Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 588. (Read 193319 times)

Lille has the opportunity to secure full points in this match. They are superior with their strength in this match because their quality this season is more impressive than their opponents. Lyon, being the bottom team in the standings, will find it difficult to win when facing Lille. The only best chance in this match is of course betting on Lille winning. Lyon has only been able to achieve one win so far and they are still stuck in the bottom zone of the standing.

Ligue 1 this season is quite the opposite to last season because several big teams from last season are having difficulty maintaining their best form this season. PSG doesn't seem to have any difficulty this season in winning the Ligue 1 trophy again because they are back at the top of the standings. For Lens, they are trying to get back into the top 4, though Lens performance has dropped a lot compared to last season.

Another interesting and thrilling game to be seen this will be one of the last meetings for Kylian Mbappe to face his parent club Monaco who he won the League 1 first with.
With two goals and more scored at home by PSG this will sure be another wonderful game for total display also for Kylian to extend his goals. Monaco also have gained reduced points while playing from home. Monaco might have gone straight to the top three clubs even with some level of inconsistent. It will be hard game both sides are known for scoring many goals in games as this 

Olympic Lyon is not in a good situation at all and they lost many points during this season so far. I was expecting to see better results for this team but unfortunately, in the 11 games, we saw in the French league Olympic Lyon won only one game in the last week against Rennes. Even if Olympic Lyon buys some players during the winter I think this team can't be in the Ligue 1 for the next season with the current situation they have.

It's really amazing how a club like Olympic Lyon is rocking the bottom of the table at the relegation zone, I mean Olympic Lyon have been of great impact to France ligue 1 over the years. Players like Michael Essien was groomed in Olympic Lyon before joining Chelsea where he recorded huge success, how about Karim Benzima he was also brought up in Olympic Lyon before he joined Real Madrid and achieved a great result. It baffles me that a great team like Olympic Lyon is at the bottom of the tables after playing 11 matches, won just one match, drew 4 and lost 6 matches.

Sometimes one thing that affects a club performance is selling most of their key players as the selling of their two players namely Lucas Paqueta and Bruno Guimaraes in 2022 was a very big loss to them and hence their poor performance. These two players was of great impact to Olympic Lyon before they were sold out.

I think the best option for Olympic Lyon is to buy more players in January transfer window as their current form now is nothing to write home about considering the fact that they have won the France league title for a record of 7 good times. They need to improve in their performance as being in the relegation zone of the league is not good for the club.

The game between Paris Saint Germaine and Monaco will be a very interesting match to watch because of how impressive the two teams have been this season in the French Ligue 1.
Monaco who are currently in the third position trailing league leaders with just three points knows that a win in that game will take them to the same number of points with Paris Saint Germaine.
That being said, I expect the league leaders to win that game because if how strong they are and the fact that they'll be playing at home in front of their home fans.

Yes but imagine you are the coach of Lens and you have this once in a lifetime chance, not only the players, but also the coach, to play agains the best teams in the world and then achieve the biggest dream ever and advance into the next round of the Champions League. I have not the slightest doubt that every coach on this planet would do the very best for the team and with the team to make it happen. There is no priority on Ligue 1 when you can advance to the next round in the biggest international football competition on the club level in the world.

Lyon might have secured their 1st win this season in their last match against Rennes but it's not enough cause they're still at the very bottom of the league, however they're lucky that the league is not yet close to it's late stages if not they won't have missed being relegated, but I think there's still hope for them to get better this season, well with the way they've performed so far, one would be right to say that a new ownership of the club should be considered, to save the club from failing and strengthening them financially during the January window to help them sign new players and get out of the relegation zone.

 They'll be facing a team that's currently top four in the league and i doubt if they'll be able to win the game even though they'll be facing Lille with a home advantage, Lyon might have won Rennes but Lille is  stronger side and would really pressure pressure Lyon more to get the three points.

It can't be a benchmark because in the end winning with superior numbers of players will only be considered as a fairness in this case but at least with the 3 points they managed to get in the match against Rennes last week this can improve their spirit which is quite bleak because they never get a victory in the first 10 matches they do. Facing Lille this could be a very tough test again but they have good momentum so don't let momentum like this be damaged again with a defeat so as much as possible they should try to make this a point even if they can't make 3 points if it's too difficult but they have to force a draw so that their performance does not decline again after gaining momentum.

Definitely that's not the case, no one would want to at any point think such because I think every football lover would definitely know that there's a dynamics to these things and it's not about the players been told or controlled to focus more on one league as against the other,it's basically tactics at times.

But some times based on priority, coaches may sometimes try out certain tactics in some of the leagues and wouldn't use same in the others, like the champions league which happens to be very competitive and it's amongst teams drawn from different leagues, definitely the approach will differ from that which will be used in their domestic leagues because there's a pattern that varies across different leagues and that's why sometimes it will look as if focus was redirected.

Lille performance is still quite good, while Lyon is very bad because their performance has really fall this season. Winning in the previous match against Rennes was also not an impressive victory with a score of 1-0, especially Rennes also unstable this season. So I agree with you, betting on Lyon in the match against Lille is not a good option, there is a possibility that the final result will be a draw or Lille win. As for Lyon victory, I personally also doubt it too.

That internal conflict that they have must be solved, maybe a new owner would be a lot better, it would make sense for the club because we are talking about someone who could takeover the club and spend money and hire the right people. I do not know who owns it right now, but it's obvious that they are not doing a good job at it and they should be avoiding that owner as much as possible.

