Although the champions of many of Europe’s top leagues are only known in May each year, a club can gain a top name next weekend. Bayer Leverkusen has been leading the Bundesliga standings lately with an incredible 16 points. The wonderful team from all over Europe is hunting for the first time in the German first department championship.
Bayern Munich have dominated the Bundesliga in recent years, winning 11 consecutive top-flight titles. However, it is incredibly unlikely that the German giants will make an epic comeback and win the championship. Instead, Leverkusen is in a prime position to win the 2023 Cup. 24 Bundesliga title.
The North Rhine-Westphalia component has an unfortunate history of collapsing under pressure when necessary. Leverkusen is infamously known as ‘Neverkusen’ among rival German football fans. . Leverkusen has finished second on the most sensible flight five times. All of those near-misses have happened since 1997.
However, manager Xabi Alonso has kept his club running at full throttle during the current campaign. With the former midfielder at the helm, Leverkusen did not lose a single game in the 2023/24 season. That includes getting an incredible 24 wins from 28 Bundesliga games, so far. The remaining 4 league matches ended in a draw.
With Leverkusen having such an advantage in the league, they can close out the name race this weekend. The German team will host Werder Bremen on Sunday, April 14. If the league leaders manage to bounce back this weekend, they will be named. Bundesliga champions.
However, Leverkusen can still win the elusive trophy even with a rare defeat against Bremen. In that case, the club would want Bayern to lose their next game against Cologne on Saturday, and Stuttgart to also suffer a defeat against Eintracht Frankfurt. Bayern and Stuttgart are currently tied on 60 points and in second percentage place in the standings.
Assuming either Bayern or Stuttgart pick up just one point from their clashes this weekend, Leverkusen would also want just a draw against Bremen to win the Bundesliga.
Leverkusen, however, are the only popular European side looking for glory this weekend, as Welsh side Wrexham can secure automatic promotion to League One. The historic club has just been promoted to Ligue 2 ahead of the current campaign. They are struggling a bit in a new division, Wrexham have thrived in the 2023/24 season.
The Red Dragons are in Ligue 2 lately, but the three most sensible clubs in the standings get automatic promotion. For this reason, Wrexham can conclude the first promotion on Saturday, April 13. First of all, the Welsh team wants a win against Forest. Green Rovers this weekend. In addition to the win, Wrexham also want MK Dons and Barrow to suffer a defeat as well.
MK Dons have lately had five problems with the Welsh club with 3 games remaining on their schedule. Barrow, on the other hand, has 12 problems with Wrexham but has two more games in hand. Wrexham will have two more chances to secure automatic promotion if they fail. Saturday. Wrexham also qualified for at least a place in the promotion play-offs.
Ligue 2 leaders Stockport could also secure automatic promotion to Ligue 1 along with Wrexham with a win this weekend.
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