Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 382. (Read 194644 times)

Today PSG really got a big win over Montpellier with score of 2 - 6 and of course this win with 6 goals made all PSG fans cheer with joy, considering that it had been long time since PSG had been able to get big win with goal party like this.
With the victory over Montpellier, PSG was able to save the full 3 points and now they have managed to collect 59 points and only received 1 defeat even though they have suffered 8 draws, PSG points tally will not be able to be caught up by Brest or Monaco who are in 2nd and 3rd place.
PSG is guaranteed to win the title this season easily and they only need to maintain their position until this season competition is finished.

Mbappe again scored 3 goals for PSG and from success like this it can be concluded that Mbappe is very important player for PSG, without Mbappe I doubt PSG could still play well and get lots of wins.
But Enrique really emphasized to all the players that they must be able to play well without Mbappe and Enrique was too confident that PSG could still be strong team without Mbappe.
However, in reality, Mbappe is the key to Mbappe success and Enrique will feel various pressures which will make it difficult for him to make the PSG squad appear consistent and stable if Mbappe leaves.

Now that PSG are firmly at the top and moving further away from second-placed Brest, PSG big win over Montpellier showed how PSG have a heavy reliance on Mbappe, and even Enrique who previously planned to eliminate that dependence by no longer playing Mbappe full-time,but now has to return to playing Mbappe after some negative results they got without Mbappe,  I don't think PSG will be able to get rid of their dependence on Mbappe even though they know Mbappe will leave next season.

Yes what you said is quite reasonable, because after all at the moment Mbappe is a PSG player and he has a big responsibility to bring victory to his squad so it is better if mbappe continues to play, I previously also thought that backing up mbappe is a good thing and makes the PSG squad independent if later they no longer have mbappe in the squad.  But instead I see that PSG are very difficult to win even against teams like Monaco and Reims, to be honest it is better for Enrique this season to drain all the energy that Mbappe has for matches in the league and Champions League before he  become the Madrid player next season  .

The way the match ended was actually funny seeing how the goals was coming as if they were playing with teenagers, although I never realized that PSG will score them this much because at first the match was actually going well for Montpellier because right after PSG score them the first two goals before they could get to the end of the first half they had already equalize the goal, so at that points I was thinking that even if PSG win them but the goals will not be much but I didn't know that PSG has a big thing install for them on the second half by beating Montpellier 6:2 and even Mbappe manage to get his hard-trick

Initially I thought PSG would be quite under pressure after being held to a 2-2 draw in the first half but what I saw were only temporary results and PSG managed to crush Montpellier with a score of 2-6 in the second half. It was a big win for PSG and those who bet on the result of over 2.5 or 3.5 in the first half would have been happy when they found out that 4 goals were scored. Overall PSG really dominated this match and there was no room for Montpellier to catch up in the second half.

The thing that made me happy was that PSG wasn't joking because they played Mbappe from the first minute until the end. The star player from France also contributed fully to his goals and even recorded a hat trick. It's really impressive because this is the first time Luis Enrique has given Mbappe a lot of playing minutes after the previous 3 matches were only draws. This is all due to the rotation of Luis Enrique who no longer wants to depend on Mbappe and as a coach he should be more rational where winning the title this season is his goal. I mean if Mbappe played in full in the last 3 previous matches then his current points collection is very far from being achieved. Well, after all that is a coach's decision and the most important thing is that he doesn't realize it too late.

PSG has been so easy to get tickets to qualify for the Champions League, and even throughout the season no other team has even been break to seize PSG's chances of qualifying for the Champions League, the ease of competition in Ligue 1 certainly guarantees that PSG will be able to continue to qualify for the Champions League every season without any competition from other teams equal to them,  It's easy to get a Champions League ticket but it's not as easy for PSG to get a Champions League trophy at this time, so far PSG have been trying to get the Champions League trophy for the first time but they continue to fail after spending a lot of money in buying players,
The biggest chance for PSG to get the Champions League trophy was the 2019/20 season but unfortunately they were defeated by Munich in the final with a score of 1-0.

The speculation that you think seems to be very difficult to materialize, it will be very difficult for other teams in Ligue 1 to take over to dominate Ligue from PSG, because indeed the quality of players owned by rival teams PSG is much lower than PSG squad, I think it is unethical to see the rise of Leverkusen this season in the Bundesliga and make you believe you will see the same thing happening next season in Ligue 1, Because in my opinion, the comparison is quite far between the Bundesliga and the Farmers League.

I had previously guessed that as long as Enrique uses Mbappe as the starting lineup, the guarantee of victory will be clearer and before the match starts the media has published the formation of the two teams and I guess that PSG will win easily in that match and the big score that PSG gets is not very interesting for me because the match seemed to be dominated by PSG and Montpellier couldn't really put up much resistance even though they were able to score 2 scores but for me it was just luck.
of course Mbappe will be the top scorer, even throughout the season this player can always easily get big scores because in league 1 there is no team that has a striker as great as Mbappe and Mbappe achievements this season will be the last memory for PSG.

