Overview
- Following Dortmund's Champions League win over Villarreal on Thursday, Fabio Silva set up Serhou Guirassy and intensified calls from fans and club figures to start the two together.
- Reports from club media and Bild say BVB leadership has discussed trying a two‑striker starting lineup with Guirassy and Silva but no confirmed change to the official XI has been announced.
- Coach Niko Kovac publicly said the team can play a two‑striker system and praised Silva's form while explaining he values Silva's energy as a game-changing substitute.
- Silva has delivered three goals and one assist in four appearances this season, a run that has shifted him from transfer speculation to a genuine selection debate.
- Recurring injuries to players such as Filippo Mane increase the likelihood of frontline changes and give Kovac tactical reasons to experiment with a two‑striker set up soon.