Borussia Dortmund are waiting on sickness-victims Marco Reus and Roman Weidenfeller for Sunday's Bundesliga clash at home to Borussia Moenchengladbach, who welcome back fellow Germany squad member Max Kruse.

Dortmund are desperate for a win after five straight league defeats having began the weekend second from bottom of the table, while Gladbach started third from top behind leaders Bayern Munich and second-placed VfL Wolfsburg.

But both Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller and winger Reus are struggling to be fit having been laid low with gastroenteritis.

"And the inflammation is very bad," added Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp.

Kruse, Weidenfeller and Reus, who has scored five goals in all competitions so far this season, were included in the Germany squad for next Friday's Euro 2016 qualifier against Gibraltar on November 14 and the friendly away to Spain four days later.

Dortmund are looking to transfer their excellent European form to their dire Bundesliga campaign after four straight wins in the Champions League compared to just two wins in 10 domestic league matches and seven points from a possible 30.

Klopp says he wants another performance like Tuesday's 4-1 win over Galatasaray in Europe and less like Dortmund's below-par showing in league defeats to Hamburg, Cologne, Hanover and Schalke in recent weeks.

"We're planning on not showing so much of a difference, we want to build on Tuesday's performance," explained the 47-year-old.

Gladbach coach Lucien Favre has included Kruse after the striker who sat out Thursday's Europa League win at Cyprus' Apollon Limassol with a leg knock.

The guests are looking to set a new club record of 18 matches unbeaten since the start of the season.

"Dortmund are still a great team, even if they currently aren't getting good results in the league," said Swiss coach Favre.

Both attacking midfielders Andre Hahn and Patrick Hermann, who scored their late second goal in the 2-0 win at Apollon, are fit having scored three goals between them in last Sunday's 3-1 league win over Hoffenheim.