Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 345. (Read 194857 times)

Yeah but I doubt if the match will be that tough because the both teams has a big gap between each other both in performance and every other things, so Lens may not have a hard time wining the match because they got all it takes to get it done, however they really need all the wining they will get now so that they will have more opportunity to qualify for more suitable position against there next season because right now there 6 position is not much good for them.

Metz on the other hand is one of the weakest club on this league because since the beginning of this season they have been moving from one losing to another that's why they have not been able to secure a good position on this league and right now there chances of improving to the next position is being able to win majority of their matches but in terms of this their match against Lens is very obvious they will lose the match.

Metz vs Lens

Metz StartXI: 4-5-1
Alexandre Oukidja; Maxime Colin; Ismaël Traoré; Sadibou Sane; Matthieu Udol; Kevin Van Den Kerkhof; Kévin N'Doram; Danley Jean Jacques; Arthur Atta; Pape Diallo; Georges Mikautadze

Lens StartXI: 3-4-1-2
Brice Samba; Jonathan Gradit; Kevin Danso; Facundo Medina; Przemysław Frankowski; Andy Diouf; Neil El Aynaoui; Deiver Machado; David Pereira da Costa; Florian Sotoca; Wesley Saïd

I don't see any stress for Lens to win Metz despite Metz are the one hosting but lens having the chances of winning.

In Terms of budget, of course Enrique is quite benefited by the wealth owned by PSG at this time so we can say if Enrique only needs to appoint the players he wants to be bought by PSG, but building a qualified squad is not an easy thing to do at this time because indeed coaches must be able to see the potential of the players they buy,  So I think Enrique also has to get support from scouts who are experts in seeing the potential of players to be able to meet the long-term needs of the team, maybe PSG don't have problems with their finances to buy players every season, but actually getting players who can be the mainstay of the team in the long run is certainly better to be ready for the championship competition like champions league in my opinion.

We can see how a team often experiences a decline in performance when there are changes In squad players every season and I think that Is also happening To PSG at the moment, at this time I think with relying on attack alone is not enough for PSG to compete in the Champions League, PSG also need to optimize each line of their squad so that it can be really balanced later,  against Barcelona yesterday, PSG were also quite dangerous even though Mbappe didn't have much contribution in the game but unfortunately their midfield and defense were not optimal making them have to get a defeat in the first leg.

PSG will always only be known as a league 1 star who always has difficulty in winning titles in the UCL and for me it is natural that most of the audience will always doubt PSG success in the UCL because they are not ready to compete with teams that are much more popular with more experience and mentally, he doesn't have a convincing readiness even though there are many star players on the team.
logically it should have been easy for PSG to win the UCL title last season when there were several star players but in fact it was all in vain.

we'll see in the second leg match against Barcelona. I'm sure that PSG will not be able to get a higher aggregate score and must accept that being eliminated from the UCL is the most appropriate situation.
I'm not talking about PSG bad things here, but the team has just continued to have great experience and it won't be easy to win the UCL title just by relying on star players and on the one hand, the only valuable lesson is that a painful defeat allows the team to recover in the coming season.
all good or bad achievements will depend on how the coach manages the players to gain valuable experience and improve them in the coming season with new, more appropriate strategies.

I think the main task of the coach at PSG is how to build a solid squad so they can compete in the Champions League. No one doubts PSG's performance in Ligue 1. Even though they have not had good results in the last 5 matches with 3 draws and 2 wins, the points they have are still far superior to Brest in second place with a gap of 10 points. Yes, in the Champions League they are still not favorites to win. This means that PSG has not been able to build a solid squad. They are very dangerous up front with Mbappe but overall their squad is still not able to compete with other clubs in the UCL.

PSG have been qualifying for the Champions League for a long time but so far they have not been able to produce any remarkable performances in the Champions League. PSG competes in the Champions League for half of the season and are eliminated in the Champions League quarter-finals and semi-finals each season. PSG have been eliminated in the quarter-finals of most of the Champions League tournaments they have qualified for so far. Even though PSG is the best team in the France League, they are still an ordinary team for the Champions League and it is very difficult to dream of winning the Champions League as an ordinary team and to realize that dream.

PSG has always looked disappointing since Messi and Neymar were there, even though it is full of star players, PSG still hasn't been able to qualify for the important round, but lost narrowly to Barcelon, there is still hope of winning on aggregate because PSG can convince themselves that they can qualify for the important round. after beating Barcelona, that is to enter the semi-finals of the UCL, but at least they have to win by a difference of two goals in order to qualify, even though it sounds difficult because PSG will play at Barcelona's home ground in the second leg.

