Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 528. (Read 193629 times)

Well, PSG is a team that is very nice by nature, we have all realized that being in a friendly match, or in a Ligue 1 game, we have seen a great performance from this team. In truth, I have to admit that even though I don't like Luis Enrique's style, PSG is doing well, but of course, even so, because he has a player like Mbappé, if he doesn't Mbappé the Team turns in a different way, because basically, is he the one who led the team and yes, considering that they are a team of 11 players, here the star factor was very evident, and Mbappé is a star that always shines anywhere, and it turns out that he has many He wants to rise to Madrid, apparently it is not like that because Madrid wants someone much better, like the Viking, so this means that Mbappé has to be trying much harder in Ligue 1 so that they would come to him from Madrid as a great option over Haaland , this is what we as fans will be able to see, and what some recruiters see.

In LIgue 1 there is not much competition, there is not a team that I would say is at the level, because all they want is to be free and champions, but I see no team that is at the level of PSG, and that is no longer the case in PSG neither Messi nor Ney, that the team defeated another team that was much faster, more powerful, you could say that before PSG was a scary team because it had the best in Brazil, France and Argentina, so that made them almost invincible , but even so they couldn't do anything, they didn't win absolutely anything, those are things that Disappoint, how many bettors didn't lose money because of this team and its coach? Many, because the truth was not possible, believe that this team with so much good play did nothing , not even a single UCL, because every time they had to advance to the semi-finals, they lost, even teams that I never thought would win, they won, you know here It is clear how poorly directed they are.

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Well, I could think that things could be quite good if they manage to draw or beat PSG, because things are quite good if another team starts to Shine , something like they have in the League with the case of Girona, which They are Doing very well , of course Madrid is one of the best in the world and is first, in this case PSG is the best in Ligue 1 so far , because they are no longer Eating Anything, they already see PSG as a Team to be able to beat him like any other , then teams like these are already believing it and Know that they can beat a PSG that was Only doing and counting on a Mbappé who has everything calculated, it suits him to play Well , because he still wants to leave to Madrid but since the team wants someone better the most likely thing is that he could go to another team like Liverpool , so in this order of Things things may be more possible, at least better than the last season that PSG had to Messi.

Well, what I can think is that they have many Options to win, Until now with Mbappé he can only do things Like Luis Enrique has known how to do , I believe that more things can be done because basically Luis Enrique counts a Lot on Mbappé, in the season What comes when he leaves is when Luis Enrique can take enough action in the matter Because he Will see it as a possible moment of crisis, when you don't have someone like Mbappé because he can do things in a desperate way, that's what he has What to see Luis Enrique, although if he Were a little more astute he would not put in or try to put in another Op him to see how the team works Without him , then Things could be quite hard with Ligue 1, so for that reason it is that since Now PSG can make the Difference, in this order of ideas things can be easier for Now because they have the Frenchman, and thus it can be Seen that it is Possible to win in LIGUE 1.

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Source: https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2023/paris-saint-germain-draw-real-sociedad-in-champions-league-round-of-16/

For Ligue 1 itself, those who can take part in the UCL group phase are the champions and runners-up, last season PSG were champions and Lens were runners-up.
Both team have tickets for the UCL but only PSG is able to qualify for the top 16 because Lens can only finish in 3rd place and they will enter the Europa League.
But talking about Porto, they are quite good in the Portuguese League because in the 2021/22 season they managed to come out as champions and in 2022/23 they were runners-up.
Even in their UCL experience last season they also qualified for the top 16 and topped group B.
If you compare it with Lens then it won't be comparable.

This draw was very surprising because in this match PSG failed to increase the difference in points from other teams who were trying to catch them.
If PSG manages to win, it will clearly be very difficult for other teams to catch up or even surpass PSG this season in the race for the title.
But talking about Lens and Marseille could indeed be closer to getting the opportunity to get tickets to the Europa League next season.

