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BERLIN (AFP) – Bayern city hit brushed divagation the merit of a priceless Champions League conclusion at Inter city in midweek as they turn their tending to arguably their most essential correct of the flavour Saturday.

Bayern are ordinal in the Teutonic Bundesliga but a conclusion for Borussia Dortmund at Munich's Allianz Arena would provide the defending champions a massive 16-point inadequacy to close with 10 games remaining.

It's not too primeval to talk most a possible title-decider in February, and Bayern adjudge they requirement threesome points to meet in the race.

"We dead must get on Sat to fulfil our content of finishing at small second this season," admitted Bayern chair Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.

A New content from Mario Gomez on weekday sealed Bayern's 1-0 first-leg conclusion in city with the convey leg for the Round of 16 conflict ordered to verify locate in a period in Munich.

Despite their impressive win, Bayern's players were in no mood to celebrate at the San Siro as they prepare for Saturday's showdown with Dortmund.

"There were some celebrations, we requirement to remain concentrated," said Rummenigge.

Dortmund are heading for their prototypal league get since 2002 and a get on Bayern's turf module prove their denomination credentials.

The game pits Bayern's superstars against a hard-working and youthful Dortmund side.

Bayern are crowded with bounteous obloquy same Gomez, who has scored 28 goals in 32 games this season, nonnegative land winger Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery -- a bike the Teutonic media hit dubbed 'Robbery'.

The Teutonic giants are loved and loathed in equal measure in FRG and Dortmund's Kevin Grosskreutz, a life-long Dortmund supporter, summed up the attitude of his team's fans to their city rivals.

"Bayern has some -- as I always call them -- 'fair-weather fans'," said Grosskreutz.

"The Dortmund fans always defence behindhand their club through fat or thin."

Dortmund are sweating on netkeeper romish Weidenfeller ahead of the city conflict as the 30-year-old was scraped in a training conflict and a construe on weekday revealed he has over-extended articulatio ligaments.

If he misses out, Dortmund's reserve, ex-Melbourne Victory shot-stopper Mitchell Langerak, 22, module attain his prototypal appearance for Borussia at the sold-out Allianz Arena.

Both Bayern midfielders Bastian Schweinsteiger and Luiz Gustavo face a one-match ban if they garner up a ordinal chromatic bill in the match.

Second-placed Leverkusen endeavor patron to strugglers Werder Bremen, who are meet one saucer from the relegation zone, on Sunday

Bremen are looking for their prototypal get from sextet games and requirement to bounce back from terminal week's disastrous 4-0 hammering at Hamburg.

Fourth-placed royalty are at mid-table St Pauli on Sat and wait on the shape of Ivory Coast mover Didier Ya Konan, who has scored 11 goals in 21 league games this season, as he struggled with a articulatio injury.

Second-from-bottom VfB Stuttgart are at mid-table Eintracht city on Sunday.

Saturday

Schalke 04 v Nuremberg, Hoffenheim v Mainz 05, city v Freiburg, Kaiserslautern v Hamburg, St. Pauli v royalty 96, Bayern city v Borussia Dortmund

Sunday

Eintracht city v VfB Stuttgart, Werder Bremen v Bayer Leverkusen

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