Dortmund goes to the Borussen duel against Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga as a favorite. The momentum seems to be at BVB. This also shows a look at the top strikers.
Even if it was not enough in the end: Serhou Guirassy had a great moment on Tuesday (April 15, 2025) in the quarter-final second leg of the Champions League against FC Barcelona. With three goals he shot Borussia Dortmund almost alone to the 3-1 win.
It was also good in the league. With eight goals, Guirassy is the top goal scorer of the Bundesliga in the second half of the season.
Tim Kleindienst, the top striker of the Borussia from Mönchengladbach, has 15 goals in the account, like Guirassy, but most recently it hooked. In his latest six games, he only met once again.
Mönchengladbach’s Tim Kleindienst
Dortmund can pass Gladbach
In any case, the momentum in the Borussen duel on Easter Sunday (from 5:30 p.m. in the full radio report and in the live ticker at Sportschau.de) seems to be at BVB.
In the duel between two table neighbors, the black and yellow can overtake the “foals” with a win. After the Gladbachers had passed SC Freiburg in the table in a direct duel for the European Cup places around the European Cup places, the same blooms with BVB. At Dortmund, on the other hand, the trend is clearly up, the team has been undefeated for three league apartments.
Gladbach strong away, but at BVB the grapes hang up
For Mönchengladbach, it is said that none of the recent five Bundesliga guest games were lost, the team of coach Gerado Seoana took home a full 13 of the 15 possible points.
In order to continue their away series, the “foals” would have to score in Dortmund for the first time in over eleven years. The BVB won the youngest ten home games against the eleven from the Lower Rhine, which has taken points from Dortmund for the last time in March 2014 with a 2-1 win.
Dortmund recently improved
There it can be observed that the work of coach Niko Kovac is slowly but surely positive. Under his direction, the defense became more stable and conceded fewer goals. The team recently came to more goal shots and great opportunities, also intensified the wing game in order to better use the strengths of Guirassy.
Dortmund coach Niko Kovac gestured on the edge of the field.
They are also in the header game. The striker already scored five goals and seven after flanks. For Gladbach it will also be about preventing those flanks from the game.
Dortmund’s Beier also has a run
Gladbach was extremely susceptible to the outside of the outside against Freiburg. Maximilian Beier could also accommodate this. The BVB attacker is in good shape, came to five scorer points (three goals, two goals) in the recent three Bundesliga games and seems to be a real factor in the fight for a European campaign.
Dortmund’s Maximilian Beier cheers
Dortmund wants to take the swing with them
Games against the really big clubs in Europe – like on Tuesday against FC Barcelona – the BVB also wants to have BVB in the coming season. In the fight for the new Champions League participation, a victory against Gladbach is almost a must. “We want to be there again next year. And we absolutely have to win the game against Gladbach on Sunday”sports director Sebastian Kehl demanded. Even in the event of a defeat, the guests would still be in the race for the Europa League.