Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 81. (Read 184320 times)

Indeed, so many missed events happened there. Lille even looked bad when hit by a counter attack from ST-ettiene. Well, seriously, the coach must make more appropriate tactics again in the next task in order to make their attacking line be more confident and sharper enough. And also the defenders, well...

Really, they did very well. Luckily they had scored 2 goals by Maupay and also Henrique. So when Cornelius got the second yellow card in the 74th minute, the De Zerbi immediately changed their tactic to be more defensive. Because after all, it was too risky to keep attacking, while one of their defenders must be out because of 2 yellow cards, and 2 other defenders had also gotten a yellow card for each. However, they managed not to concede a goal at all until the final whistle was blown.

In the ligue 1 they are actually looking like it, but in other leagues may the champions League, they may not get there. So far so good PSG has been outstanding amongst others in the ligue 1 , it's true that they have invested a whole lot to be able to maintain this current form and status they are now but there have been some work also put in by the players to have gotten them to this point too. The point where that had to let go of mbappe got many thinking but now it's a balance situation even tho they are yet to get a perfect replacement they aren't doing any bad either.

Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille again won full points over their opponents, both teams are quite productive in terms of scoring goals. Speaking of Marseille, De Zerbi's team again won full points over their opponent Nice. Although in this match Greenwood did not play optimally, their loan striker, Neal Maupay, was able to prove that he can be relied on as the main striker in De Zerbi's squad. Now, Marseille is only two points behind Paris Saint-Germain. Meanwhile, PSG, as we discussed earlier, Brest is not a difficult opponent for them. Although they were left behind in the 29th minute through a penalty, Dembele was able to equalize in the 42nd minute. In this match, Dembele became Man of the Match by scoring two goals, and his performance was very impressive. But honestly I'm still confused, Enrique often fiddles with his midfielders. I mean, he often changes the position of his players. Even so, PSG continues to advance with a positive trend in four matches. btw, besides that AS Monaco is also quite good in its four matches.  they have the same points as Marseille, it seems that AS Manaco has the potential to shift Marseille's position if the team coached by De Zerbi's squad loses or plays underperform. by the way, even without Mbappe in Lique 1, the French League still has its own appeal even though it is not like other big leagues.

Marseille do have great potential this season, although in terms of consistency they are not on the same line as Monaco or Brest. However, it looks more solid than last season for them to have this as a start. Although the rumors about being bought by Arab parties and recruiting star players did not materialize, they still show enough strength in the league. Their place is at the level of big teams like Nantes, Monaco, and Lens; this means they are still in the running at the top. Greenwood's presence, despite being controversial, seems to have a positive effect on the team and helps improve Marseille's performance on the field.

And, the presence of Greenwood does bring a new dynamic to Marseille. Coming with a heavy background at Manchester United, he seems able to adapt well and make a positive contribution to the team.

Despite falling behind, PSG managed to win. They actually struggled until halfway through the second half, but then the goals came one after the other. Ousmane Dembele was the star of the match with two goals. Fabian Ruiz is also having a good scoring season. Brest are a bit far from last year's image. They won't reach very high positions this year. PSG, on the other hand, looks like they will be champions again. They continue without a loss and win by playing well. Maybe Marseille and Monaco can stay in the race with them, but it's not easy to keep it until the last moment.

Yep, the international break may have a little negative impact on players who defend their respective countries and their physical condition will definitely be a little weaker. Actually, PSG often put pressure but just lack focus to score. There were so many very good opportunities but often failed to score. Brest should not be a tough opponent and initially it annoyed me when PSG gave Brest 1 chance to score from a penalty kick.
I hope at least PSG can score 2 more goals or maybe stick with a draw so as not to lose points and not be embarrassed at home.
Hopefully I don't lose the odds @2 that I have chosen in this match.

Edit : Oh shit, as I was writing this reply Fabian Ruiz and Dembele scored 2 goals in a short space of time. This is absolutely insane.

