Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread

[X-ray]

It's only a matter of time, sooner or later Bayern Munich will again lead the standings. Now that Bayern Munich have managed to sit in third place, they have collected 15 points from 8 matches. Munich is very close to the leader of the table, two points difference is not so difficult to catch up with Union Berlin and Freiburg who are in position one and two.
There are still many games left in the Bundesliga, Munich will show who they really are. The dominance of Munich still cannot be broken by other teams, although currently they are still in third place, at the end of the season only Bayern Munich will win the Bundesliga trophy.

Yes, we agree on this. it is only a matter of time for Bayern to return to the top of the table, Nagelsmann has returned his squad to its former form. in the last two matches they were able to create 9 goals, and 5 of them came from a win over Viktoria in the champions league. only two points difference with Union Berlin and Freiburg, it is not something difficult for Bayern to catch up with them.
next week, an important game for Bayern and of course for Dortmund too. they have the same points, it's interesting, this game will present high tension.

I hope so. Let's see how bayern will handle the upcoming matches in the bundesliga. So far, bayern can handle the match in the champion league so well without even facing any lose. i would like to see the same performance by bayern munchen when it was also in the bundesliga to make sure if bayern can secure the title for this season again. The domination by union may disappear anytime with the goes of time as long as bayern can consistent to win any match. this will gives pressure to the another club if the big team has come for them.

[nara1892]

Yes, we agree on this. it is only a matter of time for Bayern to return to the top of the table, Nagelsmann has returned his squad to its former form. in the last two matches they were able to create 9 goals, and 5 of them came from a win over Viktoria in the champions league. only two points difference with Union Berlin and Freiburg, it is not something difficult for Bayern to catch up with them.
next week, an important game for Bayern and of course for Dortmund too. they have the same points, it's interesting, this game will present high tension.

It will always be an interesting spectacle when these two teams meet, although in the end it will still be Bayern Munich who will be the winner at the end of the match. Their meeting record says that Bayern Munich are always dominant in the game. And in this match it is likely that Bayern Munich will extend their winning record over Borussia Dortmund. Regardless of the result I hope to put up a very interesting game to watch and I hope they won't find it easy to score and end up with a narrow goal gap at the end of the game.

[Iranus]

At the moment Bayer Leverkusen is playing against Porto in the Champignons League. Those in charge will be watching very closely to see how the coach is acting and how the team is playing. I think if they will lose Gerardo Seoane will be sacked tomorrow and a new coach will have to be brought in. The next game in the Bundesliga is against Schalke.

Leverkusen's players are very weak in the Bundesliga. But they are playing very well in the Champions League. Leverkusen's performance against Porto is also good in today's match. This is Porto's home match so I expected Porto to dominate this match. Neither team could score in the first half. Porto scored a goal but it was disallowed and Leverkusen was awarded a penalty but they failed to score. My guess is that Porto will be able to win this match or this match will be a draw.

It was such a disappointing thing seeing Leverkusen player loosing the penalty awarded to them. If I'm right that was the second time he has lost a penalty kick for a week or two now against Portugal.
Although Porto are pressuring really hard to win the game, the score still stands as we expected to see the Portuguese side take control by scoring a single goal.

Bayern Munich wons tonight, best goal fir the day was to Sadio Mane, they all contributed to the three points. They should be preparing very well for the next Bundesliga fixture.

As for the second goal that Leverkusen conceded against Porto, I thought it was a really unfortunate goal
because I thought the goalkeeper did a really good job of reaching the ball as soon as he did.
For Bayern Munich vs Viktoria Plzeň, It was obvious that Bayern Munich was going to win this match.
This was not even a question about winning this match. In this case, it was about how many goals Munich would score.

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Leverkusen is clearly the biggest disappointment of this season as right now they are in relegation zone with just one win from their eight matches and with last night result where they lost against Porto now their chances for qualifying into next round is also in doubt because this is currently interesting situation in group with Club Brugge is right now at the top with three out of three wins, and now they need only one win which give them spot in next round and for remaining one spot three clubs are fighting where Atlético Madrid is favourite with Porto and Leverkusen both have equal chances for going out of the competition their defence is weak, and their attack is also not working as it needs to be done for having better results if they want to stay in competition Bundesliga and Champions League then surely they need to do hard work in coming days.

Leverkusen really needs to improve their performance in the Bundesliga. They were also unable to accomplish too much in the last season as well.
It is true that they have played well in other competitions, but they have not played well at all in the Bundesliga so far this season.
If I remember correctly they somehow survived the relegation. The chances of them surviving this season are very slim.

[Boristhecat]

Yes, we agree on this. it is only a matter of time for Bayern to return to the top of the table, Nagelsmann has returned his squad to its former form. in the last two matches they were able to create 9 goals, and 5 of them came from a win over Viktoria in the champions league. only two points difference with Union Berlin and Freiburg, it is not something difficult for Bayern to catch up with them.
next week, an important game for Bayern and of course for Dortmund too. they have the same points, it's interesting, this game will present high tension.

