Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 609. (Read 193094 times)

PSG was rebuilding their squad his season and it affected them at the start of the season cause the players didn't had a good communication among themselves on the pitch, but currently they're gradually becoming very impressive and are fighting their way up to the 1st place and I think whether Nice wins or not PSG are still the strongest contenders of the league this season and they could retain the title this season if they remain consistent in their upcoming matches.

 Nice and Monaco especially Nice would give PSG a tough time this season Monaco where very strong earlier bit they dropped and allowed PSG to top however Nice are more stronger with a good defence line and could remain at the top if they beat Rennes and I know PSG fans would be hoping Nice lose so they'll remain at the top.

Slowly PSG return to the top standing position awhile after winning over Strasbourg 3-0 and good opportunity for Luis Henrique with first time arrive there ever make bad result. But first standings PSG position is not secure yet depend on Nice vs Rennes match tomorrow if Nice continue the winning trend automatically PSG will drop to second standing place. However its good start for Luis Henrique make PSG on the winning trend and return again to top standings, winning over Strasbourg will be capital for PSG upcoming match in Champion League against AC Milan, if can take three points have large chance for PSG will qualify to next round.

Another important, PSG have consistency performance on upcoming match in Ligue 1, never loss points any more to secure first standings from Nice and AS Monaco who have good performed in this season.

for Monaco it might make more sense to break PSG dominance but for Nice it seems too early for this team because in terms of readiness the Nice team is not that strong actually when compared to PSG and Monaco its just that PSG is focusing on other competitions which makes performance unstable and it looks like this season PSG will continue to dominate league 1 to occupy the top of the standings at the end of the season but for the next season it looks like PSG must be ready for a new challenge without Mbappe which will have a negative impact on PSG performance for the worse.

This day opened with PSG's game against Montpellier, before the game started PSG was seen as the favorite to win the game, the odds weren't very high either, if memory serves me right it was at 1.44 in case PSG win this game, since PSG had come from 4 consecutive games without losing and their opponent had come from 4 games with mixed results of wins and losses, so PSG's favoritism in this game made perfect sense, and from what I could see of this game PSG did very well in defense, any attack that Montpellier made was immediately defended and it was difficult for balls to pass through PSG's defense and reach PSG's goalkeeper. while in attack PSG was much more dangerous than its opponent

and PSG's attackers did very well in this game, they are playing with great synchronization to the point of making assists with greater precision and without depending too much on mbappe, I would say that this current PSG coach is managing to create an ideal formation for PSG, He is managing to make the team stable in terms of defense. it is enough to see that in the last 4 games PSG only conceded 2 goals which were goals conceded in just 1 game, in the remaining 3 games they did not concede any goals. PSG's next game will be against Milan in the European Champions League, a victory in that game would leave PSG in a slightly more comfortable position

today we only have 2 games:

FC Lorient - RC Lens

On paper, Lens is the favorite to win this game, they are having a good time, to the point where they have 5 games without any defeats, while their opponent, Lorient, is having a bad time, in the last 5 games they have only had 1 victory, with a very low performance in the last 5 games, I believe that Lens can achieve a victory or draw in this game. Looking at the latest results of these two teams in terms of goals scored and goals conceded, I wouldn't risk betting on this game, even knowing that Lens in their last game managed to score 4 goals, which even surprised me because they normally score 1 2 goals, I'm still not very convinced to bet on this game

Olympique Marseille - LOSC Lille

Olympique Marseille comes to this game as favorites to win, which is a bit strange because the performance of these two teams in the last 5 games points to a good performance by Lille, who in the last 5 games had only 1 defeat and is coming from a sequence of 4 games without losing, while Olympique Marseille in the last 5 games had only 1 victory. but Olympique Marseille has been doing very well in home games and this is probably the factor that bookmakers took into account to place Olympique Marseille as the favorite

PSG just needs to make sure its club will always get three points from its opponent. This will be enough in helping PSG to take the advantage when nice or monaco will not able to get full points. PSG will always be in the safe position as long as the club can always maintain its performance. This is not the battle about how strong the club is but it's about the battle of consistency between PSG, nice and monaco. Im not surprising that if sometimes monaco or even nice will make some mistakes that made the club will be going to the below PSG.
So far so good, psg needs only to increase its consistency when it will be playing away. The key of PSG to win the french league once again by having stable performance.
The match will be even harder when it will come to the end of season. PSG is still also under pressure by participating in the UCL as well.

This is a challenge for enrique to make sure its players will not be exhausted. Enrique needs also to make everything very conditional for his players. He needs also make preparation when mbappe will be leaving from the club next year.
There must be someone who can replace mbappe's position.

But this approach to judging how strong a team really is can also have its pitfalls. If two teams like Manchester City and Real Madrid dominate their domestic league games and they play against each other in the first round of the knockout round, one team will inevitably get knocked out from the competition. But I think it would be wrong to then say that one team is necessarily much weaker than the other team unless one of them got humiliated by the other team. It really depends on how the season is going and at what point in time the big teams face each other.

But I concur with you that dominating Ligue 1 tells nothing about the strength of PSG on the European stages when they face the top teams from other national leagues. The only competition to give answers to that question is the Champions League.

I don't measure the strength of a club in their various domestic league games, when they get to big European fixtures, how they play and handle games are what matters. But in terms of big side in league ¹, they remain the best side still regardless of the fact that they've had a bumpy journey to the top since the appointment of Luis Enrique.


That's how a team should be, they make the loads and work easier for everyone. Kylian Mbappe was unhappy I could see that from hais looks. He had chances but they opposing side made sure he was kept at bay. He still leads the league ¹ standing of top scorers with ¹⁰ Goals. Top talent, Real Madrid would be excited to have him.

