Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 539. (Read 193597 times)

In history, as far as I know, Nice best place is only in 3rd place and that was in the season about a decade ago and when compared, Monaco will be superior. Monaco has had experience of being at the top of the standings and in terms of player depth, it is more consistent than Nice, which luckily, they can look very stable when they are at the top of the standings, but actually Nice will eventually lose its consistency and it has been proven that currently Nice is below PSG and just above Monaco.

I prefer to compare or say that in fact the only team that is suitable to compete with PSG is Monaco for now and we'll see if Nice will be able to survive until the end of the season with its current performance and I am very confident that PSG will stay at the top of the standings until the end of the season even though Monaco and Nice will continue to try to catch up on the points difference, coach Enrique will try his best to be able to give PSG the title even though there are doubts, but as long as mainstay player Mbappe is still at PSG, everything will be fine.

but the upcoming match makes PSG fans worried because PSG opponent is Lille while this team is in a very more stable condition compared to last season and Nice in the upcoming match has a slightly easier opponent and also Monaco will face Lyon who is in a very bad condition . so if PSG wants to stay at the top of the standings, they can at least steal 3 points from Lille, but they will probably have to work a little harder because Lille cannot be underestimated.

This is exactly what I was moaning about; the fans are also a part of PSG's problem since they can't stand it when clubs start winning games immediately after choosing a new coach. These fans forget that a lot has changed, and that these coaches aren't ideal; rather, they're simply human beings who are prone to making errors that are costly. Luis Enrique attempted in his early matches but couldn't satisfy the elite club's criteria, and he was new to the game pattern and system of Ligue One, but he can say so today since he's progressively adapting to the system and has been winning elite matches in the league.

PSG had experienced bad results at the start of the season, possibly because Kylian Mbappe had not been allowed into the PSG squad at that time due to contract issues and after Mbappe returned to playing PSG experienced quite a lot of changes and slowly, although not very impressive, they started to get wins and teams like Nice and Monaco were down from first position.
Nice is a pretty good team, especially in defense but seeing that the number of goals they scored was only 16 in 15 matches that is not a good statistic for a team that is in second place, Monaco is more productive than Nice but unfortunately, their defense is quite bad so they concede quite a lot of goals in 15 matches, that is why PSG managed to climb back to the top because their competitors can be said to be not as good as them in the balance of attack and defense, so this may still be an easy season for PSG, unless their competitors experience very rapid development in the course of time.

After Luis Enrique became the coach of PSG, PSG played very badly in the first few matches of the season. They lost several matches. But even then the scenario changed very quickly. Luis Enrique has been able to stabilize the team. And once again PSG has become the best club in Ligue 1. PSG's squad this season is a bit weaker than last season. However, with the help of Luis Enrique's match strategy, PSG is now able to perform well in every match.

Nice and Monaco's performances are quite weak compared to PSG. On the other hand, although the Lille team's performance has improved, Lille is 9 points behind PSG. For these reasons, the road to Ligue 1 champion has become easier for PSG.

PSG's latest historical dominance in French football indeed makes them a force that is difficult to compete, and the title race often revolves around their performance. I dont think Nice will be able to have a fighting competition against PSG, even though They are having a consistent performance so far by experiencing only one defeat against Nantes. But ,of course, they deserve appreciation for their progress and determination, even though they may not have the same level of strength and squad depth as PSG. The fact that they are only four points behind PSG shows their competitive spirit and potential to challenge for the title.

Nice need to maintain their consistency in performance, because that's the key for them to continue on this trajectory. They have a real chance of providing strong competition in the race for the title. Football may provide us a fair share of surprises with Nice being a tittle contender this season. The unpredictability of the sport adds an element of excitement to the title race. It's an interesting show on how Nice navigate the challenges of the season.

Yes, even if Nice manages to beat Le Havre this week and that will keep them close to PSG. Maybe it's true that competing with PSG in the title race is a bit too pushy, but at least even if Nice fails, they can still experience more challenging competition in the Champions League. I don't know the last time Nice was in the champions league and maybe if I'm not mistaken it was in 2016. That's quite a long time ago and they should be able to do it through this season so they can also experience a busy competition schedule.

To be honest, I didn't see footage of Nice's goal, but if it's true it means that Nice once again benefited from a mistake by the opposing goalkeeper and there's no way they will continue to rely on something like that. Therefore, they must further hone their attacks and also improve their players' finishing so they can win with a more convincing score.

There are many advantages that PSG has this season because they are still one of the most successful clubs in France and talking about the title is not difficult because their dominance in Ligue 1 is still quite difficult for other clubs to break. Nice has experienced rapid progress this season and they have emerged as one of the clubs that has performed consistently and so far they have only experienced their first defeat against Nates.

