Jadon Sancho shows off quick feet in Borussia Dortmund training
Jadon Sancho facing up against Alphonso Davies is set to be the "battle of the season" as Borussia Dortmund host Bayern Munich today, claims former Eintracht Frankfurt striker Jan Age Fjortoft. Top-of-the-table Bayern visit second-placed Dortmund in the third round of Bundesliga fixtures since the resumption after the coronavirus pandemic.
A win would take Dortmund to within one point of Bayern with six games of the season still to play.
England winger Sancho has been in sublime form for Dortmund, registering his 16th league assist of the campaign as a substitute in the 2-0 win at 10-man Wolfsburg on Saturday.
Sancho has 14 goals to go with his 16 assists but is yet to start since the break due to a calf injury.
Fjortoft expects Sancho to play and go up against the impressive 19-year-old left-back Davies.
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"Sancho, they got exactly out of him [that they wanted], he wasn't 100 per cent fit when they started again, then he got 10 minutes in the first game against Schalke, then he came on again [against Wolfsburg] and of course he made an assist.
"He's just unbelievable how important he is for Borussia Dortmund.
"Alphonso Davies against Sancho, wow that is a battle isn't it.
"They will play [Sancho], 100 per cent, he will be in there."
Jadon Sancho and Alphonso Davies have shone for Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich this season (Image: GETTY)
Fjortoft also says it is vital both Mats Hummels and Emre Can are fit to start for Dortmund after recent injuries.
He added: "Hummels went out with a small injury, I think [Robert] Lewandowski with his stats against Dortmund would like Hummels to play because somehow he has always got the upper hand on him.
"But the main thing is to get Can in midfield, they need that kind of player because sometimes when you see the type of players that Dortmund have going forward, they have missed that No 9. They've got that in Erling Haaland.
"And they've missed that No 6 kind of player and now they've got both [Axel] Witsel, [Thomas] Delaney has played well in that position to be fair to him, but to get Can in that's ever so important for them."