Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread

[ThemePen]

Bayern Munich will continue to trigger for elite results but when it comes to Bayer Leverkusen performance, we understand how this game have been, the best clubs goes home with titles. For our information, Leverkusen won the Bundesliga title with unbeaten race which jd absolutely one of the best performance for the club for such a long time. The Bundesliga title was compromised from the hands of the original winners, Bayern Munich completely portrayed poor stats and we've watched how things played out.

Bayern Munich is expected to maintain their high standards but Bayer Leverkusen past performance shows that even top teams can struggle. Leverkusen unbeaten run to Bundesliga title was an impressive feat testament to their strength. By the way Bayern Munich subpar performance allowed Leverkusen to snatch title rare slip up for usually dominant Bavarians. This outcome shows that even best teams can have off seasons and Leverkusen capitalized on Bayern weaknesses to secure a historic win.

[klidex]

Xabi showed that he made the best contribution at Leverkusen which succeeded in bringing Leverkusen to victory. Their performance might be slightly improved because as we can see, in the Champions League, all teams have their own unique skills and strengths that are not easy to beat. What is clear is that I believe that when a coach like Xabi Alonso still gives full support to Leverkusen then there is still a chance to win.

Since the coach was at Leverkusen, Xabi Alonso was able to improve Leverkusen's performance significantly and last season Xabi Alonso was able to give Leverkusen 2 titles, even so, international competition is not an easy competition. We can see how difficult it is for Leverkusen to get through each round in the Europa League but they failed when in the final and next season Leverkusen will face more difficult competition playing in the Champions League which contains the best clubs from their respective leagues so it is not an easy task for Xabi Alonso to get this prestigious title amidst the competitive competition.

But I believe Xabi Alonso will do whatever is best for his club and it looks like Xabi is adding several players to fill several gaps which he thinks are still lacking. I believe Xabi has a magical ability to improve the performance of his players so as long as Leverkusen is coached by the same manager I don't think I'm worried about Leverkusen's performance next season, whether in the Bundesliga or in the Champions League. For me, just defending the Bundesliga title is enough to end the season well.

[tusandii]

everyone admits that Alonso is very great after successfully giving Leverkusen the trophy and this trophy has become a big dream for a long time which Leverkusen really wanted and this season everything looks very extraordinary. Alonso's contribution because he succeeded in breaking Bayern Munich's dominance when Bayern Munich lost its best performance.
Maybe Alonso is highly recognized at the moment, but will he be able to provide the same success when he moves to another club as when he was with Leverkusen now?
Alonso's best experience has just begun so it is natural that some people doubt him if he joins a new club, but this success gives Alonso good confidence to continue trying to have a career wherever he is.

The coming season will be the biggest challenge competing with big clubs in the Champions League and at that time I am sure that Leverkusen will lose a little performance in the Bundesliga and will not be able to perform the same as this season because competing in the Champions League and also having to focus on the Bundesliga is not an easy task and it will be very difficult for Alonso.
This coach needs a lot of new players in the reserve players to be able to arrange match schedules in several competitions and reliable reserve players are definitely ready to replace the main players with equal performance.

Leverkusen actually never won it before, can you believe that? It means that Xabi literally gave them the first ever Bundesliga title of their 100+ year existence, that must be the most special thing ever. This type of thing is the thing that makes you immortal, even 200 years after Xabi passes away, people will see this as the thing that made him famous, people will continue to talk about Leverkusen and their first title, it will be right there on the books, and will never be removed.

This is why we need to remember that he is going to stay one more year, and if he can achieve the same thing and get title again, it is only going to make things quite unbelievable, it is going to take decades, or maybe even more, for anyone who does better to ever show up again.

Yes, I believe and admit that Xabi Alonso has provided a surprise that was never expected before, such as the Bundesliga title being the biggest prize for a long time and it became even bigger when he won the title without being defeated, even Bayern Munich as the ruler of the Bundesliga was unable to compete with Xabi Alonso's troops.
Leverkusen's history with Xabi will continue to be remembered forever because the results obtained were maximal in accordance with Xabi goals and this is the right moment for this great coach to develop his reputation so that he has great experience and he must continue to try to maintain Leverkusen's consistency so that he can continue to perform like this season.
The Leverkusen owner will certainly be very proud of the success of all this and the Leverkusen owner should give Xabi the freedom to bring in the players he wants to recruit because I am sure the new players chosen by Xabi will make a maximum contribution.

