Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread

[shogun47]

Dortmund's performance was not very good, I thought they would score much easier and win with a few goals difference. Even though they dominated the game, they could only score one goal. It might be enough to get 3 points but I think they could have played better. Next is to win the Champions League match

I dont know what is wrong with this team,they barely won against Werder Bremen that is awful this season. Dortmund dosent look good at all this season and i think something needs to change really quick if they want a chance to win the title this season.

It's a lose for people who took over 1 goals bet. 1x2 is giving nice profit. I don't really care so much with the performance from dortmund at this season but winning the game with narros score is more than enough coz dortmund is just continuing its domination over werder bremen. Im not seeing something wrong with dortmund. Sometimes, the performance from the club can go up and down. Im still talking to myself why do you guys still questioning the performance from dortmund?
So far so good, 8 MP 6 W 2 D 0 L. Is not it enough to prove that if dortmund is trying to be even more consistent this time.

I have watched the game play and the attacking line is a bit worst. It's caused by so many inaccurate shoots happened. Dortmund statistically had mad 25 shoots in total and only 5 was on target. Three poins being secured by dortmnud from werder bremen which is very good. I see nothing wrong but the attacking line needs to be a bit more accurate than before. The effectiveness of attacking line needs to be improvement. BTW a nice win for dortmund even though it was only a small win against werder.

Dortmund is trying to be better soon.

1x2 is giving nice profit? It wasn't worth betting on it if you know what the odds were. They were in the range of around 1.20. If that is nice profit for you, ok. But I think that the over/under bettors did really lose some money here. Werder Bremen has been playing a bad season and they have the worst defense of the Bundesliga with some other teams give or take one goal. Probably the expectations were quite high for the game to end with several goals. Maybe not many, but only 1 goal is almost a poor result for Dortmund. It's the three points that they were after and they got them, so there won't be many complaints there.

[Hirose UK]

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Dortmund is an inconsistent team so I think anything is still possible in this match, but because this match is played at Dortmund's home ground and Bremen's poor performance this season makes Dortmund very much the favorite to win the match.

And fighting for tickets to the UCL next season does look a little difficult because this season there are several Bundesliga teams that have risen to become even better, but in my opinion Dortmund's chances of being able to get tickets to the UCL next season are still very big, it's still early in the season and Consistency is needed until the end of the season to be able to occupy the top position in the final Bundesliga standings and Dortmund is experienced enough for that.

Dortmund won 1 - 0 and this is victory that they should have gotten but this victory does not mean that Dortmund can be happy because in the future there will be matches that might make them difficult.

Well, just look there is team that is experiencing improved performance in the Bundesliga and from all this Dortmund will probably be eliminated and won't get the opportunity to participate in the UCL next season.

Bremen have good scoring potential but the problem is they also have poor defense so I think in this case it would be good enough to force another bet with both teams scoring in this match.
For victory, this will not be difficult because we certainly know that Dortmund has many things that can make them favorites in this match but indeed I personally feel that Bremen will try to provide resistance and even score goals because their attack is still quite good, it's just that it is not accompanied by their defense which is still very weak.

There is possible chance for Bremen to score goal but winning the match seems impossible in fact the chance is almost non-existent.
I sure anyone here will definitely prefer Dortmund as their favorite seed but it seems like the Odds that can be obtained will tend to be very low because this is an easy match for them.

This is more or less what I meant in my previous post and I don't need to comment further because in the end we all agree on this although there will probably be differences of opinion about Bremen scoring or not.

Bremen had one chance to score but they failed to do so.
And it true that Bremen has had problems every season which makes them remain weak team.

It just that Dortmund is also in condition where as we know there is decline in the composition of players they have for this season and perhaps they will also be the Bundesliga team that does not get UCL tickets for next season.
Leverkusen, Stuttgart and Bayern Munich will always hinder Dortmund development from rising to the top.

I don't think this is too much of a problem especially with 4 wins and 1 draw from their last 5 matches this has actually shown good progress even though this season they lost some players like Jude who they couldn't keep but Dortmund's performance has slowly found their rhythm again.
Some names like Julian Brandt or Fulkrug are also quite improved in terms of performance and this could be one of the players who can bring Dortmund to continue in their good form.
Kick off is in a few hours and we'll see if it's a cakewalk or if Dortmund stumble after the international break.

