Both Bayern and Dortmund have important aims going into the monumental Matchday 29 encounter in Bavaria: the hosts are looking to push ever nearer to the Bundesliga title and BVB are eyeing European qualification, yet those targets will form only one part of the narrative when these two big rivals go head to head on Saturday.
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bundeliga.com has the pitch-side view of the crucial battles that could end up tilting the Der Klassiker balance.
Keeping watch at the back
While this will be BVB goalkeeper Gregor Kobel‘s fifth outing in this fixture, young Jonas Urbig could be all set for his first taste of it. With Manuel Neuer making training-ground progress following a muscle tear, there is no guarantee that the legendary shot-stopper will be fit in time to face Dortmund.
