Dortmund, level with Bayern, host a Frankfurt side still recovering from a 6-0 at Leipzig
Dortmund are unbeaten in the league and have won their last four home games against Frankfurt, but they have drawn their last two league matches and face a cup tie and a trip to Bayern within a week.
Borussia Dortmund go into Saturday evening level on points with Bayern Munich, behind them only on goal difference and still unbeaten in the Bundesliga after six matches. The record hides a stall: their last two league results are a 2-2 draw with Werder Bremen and a goalless one at Union Berlin, either side of a 1-0 defeat at Bodø/Glimt in the Champions League.
Borussia Dortmund should come out on top in an open game of three goals or more, with both sides scoring.
Frankfurt arrive eleventh, with eight points from six matches. Their last away league game ended 6-0 at Leipzig. A week later Ebnoutalib's fifth league goal of the season beat Köln 1-0 and ended their wait for a home win.
Signal Iduna Park has been kind to Dortmund in this fixture. They have won their last four league meetings there, 4-0, 3-1, 2-0 and 3-2, and they have won 56 of the 114 matches between the clubs. Frankfurt have not won a league match in Dortmund since before that run began.
Niko Kovač has to think about the week as well as the evening. Werder Bremen visit in the German Cup on Tuesday and Dortmund go to Bayern next Saturday, so Waldemar Anton may be rested, with Ramy Bensebaini a candidate to come in. Frankfurt, for their part, have Onyedika one booking from a ban.
