The 2023/24 Bundesliga season continues, and the biggest surprise of this season's Bundesliga is that Bayern Munich's dominance, which has achieved 11 consecutive league titles, has been broken, and the pharmaceutical company Bayer Leverkusen has been born to win the Bundesliga title five rounds ahead of schedule with an unbeaten record, ending Bayern's supremacy. At 0:30 a.m. Beijing time on April 28, the 31st round of the Bundesliga will usher in a key battle, with the new champion Bayer Leverkusen sitting at home against the dark horse Stuttgart, and Alonso's goal is to continue his unbeaten record.
Bayer Leverkusen are the only team in Europe's top five leagues to remain unbeaten in all competitions so far this season, going 45 games unbeaten in all competitions, setting a new unbeaten record for European football clubs. Alonso has built an unbeaten team in just a year and a half, and Bayer Leverkusen has not only won the Bundesliga title, but also reached the final of the German Cup and the last four of the Europa League, and Alonso has the opportunity to lead the team to an unbeaten record to win the treble of the season.
Bayer Leverkusen has only won three trophies in its 120-year history, and Alonso has led the team to break the curse of no top-flight title in 120 years of team history this season, and is expected to win three trophies in a single season, which is the same number of trophies that Bayer Leverkusen has won in 120 years in a year and a half, which is enough to make Alonso one of the world's first-class managers.
In addition to the surprise brought by Bayer Leverkusen in this season's Bundesliga, there is also a dark horse team, but the light of this dark horse team is overshadowed by Bayer Leverkusen's more dazzling achievements. Stuttgart have jumped from relegation in previous seasons to the top three of the league and have already secured a place in next season's Champions League four games ahead of schedule (as the Bundesliga are in the top two in European terms this season and will have five Champions League places next season, Stuttgart are 18 points ahead of sixth-placed Eintracht Frankfurt).
Bayer Leverkusen and Stuttgart are very distinctive in attack in the Bundesliga, Leverkusen scored 75 goals and conceded only 20 goals, ranking second in the Bundesliga in terms of goals, but the strongest defense, while Stuttgart scored 68 goals and conceded 36 goals, ranking fourth in goals, only 7 fewer than Leverkusen, ranking 4th in defense, with a more balanced attack and defense. In the scorer list, Stuttgart striker Girassi is second with 25 goals, eight behind Kane.
Bayer Leverkusen's attack in the front court blossomed more, Schick, Boniface, Frimpong, Wirtz, and Grimaldo five players scored double-doubles, including four players with double-doubles, of which Wirtz and Grimaldo are the top two in the assist list. Stuttgart, on the other hand, relied heavily on Gilassie and Ondav up front, who combined to score 45 goals and provide 11 assists.
In the last 10 meetings between Bayer Leverkusen and Stuttgart, Bayer Leverkusen have won 7 and drawn 3 to remain unbeaten, and in the first leg of this season, Bayer Leverkusen drew 1-1 away from Stuttgart. In the quarter-finals of the German Cup, Bayer Leverkusen narrowly beat Stuttgart 3-2 at home. For Bayer Leverkusen, they face a dilemma between an unbeaten Bundesliga season and a Europa League semi-final against Roma in midweek. Bayer Leverkusen are likely to make a rotation in preparation for the Europa League, so Stuttgart will be hoping to steal points.