Leverkusen v Dortmund: Xabi Alonso's Leverkusen put their five-match winning streak on the line as BVB come to town

Dortmund's young attacker holds off Frimpong to find space in the box, but the Leverkusen defender hacks the ball away on the second attempt.

Corner to come.

The home side continue to dominate at the moment, but silly fouls are giving Dortmund breathing space.

The Turkish midfielder smartly cuts out a Leverkusen pass before being fouled to relieve the pressure on the visitors.

The home side are enjoying a good spell of possession now.

A dangerous pot-shot from the German midfielder.

After a long build-up, the free kick is blasted over.

The speedy attacker is brought down wide on the right in a dangerous position. Free kick to come.

The returning forward is taking up a very wide position on the right of the Dortmund attack. Perhaps fancies his chances against Piero Hincapie.

A promising run into the box falls short after a good challenge from the Ecuadorian.

Less than a minute into the match and Jude Bellingham shows his class with a lovely turn in midfield before passing to Seb Haller who is hacked down. The referee awards a foul.

Leverkusen get us underway.

The teams are on their way out at the BayArena

The Leverkusen anthem is banging out around the stadium as the players line up in the tunnel.

Dortmund still have an outside chance at the league title this season, while Leverkusen's Champions League hopes are growing game by game.

Today's visitors have conceded 25 goals this season, against 21 expected goals against, while they've scored 25 v 29 expected goals.

That's an eight-goal under-performance in the league so far this season. Is today the day things turn around?

Ecuador defender Piero Hincapie has reportedly been the subject of a €25M bid from Tottenham but is still in the Leverkusen lineup today.

BILD and Nicolo Schira both reported the interest overnight, with Spurs looking to strengthen before the transfer window closes.

Dortmund haven't played out 90 minutes in the Bundesliga without either scoring or conceding a goal since October 2019.

That's a run of 108 consecutive league games with at least one goal being scored.

England star Jude Bellingham is back in the starting XI today after serving a suspension in their last match, while captain Marco Reus also returns on the substitutes' bench.

While he's only been on the Leverkusen bench since October, Xabi Alonso has made a real splash.

He's averaging 2.11 points per game in the Bundesliga, having won six of his nine games in charge so far.

Summer signing Sébastien Haller makes his long-awaited full Dortmund debut today, having missed most of the season while undergoing treatment for testicular cancer.

Leverkusen: Hradecky, Hincapie, Tah, Andrich, Amiri, Tapsoba, Diaby, Adli, Palacios, Wirtz, Frimpong. Subs: Lomb-Bakker, Kossounou, Azmoun, Demirbay, Sinkgraven, Olozek, Fosu-Mensah, Bellarabi

Dortmund: Kobel, Schlotterback, Ozcan, Haller, Wolf, Brandt, Bellingham, Can, Sule, Ryerson, Adeyemi. Subs: Meyer, Reyna, Reus, Guerreiro, Hummels, Moukoko, Modeste, Malen, Bynoe-Gittens