Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 615. (Read 192984 times)

In the last 5 matches, Haise's squad in Ligue 1 is not that bad, although their performance is still quite unstable, they have gone a little bit better than at the start of this season with 4 defeats from 5 matches and one draw. Now they are starting to get a little bit on the right track, and slaughtered Nantes last week. But to compete like last season on the standings, it doesn't seem like an easy job. Moreover, Lens also has matches in other competitions.

As for Nice, PSG, Monaco, these three teams are only separated by a small difference in points.
However,  I doubt Nice will be able to maintain their ranking. moreover, to maintain his position until the end of the season to finish in the top four of the standings. But Let's see how consistent they are in match after match.
As for Monaco, for me this team is not really stable in its performance and play. So, Adolf Hutter still has a long way to go for his squad to remain able to compete, at least remaining consistently in the top four of the standings.
Likewise with Lille, they could shift the ranking above them. After all, this league is still quite long.

Well, I remain confident that Paris Saint-Germain will retain its league title. even though there are many who doubt PSG, but IMO, the system implemented by Enrique is starting to appear and is working well. now, their problem is only with the center forward in scoring goals. so, Enrique has homework for that. It could be that, if Assensio recovers from his injury, he will take over the center forward position.

I wanted to mean Lens' last season performance to be transferred to Nice this season.    You know how amazing Lens were in the Ligue 1 last season. They maintained their claim for the league title for a very long time and there was only one-point difference between Lens and PSG at the end of the season. It isn't easy to keep up with PSG this good here.

I wonder if this time it would be the Nice doing a similar work against PSG. It isn't a mission impossible considering PSG' inconsistencies.

If PSG don't improve their performance significantly in the long run they might need to compete with a team for the title until the end.

When you see average clubs performing so well at the beginning of the season you shouldn't be expecting much from them rather just give them some more time nd see how well they turn out, sometimes they do turn out well but it's more usual they don't end up with the league title.

We only hope for them to finish amongst the top four or five by the end of the season and this I think is with the case of NICE. They are currently at the top of the table and have really been performing well but I'm yet to see them turn out the winners of the ligue 1 this season, PSG is already right behind them and any further losses they suffer, they will loose their position to PSG and hope to finish amongst top four and qualify for UCl next season.

Although later Nice did not experience a losing streak but still, to maintain the top position until the end of the seasons is not easy. So yes, over time Nice will also experience several defeats, although it is not a losing streak but of course Nice position will be taken over of course. After all, because PSG also has a close points gap then of course, Nice position is clearly not completely safe, because PSG will always be ready to take the top position at any time.

Monaco would become the toughest competitor for PSG at this moment but the main problem if nice could also become a potential threat but im feeling if nice will not able to keep its performance become stable till the end of season.
There will be some changes to happen like a new club is starting to enter in the competition to win the french league. The consistentcy of nice will always become a qood question that remain unanswered till the end of season.
Everything seems being even harder for PSG to win the trophy this time. The good thing if the club like lens and marseille are still struggling with their performances but it didn't mean if they will not comeback to the competition for the title race this season. I think that i will see another club to enter into the title race.

To be among the best in the league consistency matters alot and even if you lose a match or two it's required of the team to pick up form very fast and start doing good again I believe that's why PSG has been very successful in the league coupled with their Financial stability that's made it possible for them to easily replace their departed players and still maintain the club to keep it functioning properly.

 Monaco is another club that's been brilliant this season, they've tried to be very consistent in many matches but lately they failed to perform well in their last game against Lille which made them to drop on the standings, however they'll need to pick up again in their next match so as not to drop more points, we'll I saw in a news by Fabrizio Romano that they're on the verge of signing a new player, Kassoum Ouattara as their new left back from Amiens for a fee worth around €2, and the deal is on the final stages.

That's what happened but it can't be blamed entirely because after all, looking at the condition of their strength in terms of clubs and finances will obviously affect the players.
They can play well but when faced with a club whose finances and quality of players are much better than individually it is clearly difficult for them because after all finances play an important role in consistency issues. even though sometimes there are some clubs that cannot maximize their finances well like PSG now but in the end everything will remain the same where PSG is again and again in control because they have much greater resources than other clubs in Ligue 1.
Consistency must be maintained, but that requires adequate finances because in terms of health factors and maintenance to keep players fit and always ready to be consistent it definitely requires money.

From the statistics PSG has scores 23 goals during this season in Ligue 1 and Mbappe was scores 10 goals which mean he was scores almost a half from PSG total goals seems without him PSG can't do anything because for each matches Mbappe always be help PSG to gets the winning results and indeed at the beginning of league PSG was playing without Mbappe but they were performing poor but when Mbappe return to play PSG performance was gradually better

So this proven PSG always be rely on Mbappe for each matches and just like you said without him PSG probably cannot be compete for race title and everybody know Mbappe was dreaming champion league trophy and if he can won that trophy this season with PSG probably Mbappe will staying much longer with this team but if PSG failed to get that trophy then big possibilities Mbappe will leave PSG next summer and so far Real Madrid was in the front lines who want to gets him

Maybe it doesn't even need the 15 consecutive wins at the end of the season, but most importantly any team should not lose. That is apparently the first step into the right direction if a team aspires to win the title.

Arsenal lost 3 games in the last 6 games in the Premier League, including the head to head game with Manchester City and that led to Arsenal handing over the title to Manchester City.

Lens in contrast won their last 7 consecutive games last season, but game number 31 of the season was against PSG and they lost it 3-1 and that is when they sadly also lost the title. It is tough to win titles when there is one superior team in the league like PSG or Manchester City.

This is an extraordinary improvement from both Nice and Monaco. They have maintained a good run this season which is surprising to me considering last season's performance. I had expected teams like Lens, Marseille, and Rennes which finished 2nd, 3rd, and 4th respectively last season to replicate their performance but it seems Monaco and Lens are bent on playing European football next season.

