Borussia Dortmund fans are to pay tribute to the 96 victims of the Hillsborough disaster when they visit Anfield a day ahead of the tragedy's 27th anniversary, the German club announced on their website.
Dortmund face Liverpool on Thursday in the second leg of their Europa League quarterfinal after last week's meeting ended 1-1.
This week's match comes a day before the 27th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster when 96 Liverpool fans died on April 15, 1989, during the club's FA Cup tie against Nottingham Forest.
Dortmund have said that fans in the away end will form a choreo that will form a "choreo" (choreographed display) that will show the No. 96.
Their supporters have shown a special bond with Liverpool in the past. On the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster the club and fans dedicated their version of "You'll Never Walk Alone" to the victims prior to their game against Wolfsburg that year.
And in September 2012, Dortmund's biggest ultra group, The Unity, displayed a Justice For The 96 banner during their 5-0 home win against Borussia Monchengladbach at the Westfalenstadion.
justice for the 96 #bvb pic.twitter.com/AERsyGAy
- uersfeld (@uersfeld) September 29, 2012
Before the memorial service on Friday, which will be the last held at Anfield, Dortmund hope to reach the semifinal stage of Europa League despite an 1-1 draw in the first leg at the Westfalenstadion last week.
"We need to do a better job than last week, our passing has to be better. We need to go into the match with more conviction," veteran shot-stopper Roman Weidenfeller told sport1.de, and added that he believes the match will be "less emotional" than the first leg, which was overshadowed by the Dortmund return of Jurgen Klopp, at least in the build-up.
"It's only about the sporting side now," he said. "We made unusual mistakes in the first leg, and were not able to access our match like we are used to."
The 35-year-old keeper, who has been at Dortmund since 2002, added that he believes Klopp will single out Dortmund's key players and then try and "take them out of the game."
He said: "He will try to inject into his team that they have to take the fight to Dortmund and get into the match through that."
Captain Mats Hummels echoed Weidenfeller's sentiment and told kicker that BVB "did not get anywhere near the maximum" in the first leg.
He said: "If we can bring our qualities to the pitch just a bit better we will qualify for the semifinal."