Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread

[Strongkored]

This year Leverkussen should be called Neverlussen  as they still managed to get a draw even when they were playing against Dortmund at Dortmund home and they got down 1-0 in the 82th minute and they were still able to equalize the game in the 90+8th minute of additional time,showing huge determination and making the number of unbeaten games to 45 which is a monumental success.They could as well have accepted the lost game as it would not impact them but their mentality of winners impressed all of us yesterday.

Neverlussen is the right nickname for Bayer so far because they are unbeaten and this record beats the records that have been set by other strong teams in the Bundesliga and other leagues.
I don't know what motivation Xabi Alonso gave to his players so that his squad was always motivated to continue scoring goals when they were behind and maintain their unbeaten record.
In fact, several times Bayer Leverkusen almost lost when they played against Qarabag in the European league and also several matches in the Bundesliga but they managed to get out of the pressure well.
Bayer players' mentality has been one of the keys to their success so far, and hearing Xabi Alonso's statement that they were also targeting the European League title, so this was a signal to their opponents that they would face tough resistance from Bayer because the next target is this trophy.

[rahmad2nd]

Surprisingly, Werder Bremen won against Stuttgart. As a result, they have widened the gap to place 16 with 7 points. They probably realised just in time how important this game was.
The defeat from Stuttgart has lost them 3 points, but they are still 6 points away from place 5. Now it is more exciting again whether they will reach place 4 at least at the end of this season. If they had won this game it would have been 95% certain, that Dortmund would not be able to catch them.

Sometimes Werder Bremen are able to give surprises, they previously held Leipzig to a draw, beat Bayern Munich, yesterday Bremen beat Stuttart. As a result, Bremen remains perched in 11th place in the standings with a 3 point lead over the teams below it. As for Stuttgart, this defeat was quite surprising, because usually they play well and even beat Frankfurt the previous week with a big score.

Referring to what you said, I actually think the opposite. Week 31, Stuttgart will visit the BayArena, Leverkusen's headquarters. After that, Stuttgart will host Bayern Munich. Stuttgart only have 4 matches remaining, but it could be crucial for them to remain in the top four of the Bundesliga. Despite the fact that currently Stuttgart is 5 points ahead of Leipzig, 6 points ahead of Dortmund, this doesn't mean that in the remaining 4 matches they can win them all. Moreover, their opponents were two strong teams. worst case scenario, if Stuttgart experiences inconsistency and its performance declines. So, Leipzig and Dortmund have the potential to finish in the top four by the end of this season.
Talking about Dortmund, there is still a chance for them, especially Edin Terzic's squad, to overthrow Leipzig. However, if it fails, it means Dortmund will not be able to finish in the top 4 of the Bundesliga. Well, it's interesting for us to follow the developments.

[pusaka]

This year Leverkussen should be called Neverlussen  as they still managed to get a draw even when they were playing against Dortmund at Dortmund home and they got down 1-0 in the 82th minute and they were still able to equalize the game in the 90+8th minute of additional time,showing huge determination and making the number of unbeaten games to 45 which is a monumental success.They could as well have accepted the lost game as it would not impact them but their mentality of winners impressed all of us yesterday.

Will they get a new nickname this season? Or is there a team that can break their record up to this moment? And I'm curious if there is a team that can break their record, which team can do that?
Borussia Dortmund were only close to beating Leverkusen, but they still failed to maintain their lead until the referee blew the final whistle. If you say this is luck, then I can't accept it. But even if it is said that this is not luck, then I also cannot accept that. It's really difficult to think about Leverkusen this season. Lol

Surprisingly, Werder Bremen won against Stuttgart. As a result, they have widened the gap to place 16 with 7 points. They probably realised just in time how important this game was.
The defeat from Stuttgart has lost them 3 points, but they are still 6 points away from place 5. Now it is more exciting again whether they will reach place 4 at least at the end of this season. If they had won this game it would have been 95% certain, that Dortmund would not be able to catch them.

This result meant that Stuttgart had to widen their gap with Bayern Munich to 3 points, whereas in the previous week they had the same points as Bayern Munich who were in second place. Meanwhile, for Bremen, this result allows them to stay away from the relegation zone for a while, because the competition to compete for the safe zone is also very tight now and anyone who experiences inconsistencies will be able to fall into the relegation zone.
I think Bremen was quite lucky in this match, they continued to be pressured but they were able to score 2 goals and they were able to maintain it until the game ended. Stuttgart did reply, but they could only reply with one goal.

