Topic: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread - page 598. (Read 605544 times)

whatever the current situation, I still believe that Bayern Munich will continue to take over the top of the standings and I actually dont expect anything more, I just want to see Leverkusen break the two dominations in the bundesliga and european League and when they can win the title in the Bundesliga and on the one hand, they can win the cup in the european League, Leverkusen is actually able to break the dominance of Munich and Sevilla, who always win titles in the european League.

Xabi enthusiasm this time is so great after reaching the top of the standings, although it is not certain that he will continue to be in first place, but what is certain is that Leverkusen current situation provides strong support for this coach and all Leverkusen players to continue to maintain their current performance.

It seems that Xhaxa's arrival to Leverkusen is a strong solution to Leverkusen's performance so far and sources say that Xhaxa has made more third-to-last passes and more progressive passes than any player in Europe's top 5 leagues. These are very good statistics for a midfielder and since leaving Arsenal I thought he would experience a decline in performance but in the right hands he can give his best performance.

This cannot be separated from the genius of Xabi Alonso who has positioned him as a creative midfielder and with Xhaka, Leverkusen's midfield will certainly be more optimal. Xhaxa's contract still runs until 2028 and he has proven to be a long-term project for Leverkusen even though he is now 31 years old.

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1724887598915805191

Yes, they not only failed in the Champions League, but they also slumped in the Bundesliga. In the Champions League itself, they are now at the bottom of the standings with no wins, while closing their chances of qualifying for the last 16, but they still have hope to at least be in the European League.
I don't think dividing their concentration between the domestic competition and the Champions League is the reason why they are the way they are. There are many factors, one of which is the strategy of the coach, new players who cannot adapt quickly, to the failure of players who fail to implement the strategy properly.



In addition to looking from the side of Bayern Munich, talking about Leverkusen can break the dominance of Bayern Munch or not, of course we will see from their side too. Now they are very consistent, and the question is how strong are they to maintain their consistency? I don't mean to doubt Leverkusen in maintaining their consistency, but we also have to look at situations that will not benefit them too. For example, the hurricane of injuries to their players and so on, things like that will usually affect their performance.

It's still very far away and the season hasn't even reached the middle so Xabi Alonso will be successful if Bayern Leverkusen can lift the Bundesliga trophy, especially if they can also be successful in the European League.
If Bayern Munich is like last season, which didn't perform very well, maybe we can be sure that Bayern Leverkusen will break Munich's dominance, but what about Bayern Munich this season, even though they are two points behind Leverkusen, they are the team with the most goals and also the team with the least goals conceded, with that fact, if there is an opportunity for Bayern Munich to take over the standings then it will be very difficult for any team to bring them down because the strikers and defenders will ensure that Bayern Munich wins every match they play and only in the DFB Cup they failed to win.

I actually think that they are dreaming about winning the trophy already. Because they have been performing really well and the performance honestly has been dominant from them. Xabi Alonso is showing how successful he can be as a coach. And we are also being able to see what a good coach can actually do with a somewhat above-average team. Some things we definitely cannot say about some big clubs like Manchester United. Anyway, I also think that if they can avoid injuries, they have a genuine chance of winning the Bundesliga title.

Xabi Alonso presence is important, there's a whole lot to learn, Alonso increased the team's performance to an exceptionally high level, but he still requires ongoing commitment from the players to enable them to stand towering until the end of the season. As an outcome, we cannot use one season to validate Bayer Leverkusen's competitive status because this is the first time they have been in this outstanding condition, and there is a high likelihood that the team will win major titles and then flop the following season, that's basically what happen to Chelsea and Napoli.

It further makes it more interesting with the fact that Xabi is even a yong coach a s he is achieving this already. It's very possible he could bring to an end the era of Bayern Munich dominance in the bundesliga, if he succeeds in winning the league title by the end of this season as this happens to be one of his targets.

Bayern Munich under the management of tuchel is doing so well and definitely still remains fierce amongst other teams in the bundesliga especially this season where they have been winning recently with great goal margins. Xabi is really building a formidable and contending force against tuchel's but then only time can tell if Xabi has got a team who can withstand the fierce champions of the bundesliga.

