Bayern eye first half of another double

Borussia Dortmund require a spectacular reversal of fortune if they are to deprive Bayern Munich of the first half of a domestic double in the German Cup final at the Olympiastadion today.

While Bayern stand on the brink of a 21st league title and their fans are still purring at the memory of a 5-0 win over Dortmund last weekend, their opponents could hardly be in worse shape.

They followed up that humiliation in Munich with a 3-1 defeat at home to Hanover 96 on Wednesday that left them just three places clear of the relegation zone.

To add to the problems, coach Thomas Doll still does not know who will keep goal in the Berlin final.

Roman Weidenfeller is out for the rest of the season while his understudy Marc Ziegler missed Wednesday's game with a knee injury.

Doll surprised everyone by picking fourth choice keeper Marcel Hoettecke to play Hanover and the 20-year-old looked at fault on the first two goals.

Bayern restored their 10-point lead at the top when Luca Toni scored his 19th and 20th league goals of the season to seal a 3-1 win in Frankfurt on Wednesday after the visitors had fallen behind.

Bayern have won the cup 13 times and victory today - assuming they go on and win the league as well - would mean a seventh league and cup double, and their third in four seasons.

Dortmund have won the cup twice, most recently in 1989.

Bundesliga

Playing Tomorrow - 15.00
Nuremberg vs Wolfsburg

German Cup

Playing Today - 20.00
Bor. Dortmund vs Bay. Munich