[imamusma]

This year Leverkussen should be called Neverlussen  as they still managed to get a draw even when they were playing against Dortmund at Dortmund home and they got down 1-0 in the 82th minute and they were still able to equalize the game in the 90+8th minute of additional time,showing huge determination and making the number of unbeaten games to 45 which is a monumental success.They could as well have accepted the lost game as it would not impact them but their mentality of winners impressed all of us yesterday.

Neverlussen is the right nickname for Bayer so far because they are unbeaten and this record beats the records that have been set by other strong teams in the Bundesliga and other leagues.
I don't know what motivation Xabi Alonso gave to his players so that his squad was always motivated to continue scoring goals when they were behind and maintain their unbeaten record.
In fact, several times Bayer Leverkusen almost lost when they played against Qarabag in the European league and also several matches in the Bundesliga but they managed to get out of the pressure well.
Bayer players' mentality has been one of the keys to their success so far, and hearing Xabi Alonso's statement that they were also targeting the European League title, so this was a signal to their opponents that they would face tough resistance from Bayer because the next target is this trophy.

Leverkusen new nickname will become more valid if they appear unbeaten in the Europa League and DFB Pokal, which will automatically lead them to win the treble winner. There are 4 remaining matches in the Bundesliga, and they will play the final match of the DFB Pokal, and if they advance to the final in the Europa League, the total number of remaining matches that Leverkusen will play is 8. On paper Leverkusen has proven themselves unbeatable in 45 the matches they have played, which in my opinion in the remaining 8 total matches, Leverkusen will be able to maintain this magical record.

The tough challenge that Leverkusen will face in their remaining matches in the Bundesliga is facing Stuttgart, their other three opponents are relatively easier. Meanwhile, in the Europa League, facing Roma is certainly more difficult than facing Atalanta or Marseille in the Final, even though we realize that Atalanta cannot be underestimated. Meanwhile in the DFB Pokal, their opponents were also relatively easy. Overall Leverkusen are on their way to an unrivaled record, we don't know where they will stumble.

[asriloni]

I guess it is still important for Bayern to win these games no matter what, that big win definitely helps boost morale. Think about it this way, with these wins, they guarantee that at least they will be second and not third, which is important because if they kept losing then they could have been third place, so being second place is a lot better than being third place.

Plus, they could finish the season with a UCL title as well, not saying that they will win it all, but they are in semi-finals and that should be the most important part. I believe that we are going to end up with a situation that has to be quite fragile as well, that seems like the most important part of the deal, and they need to keep winning to have good morale for those games.

It seems to me that for Bayern there is no difference between second and third place - not being first is quite a shock for them.

Unable to defend its record in winning bundesliga really shocked all of bayern officials. it's not only the players were feeling shocked after they were not able defending their record. Bayern owns bundesliga for more than 1 decade and this time leverkusen took the trophy from them for the first time in one decade.
This is really annoying for bayern's officials caused by they wanted their team to consistently owned the competitions. I remember the last time bundesliga owned by other team was last decade when dortmund was winning it. Lewandowski was still there(dortmund).
It's also shocking all of bayern munich fans.

And if we remember the humiliation in a personal meeting and the fact that Bayer broke their record for the number of games without defeat, then I can assume that all the worst has already been experienced and Bayern have let the situation go. It seems to me that in the Bundesliga they will play “as it happens” (that’s why, for example, victory over Eintracht Frankfurt is not guaranteed in the next round) and concentrate as much as possible on the Champions League.

The current target is about how to qualify for UCL next season. No more than it since the trophy has already owned by leverkusen.
Winning UCL has become bayern's main focus now and tuchel seems all in on UCL this season in order to paid off his mistake in bundesliga.

[Furious 7]

We wanted to see that because until now Xabi's record has not been broken by anyone and this big match like Dortmund was a hope especially when seeing Dortmund take the lead in the last 10 minutes of the match then there was a great hope that Xabi unbeaten record was stopped but in the end it still could not happen.

