Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 474. (Read 194057 times)

IMO, the fact is that Lens only has as much depth as the quality they have. so, it's natural for PSG to beat them in the meeting between these two teams. the decline in Lens this season can be caused by many factors, and we can make assumptions based on our own judgment and understanding. Last season, Lens was one of the teams to be reckoned with and was able to finish in 2nd place. apart from that, Lens only participates in two competitions, namely Ligue 1 and Coepe de France. this season, things are different for Lens. they are involved in the most prestigious competition, namely the Champions League. apart from that, Lens also has to maintain its consistency in Ligue 1 and Coepe de France. there are three competitions that they participate in, two of which are quite tough competitions, especially the Champions League. in the end, Haise had difficulty getting the most out of his team with the minimum depth of players at their level. Lens was in the red zone, but gradually Pranck Haise was able to bring his team back to the safe zone. Next, Lens must divide its focus to the Europa League. if Lens is able to beat Freiburg and enter the round of 16. that means, Haise has to divide his focus again. and it could be that Lens' performance will not be optimal in Ligue 1. but we'll see how far Lens goes this season.  at least, they are safe from the red zone. as for PSG, this team is progressing smoothly in Ligue 1. at least, for now they are in a safe position at the top of the standings.

I don't think you should be too happy about Nice beating PSG by 2-3 because after all, Nice also lost by three goals too and even worse, Nice lost by promoted team Le Havre by 3-1. Therefore, I think Nice is not completely good although indeed, in this season Nice has good results because Nice is still the team that has conceded the lowest goals. But about the next match Nice will play at home against Metz, at least Nice has a good chance of winning. But yes, despite Nice being the favored team but I think it is still not easy for Nice to beat Metz because after all, Metz also has a pretty good record for away matches so far this season.

I feel like there will of course be some situations where things will not be easy, we need to reconsider what we are doing something that would tire him a lot, they are playing Mbappe like every game they could and that's the issue. Also, considering he didn't sign with Real, and the president came out and said that they have a deal with him (even though it's gentleman's agreement only) it shows that they are putting him even more into the centre of their system now and they are going to do as well as they could with him.

Every other player gets a rest, they get some time off, Mbappe doesn't, that dude is being played every single game he can, at the start of the season he missed a few, but ever since then he has been playing way too much, he should rest a bit.

This season, the Lens team doesn't look good enough, so it's quite natural that Lens lost to PSG at home with only two goals without reply. Apart from that, PSG itself is still quite strong in Ligue1 so it is also natural for PSG to win with two goals without reply at home to Lens. Now PSG is back in the lead again and it is almost impossible for its rivals in Ligue1 to catch up and everyone can guess who will win the trophy again in Ligue1 this season.

Although Brest has managed to go unbeaten in its last seven matches but yes, for me Brest cannot pose any threat to PSG who has always managed to dominate Ligue 1. Also, considering Brest last defeat occurred when Brest played against Monaco and yes, at that match Brest lost with a score of 2-0. Meanwhile for PSG, in fact PSG was able to beat Monaco with a score of 5-2 and with these results, at least it is proof that PSG still has a good chance to still beating Brest in the next Ligue 1 match.

After all, in their first meeting this season too, the fact that Brest lost at home by PSG with a score of 2-3 at that time. What's more, in their match in round 19 later, that Brest will play away and thus, then I personally remain fully confident that PSG will still win and of course it will be the end of the winning streak for Brest at this moment.

I haven't seen many matches with Bacorla on the pitch, but based on the praise he's receiving for his efforts, he must be a potential youngster who can lift the team after his predecessors. Mbappe is still the best player in the team and the club's pioneer to this day; I can only imagine how the club will fare after his departure at the end of the season, as is widely speculated.

PSG remains top of the league standings after 18 matches, with eight points separating them from the team in second place. It is clear that this season will be another one in which they triumph and bring the Ligue 1 trophy home once more. I have no doubts about this club; they have everything they need to win the league title more easily than any other club. The rest will simply struggle to occupy the remaining positions that will ensure their qualification to the Champions League.

Brest is a team that is unbeaten in the last 7 Ligue 1 matches and with these consistent results they have moved up to 3rd place in the standings. That is an extraordinary achievement for Brest and I still cannot believe that one of these mediocre teams can survive long enough in the top 4 of the standings. Brest also took advantage of Monaco's previous defeat to get that place and Nice's defeat also really helped them to get closer to PSG in the next match.

