Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 322. (Read 194960 times)

from the history of recent matches, Le Havre has performed very badly, even though they were able to hold a draw against Lens at that time, it was just luck, whereas there is no doubt that PSG, if they compete at home without Mbappe presence, will not have a big influence on PSG performance and even though Enrique will only will use second tier players but PSG will still be able to get 3 points.
It's just that if PSG appears with second tier players it doesn't look like they will score in large numbers and in my opinion PSG will only score 2 or 3 scores, not more.
betting on the line is the best option to get a profit in this match and it looks like I will bet for -1.5 with odds @1.94
I'm sure Le Havre won't be able to score in this match unless they get lucky again like they did against Lens, but it's very unlikely.

It's quite certain that PSG will ensure their title for this season in the match against Le Havre because their opponent is just a team that always faces difficulties when competing against PSG, it is recorded that Le Havre has only won twice from their many meetings, moreover this team is in a bad trend because only produced 1 point in the last five matches.
PSG gets odds @ 1.38 and Le Havre @ 8.00, my prediction is that PSG will score more than three goals and celebrate its success in defending its title again, before a few days later preparing to face Dortmund.
Kylian Mbappe will still play in this match but will not play the 90 minutes because Enrique wants to ensure he remains fit for the Champions League.

Despite that fact, I think with a clear objective in the match against AS Monaco they shouldn't not get even 1 point, after all I'm not sure they can displace Brest from third place in the Ligue 1 standings. Here are the next 4 matches of Brest & LOSC Lille :

Brest: 1. Rennes 2. Nantes 3. Reims 4. Toulouse

LOSC Lille: 1. Metz 2. Olympique Lyon 3. Nantes 4. Nice

How? Do you still think LOSC Lille can replace Brest after knowing that Lyon & Nice are waiting for them in the next matches?

They could not take advantage while the two red cards were shown in the injury time by the end of the game. Yet Nantes weren't able to added another goal after they got the draw unfortunately for them since they aren't far from the relegation zone.

PSG and Lille are way favourite than their rivals and they were supposed to advance in Serie A.

Of a truth mabappe have been the strength of the attack for PSG and they cannot denie it because even if they do , it's definitely going to show at his exit just as it has been done few times in his absence so I'm very sure that PSG would want to give up almost anything to still having mbappe to stay back even if i know they actually have what it takes to get his perfect replacement but then he still stands out.

Away from the fact thst mbappe can be really controversial few times, he's still a very good Player and really good t what he does so i don't even have reason to doubt the fact that even beyond PSG he will be able to achieve a whole lot and still do so well that they will singing his praises all over because speculations have it he's going to a much better team where he's most definitely going to get the support he needed to get beyond the stage he is in his career currently as he will be able to make it winning bigger trophies that he couldn't win while in PSG.

Although PSG is gradually trying to reduce their dependency on him trying to look like they can actually get things done both in his absence, i feel isn't a bad one because they actually need to practice how to perform without him even if he's going soon because they need a better replacement either from amongst them or from other teams elsewhere because it's the only bway to get to replace him at this point.

Replacing Mbappe's quality is undoubtedly impossible, but a good manager is able to make the team keep being strong at attacking by adjusting their tactical approach. Enrique is a great tactician to have solution for this situation. He can maximalize Dembele's role at attacking to cover up the gap left by Mbappe's quality. During Mbappe's time, their best trait is the penetrating passes to Mbappe's run, Enrique can make up for this with Dembele's dribbling skill with different attacking scheme.

Losing a player of Mbappe's calibre will always have an impact, but that doesn't always mean the team will get weaker. Signing a player to replace the exact same role of previous player will be a bad decision, because every player has a unique presence and ability that can't be replaced by other. I don't think that losing Mbappe will be a big problem for Enrique.

Nantes failed to take advantage of a good opportunity when 2 Montpellier players were shown red cards in the 90++ minute.  what really made a big surprise in this match was that each of the team's goals came in less than the 10th minute.

Nantes' position in the standings is not safe at all, their chances of falling into the relegation zone are very big if they lose against Brest on the next matchday

Tomorrow there will be a match between PSG vs Le Havre and Metz vs Losc, for my bet, i will of course choose PSG and LOSC.

The match between Montpellier vs Nantes is not the main match in the French league. Moreover, the club operates as usual. However, the highlight of this match was the number of red cards issued. yes there were at least 2 red cards issued to Montpellier players, and that was all in the 90+ minute
How is it possible that in less than 5 minutes, a club gets consecutive red cards. This is really disappointing and will actually cause them to suffer losses in future performance.


