Dortmund currently trail in the table by using four points, a deficit which could stretch to seven if Bayern win at strugglers Augsburg on Friday.
This might be Dortmund's sixth consecutive fit with out Haaland and hopes are fading that the Norwegian will go back before their league showdown at home to Bayern in two weeks.
Dortmund's shape without Haaland has been erratic, culminating in a 2-1 defeat at RB Leipzig before the worldwide ruin.
Club captain Marco Reus will lead Dortmund's assault alongside Dutch striker Donyell Malen understanding the hosts can unwell come up with the money for some other slip-up towards Stuttgart if they need to assignment Bayern.
"We ought to be exceptionally regular and be prepared after they (Bayern) falter, however they not often do," Reus informed Sport1.De.
Raphael Guerreiro, Emre Can and Mahmoud Dahoud should all go back after convalescing from accidents.
Dortmund want to exorcise reminiscences of the five-1 thumping Stuttgart passed them when the teams met at Signal Iduna Park remaining December.
The freak end result noticed Dortmund sack former educate Lucien Favre as Stuttgart's Congolese striker Silas Katompa Mvumpa netted two times within the rout.
It is also a tune-up for Wednesday's Champions League in shape at Sporting Lisbon, where Dortmund must win to live on direction for the final sixteen.
Leipzig are with out injured striker Yussuf Poulsen for their suit at Hoffenheim on Saturday.
