Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 527. (Read 193629 times)

If PSG is optimistic that they can return to their best performance and win the Ligue 1 title this season, then it is not unreasonable to say that Nice will take over PSG's position at the top of the standings. PSG, Nice and Monaco cannot always be expected to maintain their performance without losing, so this is a sign that Ligue 1 competition will be tight.

It's true that PSG performed optimally in the match against Lille, but several mistakes made them lose maximum points in that match. Asensio, who entered in the second half, was unable to appear impressive and made fatal mistakes which prevented his team from winning the match. However, Asensio does not deserve to be blamed for what happened to PSG, but mistakes like that must be avoided in crucial matches.

I have to say PSG is doing better than I expected, maybe people may not like the outlook at the league so far, but they are adjusting to the current roster, and even getting ready for a PSG without Mbappe and I have to say it is not really looking that bad. I get that you may not like the situation all that much, but it really doesn't look too bad to me, it looks quite alright.

I get that it feels a bit more confusing when you are not seeing them win a lot but they get rid of Messi and Neymar on the same season and still playing amazing, in a season where they did this, they were expected to be much worse, but they are not and they are doing fine so I think that's actually a good thing, we should approach that as a good thing.

Marseille winning the match was expected but what was not expected was the match being this close. Marseille won it 2-1, and I did not expect Marseille to win it by a margin of only one goal. But I agree with @rahmad2nd that although Marseille looks consistent now, but they might face a problem 3 matches later when they face Monaco. If they manage to win this match, they might even end up in 3rd place.


PSG is looking very comfortable at this moment. That draw against Lile doesn't seem to be effecting them and the leaderboard at all. I believe PSG is going to win the Ligue 1. They are in clear lead in the leaderboard with no team nowhere near them. They have a few strong teams coming up in the next few weeks such as Lens and Brest, but I don't see them losing them. They will win it easily. Even if they lose it wouldn't effect the table at all. But if they keep dropping points they might face a challenge to win the title. But I think it will be very easy for them to win the Ligue 1 title again this year.

It is again one of those games that I think should not end this way if PSG played to the best of their abilities. If they want to manifest themselves as the awesome French team, this draw is not helping them. They should finally increase their performance and not leave it at 0:1 until the very last minute. Mbappe should decide the game way earlier and make sure that they are not just leading by one goal, which can be equalized any time with a lucky strike.

Maybe lucky for Lille but not for PSG. One goal that Lille managed to get before the end of the match saved them from defeat, but PSG had to lose the victory they almost achieved due to a small mistake before the end of the match. This kind of luck is very rare because the opponent Lille faced was the top of the Ligue 1 standings, due to their tireless struggle, they managed to avoid defeat and managed to secure one point. This draw did not affect PSG's position at the top of the standings, but losing 2 points at Lille headquarters meant that PSG failed to increase the gap with Nice who were in second place.

I think it has become a common knowledge that PSG dominating Ligue 1 may be a factor contributing to the team's perceived difficulties in the Champions League. It contrasts this situation with the Bundesliga, where Bayern Munich faces more robust competition, from Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen and Leipzig. PSG's dominance in Ligue 1 might lead to a lack of sufficient competition that could potentially affect their performance in more challenging environments like the Champions League and even Europa League.

The absence of strong challengers, such as Nice and Monaco, is cited as evidence of PSG's clear dominance in the league. This lack of strong competition in Ligue 1 may contribute to PSG's difficulties in the UCL. It's undoubtedly clear that PSG is too comfortable in their domestic league, and the absence of intense competition might result in a lack of preparation for the higher levels of competition they face in the Champions League. The expectation that Nice and Monaco would be the closest competitors to PSG falls down after both teams are facing difficulties of their own, and this reinforces the idea that the lack of challenging rivals contributes to PSG's dominance in Ligue 1.

I was among those who assumed PSG would easily beat Lille. Given their history, watching them battle for goals was surprising. The penalty saved them from losing. However, their defense deserves praise for allowing only one goal.

PSG's inability to win such a key match shows that Ligue 1 is getting more unpredictable. Although comfortable, their top gap is not guaranteed. Nice and Monaco's struggles give them an edge. Despite PSG's supremacy, other teams must not be complacent if they want to challenge them.