Stanisic didn't want it to end and 90+7 may have been a little late but it was enough to keep it going as it should.
With this result it doesn't change anything for Leverkusen but for Dortmund it's a bit of a shame because they still have to keep competing until the end for a spot in the top 4 and now that they only have 1 point it makes things a bit tougher for Dortmund.

Leverkusen really have a strong mentality to fight for their ambition to end the season with unbeaten record. I thought Dortmund would end the record when they were leading till the ending of additional time. Dortmund don't seem to have mentality they have been showing in the Champions League games. In their last Champions League game, they were even able to win the match and qualify for semi-final after losing on aggregate to Atletico Madrid.

It feels like Dortmund is just good at attacking, they don't know how to defend the lead properly. Leverkusen know how to capitalize the late minutes situation to score the equalizer. Xavi Alonso and his players deserve the credit for their fighting spirit to achieve what will happen to be a big history in Bundesliga and football.

With their condition lagging behind in the crucial minutes and in extra time which is almost up they are still behind, there is indeed a great hope for Leverkusen to break their record for unbeaten at this time but indeed their mentality is strong at this time especially with extraordinary confidence after they previously secured the trophy, it is indeed a positive value for them and Dortmund was unable to reduce it which resulted in them managing to get a goal at the end of the match which made their record still maintained.

Actually, even though it doesn't matter if they lose because it doesn't have any impact on the Bundesliga but Leverkusen didn't want to expect that and their fighting spirit until the end needs to be applauded in today's match.

[Mayor of ogba]

In yesterday's match, Josip Stanisic netted the ball when the referee just whistled pipe, lol . 45 games unbeaten in all competitions..

Incredible from Leverkusen. I think in the end they are definitely going to stay unbeaten the way they are going right now.
For some reason whatever it is the injury time, they find extra motivation. If this was any other club or any other coach, I think they would have said that it is OK if we lose the rest of the matches because we have to win two more trophies this season.

But Xabi Alonso is different. He is always going for the win. He is always pushing the boundary. Only four matches left for them in the Bundesliga. And all the matches that they have left are easier compared to this one. But still, the concentration is going to be in the Europa League and DFB Pokal.

Yes, it is indeed incredible from Leverkusen. You could say they have more luck than sense. Scoring a goal in the last second shows a complete different mentality. As you have already written, it is also because of the coach. But that shows if you have a team that wants to win at all costs and fights until the last second. That has always been the case with Bayern Munich in the past. But not this season, everything is different.

You are correct. Bayern Leverkusen players should also be praised; they helped Xabi Alonso win the Bundesliga title and remain unbeaten in all competitions. Bayern Leverkusen keeps producing amazing results every time they play a match. I thought Bayern Leverkusen could lose against Borussia Dortmund because they would rest their best players for the Europa League, but they still get a point against Borussia Dortmund at home.

[barisbilgili]

You are correct. Bayern Leverkusen players should also be praised; they helped Xabi Alonso win the Bundesliga title and remain unbeaten in all competitions. Bayern Leverkusen keeps producing amazing results every time they play a match. I thought Bayern Leverkusen could lose against Borussia Dortmund because they would rest their best players for the Europa League, but they still get a point against Borussia Dortmund at home.

Xabi Alonso succeeded in making the Leverkusen team solid in all its lines and he was also able to build a strong chemistry within the Leverkusen squad so that there was no significant difference in performance even though player rotation was carried out.
Leverkusen managed to equalize in the last minute against Dortmund and that prevented them from their first defeat of the season, it was truly extraordinary and I almost couldn't believe what I saw in this match, Xabi Alonso really made the Leverkusen team truly superior this season .

Xabi Alonso rotating players during the match against Dortmund is quite natural because they have already secured the Bundesliga title and chose to focus on the European stage so rotating is the right thing for the coach to do, but there is no difference in quality even against a strong team like Dortmund is an extraordinary thing.

[Palakka]

Bayern Leverkusen players should also be praised; they helped Xabi Alonso win the Bundesliga title and remain unbeaten in all competitions. Bayern Leverkusen keeps producing amazing results every time they play a match. I thought Bayern Leverkusen could lose against Borussia Dortmund because they would rest their best players for the Europa League, but they still get a point against Borussia Dortmund at home.