To be honest, I am not surprised by this result because Lille is not an opponent that can be beaten easily. Even though PSG opened the scoring through a spot kick from Kylian Mbappe in the 66th minute, in fact Lille was still able to equalize in the 90+3 minute through a goal scored by Jonathan David. Obviously this was PSG's fault who couldn't even score a goal in a normal match and they were lucky enough to get a goal from the penalty spot and if that didn't happen it's not impossible that Lille would have won.

However, I quite appreciate Lille's performance in this match because they succeeded in blocking every attack from PSG and they were able to make the match end in a draw. Certainly, quite a lot of bettors have suffered losses through this match and perhaps no one expected the match to end in a draw.

It's just a prediction that if Nice will be beaten by Lens, believe it or not, we'll see and the reason I say this is because previously I said several times that when the time comes, Nice will fall from the top position of the points table and from now on it can be seen that Nice's performance will start. experienced a decline, even against Le Havre, Nice was unable to beat it, while Lens is one of the popular clubs that has started to show its best performance.
For Monaco, who will play away against Toulouse, in terms of performance, Monaco will win, but we don't know what will happen because yesterday Toulouse was able to hold a draw at home against Rennes.
So I predict that the Monaco match has quite a big chance of winning but there is also a chance of a draw.

As long as in the upcoming match there are no players experiencing injury problems, it doesn't look like the final result will change, but if there are players injured, it will definitely affect the club's performance, but I saw that several Monaco players were injured, but hopefully it won't affect the final result of Monaco's victory.

In French Soccer League, LOSC vs PSG two teams came to the field to play. In today's match, LOSC and PSG team tied 1-1, neither team could win. Both teams played very well in today's match.  Because neither team could score before halftime. I thought PSG team might win today's match because PSG team is at 1st position in the points table. On the other hand LOSC is at 4th position in the points table.

In the last few matches this year, Nice vs Lens and Monaco vs Toulouse, Monaco will face relatively easier matches so the opportunity to get 3 points is wide open, while Nice will face quite tough matches so with a difference of 2 points it is very possible that Nice will be displaced by Monaco, however this is just a prediction and could be wrong because Monaco has just lost to the team at the bottom of the standings, but Nice will find it difficult to stay close to PSG because the 5 point difference is quite difficult for Nice, as well as Monaco, so the competition in the title race still remains interesting to looking forward to it but the sign of who will be the champion is starting to appear, even though PSG just failed to get 3 points, they are a team that recovers quickly enough in the next match so the point difference will be maintained with the teams below them.

Psg sometimes doesn't play with complete consistency to be able to secure the match with a win because in this match Lille was able to equalize in the final minutes of the match which made them fail in this match to get 3 points. I don't think this result is too embarrassing because Lille is not a weak team, but conceding in the last minute was quite disappointing for PSG fans. The teams below PSG also lost this week and PSG was lucky to be able to secure 1 point so they were able to sit comfortably at the top of the standings.

This season in Ligue 1, PSG is still the favorite team to win the title because there is no fiercer competition from other teams against PSG. I'm Nice or Monaco they only maintain their ranking to be able to finish in the top 4 until the end of the competition because their strength is not strong enough to be able to win the title. Unlike other leagues which have more interesting competition and Ligue 1 is very boring because the first place team is able to lead the standings with a large difference in points from the second place team.

It's a shame that PSG couldn't get full points in this match, even though many hoped PSG could win it so they could lock in a position at the top and sit comfortably there, so if PSG could win then the gap with Nice would be even further, but it turns out PSG couldn't take advantage of this opportunity, but yes, at least PSG must be satisfied with this draw rather than losing and vice versa because Lille cannot be underestimated because this club has not lost in the last 5 matches and Lille always maximizes the draw rather than losing.

