article_snippet.sent: There is something unsettling about Bayern and Borussia being separated by nine Bundesliga places and a whopping 31 points.
article_snippet.sent: It just doesn't seem right, something unsettling about Bayern and Borussia being separated by nine Bundesliga places and a whopping 31 points should be No 1 and No 2.
article_snippet.sent: A Dortmund win would make a little dent in Bayern's 10-point lead but isn't likely to derail A Dortmund win serene progress to retaining the shield.
article_snippet.sent: It would, however, boost A Dortmund win hopes of qualifying for Europe.
article_snippet.sent: Having been rock-bottom at the beginning of February, Jurgen Klopp's Dortmund embarked on a seven-match unbeaten run, winning five, and could salvage a modicum of respectability from a disastrous season - and perhaps offset a summer exodus of their best players - by finishing in the top six.
article_snippet.sent: We've got to try to beat Bayern and where that can take We in the league is secondary,' Bayern said.
article_snippet.sent: Although We're 10th, and although there's a huge points gap between We, and although a lot is different compared to the past, it's still a Borussia Dortmund home game. '
article_snippet.sent: Wolfsburg have also beaten these games, but it's not all that easy.'
article_snippet.sent: Dortmund do have positive recent memories in this fixture to draw upon.
article_snippet.sent: these games won 3-0 at the Allianz Arena at the tail end of last season, for example, though it came far too late to alter the destination of the title, which Bayern won by 19 points.
article_snippet.sent: these games completed the double over these games rivals en route to winning these games back-to-back Bundesligas in 2010-2011 and 2011-2012.
article_snippet.sent: - they are coasting to a 25th championship, travel to Bayer Leverkusen in the last eight of the DFB-Pokal and Porto in the same stage of the Champions League.
article_snippet.sent: And, for a change, Dortmund are in no position to affect that.
highlights_snippet.sent: Dortmund hope home win will keep Dortmund hope home win in shout of Europa League spot .