But luckily that happened when the match was almost over. So, they don't have to suffer painful losses due to red cards. So, the result is just a draw with the final score being 1 - 1

Montpelier even with their two men down were still able to make sure they didn't get to concede too many goals that will lead them to loosing points in the game they played today, although the red cards came in late, it was supposed to be enough advantage for Nantes to be able to get a few more die minutes goal to be able to get more points and a chance to step up the table again before the end of the season.

At the 14th position with 32 points is where Nantes currently stand on the table after today's game, and Montpelier is at the  12th position with 37 points which means they are both just five points away of which Nantes would have been three points closer to Montpelier if they had been able win todays game but they actually couldn't in the end, the point they both ended up sharing actually didn't get more effect on them because they were both at far position and didn't even get to go any higher after the game, for me the Ligue 1 game ahs been mostly boring and so it don't get to have much to really say about them.

Except PSG is playing against any teams in the Ligue 1, most times i really actually do find it uninteresting watching them because they will actually end up not been able to properly get to put in the kind of action and entertainment one may actually desire to get watching than play but PSG sometimes try to. Ring in action a s get the viewers entertained a few times away from just playing to win the games.

That is an interesting point of view and I think in many cases I would agree with you that replacing a player doesn't always mean replacing that single player 1:1, but to make up for that gap that gap through collective effort and nearby positions. But I still think that there a few players around the globe that do leave a gap when they leave a club. There is just no way to replace a few of the top stars because their unique quality actually makes them who they are. Mbappe's explosiveness and dribblings can't be replaced 1:1 at the moment. As I said before, if we were to assume that any player is available at any time, then yes maybe you could say Vinicius Junior could get pretty close, but that's not reality. Hence, Mbappe, once he will have left the club, will leave a gap and the team will be weaker unless they can change three other players and make all of those positions 10% better. Mathematically, it could make sense overall, but it's unlikely that PSG can purchase a hand full of world stars in their prime.

In fact, so far this season Lille has impressive results only when Lille plays at home, but for Lille's away matches so far this season is quite bad . But even so, atleast Lille really tried well also in that away match against Monaco because after all, losing only with a thin score of 1-0 proved that Lille had a big effort in this big match . So yes,I think it's natural that Lille failed to get points in this away match, because Lille really doesn't have a good trend for away matches this season. But even so, there is still a good chance for Lille to be able to finish in third place overtaking Brest.

The opportunity for Monaco to finish in runner-up position in the standings is quite large and the challenges they will face in the future will also be easier. It is true that there is no guarantee that Monaco will continue to secure full points, but with a difference of 5 points from Brest who is in third place, Monaco position looks like it will be safe until the end of the season. Regarding tickets to the Champions League, I think Monaco can definitely secure it, and next season they will appear there. The competition is even fiercer between Brest and Lille, they are competing fiercely to finish in third place in the standings, so they can get an automatic ticket to the Champions League group stage without having to go through the qualifying rounds.

Meanwhile, regarding the overall competition in Ligue 1, PSG is still a team that is too dominant for other contestants, it is difficult for other teams to match PSG strength and make Ligue 1 more competitive. But it could be that next season we will see fiercer competition, especially if there is a lucky team like Leverkusen in the Bundesliga, who is able to break Bayern Munchen dominance. Meanwhile, regarding Mbappe departure, this actually does not cause PSG any difficulties in Ligue 1, because PSG can easily recruit other players easily.

I feel like that's not exactly how a "team" works, we are talking about replacing a players contribution and not the player itself exactly. It's basically a situation where if you lose 5 from one position and get 3, then the other 2 will be improved from other positions. So, if your left wing drops a bit, then you get even better striker or better midfielder or a better right wing, and cover that difference from there. That's the thing about the situation we should be considering for the future of PSG.

And to be fair we are talking about a situation where it's quite clear that PSG already got much much better compared to last season, I have said this at the start of the season but their improvement on midfield is insane right now, which we can see even with their UCL situation.

Signing a good player won't be an issue for PSG, but it will be difficult to replace Mbappe's quality. Having Enrique as the manager is an advantage for PSG, because he knows how to make things work when the team needs adjustment for new players to settle. They won't be struggling to compete in Ligue 1 without Mbappe, but their main ambition is always Champions League trophy.

Mbappe leaving will undoubtedly affect their attacking prowess, therefore Enrique just need to reduce their dependence on the brilliance of one player. A new Left Forward with Dembele as Right Forward would still make their front line strong enough with tactical adjustment. Collective efforts of a team as a unit can be more threatening than a dependence on the brilliance of one player. I believe Enrique will still make a dominant team in Ligue 1 and a reckonable team in Champions League.

