Topic: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread - page 1104. (Read 659210 times)

I have the same thoughts as you that the confidence of holding Bayern Munich as the Bundesliga title holder is very convincing even though yesterday match I couldn't beat Leverkusen at home, but for me it is extraordinary because Leverkusen cannot doubt that its strength almost equal to Bayern Munich and I really appreciate Munich efforts even though they couldn't beat Leverkusen, it is better to end the match with a draw than to chase 1 score but be careless which results in Leverkusen taking the opportunity to score.
So in yesterday's match which was a draw I still respect Bayern Munich strategy because rather than losing it would be better to get 1 extra point than nothing at all.

To be precise, Xabi Alonso succeeded in raising the players mentality, so that they were able to compete with Thomas Tuchel squad. It must be admitted that Bayern Munchen is very tough when playing in front of their own supporters, holding to a draw is enough I think. Even though for Tuchel this result is a setback for his team from winning the top of the standings, the fact that Laverkusen is on fire cannot be avoided. I think Xabi Alonso strategy of taking a personal approach with his players is the real key. In that way, it reminds me of Pep Guardiola approach at Man City.

Laverkusen best chance to win the Bundesliga trophy from Munchen dominance is very big this season, but Xabi must be able to beat another strong team namely Dortmund. If successful, their chances will increase, and Laverkusen management is taking good steps to extend Xabi Alonso contract there.

Just like i said before this is first test for Leverkusen to testing their consistency because Bayern Munich is the strongest team in Bundesliga especially they were playing at Allianz Arena which is one of the most dangerous places in this competition because Bayern Munich always be performing well at there and after seeing this result Leverkusen has proven that they have good mentally because they never give up to fight until the match ended and apparently besides build solid squad Xabi Alonso also has been successfully to make Leverkusen players mentally much better and if Leverkusen can able to maintain their performance at least until half of season i think they deserved to called as strong contender for Bayern Munich for the title

I think it is clear that Leipzig is still too strong for Augsburg, because based on the existing head to head results also is, that Leipzig also has a very good winning dominance. So yes, at least this defeat result is not a new for Augsburg, because Augsburg does not have the ability to provide strong resistance to Leipzig. Also with a win result for Lepzig in this match, at least the competition in the top three will be interesting because there is still a close gap batween Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich and Leipzig.

Since Dortmound wasn't that good at this point in the season, I wasn't expecting them to win the game or end up scoring that many goals against Freiburg. despite this, I can now see that the club has improved with their performances, and beating Freiburg is the ideal result for the fance to be happy with the club. And yet, they still need to keep getting better. I had my doubts about the club winning the game because they hadn't replaced the perfect players they had sold from the previous season, but now that I can see that their play has improved significantly, I realize that the team needs to acquire players who will be strong throughout the entire season if they want to win games.

Leipzig against Augsburg was the cleanest match this week with not a single yellow card issued by the referee. Leipzig definitely closed their victory from the first half because they had broken into Augsburg's goal 3 times. Each goal was scored by Xavi Simons, Luis Openda and David Raum. In the second half there were no significant changes and it seemed that both teams were quite satisfied with the results. This result made Leipzig secure 3rd place, followed by Stuttgart, Hoffenheim and Wolfsburg by collecting the same number of points.

Exactly, the thing is that most of this clubs underperforming might end up having the one of the best performance in the league on the long run, so for now it's not easy to tell who'll end up better or finish top four or six apart from the top clubs of the league like Bayern Munich, Dortmund and Leipzig,  you'll even be suprised to see Frieburg be close to the top six by the winter period that's football for you, but anyways they need to pick and recover quickly because other clubs are eager to succeed and won't wait for them to be in form before they climb up.
 
 Well Dortmund are a big team and have been better than them for years now so I expected Dortmund to dominate the match and easily win Freiburg and climb up the table so they'll compete better among the top clubs in the league, last season they almost won and I expect them to try as much as possible to do better or atleast qualify for the top four.

The problem that they are facing, is definitely defensive. A club that has finished on the fifth position in the last season has to perform better. They had started the season pretty well. They got two wins in the first two matches. But in the last two matches, the performance was really bad. Hopefully they will be able to improve. We cannot judge how they are going to perform based on the performance of only the four matches that they have played so far. So I think they will definitely improve, but the improvement will have to be quick. Otherwise they will fall way behind.

Bayern Leverkusen has actually made significant strides under Xabi Alonso direction, temporarily holding the top spot in the standings. Although they have shown progress, maintaining this place is uncertain because Bayern Munich is still a fierce rival. Alonso tactical acumen was on display in their most recent game, which resulted in a draw versus Munich. With Dortmund lagging behind, Leverkusen title hopes appear doable this year, but consistency will be essential. In order to build a serious push for the Bundesliga championship, Alonso must continue to maximise the team potential and make sure they win every game.

I agree with you. Not all star players make good coaches. And many who are not good players can become excellent coaches. I think a good player and a good coach are completely different.

Alonso has done a great job with Leverkusen no doubt. Last season Leverkusen's performance was not good. This team was in sixth place in the table. But their performance has been very strong since the first match of this season. And they proved their mettle with a good performance against Bayern Munich. Bayern Munich is the strongest team in the Bundesliga. And Alonso's Leverkusen played very well against them. I think Munich and Leverkusen will fight for the Bundesliga title this year.

When the game lasted until the first half was over I honestly also thought that maybe this time Dortmund would lose to Freiburg because obviously there Dortmund was already 2 goals behind their opponents, and I think maybe some fans were also very worried about that situation. But well as you said it turned out that the first half and the second half were much different, Dortmund played more aggressively in the second half which was finally able to turn things around from being 2 goals behind now in the last minute they were able to win the match with a 2-goal lead. Yes that's right, and now Marco Reus has returned to show his best performance by helping to contribute a goal in the final minutes as an additional goal for his squad's victory after a long time.