Bookmakers evaluate this meeting as follows:

Borussia - 4.20

Draw - 4.70

Bayern - 1.67

In fact, it is difficult for me to choose which outcome with the corresponding odds looks profitable. 1.67 for a motivated Bayern that will play only to win against an unstable Borussia? Looks like an easy choice. On the other hand, 4.20 for the victory of Borussia, which from time to time can show a bright game and beat anyone. Also good. A draw with odds of 4.70 is also a good choice based on the statistics of Bayern's recent games. All choices are good hahaha.

[KTChampions]

now it's official - bayer leverkusen sacks Gerardo Seoane and immediately introduces his successor. with Xabi Alonso comes a coach who has been very successful at national team level, making spain world champions in 2010 and european champions in 2008 and 2012. most recently he coached the second team of real sociedad

It was fast! I don’t know if he will be able to prove himself at such a high level (immediately a team playing in the Champions League), but it seems to me that he has good conditions for starting: Bayer is at the very bottom and any movement will be strictly up. A victory over Schalke is guaranteed to raise the club by at least one place (and given the rarity of points at the bottom, most likely by a couple of places).

[Lafu]

now it's official - bayer leverkusen sacks Gerardo Seoane and immediately introduces his successor. with Xabi Alonso comes a coach who has been very successful at national team level, making spain world champions in 2010 and european champions in 2008 and 2012. most recently he coached the second team of real sociedad

It was just a matter of time after the failed again in the Champions League and lost there game against FC Porto.
I thought the til waiting about the next weekend and how it goes and Leverkusen making there final decision from there.
Xabi Alonso will be for sure bring some new wind into the team and hopefully they win against Schalke to get out of the relegation zone.

[bullrun2024bro]

The predicted starting lineups have been published for this weekend's top match between FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund:



Source: https://twitter.com/iMiaSanMia/status/1577774961242120193/photo/1

Whether Kimmich and Müller will be available at FC Bayern remains in question. Both tested positive for Covid-19 a few days ago.

Deniz Aytekin was appointed as the referee for the top match, acorrding to the German newspaper Bild:

Referee Deniz Aytekin has been appointed to officiate Saturday's top game between Dortmund and Bayern [@BILD]

Source: https://twitter.com/iMiaSanMia/status/1577764209257025537

If Kimmich and Müller really can't play, Borussia Dortmund's chances for a win will of course be higher, IMHO. However, we won't know for sure until Friday.

[Bobrox]

now it's official - bayer leverkusen sacks Gerardo Seoane and immediately introduces his successor. with Xabi Alonso comes a coach who has been very successful at national team level, making spain world champions in 2010 and european champions in 2008 and 2012. most recently he coached the second team of real sociedad.

Can't expected with Gerardo Seoane not sacking from his position as Bayern Leverkusen manager because most totally failure on domestic league after Bayern Munich drop almost bottom position standing on 17th place and several bad result at Champion League games, I think good reason why have to replace his position with Xabi Alonso. Little not believing with Alonso career as manager because he still less experience become manager or coach on bigger club actually like Bayern Leverkusen. No doubt with his reputation when still active as player but Alonso still haven't more experience trough with club except on Real Sociedad junior team.

Waiting result between Leverkusen vs Schalke on next match to know how ability or not for Alonso become new manager on Bayern Leverkusen.

[herurist]

now it's official - bayer leverkusen sacks Gerardo Seoane and immediately introduces his successor. with Xabi Alonso comes a coach who has been very successful at national team level, making spain world champions in 2010 and european champions in 2008 and 2012. most recently he coached the second team of real sociedad

It was just a matter of time after the failed again in the Champions League and lost there game against FC Porto.
I thought the til waiting about the next weekend and how it goes and Leverkusen making there final decision from there.
Xabi Alonso will be for sure bring some new wind into the team and hopefully they win against Schalke to get out of the relegation zone.

True, because actually in this case it is enough for the top brass to be patient, especially with Leverkusen's poor performance in all competitions.
The comparison is too far in this regard if we compare Leverkusen's performance this season and last season so that there is no reason to continue to keep Gerardo Seoane.
Currently Xabi has been appointed and maybe we have to see if he can improve his current condition or is it still the same.

[Fesatmas]

now it's official - bayer leverkusen sacks Gerardo Seoane and immediately introduces his successor. with Xabi Alonso comes a coach who has been very successful at national team level, making spain world champions in 2010 and european champions in 2008 and 2012. most recently he coached the second team of real sociedad

It was just a matter of time after the failed again in the Champions League and lost there game against FC Porto.
I thought the til waiting about the next weekend and how it goes and Leverkusen making there final decision from there.
Xabi Alonso will be for sure bring some new wind into the team and hopefully they win against Schalke to get out of the relegation zone.

