Dortmund host Leverkusen in league finale looking to finish third

Bayer Leverkusen vs Borussia Dortmund: Expected Starting XI
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Borussia Dortmund will be hoping to finish third in the league on Saturday when they host Bayer Leverkusen in the final game of the season.

The Black and Yellow are third with 61 points, tied with Wolfsburg heading into the last game. They have won seven games in a row following a 3-1 win over Mainz last time out.

Leverkusen are sitting sixth in the league with 52 points and have six wins, five draws and five losses on the road.

They come into the game having lost one of their last seven games after a 1-1 stalemate with Union Berlin.

In 21 meetings, Dortmund have 11 wins while Leverkusen have six. The last time they faced it was a 2-1 Leverkusen win, but Dortmund have 20 wins in five home games against Saturday’s opposition.

The hosts are missing Axel Witsel, Youssoufa Moukoko, Dan-Axel Zagadou, Mateu Morey and Marcel Schmelzer.

Leverkusen will be without Daley Sinkgraven, Lars Bender, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Santiago Arias, Lucas Alario and Leon Bailey while Nadiem Amiri and Edmond Tapsoba are suspended.

Kickoff is at 9:30 a.m. EDT. on Saturday morning at the Signal Iduna Park. The game will be shown in Canada on Sportsnet World.

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