Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread

[marcous]

Harry Kane is really great impact for Bayern Munich. He delivers what Bayern expected to happen from Mane previously. This has undeniably strengthened their attacking prowess. But, yeah, they seem to be vulnerabilities in their midfield and defense affecting their overall performance compared to previous seasons. This perceived weakness can be exploited by clubs like Leverkusen to challenge Bayern's dominance in the league.

Leverkusen with strong performance so far is nurturing hope for a potential shift in the Bundesliga's championship narrative. Their consistency and form indicate a genuine chance to compete at the highest level. The idea that Bayern's usual stranglehold on the league title might be in distress adds an exciting dimension to the season. Dortmund's last season failure makes them started the season unconvincing to repeat disrupting Bayern's dominance like in the previous season.

The most randomly used tactics solution when facing a bigger team is a defensive strategy that only obeys counter attacking. Bayern do not seem as a team that'll be vulnerable to this tactic but they still have to be cautious. They have all it takes to secure a big win, their players from defense to attack are so organized such that Kane doesn't have to make much struggle in winning the ball and placing at the back of the net.

 Tuchel is one skilful coach and he knows how best to counter the tactics that's put forward by opposing teams. Bayern Munich themselves are one team that makes winning so easy for them and there wouldn't be a surprise if it's thesame outcome in their next game. Harry Kane is eager to score more goal, Bayern Munich is determined to win, Koln's team just has to profer a subduing strategy to reduce the infliction of goals against them, Inasmuch as Leverkusen are currently at the top of the standings in the German League, there's still hope and opportunity and confidence in Munich to reclaim the top spot.

 The season has been quite competitive and challenging for Munich based on Leverkusen's awakened impact and standard of football. They've made Munich loose a winning point in their home ground and that definitely says a lot on how critical and technical their contest for the trophy is. They're not taking chances. Munich has had the show in the German League for a while now and truthfully they've so gotten used to it. This season may be the difference and they may have to sit back and watch someone else lift the trophy. It'll be bad and sad for them though that's why I believe Tuchel won't fold his arms and watch Alonso's Leverkusen take it all. They're just a very little point away from each other, with Munich to a pending match advantage too. Maybe that match can be the turning point for them but whichever way, we really can't wait to see the end of the season and who finishes top.

I think the Bundesliga race seems to be a battle between just two teams every season, this time first place will belong to Bayern Munchen or Bayer Laverkusen, while Dortmund potential is just a stumbling block, we haven't forgotten that they lost 4-0 at home, even though yesterday managed to hold back Laverkusen progress. Moreover, with the remaining 21 matches in the future, we will only see two axis of competition in the fight for the top position of the standings, and in the end the Bundesliga will only present two clubs challenging for the title. This scenario reflects previous seasons, where Leverkusen only swapped positions with Dortmund in an effort to them to overthrow Bayern power.

Even though Stuttgart are currently in third place, their performance to date has not convinced me that they are on par with Laverkusen in putting pressure on Bayern. This does not mean that Stuttgart has no chance of winning the championship trophy, that is completely wrong. However, here, what Xabi Alonso has achieved with his club is still in doubt, let alone the others.

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Xabi Alonso have done impressively well for Bayern Leverkusen so far and I must say that he has been a good manager and should he continue in this awesome performance for Bayern Leverkusen he will really be attracted by bigger clubs to sign him as their manager, he has done a great job for Bayern Leverkusen and I believe they may really be up to something this season.

Many people are questioning how and why Alonso converted into a brilliant manager so quickly, forgetting that he had a long career as a captain of various teams, including his country side Spain. He has also played for various world-class coaches and as a captain with significant duties. These experiences can help him become a good coach since he has leadership skills from the start, which is why he did not find coaching tough, and he is working hard this season to be among the top coaches in Europe.

He can win Bundesliga this season if his team is consistent which I feel they can because so far, they are one of the best teams in the League with intention of winning the League.

[beerlover]

Xabi applied very impressive tactics for Leverkusen. It is proven that Leverkusen is in the top (1st place) of Bundesliga standings. His tactics are also unique because he doesn't rely on the attackers only for scoring goals. In some matches, we can see that the goals were made by defenders and midfielders. But I think Xabi needs better attackers to make Leverkusen be more productive in scoring goals. I hope he is considering to sign top attackers in January transfer window.

