Hello and welcome to LIVE updates of the first Der Klassiker of the season. It's Borussia Dortmund versus Bayern Munich at Signal Iduna Park in a match that sees both coaches make their bows in their respective dugouts for what has become Germany's top fixture. Kick off 17:30 GMT.

Plenty at stake in this one even at this early stage. A Bayern win will see them move to within a point of BVB, while a victory for the hosts would mean they move seven points clear of the champions.

KICK OFF! Dortmund get the 120th Der Klassiker underway.

DID YOU KNOW? Former BVB favourite, Robert Lewandowski has scored three goals against his old club at the Signal Iduna Park.

Kovac: "Maybe our performances after the first few matches have not been like Dortmund's but we will try to play our game. There is a lot at stake for us and we want to cut the gap, not extend it. There is a lot of talk about pressure but I feel no pressure, believe me. Excitement and adrenaline yes, but I do not feel any pressure or fear."

Bayern president Uli Hoeness: "You can't go to Dortmund and say that you want to secure three points. Dortmund have had a very good season so far, no doubt about it. We do not go to Dortmund as favourites, but as underdogs – for the first time in a long time. We have to make sure we play a good game there and then we'll see what happens."

BVB coach, Lucien Favre: "We know that we are playing against a very good team with a lot of experience in all positions and we want to do a great job – we want that in every match. We have made progress in the past three or four months, but we still have a lot to learn tactically, especially the young players."

ENGLAND WATCH: Jadon Sancho was named in Gareth Southgate's latest England squad on Thursday and will hope to celebrate retaining his spot with the Three Lions' senior stars by marking his first Der Klassiker in style. The 18-year-old has netted four times in the Bundesliga so far this term. Dortmund are the league's leading scorers.

BAYERN: Neuer, Kimmich, Hummels, Boateng, Alaba, Martinez, Gnabry, Muller, Goretzka, Ribery, Lewandowski... Subs: Wagner, Sule, James, Rafinha, Ulreich, Will, Sanches.

DORTMUND: Hitz, Piszczek, Akanji, Zagadou, Hakimi, Witsel, Weigl, Sancho, Reus, Larsen, Götze...Subs:Oelschlägel, Delaney, Alcácer, Guerreiro, Dahoud, Pulisic, Toprak.

Bayern are four points further back in third (behind second-placed Borussia Moenchengladbach who won 3-1 at Werder Bremen earlier). Die Roten come into this on the back of a 2-0 CL success at home to AEK Athens and have started to show signs of much-needed improvement after a slow start under Niko Kovac.

Unbeaten Dortmund are currently a point clear at the top of the table having won seven of their opening 10 matches. However, die Schwarzgelben did warm up for this one with their first loss of the season in all competitions - a 2-0 reversal at Atletico Madrid in the Champions League in midweek.