matches and you see Lyon can possibly get all 6 points in the final matches as the opponents might not be able to match this hungry Lyon side. You can’t say the same for the other teams in the chase for UCL though which gives Lyon the room to chase better and finish the season stronger.

 ⁠Finishing stronger will be a better boost for Lyon whilst they hope on their rivals, Lile and Nice slipping up as they’re all in a bid for UEL or UCL spot. I think Lyon can do this because they’re very relentless at this point and have all it takes to be able to be in Europe next season. ⁠I think Lyon will go through, the big challenge will be on Nice and how possible it is for them to be able to qualify because Lyon and Lile seems better experienced than Nice. This should be a major push for Lyon to do well next season.

I fully support your opinion and indeed everything you say is true if everything has been proven as long as it still has star players like Messi, Neymar and Mbappe, in fact it still failed to win the UCL title and now when Mbappe will leave PSG the team management should be more It is more realistic not to chase star players or players with high quality but at high prices and it will only be in vain.
unless PSG is able to bring in young players to build talent, the young players will retain them for several seasons to form a more stable performance and this is more realistic because young players who have been in the team for a long time will certainly continue to be enthusiastic about getting prestigious titles.

It's different if PSG will only continue to recruit star players or other talented players at high prices but that doesn't guarantee a brighter future because the mindset of star players and talented young players is slightly different.
It's time for PSG to rise up by recruiting young players to develop new talents from these young players.

If PSG wants to compete for the title in the Champions League then they have to change their mindset about planning the players they buy. Mbappe does have good playing ability but PSG should forget about him when he intends to leave because keeping him does not guarantee them much more success in the Champions League. PSG's task is to build an ideal squad for next season and Luis Enrique can buy players according to the club's needs.

PSG must be much more prepared to lose the players they have and it is normal for players to come and go. Luis Enrique's task is tough because they have to try to compete again next season in the Champions League and if his strength is not improved it will be much more difficult.

Le Havre could be a really unpredictable opponent for Nice here. You would remember how much difficulties they made for PSG recently. They got a 3-3 draw away you know. While staying in the league is still not guaranteed for them one should expect anything from them in this game. This is what pushing me away from betting on Nice to win.  

Instead I see both teams to score really reasonable. It has 1.99 odds but I feel like it will happen. Nice might be the worst team with the number of goals in top six but they need to keep getting good results to join a European tournament.

Most predicted that Paris Saint Germain would go to the final and eliminate Borussia Dortmund, but what happened was the opposite, yes they had to lose in 2 matches at once which made them have to bury their dream of being in the final.

However, in terms of their actual game, they showed a good game, but it seems that bad luck came to them in this semifinal. Because several times the opportunities they created ended up hitting the crossbar and goal post. That's football, sometimes things like this are part of the game, I mean sometimes luck will be the determining factor whether a team will be able to achieve success or not.

Borussia Dortmund did appear disciplined, they didn't waste their advantage in the first leg and that ultimately made them successful in beating Paris Siant Germain even though I think they were also helped by luck.

Nice vs Le Havre

Both teams have different target because Nice want to playing at Europa League and they still compete with Lens or probably Lyon to gets last spot of Europa League zone but for Le Havre their target want to avoiding relegation zone and currently Le Havre has 3 points above to Metz so they will hard struggling to gets the winning results today and improved their position from League Table and both teams have same results because from their recent matches whether it Nice and Le Havre can beat their opponents

Nice performance at home was quite good because during this season they can gets 8 wins and 4 loses even Nice defense also very solid because from 31 matches Nice only conceded 25 goals and these records is made them as the team with the best defense in Ligue 1 and both teams has been met once this season and Le Havre can able to beat Nice but currently i think it will be different because just like i said before Nice was quite strong at home and i am sure they can take revenge from Le Havre and collect 3 points from this match but as the favourite Nice win have low odds @1.54 or people can try other option just like under 2.5 goals i think it could be good pick too for this match

I also thought like that that PSG could qualify for the UCL final this season, but what Dortmund displayed was truly beyond many people's expectations and forced PSG to return to their original place and again not feel like they were champions in the UCL this season. That's the loss for a team that is studded with stars but still hasn't succeeded in getting the UCL trophy and this of course has an impact on the easy matches that PSG often faces in Ligue1 so that when PSG meets opponents who are quite equal, PSG still can't win.

PSG have so far bought players whose market value has subsequently declined. They simultaneously fielded the world's best stars to win the Champions League title, but one thing they forgot in building a team with the world's best stars was that they had glaring weaknesses in their midfield and defence. They had obvious weaknesses in midfield and defense and those weaknesses were easily picked out by opposing managers which resulted in almost every team succeeding in planning against them. If they form a team in the next season that has strong players in every position from defense to forward, they can surely win the Champions League title with their team in the following seasons.