Currently the difference between Brest and the other top teams except PSG is only 1 point and if they continue this winning trend until next week then it is possible that Brest will overtake Nice and will also cut the gap from PSG to 6 points. I think that's not a long enough distance and even though PSG are still consistent until week 18, at least they have to start being wary of Brest's movements which are starting to threaten a little.

At the beginning, it was very difficult for Enrique, the leaders left the team and this affected the spirit of the team, but over time, Enrique showed how good a coach he is and how he was able to level the game, he up PSG to the leaders in Ligue 1, and reached the playoffs in the Champions League (by the way, from a very difficult group).

Yes, most likely Mbappe will leave the team this summer, but who knows, maybe PSG will manage to win the Champions League and he will change his mind? )) No, most likely he will leave, but I think that Enrique will receive sufficient funding to make up for these losses in attack, and PSG will continue to be the same strong team. The most important thing is that the team bosses don’t fire Enrique and give him more time.

Big changes started first by PSG board members when they decided to stop buying super star players with very high transfer prices and pay them so much money in salary. In the summer, they let some star players left like Neymar, Veratti, Ramos and bought some players with less achievements in their career and has more ambition to win titles like Lee Kang-In, Asensio, Dembele. It is their big strategic change.

All completed PSG transfers so far in 2023-24 - listed

Having Neymar is like a double-edge as he is so sensitive with injuries. We saw he quickly got another serious injury after moving to Al Hilal and he will be useless for PSG with such injuries.

Mbappe is a big bet of PSG and he is their biggest problem too. Keeping him in the club is like a bomb and he seems to no longer focus 100% for PSG in this season. I believe PSG will try to keep Mbappe at least in this season and try to sign a new contract with him in the summer but I feel they won't have too big chance to successfully to convince the ambitious player to stay in Paris.

Luis Enrique succeeded in making PSG one of the teams that was more to be reckoned with compared to previous coaches and he also succeeded in providing motivation to his players to continue on the winning path. The beginning of his arrival may not be very convincing but slowly Luis Enrique has shown big changes for PSG. If Neymar were still playing there at this time, PSG's strength would be much stronger because they have two great players in them and a coach who has the ability to combine players.

Rumors of Mbappe's move may have been rumored long ago and perhaps PSG will try to keep him in order to keep the team more solid. But if you look at Mbappe's own desires, it is very likely that he will go to another club in the current transfer market.

Yeah Mbappe is the most influential player in PSG do to his impressive performance and the major roles he plays for the club, mbappe is very good that he scores on almost every of there matches, so actually I still wonder how PSG will survive without the the presence of mbappe on the club because right now is very clear that PSG improvements is dependent on the performance of mbappe but however sometimes is not good for a club as big as PSG to rest all the performance and there survival on one player because if something like injury happens to him which means the club will automatically be affected in times of performance but however if it was to be in a case were they have more than one player like mbappe there performance will not be seriously affected if something of that nature should happen.

Perhaps just like the news about mbappe leaving the PSG after his contract finishes it is obvious that PSG performance will be greatly affected if mbappe manages to leave the club because there will be no one to perform the way he does and even if PSG is to sign new player it will actually take the player sometime before getting use to the pattern of the club.

Lens failed to beat PSG at home, they played worse than last season where they performed well at home, but in this match, Lens looked like they were experiencing a slump, especially when they lost 1 player and forced them to play with 10 people and facing PSG, of course they gave them quite a big resistance, lucky Lens didn't concede many goals in this match, they only conceded 1 goal after losing 1 player because Mbappe's red card added a goal opportunity in the final minutes of the match and became 2 goals for PSG's victory.

Lyon lost again after receiving praise for being able to win 3 times in a row and getting out of the relegation zone, but unfortunately they suffered another defeat and this brought them back to the unsafe zone at 16th place. If they continue like this, it is very likely that they will be relegated. I saw that all the Lyon players were not trying their best to appear impressive. I only saw Lacazette who was really struggling to be a hero for Lyon, especially since 1 Lyon player was sent off in the first half, making it easier for Le Havre to attack and make Lyon lose badly.