NIce vs Rennes will be an interesting match and the results of this match will be very influential for Nice, because whether they will return to the top of the standings or not. Rennes are not doing well after the previous 3 matches they had to get negative results. But surely they want to give Nice a defeat in this match even though they will be the visitors.
If Rennes want to get points, then they have to improve their defense even better, because Nice is not productive enough, so they can take advantage to at least hold Nice's draw.

I am not afraid of what can happen in the Nice game today,they have always not been that consistent in the long run and Paris yesterday showed that they are back for real in the game in the title fight.They won easily yesterday night by totally dominating the game while Nice was lucky last time around as it was a stupid red card from a weak Marseille that permitted them to win at home.Things are not going to be that easy for Nice during the game of this weekend no matter who they are playing against,the pressure is all on them now after Paris won their game.

This is quite clear if we compare it with Montpellier, but this season PSG still has to continue to improve their wins in the following matches in order to distance themselves from Nice, because if Nice can win tomorrow's match which will take place at home. PSG will still drop to runner-up position so this season PSG doesn't have to be complacent about the quality of the players they have because any mistakes can still be detrimental to PSG this season.

Mbappe is one of the strongest players in the world and it would be strange not to utilize his talent to the full, but in general the comments are correct that a lot of PSG's game depends on Mbappe. Luis Enrique is apparently trying to fix it a little bit and here in the game with Montpellier scored 3 players not attacking line and Hakimi made 2 goal assists, so we can say that PSG is trying to play evenly, using all players.

In general, recently PSG statistics has improved a lot, PSG won the last 5 matches and in each game scored 3 goals. So while Enrique managed to find a balance in the game PSG. 

PSG was able to win the match. They didn't have to do too much, to be honest. It was fairly easy for PSG to win. The final score was 3–0 in favour of PSG. the performance was really good and dominant. PSG had control over the match almost throughout the whole time. They were able to score, the first goal in the 10th minute of the match.  And they did not look back from that moment.  PSG was playing really attacking football. There were the teams to one after another. PSG fans were surely happy after this win.

Kolo Muani plays the games normal performance and as long as the whole team plays well, that will be no problem. Paris are now on first place in the league, so all things are going well. We will reading a lot more Bad things if it wasnt. No striker scored a goal this game, i mean Mbappe, Kolo Muani and Dembele. Hakim set up two goals, so a defensive player. In this game, the defense had to win the game.

But this is the first time in a long time that I think PSG has done a lot of things right during the game and they also have been more dangerous collectively instead of putting all their eggs in one basket, and that basket is called Mbappe. This was a great team effort with pressure from all parts of the team from defense to offense.

If they were to play like that constantly, I would say that they can be much more of a threat to many of the stronger teams in Europe as well. So far every team knew that neutralizing Mbappe is the first important key to success. Kolo Muani again didn't score, but once he can play his best on a regular basis, maybe PSG can attack in Europe again. But for that they need to repeat this every week.

This time the star was Hakimi who managed to make two assists, but when we don't see Mbappe scoring a goal or assisting it seems strange because he is a player who can be said to be able to provide what the team expects, but fortunately for PSG other players can replace Mbappe's ineffectiveness and the 3-0 win over Montpellier was enough to get them into first place standing, even though it was only temporary because Nice had not played their match in Week 11 and when Nice was successful and the result was a win over Rennes then the standings would return to Nice, so what if it was a draw? So that is an advantage for PSG and usually, if they are already in first place in the standings it will be very difficult for another team to replace them because PSG will always try to find a way to maintain that position.

I think Paris Saint Germaine's poor start to the season was because of the fact that the manager failed to draft out the best playing pattern that should've brought out the best from his boys not because they lack the needed quality of players to win matches and that's since he's been able to tactically do what he's supposed to do, the club has been winning matches both in the league and in Europe.
Considering the kind of quality players in the PSG set-up when compared to the other clubs in the French Ligue 1, I think PSG are surely gonna win the league title again at the end of the season

Yep, you are right and they have proven it with the 3 goals they have. They also managed to win with a new clean sheet record. With the results of this match, Paris Saint-Germain is back at the top of the Ligue 1 standings, but maybe this is only temporary because it's very likely that Nice will shift their position again.

In 2 days we'll see Nice's match against Rennes, this could be an interesting match because Rennes isn't a weak team even though their performance has been less consistent recently.

PSG looked like a scrappy team at the start of the new season but they have been able to recover from their poor performances. The way they performed in the beginning made it seem that this season might not be for PSG, but after that they got 3 points in a few matches and also performed well against tough opponents in the Champions League, which is why PSG fans can see some hope for this team. PSG's current squad may not do well in major tournaments, but the challenge for them this season is to retain the Ligue 1 title. It will be a shame for PSG if they can't retain the Ligue 1 title. The way they are performing now, they are definitely favorites in Ligue 1 and if they perform like this, they can definitely retain the Ligue 1 title.

This is indeed quite an impressive game from the PSG team but I don't really think that they have risen because I think what PSG showed is very reasonable because the opponents they faced were of far lower quality than them so it is only natural that the PSG team's game develops as well as the players.
We will never know the extent of PSG's strength if it is not when they play against strong teams.
And regarding Kylian Mbappe currently being the player most feared by opponents, of course the opponents who will face PSG will use various methods to stop Kylian Mbappe's movements so that because of this it makes other PSG players more profitable and free.

Mbappe is still on the pitch. even though he didn't score a goal. it makes opposing defenses focus on him. and it creates opportunities for other players to score goals due to gaps in the opponent's defense.
I'm not sure PSG is ready to not play without Mbappe. if they face a stronger team, I'm not sure PSG will play quite comfortably. Not to underestimate PSG, in Ligue 1 they are indeed kings. they have dominance. but in the Champions League, without Mbappe they will not compete.