Can Tuchel-ball make it at Bayern" | Photo by Ralf Ibing - firo sportphoto/Getty Images

While the Hinrunde usually concludes after 17 matches, we have to make do with 16 this time. So, can Bayer Leverkusen actually win the league" Will Borussia Mönchengladbach get relegated" Will Tuchel-ball be enough for Bayern Munich" Bayern Munich, bruised black and blue, entered the winter break in second place after one of their best ever starts to a Bundesliga season; very little troubled Bayern along the way aside from a humbling at the hands of Eintracht Frankfurt. The Bundesliga itself continued to be eventful and so, it is time to reflect before it all returns!
Bayern Munich was unwatchable at times but produced results; will that be enough" It remains to be seen whether Tuchel-ball, which exerts so much control that viewers have been known to fall asleep (ahem...me, that is..) during games, will actually stand the test of time. Some performances have produced dire wins (FC Köln) while others have produced dire draws (Copenhagen) or inexcusable losses (Eintracht Frankfurt, Saarbrücken). So far, when Tuchel-ball has been put to the test against the Bundesliga?s high flyers, it has really only succeeded against VfB Stuttgart (please, let?s not speak about Borussia Dortmund).
For now, Tuchel-ball has managed to hold it together. However, unless Bayern starts producing the kind of displays the team put together against Stuttgart and...