How Borussia Dortmund's Serhou Guirassy and Bayern Munich's Harry Kane compare?

With the heavy implications on the title race from a fixture steeped in as much history as Der Klassiker, meetings between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich seldom need an extra narrative. But when the two sides face off at Signal Iduna Park on Matchday 24, the duel between Serhou Guirassy and Harry Kane adds a heavyweight subplot of its own.

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For the past two and a half seasons, the two strikers’ head-to-head rivalry has blossomed into one which evokes the memory of some true Bundesliga greats. 

In the early 1970s, legends Gerd Müller and Jupp Heynckes fought back-and-forth over the coveted Torjägerkanone over numerous seasons. More recently in the mid-2010s, Robert Lewandowski’s top scorer dynasty was memorably challenged on multiple occasions – and surpassed once - by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Now, though, it is all about Kane and Guirassy.

Starting with the latter, Guirassy has admittedly been the Bundesliga’s nearly man in the race for the Torjägerkanone over the past two years, finishing runner-up to Kane both times since the Englishman’s move to Bayern. However, operating in the shadow of a striker who is redefining greatness in the German top flight is no slight against the Guinean. If anything, it underlines just how elite Dortmund’s No.9 has become.

Watch: The best of Guirassy in 2025/26

In 122 Bundesliga matches for three different clubs – Cologne, VfB Stuttgart and Dortmund - Guirassy has scored 75 goals, including 71 in 101 games for Stuttgart and BVB following a four-season hiatus in France.

What’s more, Guirassy holds the record for the most goals scored in a single top-flight season at Stuttgart, after netting 28 times in 28 league appearances in 2023/24.

Not satisfied with that return, the following year he surpassed the 21-goal mark again - this time in Dortmund’s famous black-and-yellow strip, becoming only the second player ever to score more than 21 times in consecutive Bundesliga campaigns for different clubs.

It is not just in Germany where Guirassy’s presence has been felt either. Most notably, he finished as joint top scorer in the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League with 13 goals, alongside Barcelona’s Raphinha.

About the players

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Serhou

Guirassy

Borussia Dortmund

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Harry

Kane

FC Bayern München

Guirassy hasn't scored as regulary so far this season, despite still sitting in fourth in the scoring charts with 11 goals after 23 rounds of fixtures. However, with six goals in his last eight league matches since the winter break, he appears to have returned to to his devastating best.

“Strikers always have to go through a slump now and then. The important thing is to come out of it,” commented Dortmund head coach Niko Kovač recently. If 16 goals in all competitions is considered ‘a slump’ for a striker of the Guinean’s calibre, Bayern have every reason to fear a back-on-song Guirassy.

On the topic of fear - few forwards have instilled quite as much into Bundesliga defences as Kane since his arrival in Bavaria.

The Englishman’s impact in Germany has been nothing short of seismic. After claiming the top scorer’s crown with 36 and 26 goals in his first two Bundesliga seasons, he leads again with 28 ahead of the Matchday 24 Klassiker. 

Watch: All Kane's goals this season

At his current strike rate - a goal every 66 minutes - he is on course to surpass the once-thought unassailable 41-goal benchmark set by Lewandowski in 2020/21.

Admittedly, Bayern head coach Vincent Kompany has downplayed Kane’s individual ambition for the record, but not without significantly highlighting the striker’s inevitability in front of goal. 

Speaking after Kane's brace in the 3-0 away victory over Werder Bremen on Matchday 21, the Belgian said of his talisman: “I assume that the league title is much more important for him than the record. But maybe I’m wrong because I was a defender, not a striker. He’s Harry Kane, he has and will always score goals.”

Watch: Will Kane break Lewandowski's record?

Kompany is certainly correct in his latter assessment. Efficiency is Kane’s calling card. Bayern’s No.9 has needed just 87 shots to sink his 28 goals - roughly three per strike. Across 86 Bundesliga appearances, he has produced 90 goals and 21 assists - scoring every 79 minutes on average, a better rate than Lewandowski (100) and even the aforementioned Müller (105).

Additionally, as the Black-Yellows know all too well, Kane also loves playing against them. In nine previous competitive meetings with BVB, the Englishman has scored eight goals - four for Bayern, and as many for former employers Tottenham Hostpur.

Whilst the goalscoring stats posted by Kane are utterly staggering, simply judging the Bayern man on his ability to score detracts from his all-round brilliance.

Kane covers the whole pitch, often popping up in midfield to help link the play and even aiding his team's defensive efforts - something Dortmund will be aware of after the forward produced a memorable performance in the previous Klassiker, registering the opening goal in a 2-1 win from a largely deeper role.

Watch: Is there anything Kane can't do?

In that same vein, however, if judging Kane solely on goals would undersell his overall contribution, the same courtesy must apply to Dortmund’s Guirassy, who contests more duels on average (21 to 18), and registers significantly more sprints per 90 minutes (17 to seven) than his Bayern counterpart.

Although the statistical pendulum swings in the Bayern man's favour, Kane and Guirassy are clearly two of the most elite finishers and all-round forwards on the continent. Either man could be the difference-maker in one of the most important instalments of Der Klassiker in recent memory.

About the clubs

Borussia Dortmund

SIGNAL IDUNA PARK

Bayern Munich

Allianz Arena