Nice and Monaco need to maintain this performance if they want to be in Europe next year. The problem with these teams is inconsistency. Most of these clubs don't have many quality players like to clubs like PSG. Fatigue and injuries usually affect these clubs because they don't have plenty of substitutes.

The main problem with teams like Lens, Lille and Nice is that they have performed well at the start of the season, but have failed to maintain consistency. Ligue 1 title is usually possible if you win consecutively in the last 15 matches of the season. But while teams like Lille, Lens and Nice won consistently at the start of the season, they lost trucks after 15/20 matches. And this is why teams fail to win titles. PSG's performance on the other hand has been relatively consistent. So PSG is able to dominate in Ligue 1. However, this season Monaco and Lille may also be in contention for the title.

Last season Nice finished in the top 10 and Monaco finished in 6th place, but this season Nice and Monaco performed extraordinary and experienced significant improvement and are at the top of the standings, but we don't know yet whether the two clubs will remain consistent until the end of the season to remain is in the top 3 or replaces PSG as champions this season.

they have a small difference in points but Nice has not experienced defeat so far and has managed to occupy first place temporarily, I am sure that if Nice does not have problems between players and is able to form a solid partnership they will be able to remain consistent like this and their chances of becoming champions will be they can achieve this season.

But from a progressive point of view, it is still something small when looking at the conditions of Nice and PSG.
Indeed, at this time Nice is really very good even they have never taste d defeat even once, it's just that in this case I don't think it can be used as a guarantee for one season because last season Lens also did the same thing but the results were the strongest they were only in position 2 as well as what happened to Nice now.
The entity to become number one in Ligue 1  is still very difficult even in the last few seasons we also only know that only LOSC can do it after that there is no more but indeed this provides good conditions in terms of competition and I am happy with several surprise clubs like this.

I have been withdrew with Lens opportunity to compete PSG for Ligue tittle race in this season although they have good performed last season and finish on 2nd standings position, Lens have bad started in this season and they won 3 of 10 matches and looks they are not compete teams for making PSG difficult defending their domestic league tittle. I agree with your opinion about Nice and AS Monaco is most favorite teams will make PSG have working hard how to win Ligue 1 tittle in this season, current standing third teams have fewest points left and depend consistency performance with Nice and AS Monaco how to make excited for Ligue 1 tittle race.

Actually Nice is most impressive Ligue 1 teams performance this season and keep unbeaten until 1 matches but they have many draw matches and loss three points achievement. Seems excited if Nice and AS Monaco keep in the winning trend and make PSG have waiting until for longer time to be the winner.

Lens must make some more breakthroughs, although at this time they are still very good but with their current condition, I think they still cannot be compared and equaled with several other strong candidates.
Lens is currently slowly regaining its performance which at the beginning of last season it was lost but in the end it was still not enough because after all at this time they still could not return to the form of their performance like last season so they must continue to give their best in terms of performance so that confidence and consistency last season returned again this season.
But for several other clubs it is Nice who has given the biggest surprise to date because even with their current conditions that have not even tasted defeat once this is worthy of appreciation.

Brest have fought until the end and they deserve to be appreciated with their condition which is actually very far from expectations when looking at their opponents who are far from the level and strength of the team but they are able to put pressure even in this match I will also praise Bizot even though he conceded 3 goals because he played very well and if only the bouncing ball did not lead back to Mbappe then he would definitely be a MOTM candidate in this match but indeed apart from that I really like the performance given by Brest in this match.

On the other hand, for PSG even though they won this match but I think they still have problems that must be considered because against Brace, which in fact they excel in any case but the fact that they are struggling means that there are still some things that PSG still cannot maximise.

Now Monaco, PSG and Nice are still quite close in the standings while Ligue1 and the three will probably continue to compete until the middle of this season and after that everyone will see which team is able to stay at the top. Because currently it is still difficult to know who will continue to be consistent in winning matches and the number of points is also quite close for these three teams in Ligue 1, so there is still a lot of time needed to see how they will perform in the next matches.

For the past few seasons, we have been seeing drama about Mbappe's transfer, this season too there has been drama and it is certain that there will be drama about Mbappe's transfer in the next season as well. Decision making is very important for a player which I think Mbappe doesn't have. Mbappe's talent now unfolding and he needs to excel in Europe has plenty of money-making opportunities ahead of him if he can't take his career to a different level at this point then he's a failure as a player. Some players cannot build their careers for lack of opportunities but Mbappe is neglecting opportunities every time. Real Madrid have been chasing him for several seasons due to his footballing talent alone. If he continues to perform at PSG next season, Real Madrid will never look back at him.

But if PSG continues to depend on Mbappe for its future, of course that will not be a good thing for PSG. However, PSG must be bigger than a player and they will have to find a replacement if Mbappe leaves after his contract ends. On the other hand, Mbappe certainly also wants to try new challenges outside of France and as long as his performance remains consistent then the title he wants to win will also be realized.

Last season PSG had quite a difficult time with Lens and Marseille in the competition for the Ligue 1 title and this season they will still face a quite troublesome season when other teams such as Monaco and Nice will again threaten their title this time. I think the competition between these 3 teams will be quite fierce and PSG will have to try to work harder because the difference is so small. Playing against Montpellier can sometimes be quite difficult and I think even though PSG are favored to win, they have to be extra careful with a draw because a team like Montpellier will not be satisfied with defeat.

Nice has been very impressive so far but the only problem with all this average clubs is that at the starting of the season they always makes good impact but as time begins to go on they will start losing form and losing matches consecutively before you know it they will still give up the trophy for those clubs that are always at the forefronts all season.