The tactics applied by Xabi Alonso seem to want all players to have individual skills in scoring goals.  Making whatever you want can create your own opportunities and this is quite unique in my opinion. Not many coaches emphasize plays like this anymore in football. Because what we see now is more emphasis on one central player who is the goal scorer. I really agree that this tactic needs to be developed by Xabi at Leverkusen so that it will  create more stability in attacks from all directions and be able to fill the void if a striker is injured but his goal scoring effectiveness can still be demonstrated. Xabi Alonso plus point has made Leverkusen  players have a high selling value from what they have achieved this season. The individual abilities  that continue to be developed do not rule out the possibility that Leverkusen graduates  will be highly sought after by big European teams.

Well, that's what we call "team" football, he doesn't really have superstars that he relies on, and some managers do like that, even if City looks like they are doing fine when Haaland doesn't play, remember that they didn't win the UCL without him, some managers just do enjoy stars to get some attention.

Xabi ends up playing a game where everyone has a role to play, no matter how good or bad you might be, you have a role and you need to do that role to the perfection. For this to work, you need the whole team to work like a machine together, not really bother anything or change anything, you need to do fine. This is why I believe that the best thing to do in this case would be just assuming that he will give some freedom to them.

[Leviathan.007]

Bayern Munich won't give up on hiring more players to improve the team and get in the better form while this team is currently in a good situation but they hired Bryan Zaragoza from Granada, this Spanish player recently scored two goals against Barcelona and now Bayern Munich spent 15 million euros for this player to Granada.

https://fcbayern.com/en/news/2023/12/introducing-bryan-zaragoza-bayerns-new-spanish-attacker

[Justbillywitt]

Xabi Alonso have done impressively well for Bayern Leverkusen so far and I must say that he has been a good manager and should he continue in this awesome performance for Bayern Leverkusen he will really be attracted by bigger clubs to sign him as their manager, he has done a great job for Bayern Leverkusen and I believe they may really be up to something this season.

Many people are questioning how and why Alonso converted into a brilliant manager so quickly, forgetting that he had a long career as a captain of various teams, including his country side Spain. He has also played for various world-class coaches and as a captain with significant duties. These experiences can help him become a good coach since he has leadership skills from the start, which is why he did not find coaching tough, and he is working hard this season to be among the top coaches in Europe.

He can win Bundesliga this season if his team is consistent which I feel they can because so far, they are one of the best teams in the League with intention of winning the League.

I agree with you, Xavi Alonso was an exceptional player he have played in elites clubs. I am not surprised that he has become a very good manager. Moreover he is also a Spanish and you know how good the Spanish are when it comes managers. If he continues like this he is going to win many trophies as a manager.

[Leviathan.007]

Xabi applied very impressive tactics for Leverkusen. It is proven that Leverkusen is in the top (1st place) of Bundesliga standings. His tactics are also unique because he doesn't rely on the attackers only for scoring goals. In some matches, we can see that the goals were made by defenders and midfielders. But I think Xabi needs better attackers to make Leverkusen be more productive in scoring goals. I hope he is considering to sign top attackers in January transfer window.

The tactics applied by Xabi Alonso seem to want all players to have individual skills in scoring goals.  Making whatever you want can create your own opportunities and this is quite unique in my opinion. Not many coaches emphasize plays like this anymore in football. Because what we see now is more emphasis on one central player who is the goal scorer. I really agree that this tactic needs to be developed by Xabi at Leverkusen so that it will  create more stability in attacks from all directions and be able to fill the void if a striker is injured but his goal scoring effectiveness can still be demonstrated. Xabi Alonso plus point has made Leverkusen  players have a high selling value from what they have achieved this season. The individual abilities  that continue to be developed do not rule out the possibility that Leverkusen graduates  will be highly sought after by big European teams.

Well, that's what we call "team" football, he doesn't really have superstars that he relies on, and some managers do like that, even if City looks like they are doing fine when Haaland doesn't play, remember that they didn't win the UCL without him, some managers just do enjoy stars to get some attention.