That the problem they lost several players due to sales errors and Dortmund should be able to keep these players to strengthen the squad until at least they have replacements.
We know that several players have also improved, but will that be successful in guaranteeing victory for Dortmund because relying too much on one or two players is not enough.

[rendravolt]

The match has ended as 1-0 in favour of Dortmund. As many people expected I guess. Dortmund what is the more dominant team in this match. They were creating more chances and they got rewarded for it. I actually thought that they were going to score more than one goal. but I have to say it was a good performance from them and in the end, they were able to secure the three points that they needed. Right now Dortmund is at the top of the table and they have also played one match more than every other team in this league.

This score is not what I expected and I think Dortmund can score more than 1 goal. But it is true that Dortmund also had quite a difficult time in this match and whether or not they were still able to do their job well to secure 3 points at the top of the standings. It's certainly not easy under pressure and you also have to remain consistent in making Dortmund try their best. Julian Brandt became a hero with the goal he scored in this match and Dortmund must reorganize their squad well because after this they will still have a big match in the Champions League competition when they face Newcastle away from home.

[len01]

Dortmund's performance was not very good, I thought they would score much easier and win with a few goals difference. Even though they dominated the game, they could only score one goal. It might be enough to get 3 points but I think they could have played better. Next is to win the Champions League match

I thought in yesterday match Dortmund would at least get 2 scores but it turned out not to be what I thought because as you said Dortmund did not appear perfect while Bremen was not very strong team but Dortmund looked like they were having difficulty in that match but luck came after Julian Brandt managed to get 1 score for victory. TBH, previously I was worried that Dortmund would not be able to win that match because they almost not score and I thought that if yesterday match failed to win, Dortmund would still be inconsistent, but it turns out that Dortmund has really started to become very stable.

[shinratensei_]

Julian Brandt was the salvation player on Dortmund victory, that man really smart he stand in the right position and didn't miss a golden opportunity to scored. With that 3 points, indeed it took them to the top position in the standings, but we still have Leverkusen which are could possibly regain the top position.

Leverkusen will face Wolfsburg away which is the only advantage Wolfsburg has. In their recent previous matches, these teams were quite equal but this season Leverkusen is a different team, more powerful and more convincing. I expect them to win.

Leverkusen can't have a hard game against Wolfsburg at all because right now Wolfsburg is not in good form and they are in the seventh place in the Bundesliga, they got 12 points in the seen game they had in the league which means the performance of Wolfsburg was not good at all while Leverkusen is currently race of the first place of the league and they can't lose this opportunity to earn the full three points from this match.

Leverkusen must have won the game. The main requirements for leverkusen to take the bundesliga trophy this season being unbeatable till the end of season. Wolfsburg was a team that must not be underestimated at this moment. I do agree with you leverkusen is strong now and it may not also have hard game against wolfsburg but this is not wrong to anticipate that. Wolfsburg will be trying so hard in getting full points from leverkusen. Xabi's squad need to perform even more consistent starting from the current match.

2-1 is probably the result from this match. Im not undervaluing wolfsburg and i take it as a tough opponent for leverkusen. Leverkusen's odds is quite good at this moment with @1.70 for the current odds.

[bering]

Leipzig last winning on Bundesliga was happened on last month when they can able to beat Mönchengladbach with slim score and since that Leipzig was unable to win and they even only got 2 draw results and one of them is from Bochum which is a weak team and today they will playing away against promotion team Darmstadt and as mediocre team i think Darmstadt was not quite bad in Bundesliga because at least they can able to managed their performance until week 7

And Leipzig should be careful to Darmstadt because recently they had just showing impressive performance by win from Augsburg and Bremen so Darmstadt cannot be underestimate besides that Leipzig still had a problem with their consistency for away matches so i am quite doubt Leipzig can collect 3 points from this match and Leipzig has odds @1.53 it's clearly they are the favorite but i personally feel this match will ended with draw result considering Darmstadt condition is more good than Leipzig so they don't want to lost especially at their home ground and draw seems good to pick as betting option or for safe bet both teams to scores also good

[swogerino]

Dortmund played well yesterday night and got a well deserved victory although the opponent was not a strong one,still it is in these games against these opponents that you usually lose the title and Dortmund knows this better than any team as they lost last season the title in the last game at home against Mainz.