It won't be that easy for Lille to shift Brest position because even though Brest will experience consistent losses, Monaco will definitely be the first to get Brest position and on the one hand Monaco cannot be underestimated with a more stable performance this time but Brest is very lucky even though they got a draw but Monaco also failed to get 3 points in the match against Lorient.

After three consecutive draws, PSG were finally able to get three points again by beating Montpellier, a team that could be said to have not survived the relegation zone.
The victory achieved by PSG can be said to be something natural considering that the two teams are very different in strength, that is why PSG was able to win with a landslide score of 6-2 and Kylian Mbappe succeeded in scoring a hat trick and that makes him even further away from the other strikers on the list of Ligue 1 top scorers this season with 24 goals and second place Jonathan David with 15 goals, so it is certain that Kylian Mbappe will be the top scorer.

Brest only drew against Lille, and their position might be shifted by Lille who is in fourth position if Brest loses many points in the remaining matches this season.

I think losing Mbappe next season will have a significant impact on the club. Mbappe is the world's best striker and one of the greatest finishers. PSG can dominate Ligue 1 because Mbappe scores goals in almost every match. Of course PSG can look for a replacement player at a level one level below Mbappe, because with the quality of their current players I think they can still dominate Ligue 1, although not as dominant as when they were with Mbappe.

As for the Champions League, I think PSG's level is still not up to par with other strong teams like City and Madrid this season. So it is difficult for them to win the Champions League. Of course they still have a chance but with Mbappe leaving next season I think it will be more difficult for them to compete in the Champions League with the current squad.

PSG will continue beating their opponents this season, the coach, Luis Enrique takes everything personal, he's very forwarded on winning the UEFA Champions League title this season, he qualify for the quarter-finals and this is purely hope for Les Parisiens this season. This results just credits Luis Enrique some accolades. PSG is the best France club in Ligue One, they will continue to dominate because there's absolutely no pulling oppositions that will match up strength and stats with PSG. Moreover the club's that tried didn't end up on a good side, they're incompetent and easily weaken by the results they've recorded in previous matches.


Emphasizing on the incredible form of Kylian Mbappe in Paris Saint-Germain this season. He's the team best player over these past years and also the current, though he's leaving but he still find a spot to impressed his supporters and supports the team's progress this season. There have never been the consistent steak winnings for PSG this season, we know the moment PSG will fall. Paris Saint-Germain have always been the trending club hitting goals this season.

I have this feeling that by next season there will be a change of narrative with the dominance PSG enjoys in the Ligue 1 just like it did happened in the bundesliga when no one expected it will happen a d before they know it Munich was loosing grip of their dominance until now they are now way behind Leverkusen who's dominating the bundesliga this season unlike previous season when they couldn't.

The champions league has always been the biggest challenge PSG happens to face every season because they literally get to qualify for the champions league every season but never gets to win the champions league at any point so they are always present in the champions league but really do find it difficult winning the Champions league every season, they may even find it even more difficult next season because they will be having their very key and vital player leave them for another team and that alone is really going to affect them greatly because they may take a lot of time to make up for the space his absence will cause.

Next season I look forward to a more interesting season in the Ligue one because other teams may have the chance to taste dominion after a long while and we ary going to see how it will look like for PSG to be literally be in the race to get to the top probably been headed by other teams who will be ahead then and then we would see so much fun in the Ligue one as we will be anticipating most of their game, these are my speculations tho.

Montpellier is just a team that is in the lower zone in the Ligue 1 standings and also, Montpellier always gets bad results when playing against PSG both home and away games. Therefore, then of course they have different qualities, so even though Montpellier is playing at home but still does not give a good chance for Montpellier in this match. After all, at this time PSG has also taken the lead with a score of 0-1 through a goal by Vitinha in the 14th minute with an assist made by Mbappe. I think, if Mbappe is included in the starting eleven then yes, it looks like a victory can be ensured for PSG to get, especially the opponent is Montpellier who does not have the ability to beat PSG even though Montpellier is playing at home.

Montpellier vs PSG

Montpellier StartXI: 4-2-3-1
Dimitry Bertaud; Enzo Tchato Mbiayi; Bećir Omeragić; Boubakar Kouyaté; Issiaga Sylla; Jordan Ferri; Leo Leroy; Arnaud Nordin; Teji Savanier; Tanguy Coulibaly; Wahbi Khazri

Paris Saint Germain StartXI: 4-3-3
Gianluigi Donnarumma; Achraf Hakimi; Danilo Pereira; Lucas Beraldo; Lucas Hernández; Vitinha; Manuel Ugarte; Kang-in Lee; Bradley Barcola; Randal Kolo Muani; Kylian Mbappé


PSG are expecting the 3 points tonight even though they are playing at Stade de la Mosson it doesn't matter, Montpellier can withstand pressure that will come from PSG.

Lyon got another win yesterday, and that is now 4 in the last 5, and they are at 10th place as well. I am not saying it would be possible, but it could be possible for them to finish in the first seven too, they are only 5 points away and if they keep this up it could happen.

