French season 2023/24
French season 2023/24
For memory,
PSG are the defending champions
Lens are qualified for the Champions League
Marseille in CL QR3
Toulouse (cup winner) and Rennes in Europa League
Lille in ECL play-offs
Auxerre, Ajaccio, Troyes and Angers have been relegated to Ligue 2
Le Havre and Metz promoted to Ligue 1
Here is the map of the 18-team Ligue 1 for the upcoming season
PSG are the defending champions
Lens are qualified for the Champions League
Marseille in CL QR3
Toulouse (cup winner) and Rennes in Europa League
Lille in ECL play-offs
Auxerre, Ajaccio, Troyes and Angers have been relegated to Ligue 2
Le Havre and Metz promoted to Ligue 1
Here is the map of the 18-team Ligue 1 for the upcoming season
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The L1 starts tonight with Nice-Lille which will be the game of the week.
Odds for the title (betclic)
1.25 PSG
10 Marseille
20 Monaco-Lens-Lille-Rennes
40 Lyon
75 Nice
250 Strasbourg-Reims-Montpellier-Toulouse
500 Lorient-Clermont-Nantes
1000 Brest-Le Havre-Metz
so bookies rank PSG as huge favourite for the title
Marseille expected to grab the second CL spot
Monaco, Lens, Lille & Rennes expected to fight for the other European spots with possibly Lyon or Nice as other contenders
Brest and the 2 promoted teams Le Havre & Metz favourites for the relegation
Odds for the title (betclic)
1.25 PSG
10 Marseille
20 Monaco-Lens-Lille-Rennes
40 Lyon
75 Nice
250 Strasbourg-Reims-Montpellier-Toulouse
500 Lorient-Clermont-Nantes
1000 Brest-Le Havre-Metz
so bookies rank PSG as huge favourite for the title
Marseille expected to grab the second CL spot
Monaco, Lens, Lille & Rennes expected to fight for the other European spots with possibly Lyon or Nice as other contenders
Brest and the 2 promoted teams Le Havre & Metz favourites for the relegation
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Change this season, with 1 additional European spot. And only 18 teams.Lyonnais wrote: ↑Fri Aug 11, 2023 12:05 The L1 starts tonight with Nice-Lille which will be the game of the week.
Odds for the title (betclic)
1.25 PSG
10 Marseille
20 Monaco-Lens-Lille-Rennes
40 Lyon
75 Nice
250 Strasbourg-Reims-Montpellier-Toulouse
500 Lorient-Clermont-Nantes
1000 Brest-Le Havre-Metz
so bookies rank PSG as huge favourite for the title
Marseille expected to grab the second CL spot
Monaco, Lens, Lille & Rennes expected to fight for the other European spots with possibly Lyon or Nice as other contenders
Brest and the 2 promoted teams Le Havre & Metz favourites for the relegation
Hey Lyonnais, what are your thoughts about this season for OL? I didn't really follow your offseason apart of some Aulas-Textor bickering and weird Blanc declaration.
Marseille 2nd?
I doubt it.
I doubt it.
This surprises me, I was expecting something between 1.50 and 2.00. I mean, with all the issues PSG is facing market wise this summer, and the need to rebuild the squad, I still see them favorites, but not so much favorites. I think that the odds for PSG NOT winning should not be like 5 to 1.
Ligue 1 - MD1
Game of the week
NICE - LILLE 1-1
Laborde 18'; Diakité 90+4'
Lille snatch a draw in Nice
Lille retained possession of the ball and created the most chances. Returning to the game in the final minutes, LOSC took advantage of Nice's tiredness to equalise. Nice, too defensive, facilitated the draw by lacking character in the second half.
(lequipe.fr, google translation)
NICE (4-3-3): Bulka - Atal (Lotomba 46'), Todibo, Dante, Bard - Sanson, Ndayishime, Thuram (Rosario 57') - Laborde (Guessand 57'), Moffi (Boudaoui 80'), Boga (Diop 57')
Coach: F.Farioli
LILLE (4-2-3-1): Chevalier - T.Santos, Ribeiro, Diakité, Ismaily - Baleba (Angel Gomes 61'), André - Virginius (Zhegrova 67'), Cabella (Gudmundsson 80'), Haraldsson (Yazici 80') - David
Coach: P.Fonseca
Man of the match
Bafodé DIAKITE
DC, 22, Lille & France U21
Career: Toulouse - Lille (2022)
The other games
PARIS SG - LORIENT 0-0
BREST - LENS 3-2
Del Castillo pen 45' pen 87' Lala 56'; Sotoca 11' Machado 22'
RENNES - METZ 5-1
Kalimuendo 20' Gouiri 51' Doku 67' Salah 87' 90+4'; Maziz 21'
MARSEILLE - REIMS 2-1
Ounahi 23' Vitinha 73'; Ito 10'
CLERMONT - MONACO 2-4
Wieteska 7' Cham 53'; Vanderson 26' Ben Yedder 43' 70' Akliouche 90+3'
STRASBOURG - LYON 2-1
Bellegarde 63' Mothiba 75'; Tagliafico 88'
MONTPELLIER - LE HAVRE 2-2
Adams 58' 60'; Lloris 5' Grandsir 90'
NANTES - TOULOUSE 1-2
Mostafa pen 13'; Aboukhal 62' Nicolaisen 90+1'
Game of the week
NICE - LILLE 1-1
Laborde 18'; Diakité 90+4'
Lille snatch a draw in Nice
Lille retained possession of the ball and created the most chances. Returning to the game in the final minutes, LOSC took advantage of Nice's tiredness to equalise. Nice, too defensive, facilitated the draw by lacking character in the second half.
