Leverkusen are not as strong as last season but they have a chance to compete with Bayern Munich this season. The upcoming match will pit both of them against each other and I think it is difficult to predict who will win the match.
Agree.
Leverkusen's performance at the start of this season is still not up to expectations, Conceding nine goals after four games is too much.
But I'm sure Alonso can learn a lot, analyze it, and fix it, in time they will be ready for the top two games, against Bayern in the Bundesliga and Milan in the UCL.
BTW, Jonathan Tah and Edmond Tapsoba can't survive in aerial duels and Nathan Tella looks like he has to play against Bayern.
Last season Leverkusen performed very perfectly unbeaten and they were able to end the season as a team with a few concedes, but after being able to maintain a 35-game unbeaten run in the league but in begin this season they must to end that positive trend at the hands of Leipzig, although they failed to maintain an unbeaten record but I think Leverkusen is still the favorite team as a title contender this season.
The match against Bayern Munich next week will be a test of consistency for Leverkusen and also the first test for Kompany by facing a strong team in the Bundesliga, I think the match will be a game full of revenge from Munich after in the last few games Munich failed to beat Leverkusen, although the result of the match will not affect their chances of get trophy because a still long season, but of course victory will be very important in order to improve the mentality of the two teams later.
This match will be the match that we will use to examine the quality of both teams and who is better than the other because they are both strong teams and rivals.
So far, Bayern Munich have won all their four matches with 12 points, and Leverkusen only lost one match and won three making them to be on 9 points and second on the table. It will be a fierce match and if Munich wins the match they wil increase the point gap between them an Leverkusen. On the other hand, if Leverkusen wins they will be on the same point.