Xabi ends up playing a game where everyone has a role to play, no matter how good or bad you might be, you have a role and you need to do that role to the perfection. For this to work, you need the whole team to work like a machine together, not really bother anything or change anything, you need to do fine. This is why I believe that the best thing to do in this case would be just assuming that he will give some freedom to them.

That's not a good reason to say Xabi Alonso is a good coach because he was a good player when he was playing for a famous team like Real Madrid, there are many other famous players who could never be good coaches after they got retired as a player. I think Xabi Alonso made a good team in Leverkusen and that's mostly because of the knowledge he got and time after time when he gets experienced he can have even better performance.

[TelolettOm]

Xabi Alonso have done impressively well for Bayern Leverkusen so far and I must say that he has been a good manager and should he continue in this awesome performance for Bayern Leverkusen he will really be attracted by bigger clubs to sign him as their manager, he has done a great job for Bayern Leverkusen and I believe they may really be up to something this season.

You're right. Xabi Alonso have done a great job in Leverkusen. He really improved Leverkusen to be a strong team in Germany League. They even become the candidate of the champion this season, they are leading Bundesliga table so far. They are unbeatable until now, this simply shows us that they are in the best condition under Xabi's management. Sure, this makes many top teams interested to hire Xabi Alonso. I ever heard the rumor that Real Madrid may consider to hire him as the successor of Ancelotti. But I think Xabi will prefer to stay in Leverkusen for few years. He needs to prove to all people that they can succeed with Leverkusen.

[Renampun]

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If Xabi is to use his full squad in every of these fixtures within this short period of time, he should be sure to have cases of fatigue and of cos which will result in their performance not been optimal as expected. Stuttgart will sure turn a hard nut to crack because they are currently in a good form which will require xabis team to be at their best if they must maintain their unbeaten record by the end of this match. It's important Xabi maintains the top position because any further drop of point will cost him his position and definitely reduce his chances of further clinging to the league title by the end of the season.

Xabi Alonso have done impressively well for Bayern Leverkusen so far and I must say that he has been a good manager and should he continue in this awesome performance for Bayern Leverkusen he will really be attracted by bigger clubs to sign him as their manager, he has done a great job for Bayern Leverkusen and I believe they may really be up to something this season.

I really didn't expect Leverkusen to be able to hold Dortmund to a draw, even though they were 1 goal behind in the 5th minute, but thanks to Alonso's good strategy, they were able to survive and in the 79th minute Leverkusen managed to score 1 goal through Boniface, I dare say the current Leverkusen squad is the best. there is no big team that will let go of a potential coach just like that, Alonso will definitely be looked at by big teams to coach their club, especially while managing Leverkusen, he has given brilliant results.

[len01]

I really didn't expect Leverkusen to be able to hold Dortmund to a draw, even though they were 1 goal behind in the 5th minute, but thanks to Alonso's good strategy, they were able to survive and in the 79th minute Leverkusen managed to score 1 goal through Boniface, I dare say the current Leverkusen squad is the best. there is no big team that will let go of a potential coach just like that, Alonso will definitely be looked at by big teams to coach their club, especially while managing Leverkusen, he has given brilliant results.

that is the best strategy that Xabi has even though he is very ambitious this season to secure several titles in several competitions but he has a consistent and stable strategy because even though he has to compete with other big teams even though he is behind on the score, Xabi will definitely give direction to hold a draw rather than losing to keep getting 1 point and a strategy like this is very good for team like Leverkusen who is flying above the clouds and wants to make new history and yesterday Leverkusen also managed to secure victory in DFB match and it clear that Xabi will continue to fight for his team to remain stable until the end of the season.

In the next match, it looks like Leverkusen will have to face a strong team from another bundesliga, Stuttgart, which will try to be a strong opponent for Leverkusen and chance for this team is either draw or Leverkusen winning.

[CryptoBuds]

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If Xabi is to use his full squad in every of these fixtures within this short period of time, he should be sure to have cases of fatigue and of cos which will result in their performance not been optimal as expected. Stuttgart will sure turn a hard nut to crack because they are currently in a good form which will require xabis team to be at their best if they must maintain their unbeaten record by the end of this match. It's important Xabi maintains the top position because any further drop of point will cost him his position and definitely reduce his chances of further clinging to the league title by the end of the season.