Monaco must be able to maintain their good performance for the remaining matches this season because this season they have a big chance to end the season in second place. I see that the next 4 matches will certainly be easy for Monaco because the opponents they face are teams ranked low in the standings. Last season Monaco closed the season in 6th place and this season they were able to improve the quality of their game and have the potential to play in the Champions League next season.

Brest does have a chance to overtake Monaco but I think they will have difficulty because Monaco pace is increasingly impressive. In this season, other teams are still unable to compete in the title race because PSG is still maintaining its strongest dominance to become champions every season. Yes, next season Mbappe will leave PSG and that's a big opportunity for Monaco and other teams to become champions.

The match will soon start, and it seems that the match will be interesting due to both teams being at the same level of performance. As I'm viewing the game, any team can win the match. It will be really hard to specify the favorite to win the match. Looking at this information, it shows that each team's tactics of playing will be much on attacking and also be strong defensively. Looking at their head-to-head performance, each team has good records over each other, so that was the reason why I think the game will be interesting and be a tough match, but let's see what will happen.

Montpellier vs Nantes


Montpellier StartXI: 4-1-4-1

Benjamin Lecomte; Enzo Tchato Mbiayi; Christopher Jullien; Modibo Sagnan; Lucas Mincarelli Davin; Bećir Omeragić; Tanguy Coulibaly; Teji Savanier; Joris Chotard; Arnaud Nordin; Akor Adams

Nantes StartXI: 4-2-3-1

Alban Lafont; Kelvin Amian; Jean-Charles Castelletto; Nicolas Pallois; Nicolas Cozza; Marcus Coco; Pedro Chirivella; Florent Mollet; Moussa Sissoko; Matthis Abline; Mostafa Mohamed

  Luis Enrique coming to PSG has been more of a blessing for the club as he’s been able to improve the teamwork in the team and not make it a one man show anymore. Now we’re seeing huge partnership of Dembele and Mbappe even though they have just spent one season together yet they play like they’ve been together for more than that.
 
 The partnership of these two keep waxing strong and I think this is the main factor in the success of this PSG team this season. Well unluckily they might not be able to play for so much again as Mbappe will be set to leave to Spain by summer and as such, you can expect a big void in that attack of PSG.

 The club will need to find a replacement and do that quick because not many players will be able by summer and the club has the funds so they should strategize and immediately go after the player they want. They can get any player they want because they have the financial power and they will also be participating in the ucl next season.

 ⁠I don’t think getting a replacement will be the main issue as Enrique is a good tactician and he knows whom he wants and how best to use the player, so he should state his choice. I’m very confident on Luis being able to manage this team with this right tactics and I have high hopes that’s it’s a dawn of new things for the club.

PSG current performance in Ligue 1 can no longer be doubted, and even every season we will continue to see the same scene where PSG are always at the top of the Ligue 1 standings, now PSG has left Monaco with a gap of 11 points and only needs 3 more points for PSG to be able to celebrate their championship this season, Tomorrow PSG will face the relegation zone team Le Havre and of course it will not be difficult for PSG to get 3 points in the match later while making their points difference no longer chased by Monaco with 3 games left, after securing the Ligue 1 trophy of course PSG should no longer have the burden of playing in the Champions League semifinals later.

Dortmund can certainly be a stumbling block for PSG, because Dortmund is not one of the teams that is easy to beat, the number of talented players in Dortmund will certainly make PSG difficult in the match later, PSG managed to indeed beat Barcelona in the quarterfinals, indeed we can say PSG fought hard to beat Barcelona but still luck made PSG able to qualify for the semifinals at this time,  In the first leg PSG lost 2-3 to Barcelona, in the second leg Barcelona was able to add goals and make the aggregate bigger before the red card was obtained by Araujo, if Barcelona did not get a red card at the beginning of the match, are you sure we will see PSG in the semi-finals?

If you hear the latest news, this will be Mbappe's last season at Paris Saint Germain, and you are right he has a good chance for Mbappe to leave sweet memories such as being in the final or even contributing to bringing Paris Saint Germain to its first title this season. This. But of course it is a difficult task for Mbappe because the opponents they will face are also tough clubs in the Champions League, especially if they have to meet Real Madrid in the Champions League final (if both manage to reach the final).

Regarding Mbappe's replacement, they should have prepared it long before Mbappe left, because the news that Mbappe was leaving was not news that was just heard yesterday afternoon, this news had been heard even from the previous season. But they preferred to continue persuading Mbappe, and they failed. In fact, there has been no definite decision yet, but there have been special approaches taken by other clubs to get Mbappe. I really regret Paris Saint Germain's attitude, because they only focus on this player.