If last season Leverkusen only succeeded in finishing in 6th place, then this season Leverkusen's chances of stopping in the top 3 are very big, with Alonso's good experience as a football player, he was able to build a strong team in defense and attack, i see his coaching style is similar to Jurgen Klopp. So far, Bayern has always been superior to its opposing team when playing at home, but when facing Leverkusen, the two seem evenly matched, Leverkusen's opponent in the next match is Heidenheim, it will definitely be an easy match for them to win.
Xabi Alonso's has had a positive impact on Bayern Leverkusen and it can be seen that since being coached by Xabi Alonso, Bayern Leverkusen has been able to improve its performance and managed to occupy first place in the standing. Even though it is still a new start for Leverkusen, I hope Leverkusen is able to be consistent and maintain it's position and be able to increase its strength and capable of appearing impressive in the current Bundesliga matchs.
Of course, when facing Heidenheim it will be an easy matchs for Leverkusen because they are playing at home and see that Leverkusen chances are bigger, but in their last match Leverkusen lost to Heidenheim but I think this seasons is different, Leverkusen has experienc a lot of improvement and is believed to be able to win match.
At the start of this season there were many surprises in the Bundesliga and one of the surprises was Leverkusen who managed to perform very well and occupy first place in the standings and were followed by Bayern Munich who were also the only defending champions with 11 trophies consecutive Bundesliga and record holder for most champions with 33 trophies.
And Leverkusen greatness in their last match managed to force Bayern Munich to finish with a 2 - 2 draw.
Yes for the next match Leverkusen will host Heidenheim with home advantage and this is a good opportunity for Leverkusen to be able to save full points again in the match against Heidenheim.