Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 674. (Read 190168 times)

Marseille had a good performance in the last season but unfortunately, they didn't perform well in the summer to hire better players and we can see this team now is not in a good situation.
While PSG is not in good form too but still I think that compared to Marseille, PSG but more chances to win the game against Marseille.

 Even some of the world's best players have missed a penalty and i don't know why some fans would be criticising him like it's the first time someone has lost a penalty, he's a very good player and was very impressive for the team last season and him not being able to score the two penalties he missed doesn't make him less of a good finisher he was just so unfortunate today and would need the support of the fans to help build his confidence so as to do better next time.
 
 I think the fans and other team mates should imitate Adi Hutter and encourage their player to perform better because cruising him would put more pressure that would cause a burden to him and in return affect his performance, these players ate human being and are liable to make mistakes as well so it not a good thing to criticise a good player due to a little error.

Looking at some of the criticism that happened after the match I wouldn't criticize him too much because it would only add to the burden for a player who will definitely be affected in terms of mentality when he misses 2 penalties and the club he defends must lose with a painful score because of his goal in extra time.
To be honest it is a bit unfortunate but if you continue to blame Balogun for his penalty failures it will only add a heavy burden to himself so I think it would be better if he was given more motivation so as not to be down and I like Adi Hutter's actions who continue to support Balgun when he must have experienced a shock in terms of this match.

You may be very correct to say PSG will win the game because they happen to be every bodies favorite and they will be playing at home and there's a level of instability at Marseille at the moment, summing all this together they stand to be very good advantage for PSG in their game against Marseille and I hope PSG make good use of this opportunity to get complete point and move up the table

The coach change in Marseille is really telling on them as they yet to really get along with the new Coach 's coaching style, strategy and pattern and it will of course take some time for the players and the coach to get along enough to reflect a positive result. Anyways all these are to the advantage of PSG tomorrow but then Marseille can still put up a fight.

Mbappe has really been helpful to PSG this season and he deserves all the commendation as one would think he wouldn't be at his best due to the sales of some of his colleagues who were of good help to him, as they made the job for him much easier throughout last season although this is a chance for him too aswell to show his capacity and shine as a star that he is.

Monaco didn't even play all that well. Nice had 7 shots on goal versus 3 from Monaco, just because Monaco played with the ball a lot more doesn't mean that they were better, Nice came in when they needed to and when it mattered which is the only thing that matters. Both teams combined had 10 goals on shot and there was just one goal all game long, it was a bit of unlucky combined with goalkeepers being good as well.

It was an expected result, I get that Monaco looked good this season but that doesn't mean that they would be keeping that spot, and now they are down, I always said teams that are unexpected to be at the top will eventually start to lose that spot one way or another eventually.

In the upcoming game between PSG and Olympique de Marseille it is easy to see the PSG are the favorite in the match. They will win bet, on them. My certainty is because of the recent turmoil at OM, including a coaching change and player issues, leading up to the PSG match. Knowing that PSG has being in good form and has had recent victories, with Kylian Mbappé performing well. I must commend this young man because I initially thought that the departure of Messi and Neymar would affect his performance on the pitch but this is not so. I already know the outcome of this match.

Ligue One is competitive, its a facts, Monaco losing to Nice is no coincidence but rather hardback from the elite side. Adolf Hütter will emphasize on his sqaud and probably reselect his first XI because there's a problem in the team, I would suggest he changed Balogun from been the PK taker, and give it to a more serious player on the pitch. Monaco decline after their shocking defeats against Nice. They have what it takes to beat Nice but jeopardize their opportunities created, how would one explain that Folarin Jerry Balogun missed two penalties in a game and his side lost three solidable points.

Since a few weeks ago I said here that League 1 is still unstable and Monaco's position will not continue to occupy first place in the standings so there will still be a lot of changes in position in the standings until towards the end of the season.

Balogun's failure to take advantage of two penalty opportunities made everyone disappointed when they saw the match. Even after Balogun's failure in the second penalty, I immediately turned off my stream because it was very embarrassing.
Many people say here that it's fortunate that Balogun is no longer at Arsenal because Arteta made several mistakes several times and decided not to keep this player and I'm sure many bettors lost in this embarrassing match.

Strange or not I think it doesn't really matter too much because anyway, sometimes teams like Nantes or mediocre teams like this can sometimes play well when playing against the favorite team. So yes, it is not surprising or not something strange anymore if Nantes can hold Monaco and Marseille to a draw in the previous match, because I think these results can still happen at any time. But related to the match that was just over, that Nantes managed to win big at home, because Nantes managed to beat Lorient with a score of 5-3. Although indeed, Lorient can make a goal first in the 6th minute and obviously it's a quick goal. But yes, at least Nantes can still get up and manage to turn things around very well, until finally Nantes managed to get three points in this home match.

Dortmund have lost players this season whose voids they will never be able to fill. With Dortmund selling some key players this season, many are accusing the club of making players just to trade. Why do fans support their team for free if they only produce players to make money. 
You might say that every club buys and sells players for their own financial gain but no club ignores titles and produces players just for profit.  You have to make an annual profit from the club as well as you have to present trophies to the supporters. 

