Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 530. (Read 193629 times)

This season's competition will be tougher than last season. PSG had a bit of trouble at the start of the season just like Lens, but they are now also on a good trend of continuing to win.
I think Lens might have to try harder and show a stable performance to be able to finish this season in the top 3 of the standings.
teams like Nice also appear consistent and stable. even though they are not very productive in scoring goals. but their defense is the toughest so far. Therefore, I am sure that this season's battle will be more exciting than last season where only Lens and PSG were at the top.

I think this result was surprising for anyone who could predict this match in the French league because Le Havrein is totally unknown team and I was not even expecting to see them in the middle side of the table considering the players and coaches they have in the team but so far Le Havrein had a good performance and even against a team like Nice, Le Havrein won the game with a 3-1 result which awesome for this team.
Because Nice is the second team in the French league and obviously Nice losing this match made PSG happy.

So far I have not found a club that can really break PSG's dominance in Ligue 1, Nice is not a big threat to PSG because of course I am sure that this season PSG will still win the title for the umpteenth time in Ligue 1, although they also have to maintain their focus on Of course, the UCL is not a big obstacle for them to remain consistent in Ligue 1 this season to stay at the top of the standings.

Until now, no one seems to be truly serious and consistent in competing with PSG at the top of the standings, unlike in other leagues where there is tight competition at the top of the standings but not in Ligue 1, PSG seems to be truly consistent and has always dominated this season. on a winning streak in the last five matches, especially in tomorrow's match they will get full points again against LOSC even though they are playing as guests.

Lens can show that slowly they can also do better in every match, and their progress is visible from match to match.

Marseille vs Clermont

Marseille performance under Gattuso finally showing good progress because from the last 3 matches of Ligue 1 this team was unbeatable with able to win all of those matches and this makes Marseille position was gradually better because on league standings Marseille can reach to 7th place and today they have ambition want to resumes their winning streak from Clermont and if Marseille can able to managed their performance i think beating Clermont is not hard task for Marseille

Clermont was performing poorly this season and they even relegation candidate because Clermont position currently at 18th place and this should be easy match for Marseille and about team condition under Gattuso finally Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang can found his shape because recently he can scores goals again and in the last 4 matches with Marseille he can scores 4 goals and for this match too if he played i think possibly Aubameyang can scored and bringing Marseille to gets the winning result and Marseille has odds @1.51 this is not high odds but i think it's safe bet

Lens is playing pretty well right now. And at this moment I do not think they have to worry about too much.  As you said they have been winning pretty consistently throughout the last few matches and haven't lost since what seems to be an eternity. So they are definitely doing well. Probably better than expected. I don't know how worried they are about the Europa League. But I believe they should give more importance to Ligue 1. Because I think it is still going to be hard for them to get into the top 3 positions because the teams above are performing well and have good point advantage. And Lens has 1 match in hand.

PSG is obviously in he better situation than Nice and they have a much higher chance of winning the French league title at the end of the season just like they won last season because compared to Nice, PSG has many more and better players and coaches in this team and you can definitely get a better result in the games you are going to have if you invest more for the team and that's what they have done for PSG during this season.
Also after Nice lost the last match against Le Havre, now there is more gap between these two teams, Nice got 32 points in second place of the table while PSG got 36 points in first place.

Keeping close range on Nice and PSG this current season, one of these teams will eventually be crowned Champs of Ligue One because they did better than any othe club. Consistent performance will heightened the performance of a competitive club in Ligue One. PSG improves and they're sitting first spot on the table while Nice did better but couldn't reduce the level of flopping and decline in performance this season. Nice did better in the early starts but couldn't maintain the high level performance against their oppositions.

Lens is playing pretty well right now. And at this moment I do not think they have to worry about too much.  As you said they have been winning pretty consistently throughout the last few matches and haven't lost since what seems to be an eternity. So they are definitely doing well. Probably better than expected. I don't know how worried they are about the Europa League. But I believe they should give more importance to Ligue 1. Because I think it is still going to be hard for them to get into the top 3 positions because the teams above are performing well and have good point advantage. And Lens has 1 match in hand.

