Coutinho gets the ball just inside the box in a central position but drags his shot very wide of the target. That should be that.
90' +1
J. Kimmich gets yellow.
Kimmich hacks Guerreiro down to prevent a counter and is shown a deserved yellow card. He's incensed at the decision but it was a clear booking.
86'
Bayern are stroking it around with ease, leaving Dortmund chasing shadows. Can they get another before the end of the contest?
84'
Dortmund players are jogging all over the pitch. They look like they're just waiting for the final whistle.
82'
Dortmund's heads have dropped now and they look sloppy both on and off the ball. Bayern could well get another before the final whistle.
80'
M. Hummels is unfortunate, scores an own goal!
OWN GOAL! IT'S 4-0! Perisic gets beyond his man on the left with a couple of stepovers and fizzes a low cross towards Thiago that Hummels inadvertently turns in at his near post!
76'
R. Lewandowski has scored a goal for Bayern Munich! Assist by T. Müller.
I. Perišić enters the game and replaces K. Coman.
Coman is the final man to make way, with former Dortmund winger Perisic coming on.
GOAL!! LEWANDOWSKI SCORES AGAIN! It's a lovely, sweeping move to find Muller on the right and he dinks back into the middle for Lewandowski, who takes a touch and slots past Burki! It's 3-0 to Bayern now!
Muller has his second assist of the night for Lewandowski's second goal of the night, with a clever, first-time ball into the striker.
72'
Thiago Alcântara enters the game and replaces L. Goretzka.
Goretzka is now replaced by Thiago is Bayern look for greater control in midfield in the closing stages.
70'
Philippe Coutinho enters the game and replaces S. Gnabry.
Gnabry now comes off for Coutinho in Bayern's first change of the night.
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67'
K. Coman gets yellow.
Coman is incensed as the referee blows for a free-kick in Dortmund's favour when he felt the ball was won, booting the ball into the crowd in frustration and earning himself a needless yellow card.
65'
Dortmund win the ball high up the field as Bayern tentatively try to play through the press, but the visitors can't find a final ball and the attack breaks down.
63'
M. Reus gets yellow.
Reus clips Kimmich's heel sloppily as he goes in to win the ball, picking up the first yellow card of the evening.
62'
Alcacer is up front with Brandt and Reus in attacking central midfield roles behind the Spaniard, leaving Witsel on his own to sit in front of the defence.
61'
M. Reus enters the game and replaces M. Götze.
Paco Alcácer enters the game and replaces J. Weigl.
Defensive midfielder Weigl is also hooked, with striker Alcacer taking his place in a positive final change.
Gotze is replaced by Reus as the first part of a double-change by Favre, taking the captain's armband.
58'
Dortmund have been forced very deep and have hardly touched the ball in the last few minutes. They need to change something soon if they are to have any chance of salvaging a result.
56'
Bayern are in complete control now, working the ball around and dictating the tempo of the game. They're having a breather in possession for the moment.
54'
Muller then tries to release Lewandowski, but the Pole is flagged up for offside - correctly, this time.
47'
S. Gnabry has scored a goal for Bayern Munich! Assist by T. Müller.
Muller showed plenty of pace as he sprinted down the line to latch onto a long ball over the top before fizzing into a dangerous area towards Lewandowski and Gnabry.
GOAL! GNABRY DOUBLES BAYERN'S LEAD! Muller chases a long ball down the left and squares into the box. Lewandowski misses it but Gnabry is on hand to steer it into the corner! The referee intially rules the goal out but, after a VAR check, the goal is given! It's 2-0 to Bayern within a minute of the restart!
46'
We're back under way for the second half in Munich!
45' +1
HALF-TIME: BAYERN MUNICH 1-0 BORUSSIA DORTMUND
44'
WIDE! Guerreiro whips in a free-kick from the right that Witsel just about gets to at the back post, but he can't steer it back on target as he stretches to reach it.
42'
Gnabry cuts in from the right and strikes a firm, low effort at goal from outside the box, but it's a comfortable take for Burki.
37'
Hazard has now switched to the right flank, with Guerreiro going out to the left.
