The first of Borussia Dortmund's 09 games in April comes away to FC Schalke 04 at 15:30 CET this afternoon as the domestic campaign resumes following a 14-day international break.

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Thomas Tuchel has made four changes to the Black and Yellow XI that beat FC Ingolstadt 1-0 last time out, bringing in Marc Bartra, Felix Passlack, Julian Weigl and Ousmane Dembélé in place of Matthias Ginter, Erik Durm, Christian Pulisic and Raphael Guerreiro. It is the first time Passlack has featured in the starting line-up since the reverse fixture earlier this term.

The starting line-up: Bürki – Piszczek, Sokratis, Bartra – Weigl, Castro – Passlack, Dembélé, Kagawa, Schmelzer – Aubameyang
The substitutes' bench: Weidenfeller, Bender, Sahin, Mor, Guerreiro, Pulisic, Ginter (br)