It's one thing to try and not win a title and it's another not to try. Dortmund could certainly have given the fans the title if they had tried but their efforts were flawed which saw them win but not win the honours.

In the first match of the day, we watched the Nantes-Lorient match.Lorient scored an early goal in the first minutes and took a 1-0 lead, but Nantes scored late in the first half to equalize the situation.Nantes was the team that started the second half fast and managed to make the situation 3-1 in the first 10 minutes of the second half.There were 8 goals in the match and in this goal duel, the home team won 5-3 and added 3 points to its score.
In about half an hour the Brest-Lyon match will start.Lyon are out of form and their fans are complaining a lot about it.They need to get back on track and get a win.Their opponents are a team that started the league well and I don't know if they can get points away from home.I expect Lyon to at least stay unbeaten in this match.

PSG was lucky in that the other opponents also started poorly. Temporary leader (temporary if Brest wins today) Nice has only 50% wins and although they have not suffered a single defeat, it does not look like dominance over the other teams. When there is no clear leader who will very rarely lose points and being a few points behind can be critical, then rising from the middle of the standings to first place is quite easy (if we are talking about the top team which PSG is).

Well, if the PSG defense line players don't make a few more blunders, they will be able to overthrow Marseille. I think Luis Enrique has learned a lot to know the map of his squad's weaknesses, as well as some of the weaknesses of his players. So far, Enrique has always used the same starting eleven and only a few players have been rotated, especially the center forward. Now, Goncalo Ramos will play more as a supersub. he needs better adaptation, for this player to reach his level.
So, Randal Kolo Muani is the center forward choice. because Assensio is still not fully recovered from his injury. Kolo Muani has been played in two different competitions. Even though he has only played once, both in the Champions League and Lique 1, he should already be able to adapt. and Lius Enrique will really need his contribution.

As for Marseille, I just learned from several media that the Marseille coach, Marcelino, has resigned. If that's true, it's very natural.  because the patterns and systems he implemented were formations that were rarely adopted by most teams. with the exception of mediocre teams who prioritize defensive options.
In the next match, three points for PSG are a mandatory result. plus, an opportunity for Kolo Muani to show his skills. and if PSG win tomorrow's match, they will have the same points as Monaco and have the potential to return to the top of the standings in the next few matches.

The Dortmund team performed exceptionally well last season and they came close to a title but did not achieve it. Indeed, the fortunes of the team last season were very bad. However, this season I am not seeing much better performance than last season. Waiting to see how the team will prepare themselves in the next matches.

Borussia Dortmund is a big name but they are not a top performing team at the moment. PSG defeated Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League so PSG will definitely be confident in the next Champions League match. If a win in the Champions League boosted PSG's confidence so much, I now wonder how much a win and two draws in their own Ligue 1 tournament will set them back in terms of confidence.

Every team in the group that PSG is in is very strong so I think one win in the Champions League is not enough to boost confidence and they have to be consistent in the France League but they will get enough confidence back in the Champions League.

Nantes game history this season is quite strange. They lost the first 2 matches vs Toulouse and Lille. The defeat against Toulouse wasn't necessary.. Next they got a draw vs Monaco and Marseille which was pretty good. Next they defeated Clermont Foot and now they are leading vs Lorient with 3 goals to 2 in after 80 minutes of the game. Lorient players are trying to not lose points against Nantes but the game is quite difficult for them.

Brest has starting this season with impressive performance and currently their position at 3rd place below to Nice and Monaco and today they will fight for home match against Lyon and we all know the recent performance of Lyon was quite bad and they even still struggle to gets the winning results and Brest seems had good chances to collect 3 points considering Lyon still attempts to find their shape and the players from both teams seems in the good shape because so far there was no injured lists and suspension players from them so both teams will playing with all of their key players today and Brest win has odds @2.60 this is high odds indeed and if Brest can able to overcomes Lyon today then they will overtake first position from Nice

The game tomorrow against Marseille is most likely going to be a win for PSG as recently PSG has seems to have been doing better as compared to Marseille and PSG definitely wants to be at the top that's basically their aim and I'm most certain they may achieve it this weekend if they get a victory against Marseille in tomorrow's game hopefully.

Marseille is at fourth position on the league table with 9points while PSG is at fifth with 8 points a winner tomorrow will keep them 2 points ahead of Marseille and three points away from toping the table. I will be glad if PSG will secure this point and gradually climb to the top of the table, I really want to see them their because over the weak they have proven they can despite their little set backs.

It was indeed a supposed Hard game but then PSG did won and it got people surprised to a very great extent as they did not just win but gave the German side pressure enough to keep them at their post and make them more of a defensive team as PSG did most of the attack and possessed the ball and the game the most more than Dortmund did in a greater part of the game.

I believe Balogun's mental isn't in right condition after failed in two penalties, he will not confidence anymore to take a penalty kick in the future. His teammates might become less trust to him, Ben Yedder will be included in main line up.

Maybe this season Nice will win this league? they haven't win it since a long time ago, they've beat PSG and Monaco, toughest two clubs in Ligue 1.