Europe’s fifth biggest football competition, France’s Ligue 1 kicked off its 2019-20 year last August 9th, together with the country’s best 20 teams signalling what they are capable of. Without Neymar, throw out in the team below rumours of transfer discussions, PSG revealed that the Brazilian celebrity won’t be sorely missed after Cavani, Mbapp?? and Di Mar??a scored in a convincing 3-0 win over Nimes.
Meanwhile, the Lyon, who appear to function as PSG’s main challengers, overcame Monaco within a remarkable away victory with the same score. Could, but other top French fries stop these two? Keep reading to learn more about our bets.
PSG would be the apparent contenders to win their seventh cup. They finished last year a shocking 16 points ahead of Lille. And even though they chose not to shell out lavishly during the summer’s transfer window, which stays open in France till September 2ndthey brought in talented players to bolster their squad like Spanish duo Pablo Sarabia and Ander Herrera. Rounding off their roster, they signed up Senegal global Idrissa Gueye and versatile 23-year-old shield Abdou Diallo from Borussia Dortmund.
This makes trainer Thomas Tuchel’s team look much more consistent this year, by the deadly assault of Cavani, Mbapp?? and Di Mar??a into some skilled midfield and strong defense. In spite of the choice to separate Brazilian star Neymar, who will probably be heading to either Real Madrid or, most likely, Barcelona, PSG, at only -1000, stay the undisputed favorites to take the title back to Parc des Princes.
Olympique Lyonnais, only called Lyon, are ready to return to their glory ancient into mid-2000’s times, even when they ruled French football and won seven back-to-back cups. The group are consistent finishers on peak of the table, also fastened the third spot this past year.
Considering their new players, they appear to have chosen wisely, leading to the likes of center-back Joachim Andersen from Sampdoria and past Lille players Thiago Mendes and Youssof Kon??.
Furthermore, coach Sylvinho’s side has a powerful attack consisting of Dembel??, Depay along with Traor??. Together with PSG’s never-ending obsession with winning the Champions League, Lyon could manage an upset. Our bet is that the 2019-20 Ligue 1 will be a two-way battle between the two of these clubs, together with Lyon standing at +1400 chances to raise their eighth French cup.
The first outsiders that come into mind will be Lille, that have three titles, their final one in 2010-11. Coach Christophe Galtier’s team finished second last year, and have invested significantly, following their 80-million-euro selling of Nicolas P??p?? to Arsenal. To substitute the striker, they signed Turkish left-footed talent Yusuf Nazici, whose abilities include quality shots and moves.
They also brought in Nigerian forwards Victor Osimhen, that scored both goals in Lille’s 2-1 defeat of Nantes in their opening game of the championship on August 10, along with Timothy Weah and Benjamin Andr??. Lille are priced at +3300 to move all the way this time around.
France’s elegant league is in no shortage of talent. Thus, other traditional squads should not be ruled out. These include teams such as Marseille and Monaco, among others.
The first one might be the fourth favourite side to maintain the cup at +4000. The 2nd most successful national team with 9 cups, Marseille’s season, however, didn’t start off well. Coach Andr?? Villas-Boas was brought in to strengthen their defensive capabilities, but they endured a shocking 2-0 home loss to Reims in their first game of the contest around August 10.
With a limited budget due to financial fair play regulations, Marseille’s key signing this season is striker Dar??o Benedetto, who with plenty of precision and speed, is their primary expectation to score goals and bring them back to the top of soccer soccer.
Finishing off our most important stakes are Monaco and Saint-??tienne, both priced all of the way out in +5000 to pull of what would surely be a shocking defeat of the Ligue 1.
Curious at August 15 at BetOnline
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