Yes, of course he will stay and that is the goal of Xabi and the club owner because the coach has big ambitions to continue to provide bigger surprises after successfully studying the character of the players and this is all done by Xabi Alonso to gain a reputation and great achievements and be assessed. positive by most football fans.

[$anounimus$]

Yes, I believe and admit that Xabi Alonso has provided a surprise that was never expected before, such as the Bundesliga title being the biggest prize for a long time and it became even bigger when he won the title without being defeated, even Bayern Munich as the ruler of the Bundesliga was unable to compete with Xabi Alonso's troops.
Leverkusen's history with Xabi will continue to be remembered forever because the results obtained were maximal in accordance with Xabi goals and this is the right moment for this great coach to develop his reputation so that he has great experience and he must continue to try to maintain Leverkusen's consistency so that he can continue to perform like this season.
The Leverkusen owner will certainly be very proud of the success of all this and the Leverkusen owner should give Xabi the freedom to bring in the players he wants to recruit because I am sure the new players chosen by Xabi will make a maximum contribution.

Yes, of course he will stay and that is the goal of Xabi and the club owner because the coach has big ambitions to continue to provide bigger surprises after successfully studying the character of the players and this is all done by Xabi Alonso to gain a reputation and great achievements and be assessed. positive by most football fans.

All fans are certainly very grateful to Alonso because he was able to create beautiful history that will probably be difficult for anyone to forget. However, I emphasize that the euphoria must not last because preparation for the new season must be a priority. Bayer Leverkusen must be aware that next season the challenges will be tougher and the possibility of repeating what has been done this season will no longer be possible.

Now Leverkusen management must provide fresh funds to Xabi to buy several players to increase his strength and be able to compete again in the domestic league and Champions League. I still believe that Xabi will still be able to bring Leverkusen to compete in the Bundesliga but it will be difficult to compete in the Champions League.

[piebeyb]

Though I admire Kompany, what about his coaching background? Certainly not a good run. Bayern is doing a major gamble here. Perhaps, though, this is his opportunity to disprove everyone. I wouldnt bet on it, but stranger things have happened. Kompany is a risk for Bayern to take on. But who knows? Perhaps Bayern will have an opening in the Bundesliga if Leverkusen concentrates on the Champions League.

I also like Kompany since he played for Manchester city playing as a defender a few years ago and of course he played quite well in defense, no one knows also that Munich might have enough strength in defense to make this team a new better one , whereas we know that in the previous season Munich's defense line was not very good, just look at how Leverkusen beat Munich with a landslide score of three goals without reply, it shows that their defense line was not so good that they were easily conceded by strong opponents.

I think we will never know his ability to become a head coach in Munich, especially with good financial support and apart from having great players, I don't think he needs a top coach to be able to bring this team because basically the main Munchan squad at the moment is good players. , let's see how Kompany's first debut goes in Munich and see how Munich plays in the Bundesliga, whether there are any changes or not, although there may be usually because there are always adaptations in strategy and tactics. I also hope that Munich management's decision is not wrong in recruiting Kompay as head coach. For them it is also important to dominate the Bundesliga again.

[Velvet78]

João Palhinha and Michael Olise are both close to signing their contract with Bayern Munich.

Kompany must have a direct role in these transfers I assume.    He knows both players pretty well from the Premier League. Honestly I believe both transfers are quite good. Palhinha is a wonderful DM. There are Kimmich and Pavlovic also who can play as DM. Kimmich is mainly right-back and he played there quite many times last season. Maybe it would be like Palhinha as DM and Kimmich as RB from now on.

Michael Olise is a great transfer. He would be Bayern Munich's future on the right wing. Gnabry isn't playing like in the past anymore. He would even leave maybe. Sane is the first choice but I think Olise can create some good competition against him. 

[hyudien]

Stuttgart is one of the most surprising teams this season, this is their 4th season after successfully being promoted 4 years ago. In their first season, they were able to compete in the middle of the Bundesliga standings, then in the 2nd and 3rd seasons they were almost relegated by only being at the bottom of the table and even last season they had to play a play off match to determine whether they could stay in the Bundesliga or not. they have to return to the second caste.
However, this season they were surprisingly able to compete at the top of the standings and they even managed to finish in 2nd place in the standings above Bayern Munich as the record holder who had to be broken this season by Leverkusen. So, starting next season, Stuttgart will be a team that is taken into account to provide competition in the Bundesliga. Not only that, I also hope they can compete in the Champions League, even though it is difficult because they don't have much experience.