Now the Bundesliga is becoming more interesting with each game that passes as even Dortmund is a challenger together with Leverkussen which for me is the strongest challenger to the title this year against Bayern Munchen which is a standard challenger for the title and the most successful German team.

[Strongkored]

Dortmund's performance was not very good, I thought they would score much easier and win with a few goals difference. Even though they dominated the game, they could only score one goal. It might be enough to get 3 points but I think they could have played better. Next is to win the Champions League match

I thought in yesterday match Dortmund would at least get 2 scores but it turned out not to be what I thought because as you said Dortmund did not appear perfect while Bremen was not very strong team but Dortmund looked like they were having difficulty in that match but luck came after Julian Brandt managed to get 1 score for victory. TBH, previously I was worried that Dortmund would not be able to win that match because they almost not score and I thought that if yesterday match failed to win, Dortmund would still be inconsistent, but it turns out that Dortmund has really started to become very stable.

They had lots of opportunities to score goals but unfortunately, in the end, Borussia Dortmund didn't perform brilliantly so they could only score one goal but that was enough for them to get three points because Bremen only had one good chance which they failed to maximize so they had to miss it and This is Bremen's third consecutive defeat.
Dortmund has the opportunity to be at the top of the standings, but when Leverkusen, Stuttgart and Bayern Munich have played their eighth match, the standings will change and will again put Dortmund below the three teams if the three of them succeed in winning over their opponents.

[klidex]

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Dortmund is not a weak team at all and even they got much more fans than you can even imagine in Germany. Compared to Bayern Munich and other teams where they spend lots of money for expensive players, Dortmund is a team that usually tries to rise and grow the players they need for the games and Dortmund is even a palyer supplier for many teams like Bayern Munich.
 

Borussia Dortmund is Bayern Munich's main rival in the Bundesliga. Bayern Munich remains the dominant force in German football, spending big money to sign England captain Harry Kane in the summer to further boost their attacking prowess. Meanwhile, Dortmund sold Bellingham, their key player. The fact that they are still a team capable of competing with Bayern Munich is commendable.

Currently, Dortmund is occupying the top spot after just having a victory over Werder Bremen. This victory will bring confidence to Edin Terzic and his team before entering the Champions League field in the middle of next week.

Borussia Dortmund displayed a good spirit of determination to make sure they took all three points from their German Bundesliga game tonight and move to the top of the league standings. If someone had told me that Dortmund were gonna be this good at the beginning of the season I would've surely doubted and that's because of the fact that the club sold their best player of last season to Real Madrid.
Werder Bremen for a fact tried to savage a point from the game but Dortmund were resistant to allow them score a goal in that encounter. Until Bayer Leverkusen, Stuttgart and Bayern Munich plays their matches of this weekend, Dortmund are will be League leaders.

Yes, thank to this victory, Dortmund managed to occupy first place in the temporary Bundesliga.
It can be prediction that Dortmund will win the match even though it is only a narrow scored, but it does not matter, at least Dortmund can get full point.

Meanwhile we will look at the matches that will take place today, namely Wolfsburg vs Leverkusen, Union Berlin vs Stuttgart, Mainz vs Bayern Munich. but between these matches I am more interested in seeing the matches between Leverkusen and Stuttgart with their respective opponent, last season they performed poorly but we will see this seasons which is a little different. Leverkusen and Stuttgart have looked impressive so far I want to see Leverkusen and Stuttgart win today matches. so we can see that they remain in the top 5 of the standing and Leverkusen has regained its position which was displaced by Dortmund.

[posi]

Union Berlin has surprised us the last few years. Since their promotion to Bundesliga 1 in 2019 they have constantly developed and are playing internationally now. But this year everything seems to be different. I do not expect them to be relegated or to play against relegation. But if they want to play at the top they have to score more points. It will not be easy against the next opponent. Stuttgart has shown a great performance so far and they will probably win this game. Union Berlin must be careful not to get stuck in the midfield of the table.