It's impossible for PSG to beat Barcelona at home in front of all their supporters, especially if they can't play optimally in the second leg. It's certain that PSG will fail again for the umpteenth time. Next season, maybe PSG could lose Mbappe and they need to get players. who is truly talented to fill the main squad is not just popular but is really needed to be able to bring PSG to an important round in the UCL, PSG still has a chance to win and I'm sure Enrique has thought about this, how to beat Xavi and his team at home Barcelona will at least win 0-2 on aggregate, of course PSG will be able to qualify for the semi-finals.

These doubts arise because they do not have good experience or history in the Champions League. It was the same as Manchester City before but they are proving everything now. Now Luis Enrique's task is to bring PSG to compete with other clubs, but the defeat they suffered against Barcelona made everything more difficult. It is not easy to build a stronger squad because it takes time, just like what Pep Guardiola does.

If PSG wants to compete in the Champions League then they have to build a more solid squad, not just rely on buying ready-made players like before. Because if that's the reason they were also unable to produce good results, even though they previously had quite dangerous players on the front lines.

Mbappe actually tried his very best and it was observed that in the first half of the game he was looking for every opportunity to get a goal for PSG but it turned out he wasn't really lucky enough because he was actually covered by the Barcelona's defense probably they took note of him in the fact thst he's actually a key play and PSG has got some form of dependence on him so stopping him from getting a goal will actually go a long way in helping Barcelona.

The dependency of PSG actually was obvious in that game in the fact since mbappe was to leave PSG by the end of the season, the coach began to adopt a strategy that will help them reduce their dependency on mabappe and for that reason he doesn't actually gets to future him again in most of their games what he does is that he gets to play in the later minutes of the second half but then in that champions league game, he got to play from the first half to the end of the second half because it was a vital game and they were expecting he would be very useful and perform them some magic to get them to possible victory.

Usually PSG doesn't really have a solid midfield but what they do is that they get to play the ball mostly within their strength area which is around their defense line and their two forward flanks where they get to deliver the ball to their strikers and make the goals happen and this has mostly given them good results in the Ligue 1 but away from the Ligue 1 it doesn't prove really effective most times for them and so they get to be challenged a lot when the meet a team with a solid midfield who keep the ball flowing within the midfield and down to their post.

I agree with you, that Paris Saint Germain not many people trust them when they play in the Champions League, for some reason I also feel doubt every time they play in the Champions League. They are indeed very strong in Ligue 1, but when they go to the Champions League, there are many clubs that have the same strength as them or even better than them, which makes me doubt them when they are in the Champions League.

Now they have to trail Barcelona 3-2 on aggregate, it will not be an easy task to turn things around in the second leg, because in the second leg they will also play as a visiting team. That will put pressure on them.

Their target every season is to win the Champions League and it seems that this season they will have to experience disappointment again because their chances are now running out. I want to see what they will do in the second leg, will they make a surprise by winning and turning things around, or will they have to go home first from the Champions League this season.

Proving strength in the UCL is very difficult and PSG has experienced this many times every season, so it is not surprising to see that PSG has never been successful in the UCL. And I'm sure this is because there are still so many weak opponents they face every week in League 1, so that when PSG plays against opponents who have very good tactics and strength in the UCL, it seems as if the PSG players can't do much to achieve victory like which happened in the match when PSG faced Barcelona.

PSG is always in doubt when appearing in the UCL so they are not favorites to win the UCL title because PSG has difficulty competing with the top teams there, PSG always dominates League 1 and always competes in the UCL but still they can't do much in the UCL they always get knocked out before reaching the final, even though PSG have good players but not enough to prove their strength in the UCL.

I think the main reason of mbappe not scoring even a single goal in important match of champions league against Barcelona was mainly man mark from Barcelona defend as he previous shown decent results in big matches so that's why defend line-up strongly hold thier grip on mbappe in order to prevent him from scoring which is definitely create problems for them, also loss of few of their quality midfield really effect thier game while compared to them Barcelona were really in true colours they properly utilize his tactics and opportunities which benifits them with a lead in Paris home, now things are quite terrible for PSG because we already know they have some bad history in camp Nou especially at UCL so getting a handsome lead from Barcelona at home ground will be quite difficult until any mericle happened and they won with huge margin otherwise things will be worse for them

Ligue 1 game week 29 will open by Metz vs Lens match, for the host team they need three points to get out of the relegation zone behind 5 points from Nantes and get chance with playoff relegation zone remaining 3 points from Lorient. Metz has been in fairly good form in the last two matches after consecutive defeats to AS Monaco and Brest. In other side, Lens's performance is also not very consistent after getting  2 defeats from the last three matches and current position outside from top fourth standings behind Lens performance last season success finish on Champion League spot.

Lens has target for getting one spot for qualifying to Europe League next season with one point form Nice and still open opportunity reach top fourth position get 6 points remaining from Lille. Will Lens could participants in champion league next season after their achievement last season by finish as runner up standings team?

