Bayern Munich vs Borussia Dortmund Preview

First against second, both unbeaten and level on 17 points: Saturday’s meeting at the Allianz Arena is as direct a top-of-the-table clash as the Bundesliga calendar allows. Bayern Munich lead only on goal difference, their +19 built on 25 goals in seven league games. Borussia Dortmund have scored fewer but conceded just four, the joint-meanest record in the division alongside nobody else above them. Both sides came through DFB-Pokal ties in midweek, and both arrive with a run of wins behind them. Kick-off is at 5:30pm GMT.

Bayern are unbeaten in five, with three wins and two draws, 20 goals scored and eight conceded. Wednesday’s 6-1 home win over Magdeburg in the DFB-Pokal was the latest, three days after a 3-1 victory away at Freiburg in the league. Earlier in the run came a 2-2 home draw with Arsenal in the Champions League, a 6-1 thrashing of RB Leipzig at the Allianz Arena and a 3-3 draw away at Viking in Europe. Both draws came in the Champions League, while all three wins were domestic. Bayern have scored at least twice in every game, and three or more in four of the five.

Dortmund have won their last three. Tuesday’s 3-2 home win over Werder Bremen in the DFB-Pokal was the most recent, and before that they beat Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 at home in the league and won 2-1 away at Sabah FC in the Champions League. Further back sit a goalless draw at Union Berlin and a 1-0 defeat away to Bodo/Glimt in Europe. That makes three wins, a draw and a defeat, with six goals scored and four conceded, and two clean sheets in the five. Dortmund last played on Tuesday, a day before Bayern.

Bayern have won the last three meetings and are unbeaten in the last five against Dortmund, with three wins and two draws. The most recent was a 2-1 Bayern win away at Dortmund in the Supercup in August, and before that Bayern won 3-2 on the same ground in the league in February. At the Allianz Arena, Bayern won 2-1 in October 2025 and drew 2-2 in April 2025. Both sides have scored in every one of the five meetings, and none was decided by more than a single goal.

Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund are level at the top on 17 points each, with Bayern first on goal difference. A Bayern win would take them to 20 points and three clear of Dortmund, while a Dortmund win would lift them to 20 and top of the table, three ahead of Bayern.

In Germany, the game is live on Sky Sport Bundesliga 1 and Sky Sport Bundesliga UHD, with streaming on Sky Go and WOW. UK viewers can watch on Sky Sports Football or stream through Sky Go UK, SKY GO Extra and NOW, while in the USA it’s on USA Network and Telemundo, with Peacock and fuboTV streaming.

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