Pep Guardiola has decided against handing a starting spot to Franck Ribery for Bayern Munich's meeting with Borussia Dortmund at the Allianz Arena.
Ribery has made a number of impressive cameos off the bench since returning to fitness following a spell out with a knee injury, but he will be forced to wait for a chance to make an impact after again being named as a substitute.
Arjen Robben has proven his own fitness to start for the Bundesliga champions, while Brazilian centre back Dante misses out on a place in the Bayern defence.
Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp has given Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang the task of leading the attack for the visitors ahead of Ciro Immobile and Adrian Ramos, who both start the game on the bench.
Despite recently returning to action, Ilkay Gundogan joins Immobile and Ramos among the reserves as Klopp keeps faith with Shinji Kagawa.
Bayern Munich: Neuer, Alonso, Benatia, Boateng, Bernat, Gotze, Lahm, Alaba, Robben, Muller, Lewandowski,
Borussia Dortmund: Weidenfeller, Piszczek, Sokratis, Hummels, Durm, Bender, Kehl, Mkhitaryan, Kagawa, Reus, Aubameyang
Callum Mulvihill