I feel like the most important part is that if they played the first 10 games of the season like this as well then they could have been fighting for a title by now, look at them since they got better and you will see that they are doing good enough to be around the top, maybe not be as good as PSG obviously but definitely guaranteed a second place without a doubt. I think it's quite clear that we are going to see them do a lot better which should be the key.

When talking about Ligue 1 and the dominance of PSG, it will never end because it will always be like that, it's just that for now with their safe condition in Ligue 1 it looks like Enrique wants to try more things for bigger competitions and the Champions League is now the only reference for them.
Now with slightly different conditions at least PSG in the Champions League is a little better because in the previous 2 seasons they could only be in the round of 16 but for this season there is an increase where they qualify and are in the quarter-finals.

The problem is that the quarter-finals this time are filled with some very strong clubs and different from last season so there is still no guarantee that PSG can qualify easily for now.
In the quarter finals they will face Barcelona and it will certainly be interesting because after all apart from the big game this is the first time Enrique and Dembele will face their former club considering they were at Barcelona before which makes it even more interesting to watch.

I don't think Clermont will win in this match, despite only playing against Le Havre but yes, I'm more sure the match will end in a draw. But infact we both know, because Clermont managed to get three points at home match this time with the finalscore are 2-1. But atleast, what was also a surprise was that Clermont second goal occurred when Clermont only played with 10 players in the first half but yes, Clermont managed to maintain the victory until the match ended. Butindeed, it seems like Le Havre also played badly in this match, because Le Havre got the advantage in the advantage of the number of players but Le Havre did not manage to make a reply goal in the second half, instead Le Havre also played 10 player after in the 66th minute Oussama Targhalline also received a red card. So, as a team that is at the bottom of the standings, at least this victory still is a good result for Clermont even though it does not change its position at all.

So far PSG has won 11 Ligue 1 trophies, 14 French Cup trophies, with many PSG trophy achievements in the domestic league, of course no one can doubt PSG's capacity so far as the ruler of Ligue 1, even they have the opportunity to add to the trophy this season after being at the top of the Ligue 1 standings and they have also managed to reach the semi-finals of the French league this season,  I think for the next few seasons it seems that no team will be able to break their dominance in the league because so far other teams in Ligue 1 are difficult to match the performance and quality possessed by PSG, PSG's ability to dominate Ligue 1 makes competition in the league look very uncompetitive and precisely this causes Ligue 1 to get the nickname Farmers League because of the inability of other teams to compete with PSG.

PSG's strength in ligue 1 does not cause fear for other teams competing in the champions league, and I think PSG's performance in ligue 1 seems to be lost when they have to play in the champions league, this season PSG will face Barcelona in the quarterfinals and with Barcelona's current poor performance of course PSG looks very favored,  But I think Barcelona will be able to beat PSG later, because after all Barcelona's mentality is more tested than PSG when playing in the Champions League so far.

In French Ligue1, a team like PSG will always dominate the league and will not be able to be overtaken by any team here because PSG's own strength is much better than its rivals, so in every season PSG can always get the trophy in Ligue1. Meanwhile, for the UEFA Champions League, PSG must be able to work hard because the levels are very different and the opponents they face are not weak teams, so until last season PSG still had not succeeded in lifting the highest trophy in the Champions League.

there is no doubt that whatever happens PSG can always dominate league 1 and everyone knows what makes PSG always dominate the title in league 1 and this is all supported by the team's enormous wealth which supports being able to get more quality players compared to other teams in league 1.
currently it looks very strong after the arrival of several great players and also had star players but in the end PSG always failed to get the UCL title so PSG biggest goal is just to get the UCL title because getting the league 1 title is not an achievement to be proud of and this is also one reason is that sometimes management is inconsistent and has more ambition to always look for a new coach to be able to bring PSG to win the title in the UCL, but for me this is a very wrong way to not retain one coach to provide the opportunity to get a strategy to get the title in the UCL.

I just want to see after this when they fail in the UCL again whether PSG management will fire Enrique or keep him and if PSG management keeps Enrique, I think it is a good start to winning the UCL title in the future.

Everything requires a process and several other clubs just need to give confidence to investors to provide large funds and be able to compete with PSG and for now PSG will temporarily continue to dominate League 1 and that won't be a big problem but it will be boring.
In fact, the opportunity for another club lies with Monaco, which is currently still consistent even though it still loses when competing with PSG.
For the future in the CL, PSG is actually currently having a bit of difficulty when they have to face Barcelona who have more experience in the CL and in my opinion, if PSG is successful in the round of 8, they will definitely fail in the semi-finals when they get a stronger opponent, unless PSG gets lucky. can beat stronger clubs.

If there is a striker who is most suitable for Real Madrid after Cristiano Ronaldo, it will be Mbappe. We have no doubts about Mbappe's football skills, he is undoubtedly the best player and Mbappe is the best striker out there. Mbappe has excellent finishing skills and Mbappe always plays at his best. When Mbappe left PSG to join Real Madrid, Mbappe's performance will increase and he will become more dangerous. Maybe we can get from Mbappe the kind of performance that Cristiano Ronaldo did for Real Madrid. Mbappe is always the right and best player for real madrid that's why real madrid waited for mbappe for years and finally real madrid managed to sign mbappe.