Bundesliga preview: Can Borussia Dortmund bounce back and punish Paderborn?

The title chasers come up against rock-bottom this weekend

Borussia Dortmund’s title hopes took a hit against Bayern Munich this week but they’ll be hoping to make amends against relegation-threatened Paderborn.

After a thrilling round of midweek fixtures, the Bundesliga is back with a bang and another schedule of matches this weekend.

Bayern created some breathing space in their quest to land their eighth consecutive title but they face a potential banana skin in the shape of third-bottom Fortuna Dusseldorf.

Meanwhile, Borussia Monchengladbach were handed a lifeline and they’ll be looking to take advantage against Union Berlin.

Ahead of the action, we’ve taken a look at three key fixtures to keep an eye on.

Paderborn v Borussia Dortmund (Sunday, 17:00)

Rewind a few days and Dortmund were in dreamland, four points behind Bayern with a chance to beat their rivals and put some pressure on the league leaders. But a Joshua Kimmich wonder goal condemned them to a 1-0 defeat and a long road back to salvage their title hopes.

Luckily, they come up against rock-bottom Paderborn who are without a win in their last nine outings. Dortmund are the clear favourites at 1/3, with underdogs Paderborn priced at 8/1 to win at home. The draw is 21/5.

Tuesday’s defeat was the first time Dortmund had failed to score in the league since their last meeting with Bayern in November, which coincidentally preceded a 3-3 draw with Paderborn. A repeat of that scoreline is priced at 55/1, while the usually free-scoring visitors are 3/1 to win with over 4.5 goals.