BORUSSIA DORTMUND are hosting rivals Bayern Munich in Bundesliga action this evening, and what a game it should be.
Both sides come into the match off the back of impressive victories in the Champions League as Bayern Munich thrashed Viktoria Plzen 5-0 at the Allianz.
Dortmund, on the other hand, travelled to Seville and came out 4-1 victors over the La Liga side, leading to the dismissal of Julen Lopetegui, the favourite for the Wolves job.
The Yellow Submarine will be hoping to overcome their rivals Bayern Munich as they face off in the league, with both teams sitting on 15 points, two behind leaders Union Berlin.
- Kick-off: 5.30pm BST
- TV channel/ live stream: Sky Sports Football
- Borussia Dortmund XI: Meyer, Schlotterbeck, Ozcan, Guerreiro, Hummels, Moukoko, Brandt, Malen, Bellingham, Can, Sule
- Bayern Munich XI: Neuer, Upamecano, De Ligt, Pavard, Gnabry, Goretzka, Sane, Mane, Sabitzer, Davies, Musiala
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Bayern formation
Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann appears to have opted for a 4-2-3-1 formation against Borussia Dortmund.
Benjamin Pavard starts at right-back with Alphonso Davies on the other side, while Matthijs de Ligt and Dayot Upamecano link up at centre-back.
Leo Goretzka and Marcel Sabitzer team up in midfield with Jamal Musiala at No10.
Leroy Sane covers the right flank with Sadio Mane on the other side, while Serge Gnabry leads the line
Dortmund formation
Borussia Dortmund manager Edin Terzic appears to have opted for a 4-3-3 formation against Bayern Munich.
Alexander Meyer starts in goal with Niklas Sule at right-back and Raphael Guerreiro on the other side, while captain Mats Hummels and Nico Schlotterbeck team up at centre-back.
England star Jude Bellingham, Emre Can and Salih Ozcan link up in midfield.
Julian Brandt, Donyell Malen and Youssoufa Moukoko lead the attack
Bayern stats
Bayern Munich have endured a rough start to the season with only four wins in eight Bundesliga matches.
Bayern have only lost once to Augsburg and drew three of their other matches.
The Bavarians have won all three Champions League matches in their tough group against Barcelona, Inter Milan and Viktoria Plzen.
The German champions have conceded six times but have the best attack in the German top tier with 23 goals
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Dortmund stats
Borussia Dortmund are fifth in the Bundesliga with the same amount of points as Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen, who are third and fourth respectively.
Dortmund have lost three times already, last time they picked up as many defeats in eight league matches was eight years ago while under Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp.
The hosts are the only team this season to lose twice after leading against Werder and Koln.
This only happened to them three times last season in the Bundesliga
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1 Kobel, 10 Hazard, 17 Wolf, 20 Modeste, 27 Adeyemi, 30 Passlack, 26 Rothe, 44 Coulibaly, 47 Papadopoulos
Dortmund XI
33 Meyer, 4 Schlotterbeck, 6 Ozcan, 13 Guerreiro, 15 Hummels, 18 Moukoko, 19 Brandt, 21 Malen, 22 Bellingham, 23 Can, 25 Sule
Bayern subs
26 Ulreich, 35 Schenk, 6 Kimmich, 11 Coman, 13 Choupo-Moting, 38 Gravenberch, 39 Tel, 40 Mazraoui, 44 Stanisic
Bayern XI
1 Neuer, 2 Upamecano, 4 De Ligt, 5 Pavard, 7 Gnabry, 8 Goretzka, 10 Sane, 17 Mane, 18 Sabitzer, 19 Davies, 42 Musiala
The team sheets are in!!!
Head-to-Head
Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich’s first ever encounter took place way back in 1965 when the latter won 2-0 away in a Bundesliga match.
Since then the two rivals have faced off a total of 131 times with Bayern winning a majority of 67 times, compared to Dortmund’s 34 victories across all competitions.
The hosts haven’t beaten the German champions since 2019 when they won 2-0 in the Supercup Final.
In fact, Dortmund have lost all of their last eight meetings with the Bavarians across all competitions
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Dortmund manager Edin Terzic is likely to welcome Marius Wolf and ex-Bayern star Mats Hummels back after they both missed the midweek trip to Sevilla due to illness.
Goalkeeper Gregor Kobel is also likely to feature between the sticks for the first time in over a month following a muscle tear.
Mateu Morey (meniscus), Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (shoulder), Mahmoud Dahoud (shoulder), Luca Unbehaun (back) and captain Marco Reus (ankle) all remain sidelined.
Ex-West Ham star Sebastien Haller is of course unavailable for the foreseeable future due to a testicular tumour.
Under-fire Bayern manager Julian Nagelsmann, on the other hand, was recently dealt a significant blow when Thomas Muller and Joshua Kimmich tested positive for COVID-19.
However, reports suggest Kimmich is available for Der Klassiker, which is of course a massive boost for Nagelsmann.
Lucas Hernandez (muscle), Bouna Sarr (knee) and Kingsley Coman (hamstring) all remain sidelined for the German derby.
Former Liverpool superstar Sadio Mane is expected to start of course in Bayern’s frontline but it remains to be seen how he will be operated.
Mane played down the left in the midweek Champions League clash against Viktoria Plzen for ex-Arsenal ace Serge Gnabry to play in a more central role
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