[Oluwa-btc]

Hiring Kompaney in Bayern Munich was not all they wanted to do in this team. Since they had a season without any achievements and this put Bayern Munich under pressure they are not trying hard to do their best and hire more players to get their place back from Leverkusen and win the Bundesliga title again.
So far they have hired one player and two other players are linked to this team. João Palhinha and Michael Olise are both close to signing their contract with Bayern Munich.

 I think Michael Olise would be sorted out in little time interval but as for Joào Palhinha, I don't think that will be done in the next couple of weeks, it could be achieved but that would be immediately the UEFA EURO'S has come to conclusion. Fulham are proving so stubborn that, they don't want to let him leave the club.

I still don't think Bayern Munich stands a chance against Bayern Leverkusen even with this additions to improve the squad. I'm not downplaying Vincent Kompany but he is not tested and trusted when it comes to handling a big club.
He had a good season with Burnley in the Championship but let's wait until he makes his official debut in the Bundesliga League Competition.

As much as I'll love to see him do well, he is not on the same levels as Xabi Alonso. I hate the comparisons I see online.

[Cryptmuster]

Bayern Munich will continue to trigger for elite results but when it comes to Bayer Leverkusen performance, we understand how this game have been, the best clubs goes home with titles. For our information, Leverkusen won the Bundesliga title with unbeaten race which jd absolutely one of the best performance for the club for such a long time. The Bundesliga title was compromised from the hands of the original winners, Bayern Munich completely portrayed poor stats and we've watched how things played out.

This is not the first season when Bayern does not show the best game, this sometimes happens, and it also happened that Bayer had perhaps its best season, but the loss in the EL final made one doubt Bayer’s invincibility. Alonso's success will be recognized if he can repeat the result in the Bundesliga and defend the champion title. He will have this opportunity because it is not clear how good Kompany is as a coach for such a large team.

[arimamib]

Stuttgart is one of the most surprising teams this season, this is their 4th season after successfully being promoted 4 years ago. In their first season, they were able to compete in the middle of the Bundesliga standings, then in the 2nd and 3rd seasons they were almost relegated by only being at the bottom of the table and even last season they had to play a play off match to determine whether they could stay in the Bundesliga or not. they have to return to the second caste.
However, this season they were surprisingly able to compete at the top of the standings and they even managed to finish in 2nd place in the standings above Bayern Munich as the record holder who had to be broken this season by Leverkusen. So, starting next season, Stuttgart will be a team that is taken into account to provide competition in the Bundesliga. Not only that, I also hope they can compete in the Champions League, even though it is difficult because they don't have much experience.

Stuttgart achievements this season are indeed quite impressive and even like Leverkusen this season, of course no one expected that Stuttgart could perform quite impressively and even end the season in second place at the moment, Stuttgart which in the last few seasons is only a mediocre team but actually provides a lot of resistance for big teams this season so it is not surprising that they were able to end the season above Munich this season,  Stuttgart will play in the Champions League next season so they should have a thorough preparation to be able to go far in the Champions League.

Stuttgart certainly surprised us this season but to hope that they can do it again next season of course will be very difficult to happen in my opinion, this season Stuttgart's ability to win second place is of course inseparable from the slump in performance owned by Bayern Munich and other teams in the Bundesliga, so I think maybe without the squad improvement made by Stuttgart later then we will see Stuttgart return to being a team that will only are in the middle and bottom of the Bundesliga next season.

[Asiska02]

Bayern Munich will continue to trigger for elite results but when it comes to Bayer Leverkusen performance, we understand how this game have been, the best clubs goes home with titles. For our information, Leverkusen won the Bundesliga title with unbeaten race which jd absolutely one of the best performance for the club for such a long time. The Bundesliga title was compromised from the hands of the original winners, Bayern Munich completely portrayed poor stats and we've watched how things played out.

Bayern Munich and Bayern Leverkusen are the two most talked about team in the Bundesliga because of the performance that Bayern Leverkusen pulled out last season and Bayern Munich who will of course fight back for the title next season. The next season will be a challenging one for the both teams with both looking to fight for the league title. Kompany a new coach trying to revive Bayern Munich and Xabi Alonso in his second season trying to replicate what he did in the first season for the club.

