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This seasons Bundesliga has been one of the best yet due to again, its unpredictability. Over the last three seasons, only one title has gone to Bayern Munich, the countrys biggest team. In the 06-07 season, it went to Stuttgart. The next season it went to Bayern after they spent heavily by signing Franck Ribery, Luca Toni, Miroslav Klose and numerous others. Last season, it went to Wolfsburg, who were ninth at the start of the winter break. The equivalent of this in England would be Aston Villa then Chelsea and then Everton. In what the Bundesliga lacks in few World cla s players, it makes up with great title and relegation battles, with it usually being left Kenley Jansen Jersey until the last day of the seasonTitle RaceThis season, with le s than 10 games to go, Bayern Munich are leading, but this is not as comfortable as they would have liked it to be. Bayer Leverkusen, Germanys biggest underachievers have been leading for most of the season and Schalke in second place could easily snatch it. These three teams look to be running away from the chasing pack of Hamburg, Boru sia Dortmund and Werder Bremen.Bayern Munich, led by diminutive Dutchman Louis Van Gaal, were favourites to win as they spent ma sively in the Transfer Window, signing Arjen Robben, Ivica Olic, Mario Gomez, Anatoliy Tymoschuck, Danijel Pranjic amongst others. They struggled at the start, but after a long winning streak, they are at the top, where the title is now theirs for the taking. Bayer Leverkusen were top nearly the whole season, but after the barren run of drawing against FC Koln and losing to Nuremberg, they might have lost their chance of winning the title. Bayer fans must be asking what might of been if striker Patrick Helmes hadnt broken his leg in the summer. Despite this, Stefan Kiefling and many others have stepped up.Schalke are the final team in this title conundrum. Despite limited funds, Felix Magath, who managed Wolfsburg to the title last year, have been near the top spot the Joc Pederson Jersey whole season. Their defence, which was also the area Magath built his own Stuttgart team around, has been the key to their succe s. With Manuel Neuer in goal, captain Heiko Westermann, Brazilian Rafinha and two finds in Joel Mtip and Benedikt Howedes havr been in great form.My prediction is that Bayer Leverkusen will win the title as I think Bayern might focus too much on the Champions League. Schalke will sneak second place while Bayern will have to settle for third.Here is the table as it stands at the top.Bayern Munich 53Schalke 51Bayer Leverkusen 50The race for EuropeThe race for the two Europa League places at the minute is between Hamburg, Boru sia Dortmund and Werder Bremen. Hamburg will surely finish fourth with the signing of Ruud Van Nistelrooy. Like Bayer, they will be wandering what if Paolo Guerrero didnt get injured, but Van Nistelrooy could make up for this. Boru sia Dortmund have exceeded many peoples expectations and top scorer Lucas Barrios has been one of the finds of the season. Werder Bremen are the final team in this category and its surprising that they arent higher but Mezut Ozil, Marko Marin and Claudio Pizarro have impre sed.My prediction Justin Turner Jersey is that Hamburg will get the fist Europa League place as they have the strongest squad and Werder Bremen narrowly beating Boru sia Dortmund to the final place as they have the players to carry them throughHere is the table as it stands in this category at the moment.Hamburg 43Boru sia Dortmund 42Werder Bremen 39Mid TableThere are many teams which it is hard for them to get into Europe or they will probably not get relegated. Stuttgart have not reached their expectations yet this season, but new manager Christian Gro s is steadying the ship there. Eintracht Frankfurt and Mainz were two of the favourites for relegation at the start, but are now punching above their weight. Wolfsburg have been the shocks of the season as they were champions last season to a mid table team in Hyun-Jin Ryu Jersey le s than a year. Two of last years promoted teams Hoffenheim and Boru sia Monchengladbach are maintaining their position as mid-table teams. Here is the table as it stands at the minute.Stuttgart 35Eintracht Frankfurt 35Mainz 35Wolfsburg 34Hoffenheim 32Boru sia Monchengladbach 30Relegation BattleThe teams in and around the relegation area shows some surprises. FC Koln and Bochum shouldnt be in this position, especially FC Koln after the signing of Lukas Podolski. These two teams should survive though. Nuremberg are one place above the playoff position against a 2.Bundesliga team, but they are on a good run of form at the minute and this could make them survive. Hannover dont deserve to be in a relegation battle after Robert Enkes tragic death, but theyhave struggled without him ma sively. Freiburg were the favourites for relegation at the start of the season and they are proving this currently. How are Hertha Berlin so low after last seasons fantastic finish. Apart from Columbian striker Adrian Ramos, it has been po sibly the worst season in a long time at Hertha.My prediction is that Koln and Bochum will stay up comfortably Nuremberg will just stay up with Hertha Berlin scraping into the playoff place. Hannover and Freiburg I think will go down to the 2.Bundesliga.Here is the table as it stands at the bottom.FC Koln 27Bochum 27Nuremberg 21Hannover 20Freiburg 20Hertha Berlin 15By my predictions, this is how the table should stand.Bayer LeverkusenSchalkeBayern MunichHamburgWerder BremenBoru sia DortmundStuttgartWolfsburgMainzEintracht FrankfurtHoffenheimBoru sia MonchengladbachFC KolnBochumNurembergHertha BerinHannoverFreiburgPromotion from the 2.BundesligaKaiserslautern are leading the way at the top of the table comfortably and look set to return to the Bundesliga. Augsburg are in second Mark Lowe Jersey place and |
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