Even though they are not very strong and do not have a squad capable of competing with PSG, I think we should give appreciation because so far they have fought hard to become one of the strong teams in Ligue 1. They are four points behind PSG and if Nice can maintain consistency then it is very likely that they can provide fierce competition in the race for the title.

PSG will have no problem winning the title this season. A team like Nice won't be able to stand in PSG's way to the title. Personally I don't think the Nice team is very strong. Nice team's defense is very strong. Because of this, the team is still in the second place in the points table. Nice scored only 16 goals in 15 matches. Their attack is very weak. It is not possible to win the Ligue 1 title with such a weak attack. Also, PSG team is in a very good rhythm now. But I thought Monaco would fight for the title with PSG. But in the last match, PSG beat Monaco 5-2. PSG will win the Ligue 1 title this season.

PSG is still fine with a 4 point lead over Nice and 6 points over Monaco who are in second and third place respectively. There is no pressure on PSG coming from Nice or Monaco, but of course if PSG fail to maintain that 4 point lead then the pressure will increase. At the moment I think PSG is fine with their lead, but they are also careful because a defeat would make Nice and Monaco closer.

PSG, Nice and Monaco both won the match in week 15. Nothing has changed in the top 3 standings, so there is no pressure for PSG except for Nice which has a 2 point gap from Monaco. Nice must maintain consistent performance, otherwise Monaco, who has performed well this season, could surpass them in the next matches.

The easiest scenario for PSG to qualify for the round of 16 at the moment is to beat Dortmund, besides that, there is quite a risk of failure. Enrique has certainly evaluated the shortcomings of his squad after the previous draw against Newcastle, and also he understands that this is the time to show the full strength of the resources he has, but if they lose later it means he has no luck at all, his managerial career is at stake. here. Dortmund will certainly not let PSG go smoothly, even though their position is safe and will not be touched in the round of 16.

On the other hand, the adaptation period for the players in the PSG squad is over, they have to contribute to the team by bringing out all the potential they have. Even though in Ligue 1 the position is not yet safe from Nice pursuit, but now we have to shift all focus to the life and death match against Dortmund, it looks like we will see the peak of PSG best performance this season on matchday 6.

I do agree that if Mbappe doesn't agree, Real shouldn't really try to get him, not like Mbappe is worth all this drama, he is a good player and worths every dime he gets but just because he does worth the money, doesn't mean he worths the headache neither.

Vini, Rodrygo, Endrick, Valverde, Tchouameni, Camavinga and most recently Jude, these are all super young players who will build the future of Real anyway, and as long as they have that I do not think that they really need to get Mbappe, they have players for those positions. They need to revamp their defense though, get some 23 year old or younger amazing defenders for the future, that might be a lot better for them and could help them for a long time. I get that it may not be easy to find defenders because it's harder to get defenders compare to attack, kids want to be attackers, so defenders who are Real Madrid level are harder to find but I am sure that they will be able to do that eventually.

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Mbappe leads the list of players with the most goals in Ligue 1, which made me laugh a lot and that Mbappe has 15 goals while the player in second place has only 7 goals, in other words Mbappe has twice as many goals, he is Of course, as he is an excellent player and a very important player for PSG, I'm wondering how the problem of staying or not staying at PSG will end next year when his contract ends. I know that PSG could recover if he leaves the team, PSG has money to sign good players, what I never understood was why PSG didn't sign Ronaldo and they preferred Neymar a few years ago. Be that as it may, it is a fact that PSG still does not have a strong team capable of winning the European Champions League.

and if mbappe leaves the team, it will take more years for psg to be able to put together a team capable of winning the european champions league. Currently with a 4 point advantage over Nice, PSG is on a good path to winning Ligue 1 again, I doubt they won't be able to, I also think that with a few more games they will be able to increase the points advantage they have over Nice, and talking about nice, which is a team capable of surprising this season, yesterday they played against reims

in that game nice started by scoring the first goal, but after more than 20 minutes reims managed to score a goal and the game was tied, if the game had ended with that draw, then that would have benefited psg a lot but unfortunately nice came back scoring the second goal and they won the game and still have a difference of 4 points in relation to psg, it is unbelievable that nice are managing to stay in second place, before they were in first place for a long time. We'll see how long they can stay in second place.