Facing Stuttgart this week was like a disaster for Union Berlin because Stuttgart managed to occupy 2nd place in the standings and they are one of the teams to be reckoned with this season. Even though there is a guarantee of winning as hosts, it will not be enough to stem every attack launched by Stuttgart and Union Berlin could concede more goals. Union Berlin is not doing well because they have experienced a series of defeats in all competitions so far and this can reduce the mentality of their players. What is certain is that Stuttgart will still maintain their chances of surviving this week and at the same time staying away from the pursuit of Bayern Munich and Dortmund. On the other hand, Union Berlin must win to break their negative trend in the last few matches.

This should be a win for Stuttgart against Union Berlin. People expected far better performance from them. But in this season, they were unable to deliver, to be honest. They do not have even a single win in the last five matches. That is seriously bad performance from them in my opinion. That is also a big reason why I don't think they will be winning this match against Stuttgart. Just look at the table. Stuttgart is in the third position right now. They do not have even a single loss in the last five matches. Which is absolutely the opposite of what Union Berlin has.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

Dortmund played well yesterday night and got a well deserved victory although the opponent was not a strong one,still it is in these games against these opponents that you usually lose the title and Dortmund knows this better than any team as they lost last season the title in the last game at home against Mainz.

Now the Bundesliga is becoming more interesting with each game that passes as even Dortmund is a challenger together with Leverkussen which for me is the strongest challenger to the title this year against Bayern Munchen which is a standard challenger for the title and the most successful German team.

Dortmund played well?
Did you even see the game?

It was just as hard and bad as in almost every other game Dortmund had this season.
They just can't score for some reason. They mostly played against teams that are much weaker than Dortmund should be, yet they often just win by a late goal and Dortmund supports have no fun.

Against Köln, which has 1 point after 7 games they won 1:0 , against Bochum which has 4 point they played 1:1, against Wolfsburg they won 1:0 .
Scoring goals is essential and they just can't do it . I know they are in first position for 1 night, which looks good, but considering they still play against EVERY single stronger team this year this can only go worse from here.

[topbitcoin]

The final score has been obtained and in the end this is in accordance with everyone's predictions where Dortmund will definitely win this match even though it is only a narrow victory for them.
Dortmund excelled in everything but they struggled actually because the defence of Bremen was quite tight especially with quite a lot of wasted opportunities if we look at the on target and chances they got in this match.
Nonetheless, I'm happy with today's win as it's a win that was bound to happen and my bets didn't go to waste after a week where I stopped betting and didn't do much in international competitions.

Yeb, this is a match that is quite easy to determine who wins but in this case I am a little disappointed because I still feel that both teams can score goals in this match but I was wrong with this bet even though it is still possible to win the bet on Dortmund.
Werder lost everything in this match but indeed Dortmund also as you said too many chances were thrown away which makes this quite unfortunate even though they had 22 shots but only 5 were on target this shows the finishing of Dortmund is still very weak.

[Velvet78]

Dortmund were just really bad when it comes to finding the target. Only 20% of their shots were on target and they were barely able to win by 1-0. Maybe Werder Bremen couldn't play comfortably in Signal Iduna Park but they resisted really strongly against Dortmund here. It took Dortmund 67 minutes to score the winner. 

But of course Dortmund got what they wanted from this game which was three points. They sometimes have difficulties in scoring more than one goal in a game so hopefully this wouldn't be seen often for them. For now they still have an average of 2 goals a game.

[Republikcoin.com]

Dortmund were just really bad when it comes to finding the target. Only 20% of their shots were on target and they were barely able to win by 1-0. Maybe Werder Bremen couldn't play comfortably in Signal Iduna Park but they resisted really strongly against Dortmund here. It took Dortmund 67 minutes to score the winner. 

But of course Dortmund got what they wanted from this game which was three points. They sometimes have difficulties in scoring more than one goal in a game so hopefully this wouldn't be seen often for them. For now they still have an average of 2 goals a game.

Despite Dortmund's performance not being optimal, this 1 goal win was enough for them to get 3 points and become the temporary leaders of the Bundesliga standings because several other teams have not played matches this week.

The Dortmund team's problems are always different in every match, sometimes their back line plays badly and sometimes their front line has difficulty scoring goals, but I think that is a normal thing in the Dortmund team and there is no need for changes because they are still like that.

[Weawant]

Bayern Munich has got a loosing history with Mainz and that has got me to think if it's possible Bayern Munich wins Mainz today, on three occasions Bayern have lost to Mainz at home and today it's another home game for Mainz, except Bayern plays exceptionally today, history may repeat itself again, but then I'm very certain Mainz will get a goal from today game especially considering they are at home.

