Borussia Dortmund vs. Hoffenheim: probable line-ups, match stats and LIVE blog!

Borussia Dortmund and Jadon Sancho are out to end the 2019/20 season on a high, but Andrej Kramaric and Hoffenheim are still looking for a spot in the UEFA Europa League group stage when they head to the Signal Iduna Park on Saturday (kick-off: 3.30pm CEST/2.30pm BST/9.30am ET).

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Sancho has had a hand in 33 goals this season to help Dortmund to second place in the Bundesliga for the fifth time in the last eight years. The England international has been ably assisted on the goalscoring front since the winter break by Erling Haaland, whose brace against RB Leipzig last week ensured BVB would enter the UEFA Champions League next season as Germany's runners-up behind champions Bayern Munich. The Norwegian has netted 13 goals in just 14 appearances since his January move from Red Bull Salzburg and is only two behind Rouwen Hennings in fifth place in the scoring chart despite playing just half a season. After serving a suspension in Leipzig, Achraf Hakimi is set to return for the last game of his two-year loan from Real Madrid. Emre Can, though, does serve a ban and captain Marco Reus isn't expected back in time for the final match of the season.

Hoffenheim arrive at the Signal Iduna Park knowing that their spot in European competition is secure following their 4-0 win over Union Berlin, combined with Freiburg's loss at Bayern. Despite parting company with head coach Alfred Schreuder earlier in the month, the Sinsheimers cannot finish lower than seventh and will at the very least enter the UEFA Europa League in the second qualifying round. They are level on points with sixth-placed Wolfsburg, who host the champions, in the final European berth and need a result against Dortmund to potentially leapfrog the Wolves. Under caretaker boss Matthias Kaltenbach, TSG have reverted to a three-man defence and top scorer Kramaric played off a front two of Munas Dabbur and Ihlas Bebou - with all three scoring - against Union. Hoffenheim have nothing to lose and a lot to gain, so expect a bold display against Dortmund's attacking talent.

Watch: Kramaric bagged a late winner as Hoffenheim beat Dortmund in December

Match stats

Dortmund have scored a club-record 84 goals this Bundesliga season.

Only Bayern (46) have claimed more points in 16 Rückrunde matches than BVB (39), who had nine fewer on the board after 17 Hinrunde games.

With 13 goals in 14 league appearances, Haaland is averaging a goal every 75 minutes.

Dabbur and Haaland are former Salzburg teammates, having played together twice for the Austrians in 2018/19.

Kramaric scored his eighth Bundesliga goal of the season last time out. He is Hoffenheim's top scorer, despite missing 14 matches through injury.

It's the third time Dortmund and Hoffenheim have met on the final day of a Bundesliga season. Hoffenheim ran out 3-1 winners in 2017/18 to secure automatic Champions League qualification at BVB's expense, and in 2012/13 to climb out of the automatic relegation zone and into the play-off spot.

Probable line-ups

Dortmund: Bürki - Piszczek (c), Hummels, Zagadou - Hakimi, Witsel, Brandt, Guerreiro - Sancho, Haaland, Hazard

Out: Akanji (calf), Can (suspended), Dahoud (knee), Delaney (muscular), Götze (personal reasons), Reus (groin)

Doubtful: Hitz (back), Schmelzer (knee)

Coach: Lucien Favre

Hoffenheim: Baumann - Posch, Grillitsch, Hübner (c) - Kaderabek, Rudy, Samassekou, Skov - Kramaric - Dabbur, Bebou

Out: Belfodil (knee)

Doubtful: Adamyan (ankle), Stafylidis (groin)

Coach: Matthias Kaltenbach