Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 935. (Read 193528 times)

Lens will be taking full points from lorient very soon. Im not even feeling doubt about that. it's caused lens really needs to take full points to make sure if it will able to lock UCL spots from marseille. I don't even think if lens will try to miss it. It's very important for lens to win the match against lorient.


PSG will be facing auxerre which is a bad club in league 1. Auxerre has not yet placed at the relegation zone but it has horrible performance in league 1. No reason for PSG to lose against auxerre. PSG needs to make sure if it will be locking the league 1.

Rennes crushed host Ajaccio with a landslide score of 0-5 without reply. Rennes were so powerful in this match by scoring 4 goals in the first half and at the same time locking their victory even though the second half was still remaining. Even one of Ajaccio Alphonse's players got a red card which made them have to play with 10 people starting in the 63rd minute. The superiority in the number of players was put to good use by Rennes by scoring 1 more goal and that also marked the hat trick recorded by Gouiri in the 71st minute. Now Rennese one step away from fighting for a place in the conference league next season and is just 1 point away from Lille.

PSG odds are way better. They will play vs a team that is trying to survive from relegation so I expect some fighting there and all depends from the performance of Mbappe mainly in order to see many goals. PSG have its surprising moments and Auxerre are in critical situation down the table.
Many matches started and I see Reims and Strasbourg leading with 1 goal. Rennes game ended with 5 - 0 vs Ajaccio. Poor Ajaccio confirmed relegation and yet they got beaten hard.

Like u rightly predicted before the match, Olympic Marseille was defeated yesterday by Lyon and that defeat further gives Lens more opportunity to finish the season in the second position and qualify for next season's UEFA Champions League football.
That is definitely Lens' current dream and purpose right now as club after an impressive season and today's game at Lorient will be very crucial for the club if they want to achieve that feat.

Monaco would have kept their hopes up for the 3rd place mathematically if they won against Lyon. But instead they lost and they have lost their chance for the Champions League completely. In addition to that Marseille also have been fighting for the group stage of the Champions League to not play extra qualification rounds. But they also threw their chance big time by losing to Lille by 2-1 even though they got ahead first. It is really difficult to understand these 2 teams indeed.

Auxerre are trying to cling onto the Ligue 1 right now and I think it would be smart to try your luck with PSG's not winning this match. However I still won't bet on this one because PSG had better win this as well. Because Lens are likely to drop the point gap with them more by this week.

In Ligue 1 today, PSG, the number one team in the points table, will take the field against the number 16 team in the points table. PSG will need a win today to increase the points gap with Lens. PSG is currently at the top of the points table with 81 points. And Lens is number two in the points table with 6 points less than PSG. Today's match is very important for PSG to secure the title. Considering head to head, PSG has won 100% against Auxerre . PSG have not lost any match against Auxerre so far.

The way Lens team is strengthening themselves I think if some star players join the team then PSG would have great problem to compete with this team. Because Lens currently has the ability to beat any other team except PSG.

Lens are on a positive trend in their last 4 matches, Lorient will be their opponents this week, and I think it will not be an easy match even though they are the favorites in this game. But betting on them is also something that is more promising to be able to win.

I don't think Paris Saint Germain will lose their easy match this week. Auxerre is a club that is at the bottom of the standings, while Paris Saint Germain is ready to celebrate. A draw was enough for them to claim the title. So I can say this is the last week for them to claim the title.

I don't have any merits left or otherwise I would send some your way, but you added a few important points here. I am not sure if it was the Sunday Times journalists that I also gathered information from, but there are a couple of articles and documentaries dealing with those investments from Eastern countries.

I wonder if the pull effect will become even stronger in the future as there is still a lot of money in the hands of Eastern billionaires that needs to be invested. Assuming that PSG will become the Ligue 1 champion for 10 -15 years in a row, will that rather lead to more billionaires flooding Ligue 1 with money or will it make Ligue 1 as a product so unattractive that no other club will be pushed like PSG? That also counts for other leagues and all of this has just gotten started 15 - 20 years ago. What is going on in 20 years from now? Is it a billionaires' race only in all kinds of sports? At least there are also failures when sheikhs buy a club, for instance Malaga. They have been bought in 2010 by a Qatari and Malaga is 19th in Segunda Division in Spain.

But I can imagine that clubs like Monaco will be pushed harder in the future. They are already in the hands of the daughter of a Russian oligarch. What a sleazy blend of corruption, money laundering and politics, as you say.