Xabi Alonso have done impressively well for Bayern Leverkusen so far and I must say that he has been a good manager and should he continue in this awesome performance for Bayern Leverkusen he will really be attracted by bigger clubs to sign him as their manager, he has done a great job for Bayern Leverkusen and I believe they may really be up to something this season.

I really didn't expect Leverkusen to be able to hold Dortmund to a draw, even though they were 1 goal behind in the 5th minute, but thanks to Alonso's good strategy, they were able to survive and in the 79th minute Leverkusen managed to score 1 goal through Boniface, I dare say the current Leverkusen squad is the best. there is no big team that will let go of a potential coach just like that, Alonso will definitely be looked at by big teams to coach their club, especially while managing Leverkusen, he has given brilliant results.

I also expected Leverkusen to win against Dortmund. Leverkusen performed well in this match as well. But they had bad luck so they failed to win. Throughout the match, we saw the dominance of Leverkusen's players. Dortmund only tightened their defense after scoring in just 5 minutes. On the other hand, Leverkusen's players played completely attacking. But it was not easy for Leverkusen to break Dortmund's 10-man defense. Leverkusen still managed to get 1 point in the end. The top spot in the points table is still occupied by Leverkusen.

[klidex]

Bayern Munich won't give up on hiring more players to improve the team and get in the better form while this team is currently in a good situation but they hired Bryan Zaragoza from Granada, this Spanish player recently scored two goals against Barcelona and now Bayern Munich spent 15 million euros for this player to Granada.

https://fcbayern.com/en/news/2023/12/introducing-bryan-zaragoza-bayerns-new-spanish-attacker

This is a good advantage for Bryan Zaragoza because he playing with the big club Bayern Munich and is also a good investment for Bayern Munich because it recruit young players who have good quality, at Granada itself, Bryan Zaragoza cannot develop because Granada is playing weakly in La Liga. The goal that Bryan scored against Barcelona convinced Bayern Munich to recruit the winger. I am sure that if this player hones his skill with a coach like Thomas Tuchel, he will become a good players. If Tuchel gives him the opportunity to be in the main squad. If Tuchel gives him the opportunity to enter the main squad, but if not, maybe he will sit on the bench so Bryan has to prove he has good potential in front of Tuchel, I am sure Tuchel will use his services and be made into the main squad and can achieve successfull in his football career and can make a good contribution with Harry Kane.
If I look at him, he is also very skilled at providing goal assist so this is a good advantage for Harry Kane to create lots of goal in the remaining matches to come.

[Hirose UK]

Players who suffer injuries will certainly greatly affect the team's performance, although it is not comprehensive, there are definitely things that make them lose control. I'm sure there will be a time when this team experiences this and until that happens they will be fine without any problems. The rivalry between Leverkusen and Bayern Munich will always be a hot topic of conversation and both of them are the teams most likely to win. Dortmund this time is not like the previous season and it looks like they will not participate in the race for the title considering their erratic performance.

The rivalry of these clubs for the Bundesliga title are on different titles this season, we just pray and hope for our favorite clubs to win games and lift major trophies. Borrusia Dortmund doesn't suit into the high competitive standards set up by Leverkusen and Munich. A club performance depends on the key players abilities and the tactics implemented by the coach. Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich players doesn't sustained any critical injuries and if they do, the club have backup players and they're holding for for incredible performance this season.

But, if they can keep their players fine, then of course the competition between Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen will continue until the end of the season. I personally don't expect any serious injuries from these two teams at the moment, because of course so far they can still get good results because their players are still fine. Therefore, of course it would be very unfortunate if, for example, one of the teams got an injury to a key player, then that team would likely be out of title competition. But interestingly, after last match Bayer Leverkusen drew against Dortmund and in the next match Bayer Leverkusen will play against Stuttgart. Basically, Bayer Leverkusen at this moment is at least faced with several matches with difficult opponents . So yes, at this moment Bayer Leverkusen faces a challenge which remains difficult of course.

