Yess, and they are on fire in the last few weeks, their performance has increased quite significantly. and based on the interview with Xabi, he said that they have to end this year with a big win. one more time, to fly high. and this will make their motivation much higher for the win from Dortmund.
Xabi studied what made them stumble at the start of the season and now they are back to their best form and that has brought them back to 2nd place behind Bayern Munich by just 4 points.
There is still a long way to go, the key is for them to be consistent and their meeting with Bayern Munich could be a very decisive meeting for their position. In the last few meetings, Leverkusen have had very satisfying results, including the first leg which ended in a draw. A draw is already a good result, although a win would certainly be a very good result.
I also see Xabi Alanso seems to have learned from his mistakes and seems to have found his best formation which has made Leverkusen return to its best performance lately. Leverkusen is even currently pressing Bayern Munich because they have managed to reduce the gap to only 4 points. Although currently many football observers and even bookies place Bayern Munich as big favorites, but if they start to lose points, I think Leverkusen can do it in a row.
That could happen, last season Leverkusen even made an extraordinary comeback in almost every match in every match, this season it is not impossible that Leverkusen will give a surprise by overthrowing Bayern Munich in first place because Leverkusen's mentality under Xabi Alanso has been formed since last season. Even last season Bayer Leverkusen became a team that could destroy the Munich dynasty in the Bundesliga, they made a crazy transformation, they will also do that for this season. Leverkusen's tough test begins in their next match against Dortmund, if they manage to steal a point in this match then the possibilities I have mentioned above may come true.