The final run-in in the Bundesliga: Borussia Dortmund will be playing four of their last six games this season in the Signal Iduna Park. Jürgen Klopp wants nothing more than a fantastic atmosphere for the match against SC Paderborn on Saturday (15:30hrs) in the sold out Signal Iduna Park and he hopes this will be the start of a winning streak.

After the 2-2 in the first half of the season (Klopp: “we had a very good first half, we had the chance to make it 3-0, we lost Reus and then conceded a goal after a counter attack and conceded the second goal after a corner”) Borussia Dortmund found themselves in one of the relegation places and this was the start of their most difficult spell for seven years. On Saturday, 17 match days and also half a football season later, BVB hopes to start a winning streak against the popular promoted team by winning at home. The Head Coach said: “this is the start of a very important phase of the season for all teams,” and he added looking forward to the match between the tenth and the sixteenth in the league: “this game is immensely important to both teams.”

Jürgen Klopp hopes that “that we will have an atmosphere in the stadium where everyone is ready for a real battle on the pitch.” Because this is not about winning beauty contents, “all that matters is that we win this game.”

Injury worries “don’t moan about it, just get on with it! “

A great atmosphere would also help to make up for the injury problems in the squad. Apart from the long term injured players Lukasz Piszczek, Nuri Sahin and Oliver Kirch, Sebastian Kehl (broke his rib, out for two weeks) and Neven Subotic (slight intervertebral disc injury) will also be missing. There are still big doubts regarding Jakub Blaszczykowski, Sven Bender, Erik Durm, Kevin Großkreutz and Marco Reus. All five were (also) not able to train with the team on Thursday. Klopp said: “a lot of clubs have players who are injured or have suffered a knock now.” He added: “we can’t moan about it, we just have to get on with it.”

With the crowd right behind them – and playing an opponent who “can see a lifeline again” after their 2-1 last weekend, Klopp thinks: “you have to take into account that Paderborn has gained more confidence again and have more belief in their own strengths.” It is not just trying to sound polite when the BVB Head Coach says: “they are a really good footballing team, when you let them play football.”

So this means his own team’s remit is very clear cut: “we have to play very well against the ball, we have to bring variety into our game and we have to be clinical in front of goal.” Then the first step will have been achieved. Up to then Borussia Dortmund has 90 intensive minutes ahead of them. And the same applies to the fans. Boris Rupert