Xabi Alonso hopes to soon bring about a change for Leverkusen and rise from the relegation zone. Their opponent is Schalke who are both down. This could be a stepping stone for Xabi Alonso to get his first win in the match. The legacy left by the previous coach made Xabi Alonso have to work extra to build Leverkusen. I want to see how he works with a team that is in a slump, for sure he will build from scratch with a scheme he likes.

[hahay]

Xabi Alonso has no history with a team as a manager except Real Sociedad B. Therefore this is a quite big risk to take for Leverkusen.

Yes, I think so, I thought Tuchel who is very credible in managing a big team is potential for that position. but now, we can't say anything. maybe they want Xabi because his popularity, not as an achievement as a coach, because he hasn't. But we must be optimistic, Xabi is one who has talent like his partner on the national team Xavi. Maybe like Xavi's situation where moving to an unknown club can rise up Leverkusen from the degradation zone.

Leverkusen's situation was chaotic and then they recruited Xabi Alonso as a coach who didn't have much experience to coach a big team in a top league, so it was a mistake. See how legendary players then coached big teams in top leagues like Lampard, Gerarrad and even Xavi at Barcelona who currently have a great squad but it's still difficult to get perfect results. Moreover, Leverkusen currently needs a coach who really has good experience to take the team out of the relegation zone, so they should recruit a coach who can promise good results, not for a gamble with a coach who doesn't have much experience.

[Z-tight]

If Kimmich and Müller really can't play, Borussia Dortmund's chances for a win will of course be higher, IMHO. However, we won't know for sure until Friday.

Even if Muller and Kimmich are unavailable, i do not feel it makes Dortmund's chances of a victory higher, in my opinion Muller has not been at his best this season, and bayern have enough attacking threat to carry on without worrying about Muller's absence. Sane, Mane, Gnabry and even Musiala are all having a good season so far, and they have been in the news more than Muller, surely Muller is very important, but he can be well replaced, there is so much quality attackers in the team.

Kimmich too is very important, but the club can also replace him, that is why bayern is a giant team, if these players don't play and Dortmund should beat bayern, it is surely because Dortmund were the better or luckier team that day, and not because of the two absentees.

[maju69]

Leverkusen's situation was chaotic and then they recruited Xabi Alonso as a coach who didn't have much experience to coach a big team in a top league, so it was a mistake. See how legendary players then coached big teams in top leagues like Lampard, Gerarrad and even Xavi at Barcelona who currently have a great squad but it's still difficult to get perfect results. Moreover, Leverkusen currently needs a coach who really has good experience to take the team out of the relegation zone, so they should recruit a coach who can promise good results, not for a gamble with a coach who doesn't have much experience.

Maybe it's true that experience will be very influential for a coach, but I don't agree if you say an inexperienced coach will not bring big changes to the team he holds. I will not punish them that the steps they take are wrong, because I want to see first how far their steps can be said to be bad or not. We can see from what they said about Xavi first coming to Barcelona, their doubts are not much different from what you say today. I saw the big changes he brought even though he was very inexperienced. In the end the trust in him had now increased.

[el kaka22]

Xabi is not a bad manager for sure, and he knows bundesliga and a bit about them, but I do not think that he would be a sudden change and make them a better team overnight. When a new manager comes in during the middle of the season that usually means it is going to be a tough deal since he wasn't part of the transfer window. Why is that so important?

Because, we are talking about a situation where manager will buy players that would fit his system a lot better, when he comes in during this period, he can't really buy the players that would fit his system, and instead find a system that fits the players he has, and that causes a little bit of trouble.

[Velvet78]

Leverkusen's first league game with Xabi Alonso is going to be against Schalke in two days. We will see if he will start making a difference for Leverkusen already by this game. Schalke are another team in poor condition now. These teams have really similar statistics in the standings as well. However Leverkusen have a much more qualified squad than them. They only need to make use of this advantage and they can get the win comfortably. I hope that they will have a good start with their new manager by winning this game.

[Lafu]

Xabi Alonso hopes to soon bring about a change for Leverkusen and rise from the relegation zone. Their opponent is Schalke who are both down. This could be a stepping stone for Xabi Alonso to get his first win in the match. The legacy left by the previous coach made Xabi Alonso have to work extra to build Leverkusen. I want to see how he works with a team that is in a slump, for sure he will build from scratch with a scheme he likes.

I guess and think we will see a few changes maybe but not to much as the team is not really so big different from the last season to the current one.
If they dont win against Schalke then i dont know whats wrong with Leverkusen , but i expect a win for them on the coming weekend.
And they playing at home so i guess thats also a advantage for Leverkusen , but they should not underestimate Schalke.