I have to agree with you, the level of competition in Ligue 1 only presents one champion, PSG is too strong for any team here. Even without having to beat their rivals, Nice and Monaco let PSG have a walk in the park in topping the standings. This is one of the reasons that is believed to be why PSG has difficulty when playing in the UCL, because the competition in Ligue 1 cannot make them stressed, or in other words they are too engrossed in their comfort zone.

On the other hand, as you said compared to the Bundesliga, of course there will be a lot of differences, Bayern has competition from several teams, one of which is Laverkusen, the strongest. Meanwhile, PSG is so comfortable at the top of the rankings, previously I expected Nice or Monaco to be the closest competitors, but they are both having their own difficulties.

This match will be played at Nice stadium, I personally would be very surprised if Nice lost in that match, because so far the Nice club has never lost at home. But in my opinion, this match is quite difficult to predict, although Nice lost in the last match but maybe they won't lose against Lens. My reason is, based on head to head in the last five matches vs Lens, the Nice team has a better experience against Lens, and it is likely that Nice can still survive with a draw result.

For the Monaco match, I'm pretty sure Monaco can win. The reason is, Toulouse also did not show an impressive performance. Even though previously Toulouse was able to force Rennes to draw, but Rennes performance so far also not good, and the possibility of a draw in this match in my predictions is quite small.

At least, Marseille did their job well in the match against Clermont. thus, Gattuso has brought his team to 6th place in the Ligue 1 standings. In their last 5 matches, Marseille has not lost in Ligue 1. one match was a draw, the rest they swept with a win. even though Marseille have not yet achieved their best game, especially under the guidance of Gennaro Gattuso. however, slowly their ranking began to increase. if Gennaro Gattuso is able to maintain the consistency of his squad in the matches in the next few weeks, even with an ugly win. but at least it's better, rather than their ratings dropping. Marseille will face quite a tough match when they host Monaco in the next three weeks, but this match still has a time gap. Ideally, the Marseille coach should further improve his squad's performance. at least, Gattuso is better than Marcellino.

As for the Lille vs PSG match, I have actually reviewed it, although only based on match statistics. It's natural, because there are other matches that are more interesting to watch than Ligue 1 matches. well, the 1-1 result actually doesn't have a big impact on PSG, after all they are still 5 points ahead of the team below them. apart from that, it is possible that Luis Enrique is actually experimenting with his system and player rotation. yeah, considering if there is a change in player position. Plus, Enrique applied the same pattern as when they played against Dortmund. iit could be, my guess is correct. and Enrique wants to try again to strengthen and even cover the weaknesses of his system. On the contrary, Lillie actually has a better chance than PSG. however, if PSG players don't make mistakes in the final minutes of this match. so you can be sure that PSG will continue its positive trend with wins. but the facts say otherwise, if this match ends in a draw and as I previously predicted.

The draw means nothing but PSG was even making the gap becomes even bigger from its competitor. How lucky PSG when it was struggling to beat its opponent and its competitors were all losing against their opponents. It was a fucking magic in the football.
I can sure if PSG will be winning the league as per the result from this time. As you can see that if we will be rarely finding someone who was winning their bets on this week.

Look at so many unpredictable result from league 1. PSG gets draw against lille. Monaco and nice were losing against their opponents. This week is so crazy as the performance from the top teams in french league have been declining a lot.
Enrique was feeling so happy with this result. Even though his club gets draw but PSG can still pushing the gap to be even bigger one point.
This is why french league becomes even more interesting at the end of season but not for seeing PSG to win the league anytime.  Im still calling this as another farmer league like bundesliga.

The 1-1 draw against Lille did not shake PSG position at the top of the standings, the point difference with Nice and Monaco is still relatively safe, because these two teams also experienced worse luck, namely losing. We are still bold enough to say that in Ligue 1, even though PSG is performing erratically, in the end they will also win the trophy at the end of the season. It's true, many fans lost their bets, because they really believed that PSG could secure full points. Even though he lost 2 points, Enrique had to be satisfied with this result, because it didn't make him depressed, unlike their fate in the UCL yesterday.

Marseille is still continuing its positive trend and I think the victory they achieved in Week 16 is very reasonable, playing at home and against lower-class teams is certainly no doubt Marseille's victory.

And in another match, Lille was very lucky to get a draw against PSg because of the last minute goal they scored, but this draw is quite good for both teams and good for fiercer competition in the standings, because this is a match between two teams that are in in the top flight at the moment so PSG is a little stuck in points even though they remain at the top of the standings.