Whatever the reason, I am personally very confident about PSG being very likely to win in the home match against Brest. With the confidence I have, I also bet with the PSG -1.5 asian handicap option butyes,  even though PSG is playing at home, it doesn't seem easy for PSG to win with a big score in this match. Because after all, the fact is that Brest  managed to score first through a penalty kick successfully executed by Del Castillo in the 29th minute. But even so, I still believe PSG will be able to turn things around and sure enough, in the 42nd minute Dembele managed to score a goal, and closed the first half with a 1-1 draw.

But at least, if I consider from previous matches that PSG is still able to make another goal in the second half until the match approaches the end. Thus, I still believe PSG will still be able to make more goals in the second half because after all, PSG still has high dominance in this match, so PSG still has a great chance to make more goals.

In my opinion, what is failing are the constant changes that the coach has been making in each game. He played against Angers and PSG and put in a formation that in my opinion gave good results, he beat Angers and although he lost to PSG, they still managed to score 1 goal. But strangely he changed the formation in the game against Saint Ettiene, I don't know if this was to save players because they have a game in the Champions League. But it is clear that this season they are not doing well and will have a lot of difficulty finishing at the top of the table.

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PSG is having a hard time winning, it's funny that they are playing against a weak opponent. Maybe this is a consequence of international games. Maybe the PSG players are tired. Anyway, there are still 45 minutes left in the game, PSG can still win the game.

And Lille lost, once again. They started the season two for two, and also reached to UCL as well, everyone thought they were having a great season, and while they did lose to PSG, everyone said that one was normal and everyone could lose to PSG and the gap was great, and yet now they lost once again.

This time they lost to Saint Ettiene, and that is not a team that any good team could lose to, which shows that their run was hanging on a thread and they are not looking good at all.

I would say it was about PSG game and morale, but the reality is that international break happened so I am not really seeing how those two could be connected to each other, feels like that could be totally irrelevant situation without a doubt.

PSG so far is still performing quite perfectly without defeat from the 3 matches they have played and making PSG currently still firmly ranked above the ligue 1 standings, in contrast to PSG, Brest who last season performed impressively, this season actually started the season with two consecutive defeats and 1 win so that they are in the 12th tier of the ligue 1 standings,  when last season Brest surprised us but they still haven't been able to beat PSG especially now when they are in bad shape in the league, so I think it will be difficult for Brest to get points from PSG later, the match will start in less than two hours but to be honest I personally don't see the match will be an exciting match considering the quality and performance of the two teams currently have a far comparison.

In the other match that is currently being played today, Monaco has a quick lead over its opponent Auxerre with a score of 0-2,Monaco who played very impressively were able to appear pressing from the start of the match and without waiting long they managed to score in the 8th minute through Kehrer and also Vanderson in the 25th minute, the match between Auxerre vs Monaco has entered the 44rd minute and seeing Monaco dominance over Auxerre in the match it seems that their will be able to maintain their advantage until the end of the match later.

Not at the moment though, but it still doesn't mean that PSG will be unbeaten this season, the club has been making some tremendous investments over the years bringing in the best players and coaches which other clubs can't afford and to an extent this has been one of the edges they have over the other clubs in the league1 and this may linger until some of these other clubs probably assume the same financial status that PSG are currently enjoying at the moment but until then, PSG may never experience any strong rivalry.

One of the interesting matches of the day in the French Ligue 1 will be played between Paris Saint Germain and Brest. Paris Saint Germain won 3 wins in their first 3 games in the league under Luis Enrique. They have scored 13 goals and conceded only 2 goals in their 3 league games. They had a great start to the season. After Mbappe's departure, I didn't think they could make such a start, so these results are a bit of a surprise for me. On the other hand, Brest had a very bad start to the season. They lost their first two games in the league. In their last game they beat Saint Etienne 4-0. But this team, which got a Champions League ticket last season, had a bad start in the league. I'll bet over 2.5 goals in this match.