Bayern is very much inform and will be playing with their full squad today and are miss likely to get a win, they are luck to return from the international break without an injured player so their squad is complete and I don't think they have any excuses except they have a bad day but considering history, they would be getting a strong resistance from their opponent.

[tusandii]

Dortmund were just really bad when it comes to finding the target. Only 20% of their shots were on target and they were barely able to win by 1-0. Maybe Werder Bremen couldn't play comfortably in Signal Iduna Park but they resisted really strongly against Dortmund here. It took Dortmund 67 minutes to score the winner. 

But of course Dortmund got what they wanted from this game which was three points. They sometimes have difficulties in scoring more than one goal in a game so hopefully this wouldn't be seen often for them. For now they still have an average of 2 goals a game.

Despite Dortmund's performance not being optimal, this 1 goal win was enough for them to get 3 points and become the temporary leaders of the Bundesliga standings because several other teams have not played matches this week.

The Dortmund team's problems are always different in every match, sometimes their back line plays badly and sometimes their front line has difficulty scoring goals, but I think that is a normal thing in the Dortmund team and there is no need for changes because they are still like that.

Dortmund actually performed very well in yesterday's match getting 1 score even though they waited too long but in my opinion Dortmund's weakness is not in the defense line but in the attack line which doesn't have quality players in the attack line which makes it difficult for Dortmund to score but I'm quite satisfied saw Dortmund win because my bet won.
Next for Bayern Munich against Mainz, even though in Head To Head statistics these two clubs appear to have equal strength but that is all a result of the past because this season Mainz looks very bad with 2 points gained since the start of the season so it is very easy for Bayern Munich to beat Mainz.

[marcous]

They had lots of opportunities to score goals but unfortunately, in the end, Borussia Dortmund didn't perform brilliantly so they could only score one goal but that was enough for them to get three points because Bremen only had one good chance which they failed to maximize so they had to miss it and This is Bremen's third consecutive defeat.
Dortmund has the opportunity to be at the top of the standings, but when Leverkusen, Stuttgart and Bayern Munich have played their eighth match, the standings will change and will again put Dortmund below the three teams if the three of them succeed in winning over their opponents.

I think what is more important is that Dortmund can manage to get three points and top the standings for a while, before being displaced again by Laverkusen, VfB and Munchen in the next few hours. Even though I didn't show my best game, I really enjoyed the Bundesliga standings as they are now, not always dominated by Munchen like in previous seasons. For me, the Bundesliga this season is very competitive, I am waiting for Laverkusen to take over again at the top of the standings after the match against Wolfsburg.

On the other hand, I think VfB can also secure full points in the match against Union Berlin, considering that Union Berlin is quite stable in terms of failure, I mean they have lost the last five matches. Regarding the Munchen versus Mainz match, I think this match is very predictable, it could be said that Thomas Tuchel squad can secure full points without any significant obstacles.

[Litzki1990]

Julian Brandt was the salvation player on Dortmund victory, that man really smart he stand in the right position and didn't miss a golden opportunity to scored. With that 3 points, indeed it took them to the top position in the standings, but we still have Leverkusen which are could possibly regain the top position.

Leverkusen will face Wolfsburg away which is the only advantage Wolfsburg has. In their recent previous matches, these teams were quite equal but this season Leverkusen is a different team, more powerful and more convincing. I expect them to win.

Leverkusen can't have a hard game against Wolfsburg at all because right now Wolfsburg is not in good form and they are in the seventh place in the Bundesliga, they got 12 points in the seen game they had in the league which means the performance of Wolfsburg was not good at all while Leverkusen is currently race of the first place of the league and they can't lose this opportunity to earn the full three points from this match.

Leverkusen will take on Wolfsburg in their eighth match of the Bundesliga today. They are second in the points table with 19 points from the first 7 Bundesliga matches. Dortmund have collected 20 points after the first eight matches and they are at the top of the points table with these 20 points. If Leverkusen can get full points in today's match, they will once again be at the top of the points table. Leverkusen is an undefeated team this season, against Wolfsburg the team will be huge favorites and Leverkusen will be ahead of the odds. They are doing quite well in the Bundesliga with a relatively bad team like Dotmon, but they are not able to get to the top of the league even with one of the strongest teams in Bayern Munich. If Leverkusen loses points in this match for any reason, then Bayern Munich will have a chance to move to number one in the points table.

