Borussia Dortmund chief executive not a fan of Leipzig

We need an intensity in our play, We need a lot of courage and we have to have compactness at every given moment.

The victory toppled Bayern from the Bundesliga summit, giving debutants, RasenBallsport Leipzig a three-point lead.

But all eyes will be on Dortmund, where the German league’s top two strikers – Borussia’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Bayern’s Robert Lewandowski – will go head-to-head. “We don’t want to take any risks following his long injury layoff”. If we back Home and Draw in the Double Chance market at [1.83], we get a victor if Dortmund win or draw. The reigning champion as well as current league leader Bayern Munich, have a decent defence line-up besides having a world-class midfield and forward line, whereas Dortmund boast of a host of young players.

The 28-year-old is likely to team up with Andre Schurrle on the left side, who was happy to use the intermission to return to full fitness.

Although it isn’t by any means catastrophic or even poor form, Bayern’s three draws from their last five Bundesliga matches against Hoffenheim, Eintracht Frankfurt and FC Koln respectively could potentially cause minor concern for fans used to winning nearly every week.

The pick of the Dortmund vs Bayern stats, including the fixture’s record win and Thomas Muller’s goal drought.

European football begins to heat up as the two German superpowers, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, prepare for battle against each other at Signal-Iduna-park on Saturday, November 19. Both teams have played 10 matches so far. Unfortunately for Ancelotti and co. individual talent in the Bayern squad is at an all-time low as a number of key players have been vastly underperforming.

Thomas Tuchel, Borussia Dortmund head coach and Carlo Ancelotti, Bayern Munich coach, would agree that none of the interest or the intensity level of the match has dropped. It will be worth watching to see how well they perform. Reus has finished his rehab but can’t make a comeback to the field before late December.

Robben was injured while playing for Holland against Luxembourg last week but hoped to be fit for the match. “We are not happy as we have lost a very important game today“.

Six points separate first place from fifth place in the closest Bundesliga race in years.

Dortmund have been often caught stumbling out of the starting blocks after worldwide breaks, but they were on full song right at the start and got on the scoreboard early on Saturday.

However, if they are to slice that deficit in half, they will have to beat Bayern in the league for the first time since April 2014.