However, PSG still remains at the top of the standings with a difference of 5 points from Nice, while Lille is in 4th place and has the same points as Brest on goal difference.
Meanwhile, Brest beat Nantes in yesterday's match by scoring 2 goals to seal victory in the second half and Nantes couldn't do much, they had to suffer defeat at home.

They are a club that experienced a not-so-expected improvement in the previous season and indeed this new season with greater pressure gives them a difficult situation because they are not used to situations that make them hassle like this because indeed habituation with a tough schedule and greater competition cannot be done quickly so Lens will definitely have difficulties in terms of adaptation.

On the other hand, they also try to focus more on the Champions League and can compete even though the points cannot make their situation better in position 3, I think it is still quite good even though Ligue 1 is not too prioritized which makes their standings not too good but now after refocusing on Ligue 1, hopefully it will be better for Lens.
But indeed with the conditions that occur especially after the experience gained in the Champions League I think they will be able to give a breakthrough back in Ligue 1 to improve the performance lost at the beginning of the season.

This outcome of the game between PSG and Lille has proved that football games just like every other sport are unpredictable. PSG had to pay for their inability to create more chances and score more goals that would have kept the match above the reach of Lille. If they had scored more than one goal that extra time goal wouldn't have made them secure just a point. They ended up making that defensive mistake that allowed Lille to secure a point.
With the inconsistency in the performance of Nice, PSG might still likely win League One. They wasted the opportunity to close the gap to two points with the loss against Le Havre AC. The outcome of that game reduced the pressure on PSG after the loss to Lille.

They got knocked out of the champions league group stage which ofcos is relatively not as tough as the Europa round of sixteen, lens was in a group that will be considered not real hard, Arsenal was the only team that did looked above average so they even had a better chance to fight which they did failed to and I don't think the Europa will be any easy.

The Europa round of sixteen is filled with teams who are a bit above average and there's still the likes of Liverpool, Bayern Leverkusen, and other teams which Also came from the UCL along side lens so the pressure here is definitely going to be even tougher than it was at the UCL group stage and not to forget, they have fewer matches to play in the Europa to get to the next stage than they did in the UCL so definitely the pressure is nothing to be compared with and I'm thinking they may not last long enough in the Europa so channelling their attention back to the Ligue 1 will be much better.

They would still go ahead to win the League 1 at the end of the season, the League 1 has never been the Issue with Paris Saint Germans.
Though this is not a squad that would win them this league easily, they should be happy they still have Kylian Mbappe around because, this is not the kind of squad with so much inconsistency you'd want Kylian Mbappe a player with purpose and desire to play with. I saw that this game would result to this draw but didn't get to stake it. The defenders lacked communication at the very last minutes of the game.

Gennaro Gattuso and his lads got to achieve three points yet again. Per Emerick Aubameyang wasn't amongst the goalscorers but je contributed to one of them goals. He now has seven assist in League 1 and five goals for Marseille.

This result is quite surprising. I waited 90 more minutes and I really thought they were going to win the game. A goal in the 94th minute from Jonathan David buried PSG's hopes of strengthening their position in first place. NICE performed poorly in the last 5 matches with 5 defeats but this result leaves them only 5 points behind PSG. Competition in Ligue 1 is still quite competitive because Monaco has the potential to overtake NICE in second place.

PSG wasted the opportunity to widen the gap with Nice after only being able to draw 1-1 at Lille headquarters, Lille reply was very painful because it happened towards the end of the match. One mistake made in their defensive area made them lose the three points that were already in front of them. This result does not affect PSG position at the top of the standings, but the loss of two points means they failed to move away from Nice who are in second place.
The result of a football game is very difficult to predict. When fans think their team has won, but they have to be satisfied with seeing their team draw after a small mistake was made towards the end of the match which resulted in their team conceding the goal.

PSG did not perform optimally in this match, even Lille was able to match PSG's game so that the match was a little more balanced. In fact, PSG was overwhelmed by Lille players who played much more neatly and coordinated, making it quite difficult for PSG to score goals. Lille also had a much bigger chance to score a goal but failed to maximize this opportunity. Mbappe was only able to score a goal from the penalty spot and otherwise there were no opportunities for the PSG players to take advantage of to score.