As usual, Marseille, Monaco, all just making us fools for betting on them. Tonight the only hope is to see victory for Lens, and PSG to lose, but that I believe is just going to delay the title to another week.

Nevertheless, I am going to take another bet for PSG to lose, as that has been profitable in this season.

Monaco really played with my heart this season so I'm probably just going to support Marseille next one, depending on what happens with transfers.

Lens has the opportunity to widen the points gap with Marseille this week if Lens can win the match against Lorient which takes place today. However, Lorient is not an easy opponent for them to beat because statistically, Lorient is able to provide tough resistance for Lens

So, on the other hand, I see Monaco chances of being increasingly threatened in the top 4 after the defeat they suffered in the previous match against Lyon, where the point gap between Monaco and LOSC is getting closer.  There is even a pretty good chance for LOSC to shift Monaco ranking, if Monaco is not able to make the best of the upcoming match to get 3 points.

The performance from marseille has been decreasing started from the second half. Marseille has become inconsistent. LOSC was always giving intensive pressure to the marseille. that was also making marseille players become nervous once LOSC was making counter attack. A good game being showed by LOSC during the second leg. Bamba was helping losc to win against marseille.

Lens has not yet faced lorient, as long as lens will able to win against lorient and it will increase the gap to be 5 points. That means if lens needs to secure another match to make sure it will be qualified for UCL next season.
What a very strict competition between lens and marseille. Im sure that many players of marseille very disappointed with the result.

It's caused by they were missing opportunity, the chance for marseille to go to the UCL is very small.

Lorient is not a weak opponent, but they have already solved all their problems and can just play for fun, a defeat will not change anything for them, just like a victory. And for Lens, this could be a very important victory, which will create a 5-point lead over Marseille. The defeat of Marseille will probably not allow them to rise above third place and they will have to play qualifying matches to get to the Champions League group stage.

The Marseille team is currently performing very well. I think if there was no PSG team in League One, the other teams would fight each other very well and the league would be competitive. Since PSG team is in this league, other teams play well at other times but those teams become worthless when playing with PSG.

The comeback in the second half of the match is definitely a very good thing for Lille in front of his own fans because Lille is really motivated to win at home by beating Marseille, which is actually quite strong this season so that makes Marseille have to stay in third place and also makes Lille now starting to be slightly adrift with Monaco who are in the top four of the Ligue1 standings.

In general, the results of the Lille vs Marseille match were favorable for Lens, because Lens no longer had so much pressure when they faced Lorient at the Stade du Moustoir. But Lens also doesn't have to think of Lorient as a weak team because Lorient can also be able to provide unexpected surprises in their own home match today.

not a difference of five points but only two points between Lille and Monaco. I think in the upcoming matches Monaco will face problems playing against Rennes at home which makes it difficult for Monaco to win the match. however Rennes also have a lot of strength at home and I am not sure if Monaco will be able to beat Rennes and if not it looks like the position will not change Lille will still be in 5th place and Monaco in 4th. but if Monaco loses against Rennes , this will bring him even closer to Lille.
so that in positions 4 to 6 in this standings it will be very interesting when three teams try to secure their positions.

Yes, Marseille reduced their own chances to be in second place at the end of the standings, they gave Lens a great opportunity to be able to lock in their current position. Actually they played well in this match, they could even win first. It's just that they are not that strong to hold on to the lead so Lille's home year could turn things around to ensure they win the game.

The performance of the Lyon team is very erratic. It was unexpected that Lyon would lose against Clermont. I think many gamblers like me lost their money in this match. I also lost money in Monaco's match against Lyon. I bet Monaco to win. But Lyon won the match 3-1. I expected to see some regular performances from the Lyon team. Lyon will probably want to fight for the title next season. For this, their performance must be consistent. It is important to strengthen the defence of Lyon. Otherwise, it is not possible to maintain the stability of the performance.

I don't think with Marseille has chance become the champion in  Ligue although winning against Lille last night, but have bad result losing from Lille make them have finish on 3rd standings this season although has chance on two matches left. PSG can celebrates Ligue 1 tittle season 2022/23 if can win against Auxerre or not matter have loss in that game but another match Lens loss from Lorient.

Nantes has problem with relegation in this season actually after losing against Montpellier, right now their position still on 17th and has 33 points remaining one point from Auxerre against PSG tomorrow. Excited match Auxerre vs PSG between team want secure their position from relegation with team want to win Ligue 1 tittle.