[Docnaster]

Julian Brandt was the salvation player on Dortmund victory, that man really smart he stand in the right position and didn't miss a golden opportunity to scored. With that 3 points, indeed it took them to the top position in the standings, but we still have Leverkusen which are could possibly regain the top position.

Leverkusen will face Wolfsburg away which is the only advantage Wolfsburg has. In their recent previous matches, these teams were quite equal but this season Leverkusen is a different team, more powerful and more convincing. I expect them to win.

Leverkusen can't have a hard game against Wolfsburg at all because right now Wolfsburg is not in good form and they are in the seventh place in the Bundesliga, they got 12 points in the seen game they had in the league which means the performance of Wolfsburg was not good at all while Leverkusen is currently race of the first place of the league and they can't lose this opportunity to earn the full three points from this match.

Leverkusen will take on Wolfsburg in their eighth match of the Bundesliga today. They are second in the points table with 19 points from the first 7 Bundesliga matches. Dortmund have collected 20 points after the first eight matches and they are at the top of the points table with these 20 points. If Leverkusen can get full points in today's match, they will once again be at the top of the points table. Leverkusen is an undefeated team this season, against Wolfsburg the team will be huge favorites and Leverkusen will be ahead of the odds. They are doing quite well in the Bundesliga with a relatively bad team like Dotmon, but they are not able to get to the top of the league even with one of the strongest teams in Bayern Munich. If Leverkusen loses points in this match for any reason, then Bayern Munich will have a chance to move to number one in the points table.

Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen are currently one of the clubs in the German Bundesliga that are yet to suffer any defeat since the start of the season and I don't think they're even gonna lose today's game against Wolfsburg.
After Borussia Dortmund won defeated Werder Bremen last night, Leverkusen knows they need a win to climb back to the summit of the league and playing against Wolfsburg at home, Xabi Alonso's men are more likely to win that game.

[owengtam09]

Here are my picks and predictions for the games today,

SV Darmstadt (5.60) VS RB Leipzig (1.53)

For this game, SV Darmstadt's Injuries are Emir Karic has muscle injury and Clemens Riedel's knock injury, and both can not play for Darmstadt, while RB Leipzig's Injuries Lukas Klostermann has a foot injury, Willi Orban and E. C. Bitshiabu both has a knee injury, for me, I think that Darmstadt is at the 11th position while Leipzig is doing great even though they are only in the 6th position on the standings for me they will win against Darmstadt so my pick is RB Leipzig,



TSG Hoffenheim (2.14) VS Eintracht Frankfurt (3.30)

For this game, TSG Hoffenheim's injuries are Marco John has ACL injury, Kevin Vogt and Bambasé Conté both have a Groin injury, Ozan Kabak has a shoulder injury, Andrej Kramaric has a hip injury, Stanley Nsoki has a knee injury, and Dennis Geiger has a muscle injury and all can not play for Hoffenheim, while Frankfurt injuries are Kevin Trapp has a back injury, Kristijan Jakic has a knee injury, Sebastian Rode has a calf injury, Simon Simoni has an elbow injury, Mehdi Loune has an ACL injury and Aurélio Buta got an illness and all can not play for Frankfurt, for this game, Hoffenheim is at the 5th position while Frankfurt is in the 8th position for sure the Hoffenheim is doing great right now so for sure for me they will win this game, so my pick is for Hoffenheim,



VfL Wolfburg (4.50) VS Bayer Leverkusen (1.71)

For this game, the Wolfsburg injuries are Vaclav Cerny, who has a virus, Koen Casteels has an abdominal problem, Rogério has a calf injury, Lukas Nmecha and Kilian Fischer both knee injuries, and Felix Lange an ankle injury, and all can not play for Wolfsburg, while the Leverkusen injuries are Ayman Aourir has an MCL injury and Arthur with a tendon injury, for this game even though Wolfsburg has a great game and been winning most of their game, for sure I really think Wolfsburg has progressed a lot Leverkusen in the other hand has a bigger improvement and starting with their coach ye well-known Xabi Alonzo that has a great impact with the team so my pick is Bayer Leverkusen for this game,