Lens struggled to get a win in the first 5 weeks, but they managed to pick themselves up and they haven't lost in the league for 11 weeks, a statistic that reminds me of last season again.Lens will continue on their way in the Europa League even if they are eliminated from the Champions League group.The opponents they will face here are easier and more competitive teams for them, so they can focus a little more on the league. Lens, who are currently 5th in the league, will at least want to finish in the top 3 of the league.The next week they will go to Nice, one of the form teams of the league, and this will be a very important match for them.The next week they will play PSG, so the better these 2 weeks go for them, the better their chances of finishing the league in a better place.

Indeed, Nice performance has been really good this season, so they defeat in yesterday match was surely disappointed. Now Nice already got two defeats in their away matches, because previously they also lost against Nantez. Personally, I'm also worried that Nice won't be able to stay in the top four if they lose again. Especially, in the next match Nice will face against Lens, and Lens team has returned to consistency by having a good trend in their last 11 matches which are never lost in Ligue 1.

I personally was really surprised and disappointed at the results of this game between Nice and Le Havre. Nice this season has been in a very good and somehow excellent form such that they topped the league table at a time and I least expected they will loose to Le Havrein this match, not only did they lose but with a good margin which showed a clear defeat.

Le Havre did performed well even with the red card they had they were able to win and I must say their home advantage was such they they did used well enough and it did turned out I'm their favour so I would say it was a deserving win for Le Havre, if Nice continues I'm this form they will further drop points and will not make it any longer to the top four, they have dropped some point already by this match and I think from this match it showed that they have some defensive challenge which they have to fix if they must be able to reduce further conceding of goals in their subsequent fixtures in the Ligue 1 games this season.

I am not surprised by this result, Nice is an inconsistent team and in terms of performance every week they are not able to maintain the level of play of their own team. It was not Le Havre who were able to recover in this match and managed to win the match but there was indeed a significant decline in quality. from the Nice team this week..
Indeed, if we look at it as a whole, Nice has quite a lot to improve so that they can maintain the consistency of their team's play.

It's quite surprising to see that Nice suffered a defeat when facing a promoted club and this is the second defeat that Nice has experienced. Indeed, I admit that Nice's attack line is not that sharp, even between PSG and Monaco. Nice produced the fewest goals, they only guarded the defense so they didn't concede. more goals than the opponent, Nice should improve their front line to make it sharper so they can compete with PSG for the title if their attack line is not completely reliable then I doubt Nice can beat PSG they will still be the same as other clubs who couldn't break PSG's dominance.

Yes, this defeat does not change Nice's position in the standings, but they are widening the gap with PSG. If PSG is able to beat LOSC in the 16th match tomorrow, PSG will collect 39 points and this makes PSG sit comfortably at the top of the standings with quite a large difference from Nice. With this, PSG is not under as much pressure from Nice, the difference is 7 points, of course Nice will find it increasingly difficult to catch PSG if PSG continues to win in a row like recently.

In the end, Nice was defeated by a promoted team, even with a fairly large score, Nice was unable to beat Le Harve. even though Nice actually controlled the game, and even technically Nice was superior to the home team in this match. however, of the 13 total shots, 4 were on target, only one of which they converted into a goal, and that too was a consolation goal in the minutes before the game ended. Nice's problem is not because the coach has not found an ideal system or even an effective strategy, but because the quality of Nice's strikers cannot be relied on. Honestly, I don't mean to underestimate Nice, but the fact is that they don't have a sharp striker to be their mainstay up front. as we can see, from the 16 matches played by Nice, they were only able to score 17 goals. It could be said that Nice is only able to score 1 goal per match. although in reality, this is not the case. IMO, what differentiates the Nice squad is because their defensive line plays quite disciplined. and at the same time, Nice was able to win the match even though they only scored one goal. In this match, what the Nice coach implemented did not run smoothly. In fact, the home team played more with the old pattern, namely 4-4-2. In short, this system is more about playing defense and only relying on counter attacks. It was proven that Le Havre only had 38% ball possession, but they had 3 counter attacks, 3 shots from the counter attack and 1 chance from the counter attack which they converted into a goal. It seems that the quick surprise goal scored by the home team made Nice more open to playing to catch up. unfortunately, the home team increased their lead and in the end Nice fell with a score of 3-1. and yeah, as I often say. If in the end, Nice will experience a decline in performance in the following matches. fortunately, Monaco was defeated by Lyon. if not, Nice will have to be willing to shift their position. With this result, it opens up an opportunity for Lille to reduce the difference in points and get closer if they win their 17th match. however, the team they were playing against was Paris Sain-Germain. well, let's just wait.