Honestly I can't be sure that Dortmund will bounce back just by looking at his performance in this match, but yes indeed from the start of the Bundesliga match they have not lost at all with two draws and two wins, I think they must be able to at least get two more wins in the next match to ensure that they will really rise. And well next Dortmund will face Wolfsburg which is where they are now in good form by winning three wins and only one defeat, right they are above Dortmund now and only one point difference, let's see if Dortmund can win this match to ensure that they will rise.

I think that had really nothing to do with any changes that Terzic made to the team or the strategy. The red card for Freiburg was dumb as fuck and I would give that player a penalty for that red card. If a player harms his own team with so much stupidity, they should be suspended without paying salary for at least a month. Hummels scoring two goals also has nothing to do with a strategy change. Freiburg was on one level with Dortmund and had partial control over the game with shots on target and enough attacking pressure to win the game themselves, but the red card was the trigger for Dortmund.  

My experience about football had thought me that not all great footballers ends up as great managers and that very few number of former great footballers ends as a great managers and I think Xabi Alonso with how he's transformed the Bayer Leverkusen team is destined to the league of former successful footballers who after their playing days ends up as very successful managers.
After watching Bayer Leverkusen play away at Bayern Munich on Friday night, it became very clear that Xabi Alonso if given all the necessary support he needs will succeed at the club and probably win a major trophy with his boys.

Picking btts was a must when it comes to the big match like leverkusen vs munchen. Some people might be upset because half of them were expecting Leverkusen to win against Bayern Munchen but the game ended in a draw.
They were just winning half. Bayern munchen has been playing so well against leverkusen but leverkusen was a strong opponent. It's even stronger compared with leipzig at this moment.
Bayern munchen was also playing at home but leverkusen used its main card to get a penalty from the referee. Im very happy leverkusen was not losing against bayern munchen when xabi's squad played away.
1 important point for leverkusen. People who only bet bayern won the game were very upset to see the draw as the final result from the match.

When Freiburg scored those 2 goals, I thought maybe this time Dortmund would fall again? But it seems that what you said is true that Edin Terzic changed his strategy and fortunately Dortmund was able to secure full points again in the away match. Matt Hummels provided the lead with his brace and also confirmed Dortmund's victory. On the other hand, it's been a long time since I saw Marco Reus score a goal and finally I was able to see him score again in this match.

Talking about Dortmund's revival, I think it could go well or even reach a deadlock again because in the next match in the Bundesliga they will have to face Wolfsburg who are currently in their best form and Wolfburg is even right above Dortmund's current position in the standings.

Something is going on really wrong with Freiburg these days. Because they conceded nine goals in the last two games while scoring only two. Maybe the red card they got against Dortmund helped quite much but there wasn't such situation in the game against Stuttgart. There is a huge difference between the Freiburg this season and the last one.

They need to make a huge improvement in especially defensive effort. Because it has got much poorer. Dortmund needed this win as well by the way because they got two easy draws against smaller teams before.

I have watched every match of Leverkusen this season. This team is playing very well now. So far I can't find any weakness in the team. Xabi Alonso's match strategy is very good. And the players of the squad have been able to adapt themselves well to this strategy. This team is performing well in every match because of the strong bond between the players.

If Leverkusen had lost against Bayern Munich I would have said that this team did not deserve to win the title. But this team did a great performance against Bayern Munich. The match was drawn 2-2. And Leverkusen's performance was very strong. This team deserves to win the title. And I think Leverkusen will be able to perform consistently well this season with the help of Xabi Alonso.

Yes, both clubs played their best game and Xabi Alonso showed his quality as Leverkusen coach and he seems to have a special strategy to be able to balance Munich's game so that getting a draw is good enough to share points with Munich and not lose full points, but even though they are at the top of the standings That won't make Leverkusen last long because Munich will always overshadow them to win the title this season.

It seems that Leverkusen will be the club that will compete for the title this season compared to Dortmund, but this is still at the start of the season. I hope Leverkusen remains consistent with the way they play and Xabi Alonso must really take advantage of the situation in order to organize all the players in the main squad to be able to Get points in every game.

It was an epic game and once again Leipzig prove themselves to be deserving of the victory they got. They are obviously showing so much preparations and readiness to win the league title as their play and winning styles shows how much they are prepared. Leipzig is really doing well and if they continue in this spirit the league title may not be far from them.

Dortmund isn't doing that bad for themselves but they need to step up with their play tactics as they almost drew their game yesterday to chances but later got salvaged at the last minutes. I think they have to put in some little more work on their finish line so as to able to make good convertions for more goals, tho they have some goals already, their coach seem to be dynamic with his tactics. Freiburg seems to be yet to pick form as their performance since the beginning of the league is not promising finishing a third place in the league but their is still time enough for improvement, and if utilized definitely good results should be realized before the comes to an end.

my previous prediction turned out to be wrong and surprising when Freiburg was ahead in the first half with a temporary score of 2 in the first half but after entering the second half I saw that the playing style and strategy used by Edin Terzic was slightly different and it turned out to be true if the Dortmund coach gave a new strategy in the second half so some players were able to get additional scores which was a surprise for all of us to see that Dortmund was able to secure this victory from Freiburg and I appreciate the Dortmund coach who was able to quickly understand the situation on the field and change the strategy that had to be used appropriately which resulted in the victory.
If Dortmund is able to perform consistently like this, I am sure that revival will soon be seen in Dortmund.