yes you are right leverkusen is still a candidate club for the title and so far they are still consistent in their game, the players are still the same as before as well as the coach, there is no pattern of play that has been changed by xabi alonso. leipzig can be counted on in this game but if the opponent is leverkusen the chance to win is slim, most likely leipzig is targeting one pawn even though it will be difficult because leverkusen will not want to share points other things leverkusen's brilliance last season I doubt they can repeat it there is no guarantee for that especially some bundesliga clubs are also getting stronger so there must be a club that surprises and beats leverkusen this season.
It is indeed difficult for Leverkusen to be able to repeat the same success as last season, which is unbeaten in all Bundesliga matches.Leverkusen this season is still as strong as last season, but several other Bundesliga teams have also increased their quality so that it will be difficult for Leverkusen.
However, for the match against Leipzig this week, it will not be easy for both of them, but I think Leverkusen is still the favorite because they will play at home and also at the beginning of the season like this, we still find it difficult to measure the real strength of the team, so for Leipzig it is still unclear whether they can be better than last season or not, so for me I think holding Leverkusen is still quite feasible.
Leverkusen- 1.72
Leipzig- 4.50
This match is going to be interesting because this is a match between the defending champion of the Bundesliga and the team which is almost all of us in competition for the Bundesliga title. Well at least stays in the top three or four consistently, I am talking about Leipzig. This is going to be a big challenge for Leverkusen to win because the opponent is not easy. It will be very interesting to see if Leipzig will actually be able to Understand and find the flaws in the tactics of Alonso because we have seen in the last season in the last match Europa League that Atalanta was able to absolutely destroy the tactics of Leverkusen.
At the same time, Leverkusen is the defending champion of Bundesliga and they are definitely not going to take it easy on their opponent. I don’t think it makes sense to actually look for head to head comparison because Leverkusen has been a totally changed team since the last season. Before they were not as good, not even close