36'
Raphaël Guerreiro enters the game and replaces J. Sancho.
Lucien Favre makes a first-half change, with Sancho coming off for Guerreiro! There doesn't appear to be any injury to Sancho, who runs off, but there's no complaints from the teenager either.
35'
Muller gets into the box well on the right and gets around his man, but a heavy touch allows the ball to be nicked and it's cleared away.
33'
Muller finds Gnabry on the right and Coman has found space in the centre. Gnabry tries to find him with a low cross but it's blocked and the flag goes up for offside anyway.
31'
Burki does well to deal with a couple of pacy crosses fired into the area, tipping one away from the head of Lewandowski and gathering the other confidently.
29'
It's been all Bayern for the last few minutes and Dortmund are just hanging on. They're struggling to get out, too, with only Gotze to aim for from deep.
23'
Bayern look more alive since their goal and are playing and pressing higher up the field, making it harder for Dortmund to play their way into dangerous areas.
21'
A fierce left-wing cross is fired in, but it's a little too high for Lewandowski, who can't meet the ball to head home his second.
17'
R. Lewandowski has scored a goal for Bayern Munich! Assist by B. Pavard.
GOAL!! LEWANDOWSKI PUTS BAYERN IN FRONT! Who else but that man? Pavard sends a cross in from the right and Lewandowski isn't picked up in the box, ghosting in to glance a header past Burki and in! It's 1-0 to Bayern!
Pavard has plenty of space on the right and volleyed a deft cross onto the head of the red-hot striker.
15'
Hakimi is caught in possession on the right and spring a counter attack, but Dortmund scramble back to snuff out the attack.
13'
There's a wry smile from Gotze as Alaba pleads his innocence following a soft-looking foul on his former team-mate. The German has been bright so far this evening.
11'
Martinez makes a well-timed sliding challenge on Gotze in the box, winning the ball cleanly and forcing a corner.
9'
Dortmund have four men in and around the box as they look to play out from a goal-kick, but Burki ends up sending it long and his team get forward once more. Bayern offering little resistance in midfield so far.
7'
Dortmund have certainly been the aggressors so far, with Bayern struggling to impose themselves on proceedings thus far and looking a little flat.
5'
Dortmund are seeing plenty of the ball in the opening stages, but it's been largely in their own half so far.
3'
Dortmund think they have an opportunity to break away and run at the Bayern defence, but the flag goes up against Hazard, who had come back from an offside position.
1'
We're under way at the Allianz Arena!
Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Der Klassiker as Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund clash in the Bundesliga.
Bayern and Dortmund will both be keen to emerge victorious in this one and keep pace with surprise Bundesliga leaders Borussia Monchengladach in a title race that sees just five points separate the top half of the table.
Bayern Munich substitutes: Michael Cuisance, Sven Ulreich, Lars Lukas Mai, Thiago Alcantara, Corentin Tolisso, Philippe Coutinho, Ivan Perisic.
Borussia Dortmund substitutes: Paco Alcacer, Mahmoud Dahoud, Raphael Guerreiro, Lukasz Piszczek, Dan-Axel Zagadou, Marwin Hitz, Jacob Bruun Larsen, Thomas Delaney, Marco Reus.
Borussia Dortmund XI (4-2-3-1): Roman Burki; Achraf Hakimi, Manuel Akanji, Mats Hummels, Nico Schulz; Julian Weigl, Axel Witsel; Jadon Sancho, Julian Brandt, Thorgan Hazard; Mario Gotze.
Bayern Munich XI (4-1-4-1): Manuel Neuer; Benjamin Pavard, Javi Martinez, David Alaba, Alphonso Davies; Joshua Kimmich; Serge Gnabry, Leon Goretzka, Thomas Muller, Kingsley Coman; Robert Lewandowski.
Both sides have lacked a spark in this one, with Lewandowski seeming to be ploughing a lone furrow at times, dragging his side forward and providing moments of real quality, while Dortmund have registered just one shot and none on target in that half.
Bayern travel to face Fortuna Dusseldorf next, while Dortmund host Paderborn.
Thanks you for joining our coverage, we hope you enjoyed the game. Until next time, goodbye!
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