In my opinion, Bayern Munich's strongest rivals at the moment are Stuttgart and also Leverkusen. To occupy first place, Bayern Munich must win the match against Freiburg, but it is likely that Leverkusen and Bayern Munich will chase each other on points to fight for first position in the Bundesliga and if Leverkusen is able to win the match against Koln, of course Leverkusen will still be in first place with points that are much higher than Bayern Munich and it will be increasingly difficult for Bayern Munich to catch up on points to occupy first place in the Bundesliga.
So far the performance of both clubs is in good condition and so far Xabi Alonso deserves appreciation because he has succeeded in improving Leverkusen performance so that they can occupy first place. We will see to what extent Xabi Alonso is able to make his men continue to appear impressive when they face matches in the Champions League which is of course increasingly difficult.
To be honest, I'm not in the mood to underestimate the Stuttgart squad, especially since they also have attackers who are quite productive in terms of scoring goals. However, the question is, how long will they be able to maintain their ranking in the top four of the standings. This week Stuttgart will host Wolfsburg, and I don't think Wolfsburg is an easy opponent for them to beat considering their current performance is not that bad Let's just wait and see whether Stuttgart is able to continue with its positive trend.
Well, now we are talking about Bayer Leverkusen. In the near future, Leverkusen will play a match against Molde in the Europa League. At this time, we will not talk about whether they will win or lose in the European League competition against Molde. However, after that match, Leverkusen will host Koln at their home base BayArena. Well, with a busy schedule situation, negative impacts could happen to them. either the player is injured, or they could be experiencing fitness problems. and this could have an impact on their matches in the Bundesliga. but theoretically, Leverkusen should have won these two matches.
In the other match, Bayern will host Freiburg. After playing their match in the Champions League last night with full points, Bayern's position is quite safe in the Group A phase. Currently they have time to recover their stamina and prepare for the match against Freiburg. On paper, Bayern will win this match. If all the teams we mentioned in this post win their matches, it means the standings this week will not change. Well, for now at least we have quite competitive competition. although I believe that gradually Bayern Munich will return to the top of the Bundesliga standings.