Der Klassiker! Dortmund Vs Bayern Munich Headlines Bundesliga Matchday 10 Clashes

Der Klassiker This weekend marks the first of the season the eagerly anticipated match-up between Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern Munich. This year there is so much to look forward to: Dortmund seeking redemption after narrowly missing out on the title last season, while Bayern are finding their stride but are yet to take charge at the top of the table. With both teams still undefeated so far this season, who will come out on top at Signal Iduna Park?

Its here. Der Klassiker a footballing event followed the world over takes centre stage on Matchday 10 as the always-entertaining Bundesliga moves up one more gear.

Champions FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund provided us with a thrilling title finale at the end of last season, and the teams coming together this Saturday will write a new chapter in a rivalry that has grown in stature as the years have passed.

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After Bayern came out on top to take the title from the Black-and-Yelows grasp last term, BVB fans are still smarting from that crushing setback. Those same, vociferous supporters will pack the Signal lduna Park this weekend hoping to roar their side forward
as they go in search of a modicum of revenge against the record champions.

Yet Bayern arrive in North Rhine-Westphalia in awesome form and on the back of dishing out an 8-0 thrashing on SV Darmstadt 98 last weekend. Harry Kane scored a hat-trick in that game which included a jaw-dropping goal from the halfway line to become the
first player in Bundesliga history to score 12 goals in his very first nine games in Germanys top flight. Several of Kanes fellow goal scorers against the Lilies, like the mesmerising Jamal Musiala and assured Leroy San, are certain to feature strongly in Der Klassiker. Facing them will be Julian Brandt in the form of his life, recently signed sharpshooter Niclas Flkrug, and the evergreen Marco Reus.

BVB currently boast a highly impressive 17-game unbeaten run in the Bundesliga the longest of any team while they have not lost at their intimidating home in their last 20 top-flight fixtures. Edin Terzics men have also posted more points in this calendar year (67) than Bayern (60) while Die Schwarzgelben have even outscored their Saturday opponents in 2023 with 78 goals to the Bavarians 77.

If the non-stop entertainment of last seasons Klassiker in Dortmund is to be replicated this time around, were in for a very special Saturday. Back then, the hosts at Signal lduna Park fought back from 2-0 down to earn a 2-2 draw with almost the last kick of the game. That result saw Dortmund end a run of seven straight defeats against their lofty rivals, although Bayern blew their opponents away in the corresponding fixture later in the campaign, which was coach Thomas Tuchels first in charge of the Bavarians.