Borussia Dortmund and Bayern München meet for the 132nd time across all competitions in the Bundesliga era.
No other fixture has been played as often in German professional football. Bayern’s 32 defeats to BVB is more than against any other team at professional level – as are Borussia’s 65 losses to the Munich club.
Borussia Dortmund have lost their last eight competitive encounters with Bayern since a 2-0 win in the 2019 Supercup. It’s BVB’s longest run of defeats to an opponent at professional level, equalling their streak against Hamburg from 1982 to 1985.
It’s the first time in 13 years that neither Bayern nor Borussia Dortmund are in the top two of the Bundesliga table going into a fixture against each other. The last occasion saw the Munich club win 5-1 in Dortmund on matchday 5 of 2009/10, with Thomas Müller scoring his first two Bundesliga goals.
Hummels set to return to the heart of the defence in place of Niklas Sule, who may miss out on the chance to get one over on his former side following his summer move from Munich to Dortmund.
Marius Wolf and Mats Hummels did not travel with the rest of the squad to Seville in midweek, with the pair both suffering from a common cold.
Mateu Morey, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, Mahmoud Dahoud and club captain Marco Reus all remain sidelined through injury, however, while Sebastien Haller is unavailable for the foreseeable future due to a testicular tumour.
Donyell Malen and Karem Adeyemi have both played twice in the past week following their injuries prior to the international break and look set to start in attack given their abilities in transition.
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