Bayern Leverkusen managed to continue to maintain their mentality and performance in avoiding defeat, there are very few teams in the Bundeliga that I think will be as strong as Bayern Leverkusen today by continuing to make comebacks every time they almost lose, the game against Dortmund actually no longer affects the Leverkusen championship but still Leverkusen take the game seriously by fielding a lot of their main players and I think even now Leverkusen have been champions but they never want to underestimate any team they play against for the rest of this game and honestly that's what Leverkusen have liked all along.

It was easy for Xabi Alonso to play all their substitutes or young players against Dortmund, but that was  done out of respect for Dortmund other than to maintain their unbeaten record this season, now Leverkusen will focus more on the Europa League as their priority to win titles other than the DFB and it is certainly a great achievement when a new coach managed to achieve a treble winner at the beginning of his coaching career Bundesliga team.

[Jody.Drummer]

You are correct. Bayern Leverkusen players should also be praised; they helped Xabi Alonso win the Bundesliga title and remain unbeaten in all competitions. Bayern Leverkusen keeps producing amazing results every time they play a match. I thought Bayern Leverkusen could lose against Borussia Dortmund because they would rest their best players for the Europa League, but they still get a point against Borussia Dortmund at home.

Of course the players are actors on the field and they are the successors to implementing the strategy given by Xabi Alonso. Without them, Xabi couldn't do anything, and without Xabi, they wouldn't be able to do anything either. This is something that cannot be separated between players and coaches, they both fight for the success of the team they defend, namely Leverkusen.

Players who were initially considered mediocre in the cold hands of Xabi they can do their best and they now have an increased market value. This is Xabi's genius in seeing the potential of the players he has. Also, players can respond to the trust given to them by showing all the abilities they have.

In my opinion, there are several players who will be targeted by big clubs in Europe thanks to their good performances with Leverkusen. But I don't know whether Xabi will let the player go or not. Because he has created excellent chemistry between the players at Leverkusen.

[Weawant]

You are correct. Bayern Leverkusen players should also be praised; they helped Xabi Alonso win the Bundesliga title and remain unbeaten in all competitions. Bayern Leverkusen keeps producing amazing results every time they play a match. I thought Bayern Leverkusen could lose against Borussia Dortmund because they would rest their best players for the Europa League, but they still get a point against Borussia Dortmund at home.

Asides the Coach, the players too deserve an accolades for their performance this season as they have been able to really get to achieve much more than was actually expected of them this season because before now they were like an average team in the bundesliga and now they are even much more better than the best team in the bundesliga and achieving so much that even the bundsliga giant is giving way for them.

There are times when this boys have been able to pull up some spectacular surprises and so it's very much deserving of every form of recognition because i know insome games they will get to the point where they will be loosing in the first half only to get to the second half and they will get a come back and end up winning in some games while in the other they will be able to end the game in a draw but they always make sure to stay unbeaten bother in their home and away and this has actually given them the record they have gotten this season till this point.

The team spirit been exercised amongst these boys is another too that has helped them a long way to be able to achieve this much such that they make sure they are not totally dependent on any one but collectively making sure the team stays productive and their coach has been coming up with very dynamic and functional tactics which has been most productive for them all through the season.

[Republikcoin.com]

You are correct. Bayern Leverkusen players should also be praised; they helped Xabi Alonso win the Bundesliga title and remain unbeaten in all competitions. Bayern Leverkusen keeps producing amazing results every time they play a match. I thought Bayern Leverkusen could lose against Borussia Dortmund because they would rest their best players for the Europa League, but they still get a point against Borussia Dortmund at home.

I also thought that Bayer Leverkusen would lose that match yesterday after seeing that the match had reached ninety minutes where Dortmund was still leading with one goal. But this still did not apply to Bayer Leverkusen because in the final minutes of the match Stanisic was able to break through Dortmund's goal until the match ended in a draw. It can be said that before the match ends there is always the possibility and opportunity to get results that are beyond many people's expectations and this was truly proven at Bayer Leverkusen.

[Swordsoffreedom]

You are correct. Bayern Leverkusen players should also be praised; they helped Xabi Alonso win the Bundesliga title and remain unbeaten in all competitions. Bayern Leverkusen keeps producing amazing results every time they play a match. I thought Bayern Leverkusen could lose against Borussia Dortmund because they would rest their best players for the Europa League, but they still get a point against Borussia Dortmund at home.