Indeed, the two team Bayern Munich and Leverkusen are the strongest candidates at the moment. If both of them have stable performance and can continue to consistently play well without the problem of injured core players, perhaps the competition can last until the end of the season.
So far the two team have always competed to get full points from every win in the match they have played, but Bayern Munich is team that is full of serious pressure because they also have to focus on the UCL, not just the Bundesliga.
This is an opportunity for Leverkusen to stay far above Bayern Munich because every team that can play well in the UCL and focus there will definitely experience some setbacks when playing in the Domestic League.
This season Bayern Munich has Harry Kane who always performs well and he is the only sticker player who has brought many wins to Bayern Munich with every goal and assist he creates.
Just look at the Bundesliga and UCL Kane has provided many wins for Bayern Munich, 18 goals and 5 assists for the Bundesliga.
The hope is that Kane doesn't get injured.

[RaltcoinsB]

Bayern Munich won't give up on hiring more players to improve the team and get in the better form while this team is currently in a good situation but they hired Bryan Zaragoza from Granada, this Spanish player recently scored two goals against Barcelona and now Bayern Munich spent 15 million euros for this player to Granada.

https://fcbayern.com/en/news/2023/12/introducing-bryan-zaragoza-bayerns-new-spanish-attacker

Bayern does not hesitate to invest in the future. When they made a transfer for the 22-year-old striker, I saw it as a move for the future. Harry Kane is working hard as a striker for Bayern, but he also needs a young backup striker. Bryan Zaragoza is a player with the quality to fill this gap. I think it is a good transfer for Bayern.

[Strongkored]

Borussia Dortmund will again face a quite difficult match because in the fourteenth week they will face Leipzig, previously in the DFB Cup they lost to Stuttgart and this match against Leipzig is quite important to shift their opponents who are at the level above them in the standings.
Both teams get the same odds @ 2.50, so this shows that the match will be quite even with all the possibilities that can happen.
Dortmund as the home team will try to win this match because in the previous five matches they have lost quite a lot of points which makes their position continue to fall, but Liepzig also has a chance to get points, but my prediction is that Dortmund will get 3 points because they are quite good when playing. home matches, and their only defeat this season was at home against Bayern Munich

[Ryu_Ar1]

Unfortunately for Leverkusen, they can widen the gap with Bayern. They dropped points when they were held to a draw by Dortmund. Bayern will be determined to regain the top spot, but even if that happens, they will still be level on points in the rankings. Leverkusen are not allowed to make any mistakes again because Bayern is in relatively good form compared to the beginning of the season. Leverkusen is hoping this season can overthrow the Bayern empire that has always dominated this tournament. They need to try to make this arena more interesting. That's something Dortmund failed to do last season.

Their busy schedule makes Leverkusen have to be smart in player rotation and even though they cannot increase the distance with Bayern but this one point is still very useful for them and still very good especially the opponent they face is Dortmund.
Now if you look at some of the schedules they have where they have to play in the Europa League, Bundesliga and DFB with a fairly close vulnerability makes this a little complicated for Leverkusen themselves and I think it would be better if they don't force this too much because this could get worse. Leverkusen must give up at least one competition so that they can be consistent in the other 2 competitions because with the current situation, it could interfere with the performance when the schedule is tight and overworks the players.

[Jody.Drummer]

It is worrying to see Union Berlin at the bottom of the table, they are the club that has suffered the most defeats with 9 defeats recorded. Last season they were a club that could compete at the top of the table and they were actually very troublesome at the start of the season. But when entering the new season, they lost everything they showed last season. Losing several players is one of the reasons they have declined so much, and at the same time other clubs have improved.
The next match they will host Monchengladbach, I'm not sure they will be able to win.

[tusandii]

I also expected Leverkusen to win against Dortmund. Leverkusen performed well in this match as well. But they had bad luck so they failed to win. Throughout the match, we saw the dominance of Leverkusen's players. Dortmund only tightened their defense after scoring in just 5 minutes. On the other hand, Leverkusen's players played completely attacking. But it was not easy for Leverkusen to break Dortmund's 10-man defense. Leverkusen still managed to get 1 point in the end. The top spot in the points table is still occupied by Leverkusen.

