Do you guys think Leipzig is a serious contender for the title and could give Bayern a run for their money? Or are they not strong enough to keep it up?
They're a bit weird team, they've been doing really good in the past years and would always finish somewhere in the top, but nobody ever mentions them as a serious prospect for the league winner. They had a big away win against Leverkusen (3-2) this season and currently have the same points as Bayern, but are not doing that great in the Champions League as they've lost their first 2 games.
Leipzig look quite strong now but I can't ever be confident about them. We have seen many examples of it. They just can't be consistent until the end of a season. I won't be surprised if it happens again. I mean they are one of the richest teams in the Bundesliga actually.
But they lack the strength in many ways compared to a team like Bayern Munich for example.
I don't say such thing as "Leipzig will never win a league title." or so. But it is very difficult to predict early in the season. I'm always okay with seeing different champions. But I really want Kane to win his first title at the same time.
In football, nothing is impossible, especially since the Bundesliga has only been running for six weeks, who would have thought that last season Bayern Leverkusen could win the Bundesliga for the first time without losing. The same thing could also happen to Leipzig, sometimes with the best squad it is not necessarily possible to win the title, to be able to win the title the team needs solid teamwork and always maintain high spirits in every match in order to be consistent, this is what happened to Leverkusen last season. When a team has high self-confidence and has the ability, any team can be defeated, including Bayern Munich.
So by looking at the current Bundesliga standings, all teams have the same chance, all teams can provide a surprise at the end of the season. This season's Bundesliga will be more competitive than last season, indeed Bayern Munich will be favored to win the title, but if they underestimate their opponents, of course they will be easily defeated like when they played against Aston Villa in the UCL league, who would have thought that Bayern Munich who were favored would win easily, but instead they lost. Leipzig in the UCL league did not perform well because in my opinion they will focus more on the Bundesliga.