Both sides have walked onto the Allianz Arena pitch.

Kick-off just minutes away.

What does that mean? Well, losing England star Sancho comes as a significant setback because he has been on fire in 2021 so far.

Since January he has scored six and provided six assists. A blow, this certainly is!

Dortmund had seemed willing to monitor a few injuries leading up to this one, but late on Friday they confirmed that Jadon Sancho, Giovanni Reyna and Raphael Guerreiro would not travel for the game.

Thomas Muller starts for Bayern Munich for the first time in almost a month, having come off the bench in last week's win against Cologne.

Bayern Munich: Neuer (c), Sule, Boateng, Alaba, Davies, Kimmich, Goretzka, Sane, Muller, Coman, Lewandowski.

England winger Jadon Sancho is out with a thigh injury. Fellow Englishman Jude Bellingham, however, is named on the bench.

Borussia Dortmund: Hitz, Meunier, Hummels, Zagadau, Schulz, Can, Delaney, Reus (c), Dahoud, Hazard, Haaland.

The meeting of two of German football's biggest clubs is always a big occasion with plenty at stake.

Today is no different.

After RB Leipzig's win away to Freiburg earlier today, Bayern need to win to return to the Bundesliga summit.

Fifth-placed Dortmund, who are 13 points adrift of Bayern, need a positive result to boost hopes of qualifying for the Champions League.

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Hello and welcome to the first instalment of today's European football action.

Bayern Munich host Borussia Dortmund, it's a match that's regarded the crown jewel of German football.

It's Der Klassiker time!