This is not the first season when Bayern does not show the best game, this sometimes happens, and it also happened that Bayer had perhaps its best season, but the loss in the EL final made one doubt Bayer’s invincibility. Alonso's success will be recognized if he can repeat the result in the Bundesliga and defend the champion title. He will have this opportunity because it is not clear how good Kompany is as a coach for such a large team.

If Xabi Alonso will have such thought in his mind that Vincent Kompany may not be able to make Bayern Munich win the league title, then he better have a change of mind and be at a better position than the last season. He could feel that way but he shouldn’t be too comfortable with that thought and not put the required effort to make the team repeat what they’ve done last season to win the league title. It is going to be a very exciting season full of competition, so no team should underrate the other and play to their best in order to win the league trophy.

[Farma]

João Palhinha and Michael Olise are both close to signing their contract with Bayern Munich.

Kompany must have a direct role in these transfers I assume.    He knows both players pretty well from the Premier League. Honestly I believe both transfers are quite good. Palhinha is a wonderful DM. There are Kimmich and Pavlovic also who can play as DM. Kimmich is mainly right-back and he played there quite many times last season. Maybe it would be like Palhinha as DM and Kimmich as RB from now on.

Michael Olise is a great transfer. He would be Bayern Munich's future on the right wing. Gnabry isn't playing like in the past anymore. He would even leave maybe. Sane is the first choice but I think Olise can create some good competition against him. 

It looks like Kompany was given the freedom to recruit the players he wanted and Bayern management fully supported Kompany in building the Bayern team, this was great.

João Palhinha and Michael Olise stand out players but unfortunately they are not in a strong team so these two names are not very popular in the Premier League but I am also sure that Kompany has different views for these two players and I think Kompany will bring in several players who fits his coaching style, João Palhinha and Michael Olise are a good start.

Michael Olise is still 22 years old, this is good enough for the future, individually Michael Olise is also talented enough that it is possible for him to develop further with a much bigger team like Bayern Munich.

[marcous]

Bayern Munich will continue to trigger for elite results but when it comes to Bayer Leverkusen performance, we understand how this game have been, the best clubs goes home with titles. For our information, Leverkusen won the Bundesliga title with unbeaten race which jd absolutely one of the best performance for the club for such a long time. The Bundesliga title was compromised from the hands of the original winners, Bayern Munich completely portrayed poor stats and we've watched how things played out.

This is not the first season when Bayern does not show the best game, this sometimes happens, and it also happened that Bayer had perhaps its best season, but the loss in the EL final made one doubt Bayer’s invincibility. Alonso's success will be recognized if he can repeat the result in the Bundesliga and defend the champion title. He will have this opportunity because it is not clear how good Kompany is as a coach for such a large team.

In fact, if you check the statistics recorded by Bayern last season, they did not experience any setbacks, they were even better than the 2022-2023 season. Bayern recorded 72 points in the Bundesliga, where the previous season they ended the season with 71 points, the difference here is that they came out as champions. Likewise with their performance in the Champions League, Bayern in the 2022-2023 season only managed to reach the quarter finals, but last season they managed to reach the semifinals.

Tuchel has worked to the max, and I agree with you, it just so happens that Leverkusen are having such an impressive season that Bayern are unlucky. I think in competition this is very normal, because dominance does not always have to last. Xabi opportunity to prove his abilities next season is quite open, where he still has the exact same team. And on the other hand, the change of Bayern manager makes the competition look easier, because Kompany will need time to adapt.

Dortmund, Stuttgart, Leipzig and all the other Bundesliga contestants will probably put pressure on for a while, but I think entering the middle of the season the standings will form with a difference in points. Of course, this is all just based on personal assumptions, and it is possible that Bayern and Leverkusen will both experience significant ups and downs in performance.

[SmartCharpa]

Bayern Munich will continue to trigger for elite results but when it comes to Bayer Leverkusen performance, we understand how this game have been, the best clubs goes home with titles. For our information, Leverkusen won the Bundesliga title with unbeaten race which jd absolutely one of the best performance for the club for such a long time. The Bundesliga title was compromised from the hands of the original winners, Bayern Munich completely portrayed poor stats and we've watched how things played out.