Monaco football team has more chances to win this match. They are looking in good form because they played well  
in last matches and they won two matches against AJ Auxerre team when they played together. Both matches was ended with 3-2 result and Monaco is at upper position in the points table because they won more matches as comparison to AJ Auxerre team and they have more more points in points table and they have 3 GD . They occupy 4th position on points table and in comparison, AJ Auxerre is at 13 position because it has  3 points by playing 3 matches and has -3 GD. AJ Auxerre should should resist in that match because audience will be unhappy if match match will be one sided. If both teams gave good performance,then audience will be happy.

The absence of kylian mbappe is something I think PSG and prepared for even before now as they had home play few games towards the end of last season and probably that has helped them in a way so now they play well enough in a manner it doesn't feel like his absence has got much on them, it will be proven better if they get to win the ligue 1 title by the end of the Sea and get to the semi finals or finals in the champions league but winning the ligue 1 will be a good prove tho. Staying unbeaten so far is a good record for PSG and last season they didn't get to suffer many losses too so if they are consistent enough, they could stay unbeaten this season in the ligue 1.

Frankly, I can't think of a team in France that can beat Paris Saint-Germain. They are the unbeaten armada of France. France is a football league they won. I can't see a team that can stand up to them in this regard because their president is very rich. Even though Mbappé left the team, they still have extraordinary players. With this squad, they can easily win the French cup and the French league.

This is a big surprise because we know Lille is a club that deserves to win this match but unfortunately they lost to a weak club, I'm sure many bettors are disappointed with the results in this match,
we agree that Lille did dominate this match, it's just that the ball possession and opportunities they created have not been maximized properly
On the other hand Saint-Eitenne was able to steal a goal in the 6th minute and I salute them who were able to maintain their lead until the end of the match and of course the first victory they achieved this season can increase the team's confidence for the next match.

Once again I want to say that Enrique is not a coach who relies on one player so that Mbappe's departure did not affect PSG at all in achieving victory, even PSG's goal productivity has increased since Mbappe left. So far PSG has managed to achieve perfect results, from three matches PSG has managed to score 13 goals and only conceded two goals. Barcola managed to score four goals, it can be said that with the loss of Mbappe Enrique has managed to give birth to a new star, namely Barcola.

In the match against Brest, of course this will be an easy opponent and PSG can win this match with a score of more than two goals. Moreover, this match is played in front of their own supporters. I predict this match will end with a score of 3-0 for PSG's victory.

After losing 3 games in a row in the league, St Etienne managed to win against a tough opponent Lille. I expected the home team to score in this match, but I didn't expect them to defeat Lille. I expected this match to end in a draw, but Lille couldn't score in the positions they had. Even if they had more possession than their opponents, even if they had 17 shots, whoever managed to score wins.

Playing at home and getting a goal in the early minutes of the match made Saint Etienne motivated to hold the score, I was not surprised to see this score because what I also know is that Saint Etienne is a strong team in Ligue 1, and this season they have proven that they still deserve to be there. in the top flight of French football. After 3 losing results in the previous 3 league matches, this time they got their first 3 points, making the fans & also the team happy, on the other hand Lille had to be patient with their second losing result.

You all make valid points. As of now, PSG has indeed shown an impressive performance despite Mbappe's exit, indicative of their adaptability and depth. Clearly, they're more than capable of dominating their local Ligue 1.

However, as stated, it's yet to be seen whether they can maintain this form against stronger and more challenging opponents in competitions like the Champions League. And though they've coped well so far, Mbappe's absence may indeed be more noticeable on such grand stages.

Finally, it would be interesting to note how, or if, PSG plans to fill the void left by Mbappe with another equally talented playmaker. After all, it always takes some time for a team to settle in after losing one of their star players. Their performance in upcoming matches should give us a clearer picture of their capability without Mbappe.