ITS BAYERN MUNICH VS DORTMUND TODAY!

Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer says Saturday's clash against Borussia Dortmund will be like a cup final, despite their opponents' struggles.

Bayern lead the table by 10 points from Wolfsburg, while Dortmund are 10th, having been bottom in February.

"We benchmark ourselves against the best. This fixture always feels like a final," Neuer said.

Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp said: "We will invest everything into the match. We don't have to hide from anything."

Klopp's side have finished in the top two for four consecutive seasons, but are now chasing a Europa League place following a seven-game unbeaten run after being in a relegation battle.

Bayern are without star wingers Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben and attacking full-back David Alaba - but Klopp is still wary of the champions' threat.

"Bayern will have Thomas Muller, Mario Gotze and Robert Lewandowski available in attack. I have heard of worse attacking line-ups," the Dortmund manager said.

"We don't think that we are at the same level as Bayern. But we have also never thought that we don't have a chance.

"Even though we are 10th, even though the gap in points in the table is huge, even though a lot is different than it was in the past, it is a home game and that is something that we have generally always taken advantage of before."

Bayern captain Philipp Lahm could start for the first time since November following injury.

"I've been training for four weeks straight now, and that means I'm match fit," the defender said.

Dortmund beat Bayern to win the German Super Cup at the start of the season

Bayern forward Gotze is prepared for a hostile reception, having left Dortmund for Bayern in 2013.

"I don't think much will have changed," said the Germany World Cup winner. "You have to live with it. I've already been through it a couple of times. It's normal.

"It'll be a very exciting match, a meeting between equals. It's the biggest game of the year for us in the Bundesliga, and I'm feeling good about it."

Striker Robert Lewandowski made the same move last season.

"I had four good and successful years with Dortmund and I still keep in touch with my former team-mates," he said. "That doesn't mean we're not going there to give it everything and come away with all three points if possible."

The Pole has scored 17 goals this season but admits he had to adjust initially.

"We try to play a short-passing game here because possession is the decisive criterion. With Dortmund the defenders often knocked long balls up for me to chase, but we do that very rarely here."

There will be a minute's silence before the game for the victims of the Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps last month that killed all 150 people on board.