Football has become so unpredictable in recent times, anything can happen at any time, which is why the outcome of games currently can't be for seen, awhole lot of teams that were looked down on are doing bigger exploits now than before, look at all the European leagues and see how small teams of seasons before are making wave now.

 Newcastle now in the Champions league, where's Chelsea? Even Manchester United in the league's standings, they're behind. Aston Villa are delivering very well, EPL aside, let's see the German Bundesliga, especially for Bayern Leverkusen, they're been formidable and are proving their presence back to back, alot of dramas in football and more still to come. We should just expect all as they unfold, we should await any development we see, that's the fun of football, it is indeed a beautiful game.

After this break for the national teams to play, I hope that when the Bundesliga resumes Leverkusen's performance will not drop, because in recent times what I have seen is that when a small team is at the top of the table while the big team is in second place trying to catch up first place, but there is a break for the national team games, when the games resume, the performance of many teams that were doing very well, starts to drop a lot and at the end of the league the big team becomes champion. I remember seeing this happen last season with Union Berlin when they were at the top of the table for a few rounds

and talking about union berlin, I saw news that union berlin's coach was fired


source: https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/union-berlin-head-coach-urs-fischer-part-ways-25357

although it seems to me that the squad is a problem, in my opinion this decision to fire the coach now was a good one because with this the new coach can have space to observe the team and say which player they can sign when the transfer window opens. Keeping the coach who was fired would not be a good option because the team is in the relegation zone and runs a high risk of being relegated. I don't know who the new coach will be, but without a doubt he will have a very difficult task ahead of him.

For me, as an individual I have never seen a club like Bayern Leverkusen as a small team not because they may not be able to compete with other big clubs in the transfer market, but over the years we have seen some clubs that were once known as underdogs do some wonderful things in European football, but in the case of Bayern Leverkusen it is a thing of joy to see the Leverkusen side become a top contender not only in the German bundesliga but also in European football. though there have been some tremendous changes in the team, from the emergence of xabi Alonso as head coach, and Victor Boniface who has been doing great for the team in this campaign for the Leverkusen side.

Xabi did not have the opportunities that Tuchel had. We realized that Xabi's scouting staff, team coaches and technical knowledge are very good. It is not easy to create a squad that can compete with Bayern Munich. Xabi achieves the difficult. Leverkusen became a better team than Dortmund thanks to him.

Freiburg, a team that has had no trouble scoring goals in recent weeks, lost 3-1 away to Leipzig.Freiburg has an increasing goal scoring record when we look at their recent matches.They have scored in almost all of their last 12 matches and in this match they scored against their opponent, but one goal was not enough to win. Leipzig did not make any mistakes at home and won the match with 3 goals and added 3 points to their score and increased their points to 23.Although the point difference between Bayern Munich and Leverkusen is not much, it is at a level to close, so any points lost in these weeks could push them out of the championship race.

A team like Bayern Liverkusen can no longer be seen as a small team now because from all angle this season,they have shown that they are capable of winning greater things.They have been so consistent from day one till now,and they are showing no sign of tiredness.Liverkusen to me are the most prefered team that will win the  Bundesliga tittle this season because Alonso is one of the best coach in Europe for now,and what he has done so far is not what one will feel he isn't serious for the Tittle.I think Dortmund and Bayern Munich are still there to compete but with what we've seen from Liverkusen so far,u can say they are the favourite for the tittle this time around.

This team, like the team ran out of gas when the 2023/2024 competition started. In previous seasons, Union Berlin always went all out to stay in the middle of the standings. In the 2022/2023 season, Union Berlin appeared different, they even sat at the top of the Bundesliga standings, although in the end Union Berlin experienced a setback and their ranking was again taken over by Bayern Munich.