There are indeed a couple of ifs left for the group where PSG is playing their last game against Dortmund. Obviously, Dortmund doesn't want to lose as that could cost them the first position in the table, which could be bad if that means they will face a team like Real Madrid in the round of 16. But if PSG only gets a draw in that game, there is still the risk that Newcastle wins their game against Milan and because of the two legs they would be in the next round whereas PSG would be out. I think for that reason that PSG will win that game. I can't convince myself to think that Dortmund, which has been performing so badly sometimes, can beat PSG in that game. There is a lot at stake for several clubs at the same time. It is the group as we expected it back then when the group stage started.

Since PSG is leading the table in Ligue 1, no further considerations are necessary on their part and they will go and attack Dortmund as hard as possible.

I think PSG this season's championship title is already theirs, because looking at the depth of the squad that PSG's competitors have, there is a huge difference in quality. Hoping that Nice will compete to win Ligue 1 is of course not an easy matter with the squad they have, Nice being able to consistently be in second place is already an extraordinary achievement for them.

I'm not underestimating other teams besides PSG, but the reality is it will be like that because as you said who can stop PSG at this time? Indeed, if they record once or twice they will definitely lose points, but what about other teams, they will definitely lose a lot of points because the match is still long, there are still 23 matches left.

The loss against Nantes was a big setback for Nice. A win would have made them close the gap between the defending champions PSG to one point. However Nice has shown commitment to keep putting pressure on PSG. Competing with a standard club like PSG will be very difficult but getting a Champions League slot will be a big achievement for a team that ended last season in ninth position. Nice need to increase the strength of its attack. In the match against Reims, they would have lost the game if not because the visitors missed a lot of opportunities. At least two shots from Reims hit the crossbar which would have given them a two-goal advantage. Even the second goal by Jeremia Boga was a goalkeeping error by Diouf.       

Nice won't be able to compete for the title. They are not second at the moment because they are so overwhelmingly strong and nobody could stop them. They are second because many of the games they played were finished with a happy ending for them. They are living on the edge with their one goal per game and then the (so far) impressive defensive performance. But this won't go on for the full 38 games.

The biggest issue I see is that I have no idea who could stop PSG in the league. But this is not only for one game, but for several games. It can't be expected that Nice finishes the season with 90 points. So whenever PSG loses points, Nice have to win them and I don't think they can have such a great level of consistency.

In the previous match, Nice lost against Nantes, but this result did not make them fall into decline and they managed to recover in yesterday's match against Reims by winning 2-1. This is a very important home win when they have the opportunity to compete to win the title this season with PSG. With the additional three points, Nice continues to close behind PSG in the standings with a distance of 4 points.

Maybe Nice should practice by improving their attacks because we know this team is not very good at winning matches by always relying on a thin lead and that's not good when their opponents can put pressure on them and leave them in a deadlock.

Considering Lyon's current condition then yes, of course it will always be not easy for Lyon to get good results in each match. So yes, even though Lyon managed to win big with clean sheets too but at least, we still can't expect Lyon to be able to maintain such good performance. Moreover, in the next match Lyon played away against Monaco and at this moment Monaco is also in the top three so of course, it will still be difficult for Lyon to get good results again.

Also about Marseille, basically I doubt Marseille's away match even though yes, the opponent it faces is also Lorient who is in the lower zone in the current Ligue 1 standings. But even so, I doubted Marseille's quality for the away match, but in the end I was wrong because Marseille managed to make a quick goal in the first half as well as lock in his win in this away match. At least, with this win result, that Marseille managed to get their first away win this season.

Lyon won by three goals against Toulouse which is also a weak team and while Toulouse are hovering around the relegation zone, Lyon are still deep in it, sitting in the last place as it used to be during this season. When you see the next matches of Lyon from Monaco in the middle of December up to February, you have the feeling that they might win only one time. It is a very hard season for them honestly.

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Marseille advanced good lately and they are now in the sixth place along with Lens and Reims. Seeing their upcoming games, I think they will remain in top positions while advancing slowly.

Regarding PSG finances, there is no doubt and if there were no FFP rules they would buy any player they wanted in one transfer window. For now, the depth of the squad that Enrique has is the dream of any coach, we can see how much the accumulated market price is in one squad, in fact they only lose to Man City and Arsenal in this case.

With this abundant financial support, it is very difficult for any team in Ligue 1 to break PSG dominance, and in fact I have not seen a team capable of challenging for the title so far apart from PSG. Nice, Monaco and Lille are not strong enough to be a direct challenger to PSG.

Regarding PSG opportunity to talk a lot in the UCL, I think it can be done easily if you judge from the depth of the squad, but in fact in the group phase they are already having problems. I'm also quite curious about them, what kind of players does Enrique need to be comfortable stepping into the UCL, Mbappe must be the main mainstay and Enrique must make good use of him before he actually moves later.