Bundesliga Preview: Dortmund v Frankfurt

The meeting will be the side's second in the week, following Tuesday's Pokal quarter-final, which Dortmund won 1-0 thanks to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's 83rd-minute strike.

After a strong start to the season, Jurgen Klopp's side have suffered a woeful downturn in form, a run of three wins from their last nine games has left them 17 points adrift of league leaders Bayern Munich.

With their chances of the title all but gone, Dortmund's main focus may switch to the Pokal and UEFA Champions League.

Having made last season's Champions League final, only to be beaten by Bayern, Dortmund's quest to reach the showpiece again will continue with a round-of-16 tie against Zenit St Petersburg - the first leg of which takes place on February 25.

Tuesday's match-winner Aubameyang, meanwhile, believes the side can clinch silverware this season as long as the players fight hard for each other.

"There's a lot of quality in the squad," he said.

"We can achieve much more if we stick together. If we play with a knife between our teeth and fight until we drop we can go far in every competition."

Their task against Dortmund will not be made any easier by the loss of captain Pirmin Schwegler, who suffered cracked ribs in last weekend's win over Eintracht Braunschweig.