LIVE TEXT COMMENTARY: Gladbach v Dortmund
Follow live text commentary of the mouthwatering Matchday 18 meeting of Borussia Mönchengladbach and Borussia Dortmund (kick-off 18:30CET/17:30GMT).
AUBAMEYANG...MISSES
9' Great run into the box from Castro...CUTS IT BACK!!! And Aubameyang...puts it wide...rather scuffed his shot right across the face of goal.
7' Powerful run down the left by Traoré....but he can't find an end product.
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GRAZES THE BAR!!
5' Christensen climbs highest and powers a header goalwards the skims off the top of the crossbar...Gladbach close to breaking the deadlock through their young central defender.
3' It's a frantic start...here's Park on the left...loses out to Stindl...that could be quite a one-on-one battle down the Dortmund left/Gladbach right.
2' Dortmund with an early foray forward...Gündogan doesn't catch his attempted shot at all cleanly and the chance goes.
UNDERWAY!
1' We've kicked off in Mönchengladbach....
18:28 Thomas Tuchel makes his way out to the dug-out. His Dortmund debut on Matchday 1 could hardly have gone better...how will his side fare today against a barely recognisable Gladbach side?
18:27 The teams are in the tunnel, and must be able to hear the roar of the crowd as the Gladbach team is read out...they will be hit by a wall of noise when they step out onto the pitch...
18:25 BORUSSIA-PARK is ABSOLUTELY JUMPING five minutes to kick-off...what a game we have in prospect.
SATURDAY EARLY KICK-OFFS
18:15 There were five games that kicked off at 15:30CET/14:30GMT - see how they affected the Bundesliga table.
18:13 Both sides going through their final paces in the pre-match warm-up...just over 15 minutes until kick-off.
18:02 The atmosphere is really beginning to build at BORUSSIA-PARK....
DORTMUND'S SUPERHERO
17:12 If Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang were a superhero...
MARCO REUS EXCLUSIVE
STICK YOUR BEAK IN: BunDucksLiga 2016
14:58 See who'll be crowned the champion this year...can Hertha Berlin defend their title?
TOP SCORERS: Lewy closes on Auba
COACHES' CORNER: Thomas Tuchel
14:01 Take a look at how the new man in charge at the SIGNAL IDUNA PARK has made Dortmund a formidable Bundesliga force this season.
THEME PARK GLADBACH?
13:32 Borussia Mönchengladbach fans have been taken on a rollercoaster of emotions by their side so far this season...experience the highs and lows of being a Foals fan in the Hinrunde.
THE STAGE: BORUSSIA-PARK
12:53 Take your very own tour around the home of Borussia Mönchengladbach, the stage on which Saturday's Matchday 18 blockbuster will be played.
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Matchday 1 Rewind
12:20 Borussia Dortmund gave new head coach Thomas Tuchel an ideal start to his reign by putting in a swashbuckling display to beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 4-0 at home on the Matchday 1 Saturday evening encounter.
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12:00 We'll have live text commentary of the highly-anticipated meeting of Borussia Mönchengladbach and Borussia Dortmund (kick-off 18:30CET/17:30GMT) - enjoy all the build-up to the game right here.