Borussia Dortmund head coach Niko Kovac has offered up his thoughts on Serhou Guirassy’s return to form. After several prominent form dips this season, the Guinean international is at least back to scoring goals. Guirassy has actually scored five goals in his last three Bundesliga starts, though the 29-year-old continues to experience his fair share of problems.
Niko Kovac back to supporting Serhou Guirassy
Kovac’s relationship with his lead striker over the course of the season has featured plenty of rocky patches. The Bundesliga veteran has been benched on multiple occasions. Most recently, Kovac reacted to Guirassy’s seven Bundesliga fixtures without a goal by benching him in two consecutive league matches after the turn of the calendar year. Matters were not looking good at all for the former Köln and Stuttgart man.
Guirassy took a seat in favor of Fabio Silva against Werder Bremen and FC St. Pauli in the second and third league fixtures of 2026. Guirassy did manage to score off the bench in the former match. Since his reinstatement, he’s managed to get his name on the scoresheet in four consecutive league games. Guirassy has reclaimed his status as BVB’s leading goalscorer, knocking back Maximilian Beier with his recent tallies.
“It’s important to prove a striker with adequate support,” Kovac remarked at the post match press conference after last night’s convincing Bundesliga victory over Mainz. “Fabio Silva was doing really well. His [Guirassy’s] reaction has been sensational. The team helps him and he helps the team. We need his goals. When he scores, we increase our chances of winning games.“
Guirassy’s continued problems
Though he did technically record a brace last night, much of the credit belonged to BVB “assist meister” Julian Ryerson. Guirassy also bagged a brace in a league win over Heidenheim two weeks ago, but failed to convert from the penalty spot in the match. Generally speaking, one still detects a great deal of tentativeness in the striker’s body language. A certain confidence is still lacking.
The five goals in the last three Bundesliga fixtures still give Guirassy a season total of 11 goals and three assists in 21 league appearances. This is good enough for third place in the Bundesliga scorer race behind the prolific Bayern Munich duo of Harry Kane and Luis Diaz. Across all competitions, Guirassy has scored an impressive 15 goals and added six assists.
Guirassy has still missed from the penalty spot thrice this season, twice in the Bundesliga and once in the Champions League. It simply hasn’t been a good year for the 26-times-capped West African international. Guirassy scored 35 goals across all competitions for Dortmund last year. During his epic 2023/24 campaign with Stuttgart, he found the back of the net 28 times in the league.
Such numbers won’t be produced this year.
