AFP, BERLIN: Robert Lewandowski aims to add to his incredible goal-scoring run in Bayern Munich's Bundesliga showdown against ex-club Borussia Dortmund in Germany's 'Der Klassiker' on Sunday.
The Poland hot-shot has netted 10 times in his last three games alone and has scored 17 goals for club and country this season. He backed up his spectacular five goals in just nine minutes for Bayern against Wolfsburg last week with two more in a 3-0 win at Mainz last Saturday in the Bundesliga.
He then bagged a hat-trick in the 5-0 win at home to Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday in the Champions League.
Bayern top the Bundesliga table with seven wins from seven to lead second-placed Dortmund by four points after Thomas Tuchel's team drew their last two league matches against Hoffenheim and Darmstadt.
Bayern-Dortmund matches are billed as 'Der Klassiker' in Germany in mimmick to Spain's 'El Clasico' between Barcelona and Real Madrid.
This is the 19th time the teams have met in the last five years and Dortmund lead the series with nine wins, two draws and seven defeats. Bayern, however, won the match that truly mattered by claiming a 2-1 win at Wembley in the 2013 Champions League final.
The Bavarians won both league meetings last season, but Dortmund took both the German Cup semi-final in Munich last April on penalties and the 2014 German Super Cup title against Bayern.
Dortmund still have their work cut out in their bid to halt Munich's seemingly relentless march to an historic fourth straight Bundesliga title, which no team has done before.
“This is the game everyone in Germany wants to see and we're looking forward to it. As a striker you always want to score more goals, you can never be satisfied," said Lewandowski.
Bayern's Germany forward Thomas Mueller is just as enthusiastic. “It's a summit meeting of the country's best. The whole of Germany's football community will be looking in our direction with great excitement on Sunday,” said Mueller. It seems ridiculous to suggest, but the title race could effectively be as good as over should Bayern finish the weekend seven points clear if they beat Borussia and third-placed Schalke fail to beat Cologne at home.