Borussia Dortmund recorded a 3-0 (1-0) victory against 1. FC Union Berlin in their first home game of the 2025/26 season. Serhou Guirassy notched another brace.
2025/2026 Bundesliga
3-0
Match Report
After three and a half months, competitive action finally returned to SIGNAL IDUNA PARK. The 81,365 spectators – 79,000 of whom were Black & Yellows – saw Serhou Guirassy convert Yan Couto's cross to make it 1-0 in the 44th minute, then add another for 2-0 on 58 minutes. Substitute Felix Nmecha rounded off the win 09 minutes before the end of normal time.
Borussia struggled to get going in attack in the opening 15 minutes. Union held their own, creating the first two shooting opportunities and defending alertly and compactly. Guirassy played himself into space on the right thanks to a one-two with Couto but his close-range shot from a tight angle went wide of the mark (16). A misplaced pass from Rothe allowed Guirassy to go clean through in the 23rd minute, but Union goalkeeper Rønnow did not allow himself to be nutmegged. A pass into the path of Brandt on the left would have been the much better option.
The build-up play had been too slow up to that point. There was no getting in behind. Though the ball found the Berlin side's net in the 32nd minute, Rønnow had been fouled by Anselmino during Couto's corner and Bensebaini's header was rightly disallowed. At the other end, BVB were lucky to see Ilic's shot roll past the right post after Anselmino had made his first mistake (41).
But now there was more intensity to the play. And that paid off immediately. Couto forayed down the right, beat Skov, cut inside and then crossed the ball left-footed into the six-yard box, where Guirassy beat Querfeld and fired the ball underneath the crossbar to make it 1-0 (44).
Union also made the better start to the second half. Kobel made an outstanding save to keep out Ilic's header from close range (47) and then, when Union took another corner, the keeper made a double-save to deny Ilic and then Rothe (48). At this point, the visitors were 8-6 ahead in terms of shots on goal. Despite a brief spell of pressure towards the end of the first half, Dortmund's play was too sluggish with too many gaps at the back. But when they did play quickly and directly, they immediately pose a threat – and scored. Anselmino crossed the halfway line and passed centrally to Guirassy who touched the ball onto Beier on the left and then sprinted through the middle to slot home the return ball and make it 2-0 (58).
Union were now resigned and Borussia clearly dictating the play. When Svensson's corner was not cleared far enough, substitute Nmecha reacted the most decisively and thundered the ball low into the bottom right corner at 118km/h to make it 3-0.
Match Events
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6' Highlight from Dortmund vs 1. FC Union Berlin
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32' Highlight from Dortmund vs 1. FC Union Berlin
42' Match Event for Dortmund vs 1. FC Union Berlin
44' GOAL! Dortmund 1-0 1. FC Union Berlin
48' Match Event for Dortmund vs 1. FC Union Berlin
58' GOAL! Dortmund 2-0 1. FC Union Berlin (Serhou Guirassy)
73' Highlight from Dortmund vs 1. FC Union Berlin
81' GOAL! Dortmund 3-0 1. FC Union Berlin (Felix Nmecha)
Line-ups
Dortmund XI: Sabitzer, Brandt, Guirassy, Anton, Kobel, Bensebaini, Beier, Yan Couto, Daniel Svensson, Jobe Bellingham, Aarón Anselmino
Subs: Gross, Meyer, Özcan, Ryerson, Adeyemi, Nmecha, Chukwuemeka, Cole Campbell
1. FC Union Berlin XI: Christopher Trimmel, Ronnow, R.Khedira, Haberer, Robert Skov, Danilho Doekhi, Alex Král, Andrej Ilic, Leopold Querfeld, Tom Rothe, Ilyas Ansah
Subs: Burke, Tim Skarke, Matheo Raab, András Schäfer, Derrick Köhn, Woo-yeong Jeong, David Preu, Aljoscha Kemlein, Oluwaseun Ogbemudia