To be honest, I genuinely thought that Paris Saint Germaine were definitely going to eliminate Borussia Dortmund from the UCL competition just after their unbelievable performance at Camp Nou last month that ensured their qualification to play in the semi finals of the UEFA Champions League competition. To concede a home and away defeat to Borussia Dortmund I think is a very poor result for a star studded team like Paris Saint Germaine.
I was very disappointed to see that Borussia Dortmund after winning their group in the group stage of the competition were also able to beat French champions in the semi final of the competition. Paris Saint Germaine manager Luis Enrique didn't do what I expected of him as a top manager in that game and it did cost the team heavily

To be honest it's not surprising to see this good performance from a team like Lyon. If you have watched the French League for a long time, you know Lyon a team they were playing at the top of the French League and they won the French League title for many times before but recently they couldn't have a good performance and they were even about to get relegated because of the bad performance they had during this season.
While after after using the new coach and making some changes after the new year, they got improved a lot and now all they need to do is to get ready for the next season to have a better start than this season.

Lyon being able to finish in Europa League zone will a remarkable story remembering they were at the bottom of the league table for some times in the first half of the season. Apart from finishing sixth position, they have chance to play in Europa League if they can win the France Cup final by beating PSG, which is not a big chance. Considering their current performances, finishing at sixth position is still possible for Lyon considering they are currently more stronger and more consistent than Lens.

Lyon have easier last two games than Lens have, they will play against Clermont Foot, which is already relegated team, and Strasbourg, while Lens will play against Rennes and Montpellier. Hypothetically, Lens will beat both teams which will end Lyon's hope to play in Europa League, and Lyon have minus goals difference which is a big disadvantage. This means Lens will only need one win and one draw to secure their ticket to Europa League.

Actually I want Lyon to be able to get a ticket to the UEL next season but this is not something easy even though mathematically there is still a big chance but we also have to look more deeply at Lens and Lille who will definitely not easily let Lyon take their current position.
Lyon's performance recently has become much stronger but that doesn't mean they can easily get a ticket to the UEL because the first difficulty is getting rid of Lens and Nice and on the other hand, Rennes, which is right below Lyon, will also continue to put pressure on Lyon.
If this season Lyon fails to get a ticket to another competition, I will not be disappointed, but if I can maintain this performance to use it in the next season, Lyon can definitely take back its glory days.

Football is a team, even though it has star players like Mbappe, there used to be Messi, Neymar and Ramos but the proof is that they also failed in the UCL League. PSG made a lot of mistakes, they have to learn from other big teams who play as a team, not just rely on one star player they have. Maybe it's time for PSG to improve and implement new strategies and patterns, especially as the issue that is developing is that Mbappe will leave PSG at the end of the season, of course this is a moment for Enrique to improve and make next season better and stronger as a team.

In my opinion, the difficulty for PSG in the UCL League is because in League 1 they play without pressure, the league is not competitive, PSG even without having to work hard they easily get the League 1 trophy. Maybe this is also one of the problems PSG faces because they are in a non-league. competitive, so when playing in the UCL league the pressure and mentality is less because you often play relaxed in league 1.

PSG have eliminated from the UEFA Champions League this season by Borrusia Dortmund and we know it's complicated results for Les Parisiens to handle and also good news for the Bundesliga side. I'm more concerned about Kylian Mbappe, he would have become one of the brilliant players to achieve major titles but due to his relenting moves and other priorities, he still haven't met the standard requirements. Paris Saint-Germain should try their best to forget Kylian Mbappe and move on with the current squad. PSG manager, Luis Enrique will look forward to making changes for the club in the absence of one his key player who's probably leaving the team at the end of the season, although it's still under 50/50 probability.

It's time for PSG to try to forget Mbappe and if he intends to leave then it's best to just let him go. PSG must try to build a more capable squad for next season and they must develop players who really perform well. Mbappe is indeed an important player in the squad, but there is too much drama going on, causing jealousy towards other players.

If PSG wants to compete in the Champions League competition, they should try to build a squad like several other clubs have done. Say like Manchester City did and if they continue to depend on Mbappe then they won't be able to achieve that because there is too much drama going on.

The victory over Lille certainly increases Lyon motivation at the moment to continue to be able to win in their remaining games, to be able to compete in the Champions League zone this season of course it is too late for Lyon because they wasted too many points at the beginning and middle of this season, but I think of course for now Lyon must be able to focus their attention to at least be able to play in the Europa League next season,  Moreover, so far Lyon has an easier remaining match for them to get full points, besides that the difference in points owned by Lyon with Lens and Nice is not too far, Lyon in the remaining two matches will only face Clermont Foot and Strasbourg which are relatively easy opponents for them, while Nice and Lens actually have the remaining difficult opponents and have the potential to lose points.

Mathematically Lyon chances of playing in the Europa League next season are wide open if they can get 6 points from the remaining two games, I think it is more realistic for Lyon this season to try to get a ticket to the Europa League than to their team with targets that may be difficult to achieve, but of course Lyon may also be able to benefit from defeats to Lille and Nice later in the race for Champions League tickets next season.