Bayern Munich ended without a trophy for the first time in over ten years last season. Bayern Munich has a great record of winning trophies, but last season was not on their side, there is no inconsistency in their games, which is why they did not win the league. Bayer Leverkusen, on the other hand, never gave up in their games last season, even when they were losing in the 90 plus, they fought hard to win or draw their games. And that is how they want the team to perform, when Bayern Munich started conceding goals, they gave up on their games, they couldn't perform like a team trying to win the league title, and they lacked motivation from the manager.

However, they only made mistakes for one season, I hope the players will learn from their mistakes starting next season, they should learn from Leverkusen, who never gave up in their games until the last whistle. Bayern Munich's performance last season was very annoying, they lost to weak opponents that we expected them to defeat with a lot of goals. I wish they don't repeat that mistake next season.

[Jody.Drummer]

If Xabi Alonso will have such thought in his mind that Vincent Kompany may not be able to make Bayern Munich win the league title, then he better have a change of mind and be at a better position than the last season. He could feel that way but he shouldn’t be too comfortable with that thought and not put the required effort to make the team repeat what they’ve done last season to win the league title. It is going to be a very exciting season full of competition, so no team should underrate the other and play to their best in order to win the league trophy.

A club should not underestimate another club, even if the club has a bad performance. Moreover, what we are talking about here is a club like Bayern Munich, which is a club that has above average players who can make everything better. Regardless of their coach being considered to lack experience, I am sure they will always be in tough competition, perhaps what makes the difference is whether they will be able to perform consistently or not.
However, with the squad that Vincent Kompany currently has, there is no reason for Xabi Alonso to underestimate Bayern Munich. Also keep in mind that they will be targeting something big after they failed to defend their title this season. Surely they will have that enthusiasm which will motivate them to be able to play even better than before. Anything can happen next season, so Xabi Alonso must not lose focus which will allow them to decline.

[Ayers]

Bayern Munich will continue to trigger for elite results but when it comes to Bayer Leverkusen performance, we understand how this game have been, the best clubs goes home with titles. For our information, Leverkusen won the Bundesliga title with unbeaten race which jd absolutely one of the best performance for the club for such a long time. The Bundesliga title was compromised from the hands of the original winners, Bayern Munich completely portrayed poor stats and we've watched how things played out.

Bayern Munich and Bayern Leverkusen are the two most talked about team in the Bundesliga because of the performance that Bayern Leverkusen pulled out last season and Bayern Munich who will of course fight back for the title next season. The next season will be a challenging one for the both teams with both looking to fight for the league title. Kompany a new coach trying to revive Bayern Munich and Xabi Alonso in his second season trying to replicate what he did in the first season for the club.

Xabi Alonso's Leverkusen side broke Bayern Munich's 10/11 year long dominance. Even last season we only saw Leverkusen dominate. The Leverkusen team was ahead of Bayern Munich by a big margin of 18 points. Bayern Munich finished third in the table at the end of the season. It has been a very bad time for Munich.

Next season, Bayern Munich will definitely want to forget the memory of last season and dominate the Bundesliga again. But it cannot be said for sure whether Bayern Munich will succeed. Leverkusen team is still very strong with Xabi. Moreover, Munich's new coach Kompany is not experienced enough. So I wouldn't be at all surprised if Bayern Munich don't dominate the Bundesliga next season.

[Weawant]

If Xabi Alonso will have such thought in his mind that Vincent Kompany may not be able to make Bayern Munich win the league title, then he better have a change of mind and be at a better position than the last season. He could feel that way but he shouldn’t be too comfortable with that thought and not put the required effort to make the team repeat what they’ve done last season to win the league title. It is going to be a very exciting season full of competition, so no team should underrate the other and play to their best in order to win the league trophy.

Thinking that kompany will not be able to get Bayern Munich to performing well will be a huge mistake on the side of Leverkusen or any other team in the bundesliga, I believe that Bayern Munich will not do really bad because even with tuchel who was believed to not have performed well enough, they still were able to finish at the second position on the table and didn't finish at a very bad position except that they didn't dominate as they use to do in previous season, so it's very possible that having seen all that has happened last season that Bayern Munich has been looking like they didn't performed well enough then kompany will understand the responsibility he's to handle in the team.