To be honest, throughout this season I have never watched a Union Berlin match. However, when playing the match against Napoli in the Champions League group phase, I just found out that Union Berlin played a mess as a whole. both in the front line, defense, especially the midfield players. So it's natural, even though I only watched one match. With their series of defeats in the Bundesliga, I can already imagine Union Berlin's style of play. So it's only natural that in 11 matches they were only able to win twice and the rest were defeats.
Honestly, I'm too lazy to analyze what happened to the Berlin camp, and what was the problem for Usr Fischer.

However, because of your post, I just found out that the coach had made a joint decision to end managing Union Berlin and now Berlin is being handled by Marco Grote.

AFAIK Union Berlin head coach is Urs Fischer, and I heard from local media that Urs Fischer has also now been relieved of his duties from that chair. https://theathletic.com/5065295/2023/11/15/urs-fischer-union-berlin-leaves/ Hopefully the board's decision is right, and they must immediately find a replacement. So that in the winter transfer window, the new manager can freely build his squad to recover from their bad trend.

Something that cannot be predicted accurately, although there may be some indications that make some fans believe that in the future one of their favorite clubs will be able to perform better but it can always not be made fully confident, because of course the change of a team is always not fully predictable, we can see how Union Berlin is now, they are at the bottom of the table, it is very bad, even though last season they were able to impress in the competition in the top five area of the standings. Teams that were originally strong can turn out to be very weak and teams that were originally mediocre can become tough competitors in the race like Leverkusen and VfB, but yes, naturally it is a change from every team, but on the other hand I don't see that with Bayern Munich, and that's why Bayern Munich can always dominate the title at the end of the season, none other than because they are very strong in terms of performance and have very good consistency every season.

Yes this season looks more interesting than last season, there are many surprises from some newcomer teams to make the competition at the top of the table more interesting, it's good because of course I also want to see other teams involved in the end-of-season trophy hunt, not just Bayern Munich and Dortmund.

Whatever the worst reason behind Union Berlin becoming a sudden great team to the worst they ever are is something that many are curious about this might be a sudden increase with the other team roster and I could be right about Union Berlin being a fraud and that they are just lucky getting the upper standing last season, for sure Union Berlin was like Leverkusen back then but now the performance has shifted for sure,


I think returning to the 2nd Division of the Bundesliga isn't really bad after all and that will be their faith from that I guess they will regroup again and form a new and stronger team for sure because they are not doing so well in this division maybe this is an opportunity for them returning to the 2nd Division and prepare for the next season on the Bundesliga, and because the other teams have a spark of performance this season I really think Union Berlin can not compete even further anymore,


You have a point we are now in Matchday 12, getting into it and for sure there will be many who may disapprove of this as there are some that would like Union Berlin to improve instead of kicking the bucket and get back in the 2nd division,

I don't know what actually happened to Union Berlin this season, even though in the previous season they performed very well and even managed to finish in 4th place until the end of the season, just imagine, when they faced Leverkusen a few days ago, Union Berlin's performance was very bad, they were only a little able to get the ball

While Leverkusen continues to show their best performance, they are even able to stay at the top until now with a difference of 2 points from Bayern who are in 2nd position, it seems that a derby competition is taking place at the top of the Bundesliga standings

I feel very sorry for Union Berlin, a lot of very passionate fans, a small team with big dreams. But in fact, after successfully qualifying for the UCL league last season, they had to divide their concentration in the Bundesliga this season, so it's no surprise they are at the bottom of the standings.

But I don't think they are relegated because basically they will be knocked out of the Champions League so they can fully concentrate on the Bundesliga. I predict they will finish 12th. They need to rediscover the spirit of the small club Union Berlin Rebels like previous seasons. So once they are eliminated from the Champions League, they can only concentrate on the Bundesliga

They've just sacked the manager incharge of all of these seasons disaster, he was the coach inchargyof the success they had towards the Champions League qualifications and good performance they had in the German Bundesliga last season.
I don't know who's in line for that job right now, I haven't seen anyone linked with the club. All throughout the stay of this manager recently sacked,  they've just gotten to get a good goal scored against Napoli during the Champions League game against Napoli.
The pressure that comes from European Competitions and games are top notch, it's no easy sport truly for Union Berlin, they have suffered very well indeed.