All you need to know about the potential title decider against Dortmund

On Saturday evening, all eyes in the football world will be on the Allianz Arena! FC Bayern host Borussia Dortmund in the Klassiker on Bundesliga Matchday 31 (live text and Webradio commentary from 18:30 CEST on fcbayern.com and the FC Bayern app). What is already always a fiercely-contested fixture will be made even more so by the fact that the men from Munich have the chance to clinch a historic tenth straight German championship ahead of schedule. Find out all you need to know about the match in our preview.

Check out the images from the final training session ahead of the Bundesliga home game:

The situation for FC Bayern

"It's a special situation to be able to do that against your closest rivals - and in a sold-out stadium. It's a stroke of fate that makes it special," Bayern head coach Julian Nagelsmann said on Thursday in his press conference ahead of the match against Borussia Dortmund. "It doesn't get any better than this. It's going to be an awesome game, we're all looking forward to it," remarked Jamal Musiala, looking ahead to the clash. A home win against their closest challengers for the Meisterschale would see Bayern clinch their tenth Bundesliga title in a row with three games still to play. That would be a new exclusive record within Europe's top five leagues - FCB currently share the record of nine championships in a row with Juventus, who achieved this feat between 2012 and 2020.

We've taken a look back at special Bundesliga matches between Bayern and Dortmund: 

The opponents: Borussia Dortmund

With four matchdays of the campaign to go, BVB are in second place, nine points behind FC Bayern, and have already clinched qualification for the Champions League next season. On the last matchday, coach Marco Rose's team laid down a big marker with a 6-1 thrashing of VfL Wolfsburg. "They're very versatile and can play with different basic formations within one game,” was how FCB coach Nagelsmann described the upcoming opponents. "They're still one of the best teams in the final third of the pitch. When they inject a bit of pace, the game really speeds up. They simply have good footballers."

Team news, tactics and more: Watch the pre-match press conference with Julian Nagelsmann before the game against Dortmund again (with English translation) here:

Team news for FC Bayern vs. Borussia Dortmund

Bayern will be without Corentin Tolisso (torn muscle) and Bouna Sarr (patella tendon problems). Omar Richards is also likely to miss out with a cold and there’s a question mark over Kingsley Coman. "King's ankle has caused a bit of trouble again," said Nagelsmann. Lucas Hernández is available again.

BVB will be missing Gregor Kobel, Giovanni Reyna, Thomas Meunier, Axel Witsel, Mats Hummels, Donyell Malen, Mahmoud Dahoud and Thorgan Hazard on Saturday. Dan-Axel Zagadou and Marius Wolf are doubtful for the match.

What the coaches say

Julian Nagelsmann: "We want to win our home game, be crowned champions at home and we have our ideas, as we did in the reverse fixture and in the Supercup. It’ll be an exciting game between two strong teams and a worthy setting in which the championship is at stake."

Marco Rose (Borussia Dortmund coach): "Bayern can become champions. We want to try to prevent that, and to do it we'll need to be at the top of our game."

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