Dortmund are out of contention for the title this season and I don't see any chances for them so far and when compared to last season, the Bundesliga has had a bit of progress from usual where some other teams have shown changes. Leverkusen are the strongest competitors so far and maybe they will try to maintain consistency in order to have a chance of becoming champion candidates. Our concern may be that in the remaining matches Leverkusen will not be able to maintain their victory due to injuries to several of their players.
Dortmund this season wasted too many points so they were knocked out of the Bundesliga competition and what has now happened is that Dortmund has to compete for a place in the UCL League, namely being in the top four. Dortmund's inconsistency has become a tradition because every season they sell their star players so it is not surprising that last season they were competitors but this season they are not. And the good thing about this season is that even though Dortmund can't compete, there is Leverkusen who has appeared very surprising so that there is competition with Bayer Munich and makes the Bundesliga even more competitive. If there was no Leverkusen, maybe the Bundesliga would be very boring.
If this happens it will be the same as Dortmund last season because in the end they had to give up the champions who were so close. Alonso needs to be aware of this condition because if his players are not rotated he is worried that they will experience fatigue.
I am sure that under Xabi Alanso Leverkusen will put pressure on Bayern Munich until the end of the season. Leverkusen's style of play under Xabi reminds me of Leverkusen when they were still coached by Roger Schmidt, very attractive, at that time Leverkusen still had players like Leno, Brandt, Son and Calhanoglu. Even though they didn't win the title at all, at that time their game was quite consistent. But now under the guidance of Xabi Alanso I am sure Leverkusen will continue to be consistent until they are able to win the Bundesliga title this season.