Yes, Metz are in a difficult situation because they have to chase their opponent's points to survive the relegation zone. However, looking at their previous match when they lost to Brest, their game was quite good and this is a threat to Lens in this match, because it is possible that Metz can play a game like the previous week which could trouble Lens. Lens must be careful if they don't want to lose points to a team in the relegation zone.

In terms of opportunities, it is clear that Lens will be the favorite because looking at the statistics of the two teams this season, there is a big difference. The bookie gives big odds to Lens and that is normal because their opponents are teams in the relegation zone.

The only advantage for Metz is because they will play as hosts in this match, they have no other advantages, because from any point of view they are inferior in quality to the opponents they will face in this match.

Metz vs Lens

In Ligue 1 Metz was suffering 4 losing streak and this also causes their position cannot lifted up from relegation zone with only 6 matches remaining before the league ended i highly doubt Metz can able to bounce back and avoiding relegation zone and for Lens last season they were surprised people because at that time Lens can finish at runner up place under PSG and this also makes them can automatically advances to the group stages of Champion League without through an qualification matches for the first time but i don't know why Lens performance was decline even i think it's quite impossible for them to repeat last season achievement

Lens was unable to win in the last 3 matches in Ligue 1 and this also makes them lost some points and their position currently out from top 3 but considering today they only facing Metz which is weak team i think Lens can able to return to the winning ways and collect 3 points from this match and for squad update i can see there was no injured lists from Lens so their key players will be available today and about betting option the bookmakers provide decent odds for Lens win @1.82 i think this is good odds to bets on them and my predictions is Lens will be the winner of this match with final scores 1-0 or 2-1

I have same thoughts as you because PSG is in pressure now because they lost to Barcelona in their home and for them to win Barcelona in their second leg at Camp Nou will be difficult for PSG and since Barcelona have scored three goals at PSG's home means that PSG needs to win Barcelona like 2:0 before they can qualify for the semi finals of the champions league so all PSG concentration will be on strategy to win Barcelona. PSG might win Barcelona if we check back at that season when PSG won Barcelona 4:0 and Barcelona reciprocated and won PSG by 6:1 so a surprise may be expected in that game.

As for PSG's match against Clermont FC, they may not take the match seriously because they are already topping the league with some good gaps so the match is of less importance to PSG for now, they can still win Clermont but I don't see them putting much efforts in that game.

PSG basically has another same copy season as they always do. They will win Ligue one, and they will probably lose at UCL, and that's how they will end the season. This is why PSG fans are not that much mad about Mbappe leaving anymore, they used to believe that with him, they could maybe win UCL but looking at the team, it is obvious that they are not going to win the UCL with him neither, so why keep him?

He is not a change maker, he is not the difference maker, he is the guy who gets paid nearly hundred million a year and the team would get exactly the same result without him as with him, so why keep paying him? I feel like this Barcelona game was the last straw, of course it all depends on the second leg, if PSG wins and goes further, maybe things could change.

But even though PSG is more focused on the Champions League, it should also be able to beat Clermont, which is the weakest club in the league, even though it has a composition of players that can be relied on and maybe only playing players who sit on the bench, if you look at the competition, PSG is by far the strongest club in the league 1 he should be able to provide resistance that is worthy of being called the strongest club in League 1, indeed a draw does not affect PSG's ranking but still he achieved PSG's draw when facing a weak club which is in the relegation zone which could be said to be a bad result achieved by PSG.

Even more focused on the Champions League, in fact PSG was still unable to beat Barcelona, even though playing at home, they experienced quite a painful defeat and it is very likely that PSG will not qualify for the semifinals. Because the opportunity to advance is increasingly difficult for PSG, even though initially PSG was quite confident in facing Barcelona who currently unstable but still PSG's competition in league 1 will not be able to beat more competitive leagues, PSG is only strong in the domestic league if there is no competitive competition in league 1 PSG will not reach the level of other more competitive leagues, let alone compete with clubs strong who are always in the Champions League.

Metz against Lens will be the opening match of Ligue One this week and as we know the difference in the quality of the players is quite large. This time Lens must not fail again and they must steal 3 points from Metz as much as possible. The reason is that they need full points to be able to secure the opportunity before their eyes to be able to participate in the European competition zone.

On the other hand, Metz is sinking further into the relegation zone and it is possible that if they continue to lose, their chances of being relegated will also increase. They need to get more than 5 points to survive this season but that also requires defeats against Lorient and Nantes to get a safe place.

If we look at the odds given by the bookie, Lens' winning option with odds @1.80 is very worth betting on and there is no doubt that Lens cannot win. I will enter this match in multibet and hope that everything will be correct in my predictions.