[Tony116]

Xabi Alonso hopes to soon bring about a change for Leverkusen and rise from the relegation zone. Their opponent is Schalke who are both down. This could be a stepping stone for Xabi Alonso to get his first win in the match. The legacy left by the previous coach made Xabi Alonso have to work extra to build Leverkusen. I want to see how he works with a team that is in a slump, for sure he will build from scratch with a scheme he likes.

I guess and think we will see a few changes maybe but not to much as the team is not really so big different from the last season to the current one.
If they dont win against Schalke then i dont know whats wrong with Leverkusen , but i expect a win for them on the coming weekend.
And they playing at home so i guess thats also a advantage for Leverkusen , but they should not underestimate Schalke.

Leverkusen is a renowned team in the Bundesliga. We are used to seeing this team at the top of the points table. But this season Leverkusen's performance is very poor. Leverkusen lost the first three matches. Although it still managed to win the match, they were unable to continue the winning streak. Out of 8 matches they lost 5 matches and drew 2 matches. Their defense is very weak. If Leverkusen's defenders don't play well against Schalke, I don't see any chance of them winning. Leverkusen's win or loss will depend on the performance of their defenders.

[Alanaz]

now it's official - bayer leverkusen sacks Gerardo Seoane and immediately introduces his successor. with Xabi Alonso comes a coach who has been very successful at national team level, making spain world champions in 2010 and european champions in 2008 and 2012. most recently he coached the second team of real sociedad

Leverkusen's performance this season needs significant improvement and it's actually quite regrettable to continue to force Gerardo Seoane until this 8th game because they could actually speed things up so it doesn't get too bad on the result.
Xabi is one of the players who might be able to lift his performance because he already knows what the Bundesliga is like because he has experienced it before, although I'm not really sure they will return to the way they were before.

Finally a series of bad results Leverkusen led to the sacking of their coach, Gerardo Seoane. Yes, the results achieved by Leverkusen are indeed very possible to end the collaboration with the coach, and today we saw that it really happened. Xabi Alonso comes with a very tough task and must improve the Leverkusen squad from every line, including improvements in the standings which are currently in the relegation zone. Xabi will start his work by laying the foundation for Leverkusen's game, I hope he can move quickly even though it's very difficult. But we'll see what Xabi will provide for this Bundesliga club.

This now means that there are already 2 big club coaches there who left after previously Tedesco had to be willing to give up his seat at Leipzig and now Gerardo Seoane is the next victim.
But it could be that this is the right decision because if it is allowed to drag on, it will be impossible for them to drop further points and continue to be in the relegation zone.

[TopT3ns]

Leverkusen's first league game with Xabi Alonso is going to be against Schalke in two days. We will see if he will start making a difference for Leverkusen already by this game. Schalke are another team in poor condition now. These teams have really similar statistics in the standings as well. However Leverkusen have a much more qualified squad than them. They only need to make use of this advantage and they can get the win comfortably. I hope that they will have a good start with their new manager by winning this game.

Xabi Alonso is preparing a formation that is used to destroy the opposing team's defense and this is a very difficult task because he is a new coach so it requires hard work to unite goals with the existing team, by utilizing a good team this team should be able to develop into better and have the potential to always win.

[sayaya17]

Leverkusen's first league game with Xabi Alonso is going to be against Schalke in two days. We will see if he will start making a difference for Leverkusen already by this game. Schalke are another team in poor condition now. These teams have really similar statistics in the standings as well. However Leverkusen have a much more qualified squad than them. They only need to make use of this advantage and they can get the win comfortably. I hope that they will have a good start with their new manager by winning this game.

Xabi Alonso is preparing a formation that is used to destroy the opposing team's defense and this is a very difficult task because he is a new coach so it requires hard work to unite goals with the existing team, by utilizing a good team this team should be able to develop into better and have the potential to always win.

Indeed, Leverkusen must take steps to fire Gerardo Seoane, because he sees Leverkusen's performance is very bad this season. In 8 matches
in the Bundesliga, Leverkusen has only won once, because currently Leverkusen are in the relegation zone. Even Leverkusen's performance is
not too good in the Champions League, now Leverkusen is in third position, so Leverkusen have to be able to get positive results in the remaining
3 matches to qualify from the group phase. So this is a very critical situation, so I agree with Leverkusen management's decision to fire Seoane.

The problem is that I am very surprised by the decision of the Leverkusen management which appoints Xabi Alonso as the new coach of Leverkusen.
Because Xabi Alonso doesn't have experience as a coach yet, so I'm a little doubtful whether Alonso is able to make Leverkusen's performance improve.
Although Xabi Alonso played in the Bundesliga when he was a Bayern player, that does not guarantee that Alonso will become a good coach.
We will soon see Xabi Alonso's debut as Leverkusen coach, we'll see if Xabi Alonso can make Leverkusen achieve a positive result against Schalke
in the Bundesliga.