Monaco's defeat was also quite surprising, especially since it was a home defeat and I think it is a bad result in the midst of increasingly fierce competition to maintain the top 4 places in the standings. Reims played very well and they broke into Monaco's goal 3 times and Monaco was only able to get 1 goal back. I think both teams are at the same level but again the home advantage makes Monaco off guard and unable to do anything in front of the fans.

On the other hand, Reims continued to record consecutive wins through this match and they rose to 6th position and are only 2 points behind Lille. I think Reims have rediscovered their form and slowly but surely they will also want to take over where Monaco currently sits and I can't wait to see that happen.

Lyon's three consecutive winning streak was finally broken after losing to Le Havre in the 18th match and that meant they had to drop their ranking to 16th position because Toulouse managed to get 3 points in the away match against Metz.
In the 19th week, Lyon will face Rennes, the odds for the two are not that different and Rennes, even though they are the away team, is the favorite and it seems that this only takes into account Rennes' better position than their opponent.
Lyon are still trying to find their best game again and also improve their position and this will be possible if they can get 3 points because Metz and Toulouse will face quite tough matches against Nice and Lens, so the chances of the two teams getting points are quite small and if Lyon manages to get 3 points it will shift the position of the teams above which are not too far apart in points.

Nice gonna win this coming week, I'm pretty confident in that. Lost a pretty decent Xfun parlay on them losing this past weekend, once they got scored on the second time tho, I was aware that's pretty much that, coincidentally, the only team they scored 3 goals against is PSG lol.

PSG's overall performance this season has been very good. Luis Enrique has managed to create a fantastic bond between PSG players. And the understanding between PSG's players this season is very good. This is why PSG has been able to continue to perform consistently well. If PSG's squad had Neymar and Messi this season, PSG would have been one of the most eligible teams for this year's Champions League title.

Mbappe is now PSG's most important player. If Mbappe doesn't extend his contract with PSG then PSG will face big problem. PSG management continues to try to extend the contract.

Accumulating three points is imperative for PSG; despite being the visitors, Luis Enrique's men held their ground and never wavered in delivering the finest performance possible. The most glowing thank belongs to PSG's two major frontlines: Kylian Mbappe and Bradley Barcola, both of whom were phenomenal and did everything they could to enhance PSG's performance against the home team. Lens would have been the first to score, but they squander their opportunities by missing a critical penalty that would put them up. Take for granted Paris Saint-Germain has luck on its side.

You could say that Lens played well defensively, but you could also say that PSG didn't do very well offensively.

I saw that Kolo Muani didn't play, but as far as I know he isn't injured. PSG has had so many impressive names in their offense and yet they had their limits as soon as they played against well organized teams which were able to score goals themselves. Manchester City is such a team, Liverpool is and at the moment Real Madrid and Inter Milan are the same. They all have in common that attacks begin with their defensive game and defense begins with their offensive game.

I assume that Enrique wanted Dembele, but he is a player who never plays the maximum for extended periods during the season. He plays well, then he plays without efficiency and doesn't score for quite a while. Now they added Kolo Muani and Enrique can't enable him to perform his best. It's again all about Mbappe.

Lille won at home against an out of form opponent.Lille took the 3 points against Lorient with 3 goals and didn't even give their opponent a chance to score.Lorient only managed 1 shot throughout the match.Lorient were good last season but this season they are on a bad run and will most probably be relegated.
Lyon had recovered a bit after winning 3 weeks in a row but lost yesterday against Le Havre.They played well but an early red card for Jake O Brien changed everything.Lyon were 1-0 down at half time and then suffered from being down to 10 men in the second half.I expect Lyon to improve their performance in the next matches.
The Lens-PSG match was better in terms of goal positions compared to other matches.Lens' missed penalty in the 7th minute was perhaps the breaking point of the match.Lens, who had difficulty in putting pressure after this minute, closed the first half 1-0 down and finished the first half with 10 men.In the second half, there was not much they could do.

But he will be the star player no matter what team he plays for. Remember how he played at the World Cup in 2022 in Qatar. It was his show for the most part in a team full of superstars. Even when he disappears for half an hour, everyone understands that he only needs a few good minutes and then is able to score one or two goals in no time.

That's why it has been a waste when he played in Ligue 1. Maybe the first few years it wasn't because I think PSG was the right club for him as an interim solution and then go the next step to Real Madrid. But when we see how Bellingham is doing, you could argue that PSG was a waste of time from the very start.