Good evening and welcome to our live text coverage of the Bundesliga match between Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund from the BayArena! This match promises to be a close affair with the two sides equal on 29 points in the Bundesliga, although Leverkusen are a place ahead in 3rd with slightly superior goal difference. We will be bringing you all the build-up, highlights and talking points from the match tonight, so stay tuned ahead of kick-off at 19:30.
Bundesliga / Matchday 17
BayArena / 19.01.2021
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Updated 19/01/2021 at 21:28 GMT
23'
Dortmund have been a bit overwhelmed by Leverkusen so far, who not only have superior possession but have also been pressing with lots of intensity.
22'
Bailey produces another great passes similar to his assist, this time in search of Alario, but there's just a little bit too much on it and Burki claims it easily.
14'
GOOOAAAAALLLL!!! Fantastic ball from deep from Bailey to Diaby, who makes a run beyond the defence to meet it and controls the ball with a brilliant touch before striking past Burki to make it 1-0.
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M. Diaby
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
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6'
Brandt finds Reus in space and he benefits from Wendell falling over but his eventual shot is tame and off-balance.
2'
SAVED!! Early chance for Leverkusen as Wirtz tries to curl one in, but Burki keeps it out and his defence clears the ball away.
1'
KICK-OFF: The match gets underway!
19:00
Yesterday marked one year since Haaland's Dortmund debut in which he incredibly scored a 23-minute hattrick.
He hasn't stopped scoring goals since!
18:52
Reports in Germany today have been talking of Leicester winger Damari Gray making the switch to Leverkusen, following in the footsteps of many other British players who have moved to play in the Bundesliga in recent years.
Would it be a good move for the 24 year-old?
18:44
DORTMUND TEAM NEWS
Caretaker manager Edin Terzic makes just two changes to the team who drew 1-1 with Mainz last Saturday.
It looks to be a 4-2-3-1, as Thomas Delaney partners Jude Bellingham in midfield instead of Emre Can and Manuel Akanji joins Mats Hummels at centre back in place of Dan-Axel Zagadou.
18:40
LEVERKUSEN TEAM NEWS
Peter Bosz makes 5 changes to the XI that started last Friday's away loss to Union Berlin.
Bender replaces Dragovic at right-back and Wendell comes in for Sinkgraven on the opposite side. In midfield Aranguiz and Wirtz play instead of Baumgartlinger and Demirbay, while Alario is chosen to lead the line over Schick.
Timothy Fosu-Mensah makes the matchday squad for the first time after signing from Manchester United a few days ago.