The competition we are going to see in the bundesliga is really going to be an interesting one, as kompany will be trying to prove himself to Bayern Munich of been capable of getting them to win the league title a d probably reclaim dominance as they should have done, that will further increase his desire to wanting to win the league title next season maybe he will be able to get an extension of his contract in the coming season because his contract is a short one that may need extension if the team still desire to keep him as their head coach after he must have performed well enough.

[Luzin]

Another surprising thing is Stuttgart's performance, they were able to end up at number 2 and advance to the UCL. Guirassy is one of the players who has a good contribution with 28 goals in Bundesliga. But Guirassy is reportedly being wanted by Milan. Then Waldemar Anton, Hiroki Ito, Chris Fuehrich, and Angelo Stiller may leave. Because they have been key to Stuttgart's game this season and played very well. If they do go, it could reduce Stuttgart's ability to possibly not be able to compete if they do not take advantage of the transfer market to buy some players to repalace it.

[Frankolala]

Bayern Munich will continue to trigger for elite results but when it comes to Bayer Leverkusen performance, we understand how this game have been, the best clubs goes home with titles. For our information, Leverkusen won the Bundesliga title with unbeaten race which jd absolutely one of the best performance for the club for such a long time. The Bundesliga title was compromised from the hands of the original winners, Bayern Munich completely portrayed poor stats and we've watched how things played out.

Bayern Munich and Bayern Leverkusen are the two most talked about team in the Bundesliga because of the performance that Bayern Leverkusen pulled out last season and Bayern Munich who will of course fight back for the title next season. The next season will be a challenging one for the both teams with both looking to fight for the league title. Kompany a new coach trying to revive Bayern Munich and Xabi Alonso in his second season trying to replicate what he did in the first season for the club.

Xabi Alonso's Leverkusen side broke Bayern Munich's 10/11 year long dominance. Even last season we only saw Leverkusen dominate. The Leverkusen team was ahead of Bayern Munich by a big margin of 18 points. Bayern Munich finished third in the table at the end of the season. It has been a very bad time for Munich.

Next season, Bayern Munich will definitely want to forget the memory of last season and dominate the Bundesliga again. But it cannot be said for sure whether Bayern Munich will succeed. Leverkusen team is still very strong with Xabi. Moreover, Munich's new coach Kompany is not experienced enough. So I wouldn't be at all surprised if Bayern Munich don't dominate the Bundesliga next season.

Xavi Alonso and his boys are still in Leverkusen which will make them improve their performance more next season. Leverkusen is still a big threat to Bayern Munich next season because Bayern Munich is still trying to meet up with an outstanding performance to keep them ahead of other clubs.

Kompany is new to the club and that is also a challenge that is on ground currently for Bayern Munich because what if he does not study and understand the players fast, it will affect his strategy that he wants to bring into the club. Making it difficult for the players to adapt to. I don't see Bayern Munich taking back what belongs to them next season, because football is a game of survival of the fittest.

[Hirose UK]

I can't wait to see the performance of Leverkusen in the next season. Leverkusen had an epic performance so far in this season ended the Bundesliga season in a good way to end Bayern Munich's record of winning the title every season.
Now I want to see if Leverkusen will dominate the Bundesliga and win the title for the other teams like Bayern Munich, or if they will lose it to the other teams and let Bayern Munich take back their place.

Bayern Munich will continue to trigger for elite results but when it comes to Bayer Leverkusen performance, we understand how this game have been, the best clubs goes home with titles. For our information, Leverkusen won the Bundesliga title with unbeaten race which jd absolutely one of the best performance for the club for such a long time. The Bundesliga title was compromised from the hands of the original winners, Bayern Munich completely portrayed poor stats and we've watched how things played out.

The future, Bayern Munich results will be greatly influenced by their new coach and what Leverkusen performance will be like in the new season.
If Leverkusen continues to play like last season, then Bayern Munich will definitely be under pressure again and will find it difficult to win the title.
Seeing how Xabi prepares Leverkusen, I think there is big chance of history repeating itself like last season, but we don't know what the top team will be like when they face Leverkusen.
What is certain is that the teams with the greatest chance of shifting Leverkusen lead are only Bayern Munich and Dortmund because Stuttgart itself will experience decline in performance with their key players leaving.

This is interesting, and of course the competition can be very competitive, there is an opportunity for Leverkusen to defend the title but on the other hand there is also the threat of unexpected surprises.
Let just wait and see what happens, if only Stuttgart didn't really lose their core players, they might also be able to become tough competitors for Leverkusen.