Maybe, Lille look like have a better statistical record than PSG in this match but unfortunately, even though Lille look like better statistics, but Lille almost lost. Yes indeed, I also realized that Lille could improve the quality of their performance this match after conceding first by Mbappe in the 66th minute. Therefore, Lille was only able to score a goal in the last minutes of the match and I think, a result like this cannot be said that Lille better than PSG.

But yes, at least this draw is still a good result for PSG because yes, after all PSG is still strong at the top of the Ligue 1 standings. Therefore, I sure it will still be difficult for the teams below PSG to overtook PSG at the top of the standings. Because, while PSG and Lille only ended the match with a draw, but the teams in positions 2 and 3 also lost. So of course, it will be difficult for them to pose a threat to PSG at the top of the standings.

This draw is indeed worthy of Lille, because in terms of the game they can provide a fierce resistance to Paris Siant Germain, even though they have to wait until extra time to create a goal. Maybe we will think that this is a luck that Lile got, I can't say it's wrong because they might get luck at the last minute. But we also have to see how their efforts during the match resulted in a goal that might be related to luck.
Actualy, this is an opportunity for Nice to get closer to Paris Sant Germain. But before that Nice also had to experience defeat when they traveled to Le Havre headquarters this week.

Currently asides PSG in the Ligue 1, Lens are starting to prove themselves too. They've got good track records in past games this season and even though their next opponent in the league have some sort of range of performance ability as they do, their encounter may just likely end in a draw or one of the sides winning. The two teams have a push up the table to fight for and definitely they're in good shape and thesame strength they possess. So the game doesn't really seem petty as people would think.

 For Monaco, Toulouse are low in their performance, so they've got the higher odds to win the game this weekend. This is just the first half of the season and more of a critical time, because everyone wants to get a win to keep their points solid and it's an extra work for the less performing team to do well to even ensure a share of point at least .

Marseille defeated bottom of the league Clermont at home and took the 3 points.Marseille won the match with goals in the first half and increased their points to 26.Neither team had many scoring positions in the match, but Marseille made better use of the positions they found.
The 2 in-form and unbeaten teams of the league faced each other.Lille hosted PSG at home.While the match ended in a 1-1 draw, I must first of all say that I think it was a good result for both teams.Although PSG was the away side, Lille was lucky to draw with Jonathan David's goal in the last minutes of the second half.The match was worse than I expected.We saw that both teams had difficulties in creating positions and I think Lille played better as the home side.

Yes, Lille played well at home and made it difficult for PSG to get full points so they had to share the points, at least PSG's winning record in the last five matches was stopped by Lille, I don't think Nice will succeed in overtaking PSG, let alone replacing them at the top of the standings because the point difference is quite wide, making It will be difficult for Nice to catch up with PSG in the near future unless PSG loses points in several matches.

But it seems difficult to make PSG drop points and right now as we can see no club has broken PSG's unbeaten record in their last five matches, a difference of five points will not make it possible for Nice to replace it too, I think PSG's draw against Lille is just Not so lucky, apart from that, PSG also played optimally, but Lille was quite tough today.

Nice who have been impressive since the start of the season were humiliated by a struggling Le Havre on Saturday in game many had earlier predicted that the away team were gonna win or at worst get a point from the game. The result of the game between Nice and Le Havre gave Paris Saint Germaine the chance to further extend their lead at the top of the league but surprisingly, Paris Saint Germaine failed to fully capitalize on Nice's defeat as they drew against Lille yesterday.

Paris Saint Germaine didn't start the season on a good note but their recent consistent positive results in the French Ligue 1 has seen them overtake all the teams that were initially ahead of them to go top of the league table. It is believed that PSG aren't even performing at the top of their strength but yet are topping the league standings. The quality of players in the PSG set-up is undoubtedly better than any side in the league and I don't think there's anything that's gonna stop them from winning the French Ligue 1 title at the end of the season.

PSG did tried their best yesterday they had dominance over the game and were ahead in possession and attempts but then Lille was just really defensive well enough after conceding a goal as PSG tried to break through but we're unable because probably the defense line was really tougher that they were unable to further penetrate.

Lille as well did their best against a team that is considered big in the Ligue 1, before the match I had taught that PSG, I had taught PSG will be able to win this game so they will be able to further strengthen their position on the table but then it's more likely they may be displaced by Nice if they continually perform with this form. I'm optimistic PSG will get back in form and definitely win the league title because it's easier for them and they have more chances with the Ligue 1 that with the UCL