No team like that should be playing like this, they are really doing terrible and I feel like the best thing to do right now would be just avoiding the situation as much as possible. I get that money is a trouble, so finding a richer owner would make it even better for them on the long run and allow them to make it a bigger club for sure.

win against Rennes was Lyon's first win since this season started and the conditions were quite worrying, especially as you said, Rennes played with 10 players from the 5th minute but Lyon was unable to score more than one goal in that match. It seems that Lyon's hopes of getting out of the relegation zone will be very difficult, if they are not able to improve the quality of their game, Lyon played quite well last season, they even managed to stop in 7th position, but this season they failed to maintain the consistency of their performance.

Marsielle has been performing in their league but they just haven't been performing well, they're in the bottom section of the table and they've undoubtedly been struggling to secure wins. Their counterpart Lens have been performing better in the UCL than their domestic league, for me they'd have focused their time, strength and ability on their domestic league where they'd even have more possibilities of securing a good spot than the Champions league where there'd be struggling to even secure a spot in the round of 16 without talking of the other subsequent stages in the contest.
 
 Marsielle should build up themselves more to stay on track in the league, they still have enough time ahead of them and positive outcomes can be actualized, but then it can't be actualized if they don't put in more effort on the pitch to get better than they're doing currently.

Lyon this season has really slumped based on its performance. They only achieved 1 win in 11 matches, and that was because they had a 1 player advantage since the first half. Lyon's defense was very poor, while the performance of the attackers was also not very good. Lyon have only been able to score 9 goals in 11 matches, while they have conceded 19 goals so far.

I think Lyon could be relegated this season if they don't recover from this slump quickly, but it won't be as easy as turning the palm of the hand. Lyon will have to invest more in their players in the next transfer window to improve their squad depth, but fixing the current player performance and confidence issues is the main focus of the coach. I'm not sure what the biggest problem is this season, but they've been really bad.

edit: I have edited the missing words in the previous post.

And yeah, as I said, that doesn't mean they don't have to do their best in the Champions League competition. After all, as I said, like it or not, Lens has to play all his matches in various competitions. Let's flashback to when Lens started playing in two competitions, namely the Coupe de France. Their performance declined, although Haise was able to bring his team back to performing well.

Now we are talking about Copenhagen, let's refer to their ranking in their domestic competition, they are in first place with 33 points from their 15 matches. Their performance was inversely proportional in the Champions League, fortunately they faced United, a very unlucky team in that match. btw, Copenhagen is not in the same group as Lens in the Champions League group.

PSV is not much different from Copenhagen, they are in first place in their domestic league. In fact, PSV was unbeaten in 12 of their matches and swept all the matches with a win. unfortunately, their performance was not that good in the Champions League. Based on temporary odds, the Sevilla vs PSV match, the two teams seem to be evenly matched based on the bookie's odds. If PSV wins that means... Lens' chances of getting to the next round are quite tough. In fact, Lens will play an away match at Emritas, home of the Gunners.

Well, from what I have said, there is a gap between all the teams that I have mentioned here. both in the Domestic league and in the Champions League. the problem is, it's all up to the club, the coach and the players. If they insist on going all out, it means they will put in a big effort in these matches. every result can have an impact on their matches in domestic league competitions and Arsenal is no exception. So that's it, let's see what happens when the fifth matchday of the Champions League group phase is held.

Put differently, you are saying that any team beating Rennis is automatically a high quality team. I am not sure you really meant to say that as it means literally nothing to beat Rennes when it comes to assessing the quality of a squad. If they beat PSG or Nice, I would agree that this would allow for some conclusions to be made, but beating a team that is positioned in the lower half of the table is really nothing that is helpful to see whether it is a quality team or not.

Nice drew goalless with Montpellier. This is why the team has to lose the top spot. I know the Montpellier team is not strong. However, I am not at all surprised to see such a result in this match. Because I don't think the Nice team is very strong. I was actually a bit annoyed to see this team at the top of the table.

Nice team scored only 13 goals in 12 matches. The team held the top spot in the table only because of their strong defence. Their offensive performance is quite poor. Monaco, who are third in the points table, have scored 25 goals in 12 matches. I think only Monaco can stay in the title fight with PSG this season.

Yeah indeed. Even Mbappe was playing for Monaco those days. He was newly shining at his team and was signed by PSG for a record-breaking price after that. Those days Monaco had their best squad ever after so many years. Their squad was full of young players maybe but those were very talented players.

I don't know if we would see Monaco having another golden generation like that. But at least they are doing good in this season. A golden generation can help them become consistent in the Ligue 1 in most seasons also.

Yes indeed, because of the 6 matches away for Lille so far, the fact is that Lille more often get a draw, because from 6 matches away from Lille, the fact is that Lille only gets 1 win 4 draws and 1 loss. I also think, it is not a good record for a team that is currently in the top four in the Ligue 1 standings. Therefore, despite playing against Lyon later that Lille is still favored to win reflected in the available odds but ya, it still seems not easy for Lille to beat Lyon at home. But even so, maybe I will still come forward to bet for Lille to win this match, because I guess Lille will maximize Lyon bad conditions this moment to beat Lyon at home.

No, they should not press the button and focus on Ligue and they never will. These games won't happen very often in their careers if they play for Lens and the fans would always want to see their players fight and not just give up no matter how hopeless the situation is. Look at Copenhagen and what they are doing due to the fights they put up and the help of their fans. It is amazing that a small team like that may qualify for the next round.

PSV has a difficult game away against Sevilla and then another difficult game against Arsenal at home. If Lens can beat Sevilla at home, there is still a chance that they make the miracle happen and everyone in that club wants it badly.

I know they are mediocre and these games are never decided in the underdog's favor with quality football, but with spirit and dedication. That is why teams like Copenhagen and Lens have a chance and yet they love to play in their domestic leagues.