I think it was luck that Leverkusen was able to get 1 score in the second half after being 1 point behind in the first half and initially I thought Dortmund could win because even though Leverkusen often attacked, I didn't doubt Dortmund's defensive performance which is known to have a strong defense and fortunately Boniface was able to looked for a gap to score and managed to maintain their position and after a draw both clubs seemed to maintain their score equally and in short order both clubs strengthened their defense, especially Leverkusen who did not want to lose the match.
This draw still gives first place in the points table but I don't think Leverkusen position is safe.

[laurenB7742]

It is worrying to see Union Berlin at the bottom of the table, they are the club that has suffered the most defeats with 9 defeats recorded. Last season they were a club that could compete at the top of the table and they were actually very troublesome at the start of the season. But when entering the new season, they lost everything they showed last season. Losing several players is one of the reasons they have declined so much, and at the same time other clubs have improved.
The next match they will host Monchengladbach, I'm not sure they will be able to win.

Union Berlin topped the points table for a long time in the previous season. They played very well last season. Because of this, fans expected a better performance from Union Berlin this season. But their performance has been very disappointing this season. They are performing badly in every match. And Bundesliga qualification is unlikely to be achieved by this team. They have won only two out of 12 matches. I can't remember the last time this team won. It will be difficult for Union Berlin to win against Gladbach. The gladbach team can be considered as the favorite in this match.

[X-ray]

Before facing Stuttgart, Bayern Leverkusen will play DFB Pokal round of 16 against Bundesliga 2 teams Paderborn and Xabi Alonso will make many rotation for this match, have bad result on last match after draw against Dortmund and make points difference on current standings from Bayern Munich become three points left with Bayern have one match more than Leverkusen.
Stuttgart is strong teams with quit well performance in this season, they are on 3rd standings position awhile and have very good statistic won 10 of 13 Bundesliga matches, must be careful for Bayern Leverkusen how not loss points again if want keep in tittle race with Bayern Munich. Loss points on next match seems will give chance for Bayern Munich get their first standings back and Leverkusen have dropped to 2nd place.

At this point, Xabi will definitely have to make his preference before which he is going to apply his tactics and strategy for his players so as to still get desired results and maintain position in vital leagues where he really aims to get the best out of, that will be the only way to pull through this tight fixture while still maintaining relevance.

If Xabi is to use his full squad in every of these fixtures within this short period of time, he should be sure to have cases of fatigue and of cos which will result in their performance not been optimal as expected. Stuttgart will sure turn a hard nut to crack because they are currently in a good form which will require xabis team to be at their best if they must maintain their unbeaten record by the end of this match. It's important Xabi maintains the top position because any further drop of point will cost him his position and definitely reduce his chances of further clinging to the league title by the end of the season.

Xabi Alonso have done impressively well for Bayern Leverkusen so far and I must say that he has been a good manager and should he continue in this awesome performance for Bayern Leverkusen he will really be attracted by bigger clubs to sign him as their manager, he has done a great job for Bayern Leverkusen and I believe they may really be up to something this season.

He was an amazing coach. He was able to bring back leverkusen at the top position in bundesliga after it was almost being relegated last season due to the horrible performance under the old coach. I hope xabi will be going to the EPL.
Chelsea can start to eye him as a new coach which will be very good choice for the club. Chelsea is always struggling with the new coach and its performance never improve.
Chelsea is still in the same position right now and i expect pochettino to be sacked before the end of season. It's very important for Chelsea to get a new coach like xabi which was able to bring the club to go up again.

[Velvet78]

We didn't see a big rotation from Leverkusen in their DFB Pokal game against Paderborn yesterday. The strongest rotation was in the defense line as the goalkeeper and defenders were all different than their previous league game. The rest of the lineup was pretty much the same. They got a decent win and moved on there.

Stuttgart played a much more difficult game against Dortmund on paper. However I was still expecting them to eliminate Dortmund and they really did it.    Stuttgart are in a better condition than Dortmund now and I expect them to be very ambitious in the DFB Pokal cup as well.