Dortmund need a win, and some luck, to become champions

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Borussia Dortmund face a tough task on the final day of the Bundesliga season as they travel to rivals Borussia Monchengladbach in need of a win, and a Bayern loss.

Bayern Munich host Frankfurt and will win the title with just a single point, no matter if Dortmund win due to superior goal difference.

Dortmund come into the game with 73 points, two behind Bayern and pushed the title race to the final day with a late winner last weekend against Fortuna Dusseldorf.

The Black and Yellow have one loss in five games and have scored 11 goals in their last four outings.

Gladbach are currently fourth now with 55 points; level with Bayer Leverkusen and one above Eintracht Frankfurt.

The Foals snapped a three-game winless run when they won 4-0 on the road against Nurnburg last weekend, but they head into Saturday’s game winless in seven consecutive home games.

The last seven meetings have ended in Dortmund wins; most recently a 2-1 win at the Signal Iduna Park with goals coming from Jadon Sancho and former Gladbach attacker Marco Reus.

Team news

Florian Neuhaus is suspended while Lars Stindl is out with a shin injury. Patrick Herrmann (thigh), Raffael (calf), Fabian Johnson (calf), and Mamadou Doucoure (thigh) are all doubtful.

Marcus Reus is back from his two-game suspensio after picking up a red card against Schalke, Marius Wolf is still out suspended. Achraf Hakimi is out with a foot injury while Abdou Diallo and Dan-Axel Zagadou are questionable for Favre’s side.

Kickoff is at 9:30 a.m. ET. on Saturday at BORUSSIA-PARK. The game will be televised in Canada across the Sportsnet network.

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