Nurnberg
* Did well to get promoted
* Will struggle to stay up, will definitely be in the bottom 3
Prediction: 18th – Relegated
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Freiburg
* Just survived last year
* Lost a few players
Prediction: 17th – Relegated
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Hannover
* Think they are going to struggle again this year.
* Sold their top CB not really replaced him and conceded loads last year
Prediction: 16th – Playoff game
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Fortuna Dusseldorf
* Added a load of new players (most on free/loan
* Stepping up a level will be hard as they haven’t brought any top flight players in
Prediction: 15th
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Mainz
* Sold a couple of key players
* Similar to last season, will be fighting to avoid relegation
Prediction: 14th
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Augsburg
* Going to be scrapping
* Could be in trouble – but just safe
Prediction: 13th
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Hertha Berlin
* They haven’t done much business in the transfer window so remain pretty unchanged
* They do need to get Selke fit as soon as possible otherwise they may struggle at the beginning of the season
* Should still remain a decent mid table team.
Prediction: 12th
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Werder Bremen
* Lost their best player (Thomas Delaney) and haven’t replaced him
* They are going to struggle to score goals – bottom half but safe
* Finished 13th – 8th for the last 8 seasons
Prediction: 11th
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Eintracht Frankfurt
* Lost their manager and over achieved last season
* Need to keep hold of Rebic
Prediction: 10th
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Wolfsburg
* Lost their top scorer, but have made good signings
* They are better than where they finished last season
Prediction: 9th
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Borussia Monchengladbach
* Plea needs to hit the ground running.
* Don’t think they are good enough to get into the top bracket
Prediction: 8th
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Stuttgart
* They have slightly strengthened their squad now and held on to most of their key players
* Think they will do well like last season
Prediction: 7th
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Hoffenheim
* Serge Gnabry who was on loan to them last season and scored 10 goals is back at Bayern this season
* Mark Uth their top scorer has also left
* A lot of pressure on Kramaric to score goals
* Will struggle to qualify for the CL again
* Manager is leaving at the end of the year
Prediction: 6th – Europa League
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RB Leipzig
* Slight improvement
* Longer term success
Prediction: 5th – Europa League
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Bayer Leverkusen
* Good squad and held on to all their key players apart from their keeper (who they haven’t really replaced)
* Unlucky to miss out on Champions League on goal difference last season
Prediction: 4th – Champions League
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Borussia Dortmund
* Made some decent signings
* Marco Reus will hopefully play more
Prediction: 3rd – Champions League
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Schalke
* 2nd top scorer was a defender. Tells you the story.
* More goals needed. Mark Uth is the man for the job. Him and Burgstaller could be a great combo.
* 2nd with a smaller gap to Munich.
Prediction: 2nd – Champions League
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Bayern Munich
* Far too strong compared to everyone else – they will smash it again
* Interested to see how Alphonso Davies gets on (if he gets game time)
Prediction: 1st – Champions League