Overview

• Both teams are unbeaten, with Bayern leading on 18 points and Dortmund second on 14 ahead of Saturday’s match in Munich.
• Vincent Kompany’s Bayern have six straight league wins, average more than four goals per game, and feature Harry Kane on 11 Bundesliga goals with Luis Díaz adding five and four assists.
• Dortmund’s revival under Kovač includes a long unbeaten run, one goal conceded in their last five league games, and a rapid attack led by Serhou Guirassy and Karim Adeyemi.
• Kovač calls Bayern the favorites but says Dortmund are “solid” and must be brave and proactive, while sporting chief Lars Ricken says the club must “earn the friction” of true rivalry again.
• Dortmund report near-full fitness after the international break, with Nico Schlotterbeck expected back from a cold and Guirassy prepared, as a stretch of six away trips in seven matches looms.