Serhou Guirassy ended his recent Bundesliga goal drought as he struck for Borussia Dortmund in their 3-0 win over Werder Bremen at Signal Iduna Park.
2025/2026 Bundesliga
3-0
Match Report
With Bayern Munich not playing until Wednesday, Dortmund closed the gap at the top to eight points by returning to winning ways.
It took Dortmund just 11 minutes to break the deadlock as captain Nico Schlotterbeck rose to nod a simple header past Mio Backhaus from a Julian Ryerson corner.
Justin Njinmah, who had forced a smart save out of Gregor Kobel in the opening four minutes, continued to provide a threat for Werder, but was thwarted again in the 18th minute in a one-on-one.
Dortmund's Marcel Sabitzer and Werder's Romano Schmid had chances saved on either side of half-time, but Maximilian Beier initially came closest to another goal, seeing his first attempt smothered by Backhaus before his follow-up was cleared on the line by Amos Pieper.
The hosts' dominance continued, and Sabitzer eventually got their second, firing his half-volley into the bottom-left corner from the edge of the box 75 minutes in.
And Guirassy got his long-awaited goal in the 83rd minute to secure the points, ending his run of seven Bundesliga games without netting as he slotted home following a mistake at the back for Werder.
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— Borussia Dortmund (@BlackYellow) January 13, 2026
Data Debrief: Kovac's confidence in Guirassy pays off
Niko Kovac reiterated his confidence in Guirassy in his pre-match press conference, and the Guinea international repaid that in style after coming off the bench.
He had two shots after coming off the bench, contributing 0.61 expected goals (xG) to Dortmund's total of 2.19 xG, and scored for the first time since October 31, 2025.
Dortmund are now unbeaten in their last 10 Bundesliga matches (W6 D4), and have not lost any of their last six outings against Werder in the competition (W4 D2).
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
4' Match Event for Dortmund vs Bremen
6' Match Event for Dortmund vs Bremen
11' GOAL! Dortmund 1-0 Bremen (Nico Schlotterbeck)
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31' Match Event for Dortmund vs Bremen
55' Highlight from Dortmund vs Bremen
66' Highlight from Dortmund vs Bremen
67' Highlight from Dortmund vs Bremen
75' GOAL! Dortmund 2-0 Bremen (Marcel Sabitzer)
83' GOAL! Dortmund 3-0 Bremen (Serhou Guirassy)
Line-ups
Dortmund XI: Sabitzer, Sule, Anton, Kobel, Ryerson, Schlotterbeck, Fábio Silva, Beier, Nmecha, Yan Couto, Chukwuemeka
Subs: Meyer, Emre Can, Brandt, Guirassy, Özcan, Adeyemi, Daniel Svensson, Filippo Mane, Jobe Bellingham
Bremen XI: Amos Pieper, Friedl, Marco Grüll, Senne Lynen, Jens Stage, Romano Schmid, Yukinari Sugawara, Justin Njinmah, Isaac Schmidt, Mio Backhaus, Karim Coulibaly
Subs: Cameron Puertas, Karl Hein, Olivier Deman, Skelly Alvero, Mbangula, Julián Malatini, Jovan Milosevic, Keke Topp, Patrice Covic