David managed to equalize before the game ended in added time in the second half, so PSG had to lose two points because they conceded. Even though the draw did not affect PSG's position in the standings, I saw that PSG's performance was far inconsistent in this match because a number of opportunities could not be maximized properly.

PSG lost another chances to grab three points. Victory almost sealed for Paris Saint-Germain but got denied in the last minutes of injury time, with Lille player, Jonathan David hitting hard in the 18 yard box to equalize the scores. Luis Enrique and his supporters becomes more surprised because no one expected Lille to share points with elite club like PSG. Football is changing every season, we seem not to understand the path its flowing and everyone should be careful on how to deal with the club's performance, and not to be too sure of betting on your favorites clubs.

UEFA Champions League requires an experienced team to qualify the group stage and to advance in each step. It is rarely an unexperienced team could do such thing. Maybe the exception was with Porto and Mourinho but that was a high level of management and tactics at that time. Lens lack all these things and are struggling this season until they found some equilibrium.

Mbappe scored a penalty in the second half and PSG didn't make numerous serious attacks so they ended up receiving a goal in the extra time. Such defeat was unnecessary and costly for PSG because they were able to increase the gap to 8 points since the other two top teams lost their games.. That allowed Marseille and Lens eventually to get closer from Europa League spots for next season.

I think if they got knocked out in the Champions League because they were in so much pressure how much time do you think they have in the Europa League before they will be knocked out too because they will encounter more pressure in the Europa League than they had in the champions League. Lens needs to learn how play even under pressure because they are no longer a small club since they will likely be coming to champions League next season, Europa teams are mostly good teams that failed to grab some points due to some bad performance which gave them a bad results not that they are small teams where Lens can easily play against and win so i suggest the Lens team start getting more good players that will help to play against any team in any competition.

The final result was 1-1 and PSG efforts really failed in this match because they had taken an early lead with a goal from Mbappe but Losc was able to equalize in the final minutes of the match. The match was more exciting in today's match because Losc was able to balance PSG strength in this match and they were even able to shoot a lot of shots in this match. I saw that Luis Erinque used a 3-4-2-1 formation and in the previous match he used 4-3-3 and a slight change in today's match made them fail to win this match. I think why should he try another formation if the player is more comfortable with 4-3-3 but that's his decision and he tries different formations when facing different opponents.

The failure to get full points meant that PSG failed to widen the gap with the teams below them, however, PSG is still 5 points ahead of Nice who are in second place. So PSG is still quite comfortable in being at the top even though they achieved a draw in today match. Mbappe has so far recorded 16 goals from 15 matches, this shows how productive he has been this season. I think Mbappe can surpass the previous season record where he scored 29 goals and this season is still long, of course he can score more goals in the upcoming matches.

I confess that I am surprised by the result of Lille's game against PSG, despite Lille being a very difficult opponent because in the last few games they have not lost in any game and had many draws, I still expected that PSG would be able to come away with a victory In that game, PSG had difficulty scoring a goal, thanks to the penalty they benefited from which allowed them to score a goal, if there hadn't been that penalty, then PSG would have lost in that game, but I have to congratulate them because PSG were very well in defense, they only conceded 1 goal in this game and that is something positive, it shows that their defense was good

with this draw PSG remains at the top of the table and with a comfortable advantage, I sincerely doubt very much that they will lose this number one position until the end of the league, in my opinion PSG have no opponents in league1 so they will win league1 again in this one season also mainly because the other teams have lost, Nice and Monaco, which could be teams that would cause some threat to PSG, had defeats, which only benefited PSG even more. I still can't understand why the other Ligue 1 teams can't have strong squads in their teams to the point where they can compete at the same level as PSG