Bundesliga preview: Dortmund´s title charge heads to Kaiserslautern

Leaders Borussia Dortmund travel to Kaiserslautern, while Bayer Leverkusen visit Eintracht Frankfurt in this weekend’s Bundesliga action.

With 13 games remaining, Juergen Klopp’s Dortmund side head to the Fritz-Walter-Stadion 13 points clear of second-placed Leverkusen, seemingly on an unstoppable march towards a seventh Bundesliga title.

Captain Sebastian Kehl, recovering from a hip flexor injury that has kept him sidelined since September, emerged unscathed from a midweek training game and could feature.

The experience and defensive nous of the 30-year-old would be welcomed as the title race nears its closing stages.

Second-placed Leverkusen face a must-win trip to Eintracht Frankfurt if they are to keep alive their dreams of a first German league title.

Bayern Munich, who relinquished a 2-0 lead before losing 3-2 to relegation battlers Cologne on Saturday, welcome Hoffenheim to Allianz Arena.

Louis van Gaal will be able to call on the services of prized Dutch winger Arjen Robben, who missed the Cologne game through illness, as his side look to improve on their fifth-place standing.

In other Saturday matches, Schalke host Freiburg while Stuttgart will look to haul themselves out of the relegation zone when they welcome Nuremberg to the Mercedes Benz Arena.

Following this week’s sacking of Steve McClaren, caretaker manager Pierre Littbarski takes charge of Wolfsburg for their home clash with Hamburg, while bottom-placed Borussia Monchengladbach visit St Pauli.

On Sunday, Hannover will aim to continue their European ambitions alive when they visit struggling Werder Bremen, who are just one point outside the bottom three.

Sunday’s other match sees Cologne, fresh from their stunning comeback win over Bayern, welcome third-placed Mainz to the RheinEnergieStadion.