Ligue 1 Predictions Today (France): Free Football Tips

Ligue 1 today

French Ligue 1 fixtures from our free daily list are collected in the table above. If France has no top-flight match today, the table says so and the full list shows the other leagues.

A compact league

Ligue 1 is played by eighteen clubs, who meet each other home and away over 34 matchdays. That is a shorter calendar than the 38 rounds of the Premier League, La Liga or Serie A, and most rounds are played over the weekend, so the weekend is where to look for a Ligue 1 pick.

At the bottom of the table, the relegation fight has an extra step. The club in 16th place does not go down automatically: it plays a two-legged tie against the winner of the Ligue 2 play-offs, which decides who plays in the top flight the following season. In the closing weeks, that play-off place gives several clubs something to play for, which is worth remembering when you read a late-season table.

A note on single picks and combined bets

A round with only a handful of matches tempts many people to put several picks into one accumulator. The more selections you add, the more the bookmaker’s margin builds up. A worked example in accumulators and the bookmaker’s margin shows how much that costs in practice. If you also like to look at the referee, read what referee statistics can and cannot tell you before you rely on them.