(lequipe.fr, google translation)
NICE (4-3-3): Bulka - Atal (Lotomba 46'), Todibo, Dante, Bard - Sanson, Ndayishime, Thuram (Rosario 57') - Laborde (Guessand 57'), Moffi (Boudaoui 80'), Boga (Diop 57')
Coach: F.Farioli
LILLE (4-2-3-1): Chevalier - T.Santos, Ribeiro, Diakité, Ismaily - Baleba (Angel Gomes 61'), André - Virginius (Zhegrova 67'), Cabella (Gudmundsson 80'), Haraldsson (Yazici 80') - David
Coach: P.Fonseca
Man of the match
Bafodé DIAKITE
DC, 22, Lille & France U21
Career: Toulouse - Lille (2022)
The other games
PARIS SG - LORIENT 0-0
BREST - LENS 3-2
Del Castillo pen 45' pen 87' Lala 56'; Sotoca 11' Machado 22'
RENNES - METZ 5-1
Kalimuendo 20' Gouiri 51' Doku 67' Salah 87' 90+4'; Maziz 21'
MARSEILLE - REIMS 2-1
Ounahi 23' Vitinha 73'; Ito 10'
CLERMONT - MONACO 2-4
Wieteska 7' Cham 53'; Vanderson 26' Ben Yedder 43' 70' Akliouche 90+3'
STRASBOURG - LYON 2-1
Bellegarde 63' Mothiba 75'; Tagliafico 88'
MONTPELLIER - LE HAVRE 2-2
Adams 58' 60'; Lloris 5' Grandsir 90'
NANTES - TOULOUSE 1-2
Mostafa pen 13'; Aboukhal 62' Nicolaisen 90+1'
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I really don't know what to expect.
As Blanc mentioned it, let's wait until the 31st August to see which squad we have.
PSG are pushing for the young Barcola and if we had to let him go, I doubt that we'll find a decent replacement as we have financial constraints from the DNCG (wages have to be capped, so a big transfer fee will not help for this at short term).
Let's also see how signings can adapt themselves to the L1.
Otherwise, friendlies were a nightmare with 4 defeats and 0 goal scored (I don't count the first game vs. an amateur team) but Blanc mentioned the huge physical charge in the pre-season.
On the other hand, we made a decent second part of the season last season. Lukeba excepted (sold to Leipzig), the starting XI has not been changed.
I really don't know.
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I agree with you. With all the mess around PSG I don't expect them to be so favourites. They are clearly #1 favourite but not in these proportions in my opinion.offside wrote: ↑Fri Aug 11, 2023 23:23This surprises me, I was expecting something between 1.50 and 2.00. I mean, with all the issues PSG is facing market wise this summer, and the need to rebuild the squad, I still see them favorites, but not so much favorites. I think that the odds for PSG NOT winning should not be like 5 to 1.
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Thanks for the reply!
Which club do you think has the best chance to overtake PSG, if PSG misses the title this season?
Marseille I think (although they’ve changed a lot of things this summer and we don’t know yet whether it will work or not)
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Table
3 - RENNES - MONACO - BREST - TOULOUSE - MARSEILLE - STRASBOURG
2
1 - LE HAVRE - MONTPELLIER - LILLE - NICE - LORIENT - PARIS SG
0 - LENS - LYON - NANTES - REIMS - CLERMONT - METZ
MD2 to be played next week-end with LENS v RENNES (Sunday 20/8 20:45)
3 - RENNES - MONACO - BREST - TOULOUSE - MARSEILLE - STRASBOURG
2
1 - LE HAVRE - MONTPELLIER - LILLE - NICE - LORIENT - PARIS SG
0 - LENS - LYON - NANTES - REIMS - CLERMONT - METZ
MD2 to be played next week-end with LENS v RENNES (Sunday 20/8 20:45)
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Nothing like a home draw to Mbappe being reinstated (it would happen soon or later).
Lyon starting well again...
Lyon starting well again...
I like Clermont Foot, i was in the city many years ago and i liked it a lot
It’s good to see that you like Clermont. To be honest i don’t know the city but it has not a great reputation (but not that bad neither). It’s above all the city of Michelin.
Clermont is (or used to be) mainly a rugby city as their club is a power house in rugby and the football club had not a real history as they got promoted to L1 for the first time last season.
Football wise they did well last season but we know that the most difficult is to confirm the following season.
Clermont is (or used to be) mainly a rugby city as their club is a power house in rugby and the football club had not a real history as they got promoted to L1 for the first time last season.
Football wise they did well last season but we know that the most difficult is to confirm the following season.
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