Shinji Kagawa
Borussia Dortmund have left Mats
Hummels, Shinji Kagawa, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Sokratis and Ilkay Gundogan
behind for Thursday's Europa League clash at PAOK Salonika ahead of this
weekend's Bayern Munich showdown.
Second-placed Dortmund are at Pep Guardiola's
German league leaders on Sunday with the hosts going into the Allianz Arena
clash with a four-point lead.
Bayern have won all seven of their
league games so far this season, while unbeaten Dortmund have missed out on
maximum points by drawing their past two matches.
Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel has left
his captain Hummels behind, also opting to rest playmaker Kagawa and top-scorer
Aubameyang who has scored in each of their seven games so far.
"We need to keep an eye on the load
put on the players," said Tuchel as Dortmund will have played 14 games in
65 days by the time they play Bayern.
The likes of new signings Gonzalo
Castro, South Korea's Park Joo-Ho and Belgian rising star Adnan Januzaj are set
to make the starting line-up as Dortmund hunt a second straight win in their
Europa League group.
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