Real Madrid v Borussia Dortmund preview: Zinedine Zidane eyes top spot in Champions League Group F

Zinedine Zidane insists Real Madrid are not prepared to settle for second place behind Borussia Dortmund in Champions League Group F.

The European champions need to beat Dortmund at the Bernabeu on Wednesday to secure top spot, and a home draw in the second leg of their round-of-16 clash.

However, with tournament rules stipulating teams from the same country are kept apart in the last 16 - ruling out the possibility of Real drawing Barcelona or Atletico Madrid - winning the group could prove more dangerous with Bayern Munich or Pep Guardiola's Manchester City potential opponents.

"We're only thinking about winning," Zidane said. "We're not going to look at or think about other things. We want to finish top of the group."

Real maintained their six-point lead over Barcelona in La Liga and extended their unbeaten run - which stretches back to April - to 33 games thanks to Sergio Ramos' stoppage-time equaliser in EL Clasico on Saturday.

Indeed, Real remain on course for five trophies this season having already pocketed the UEFA Super Cup, with the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan later this month.

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Madrid received a double injury boost as Alvaro Morata and Toni Kroos returned to training on Tuesday leaving just Gareth Bale as Zidane's only absentee.

By contrast, Dortmund suffered a blow as Mario Gotze stayed in Germany with the rest of his team-mates due to injury.

However, Dortmund do have a fully-fit and in-form Marco Reus fresh from dishing out three assists in Dortmund's 4-1 thrashing of Borussia Monchengladbach on Saturday.

Reus missed the 2-2 draw with Madrid back in September, but has been a consistent thorn in Real's side in six previous meetings since 2012.

Dortmund's top scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will also be out to impress. The African Player of the Year has never hidden his desire to sign for Real one day and fulfil a promise he made to his late Spanish grandfather.

And Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc believes ousting the defending champions into second place would be a statement of intent.

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"That would top off this outstanding opening round in the Champions League," Zorc told the club's website. "It would be the icing on the cake."