Xabi Alonso succeeded in making the Leverkusen team solid in all its lines and he was also able to build a strong chemistry within the Leverkusen squad so that there was no significant difference in performance even though player rotation was carried out.
Leverkusen managed to equalize in the last minute against Dortmund and that prevented them from their first defeat of the season, it was truly extraordinary and I almost couldn't believe what I saw in this match, Xabi Alonso really made the Leverkusen team truly superior this season .

Xabi Alonso rotating players during the match against Dortmund is quite natural because they have already secured the Bundesliga title and chose to focus on the European stage so rotating is the right thing for the coach to do, but there is no difference in quality even against a strong team like Dortmund is an extraordinary thing.

Yes, I absolutely agree that this was a good decision from him to rotate the players. Because the main target right now is the Europa League championship and also the DFB Pokal. and of course, they are targeting to win both of them. But I have to appreciate the passion that they have for the game. Even though they have already secured the Bundesliga title, they were really passionate to keep the unbeaten run going.

I guess they were also really happy to actually not to lose against a team like Dortmund. This is a great team with a great coach achieving great things. Of course, it was not done by only the coach. The players also had to believe that they were able to do it. I think any other coach could not have been able to make them believe that they could achieve such things. They are looking to get three trophies in a single season now.

[hyudien]

You are correct. Bayern Leverkusen players should also be praised; they helped Xabi Alonso win the Bundesliga title and remain unbeaten in all competitions. Bayern Leverkusen keeps producing amazing results every time they play a match. I thought Bayern Leverkusen could lose against Borussia Dortmund because they would rest their best players for the Europa League, but they still get a point against Borussia Dortmund at home.

I also thought that Bayer Leverkusen would lose that match yesterday after seeing that the match had reached ninety minutes where Dortmund was still leading with one goal. But this still did not apply to Bayer Leverkusen because in the final minutes of the match Stanisic was able to break through Dortmund's goal until the match ended in a draw. It can be said that before the match ends there is always the possibility and opportunity to get results that are beyond many people's expectations and this was truly proven at Bayer Leverkusen.

Leverkusen surprised almost everyone in that match, because from what I heard from my friends' conversations and also when I saw social media, they didn't seem to believe that Leverkusen could survive defeat against Borussia Dortmund. But they really did it, yes they were able to score a goal when time was at the end of the match.
Xabi seems to have given doctrine to his players so that they cannot be beaten this season. Their status is champions now, and usually when a team has confirmed itself as champion, they won't care about the remaining matches, but that doesn't apply to Leverkusen and that makes me even more convinced that they really want to record a record without defeat this season. Huge appreciation for them, both players, coaching staff and even management who have succeeded in bringing Leverkusen this far. This is the result of all their hard work this season so they can show something truly extraordinary.

[Franctoshi]

A remarkable season for the entire club, But thereafter, a club had an incredible performance such as what Leverkusen has done, what that usually drops their performance the next season is reshuffling of players, basically selling some and sending some on a loan, Now they have the league cup in their hands and at the verge of ending the season with an unbeatable record; Therefore since they missed out on the Champions League this season, Their aim should be towards lifting the trophy come next season and try not to make big changes in the team and to keep their form over to next season. Going on away game and picking up a point from Dortmund was indeed a good thing.

[hahay]

The match between Dortmund v Bayer Leverkusen yesterday resulted in a draw, the same as in their first meeting thisseason with the same score also 1-1. I think, although Bayer Leverkusen is still very consistent with its unbeaten record, but Dortmund has a better way than Bayern Munich to hold Bayer Leverkusen to a draw. But yes, I think Dortmund also has a close chance of beating Bayer Leverkusen in its two matches this season in the Bundesliga and as such, Dortmund is a difficult opponent for Bayer Leverkusen this season because they only got a draw.

Because, in their two meetings this season, in reality Dortmund always managed to score first but indeed, in yesterday match Dortmund were reall yunlucky.Because after all, Bayer Leverkusen goal also occurred in the minute of injurytime and it was really at the last minute of thematch because the referee added +8 and Bayer Leverkusen scored in the +7 minute. It was bad luck I think for Dortmund because it was only a matter of seconds before Dortmund managed to beat Bayer Leverkusen this season butyes, in the end Bayer Leverkusen still managed not to lose.

