One of the most anticipated clashes of the whole
One of the most anticipated clashes of the whole

BVB aiming to hit the ground running in Leverkusen

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Leverkusen - If the sides' encounter earlier this season was anything to go by, then Bundesliga fans are in for quite a treat when Bayer 04 Leverkusen host Borussia Dortmund in Matchday 18's Saturday night clash (kick off: 18.30 CET / 17.30 GMT).

Karim Bellarabi got Leverkusen's season off to a flyer with a goal after only nine seconds at the Signal Iduna Park on Matchday 1 as die Werkself emerged 2-0 victors. The loss foreshadowed a wretched Hinrunde for BVB, and Jürgen Klopp knows that his side can hardly afford a repeat performance when two of the Bundesliga's most instinctively attacking sides get the second half of their seasons underway.

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Possible line-ups:

Bayer 04 Leverkusen: Leno - Hilbert, Spahic, Toprak, Wendell - L. Bender, Castro - Bellarabi, Calhanoglu, Drmic - Kießling

Borussia Dortmund: Weidenfeller - Piszczek, Sokratis, Hummels, Schmelzer - Sahin, Gündogan - Kampl, Reus, H. Mkhitaryan - Aubameyang
Check out Nuri Sahin's fabulous strike on the opening Matchday of last season's Rückrunde courtesy of the Bundesliga's official YouTube channel: