Its hopes of winning the championship are now all but over — Bayern will be crowned kings of German soccer if it avoids defeat by Werder Bremen on Tuesday — but it has taken on a new identity in recent months.

In the 10 games since that loss to Leverkusen, Dortmund has kept seven clean sheets and conceded only three goals.

A trip to Signal Iduna Park is unlikely to be an agreeable tonic. Mainz is due to face 17th-placed Werder Bremen this weekend.

Provided Werder loses to Bayern Munich on Tuesday as expected, victory for Mainz could potentially guarantee its survival. It would not be a surprise in the slightest were manager Achim Beierlorzer to prioritise that game over this one.

Lucien Favre is coming towards the end of his second season in charge of Dortmund. Piatek, Krzysztof Ngankam, Jessic. Darida, Vladimir Lowen, Eduard.

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For the first time this season, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich will face off against one another in Bundesliga play for the latest edition of what is commonly known as "Der Klassiker.

Dortmund's recent rise to international prominence comes courtesy of a class of younger players like Erling Haaland 20 , Jadon Sancho 20 and Gio Reyna Bayern, meanwhile, are continuing down their path of world domination with the names that have helped them be one the best teams in Europe over the last few years: Robert Lewandowski, Thomas Muller, Manuel Neuer, Jerome Boateng and even Joshua Kimmich.

While this is a historic rivalry, it has been rather one-sided in recent years. Dortmund have won just twice out of the last 10 meetings between the two sides, and in the bigger picture, their success has paled in comparison to their rivals, a club that has won the Bundesliga for eight straight seasons -- 30 times overall, which is a record.

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