[Lafu]

Dortmund is losing their chances to return to the 4th position, the one point they secured against Leverkusen has made it 2 point difference with Leipzig, also if Dortmund wants to qualify for the next Champions League, I think they should keep winning their games because Leipzig are capable of maintaining the 4th position.

There still 4 matchdays left and it should be possible for them maybe to get the 4th place back.
But for sure there main focus will be the upcoming Champions League game against Paris.
If they win the next game against Leipzig in Leipzig they have the 4th spot back , it will be hard but if they keep playing as they have don lately they have good chances.

[arimamib]

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There still 4 matchdays left and it should be possible for them maybe to get the 4th place back.
But for sure there main focus will be the upcoming Champions League game against Paris.
If they win the next game against Leipzig in Leipzig they have the 4th spot back , it will be hard but if they keep playing as they have don lately they have good chances.

I will be a big blow for Dortmund if they failed to finish in Champions League zone. It will hit hard their mentality, because this could be a continuity of their last season failure. Dortmund would have had a difficult situation to recover from. The fact that they still have focus on the Champions League semi-final makes things more complicated for them to go on.

It's impossible for them to focus only on one competition to save their fate for next season. Having a slight chance to Champions League and another chance to finish top four is a dilemma that doesn't have a right solution to solve, because they are not favorite in both situation. If they failed in one of those, things can get worse for the future.

[KTChampions]

Leverkusen refused to lose for the first time this season after successfully holding host Dortmund to a draw in last night's match and however I am still very impressed with the winning mentality that Xabi Alonso's men have. Even though all the time Leverkusen had difficulty scoring goals and even had to concede a goal first after Fullkrug scored in the 81st minute and put Dortmund one step closer to winning the match.

However, what happened got even worse, where Boniface received a red card and with only a few minutes remaining Leverkusen had to be forced to play with 10 men. From then on, I thought it was over for Leverkusen to maintain their unbeaten record and everything had to stop against Dortmund. But what we see is still about the magic and feeling of never giving up from Leverkusen and a goal from Stanistic in the minute of injury time saved Leverksen from defeat. Highest appreciation for the Leverkusen players who never take the results for granted.

Yes, I have seen many times how a club that won the title ahead of schedule lost motivation and their results worsened, but this is definitely not the case with Bayer. Previously, I was skeptical about the idea that Bayer could go through the entire season in the Bundesliga without a single defeat, but now, given the fact that there are only 4 games left and the most difficult one is the home game with Stuttgart, I began to believe in it.

[marcous]

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There still 4 matchdays left and it should be possible for them maybe to get the 4th place back.
But for sure there main focus will be the upcoming Champions League game against Paris.
If they win the next game against Leipzig in Leipzig they have the 4th spot back , it will be hard but if they keep playing as they have don lately they have good chances.

I will be a big blow for Dortmund if they failed to finish in Champions League zone. It will hit hard their mentality, because this could be a continuity of their last season failure. Dortmund would have had a difficult situation to recover from. The fact that they still have focus on the Champions League semi-final makes things more complicated for them to go on.

It's impossible for them to focus only on one competition to save their fate for next season. Having a slight chance to Champions League and another chance to finish top four is a dilemma that doesn't have a right solution to solve, because they are not favorite in both situation. If they failed in one of those, things can get worse for the future.

Dortmund are faced with an unpleasant situation, where they are required to be able to perform stably in the Champions League and Bundesliga. The draw against Leverkusen was certainly very painful, because it happened in the last minute, if we had secured full points yesterday, perhaps the situation would have been a little different. We know that Leverkusen this season has been outstanding throughout the season, and that is a fair result for both teams.

Meanwhile, regarding Dortmund chances in the Champions League, I think their chances of beating PSG are low. Previously they had faced each other in the group stage, and Dortmund did not have the strength to beat PSG. Regarding Dortmund competition with Leipzig in the Bundesliga, the opportunity for Edin Terzic team to finish in the top four of the standings is still open, and next week they will face each other.

If Dortmund are eliminated in the Champions League by PSG, then fail to finish in the top four at the end of the season, then this is a very embarrassing season for them, as painful as Bayern losing their dominance to Leverkusen.