Borussia Mönchengladbach stun VfB Stuttgart with 3-2 win in Bundesliga

The matchday 7 Bundesliga encounter ended with Borussia Mönchengladbach beating hosts VfB Stuttgart 3-2, in a match that saw goals exchanged until the final minutes.

Ermedin Demirović opened the scoring for VfB Stuttgart in the 5th minute, before Joseph Michael Scally equalised for Borussia Mönchengladbach in the 38th minute. After the break, Shuto Machino scored the visitors' second goal in the 51st minute, then Wael Mohya added Mönchengladbach's third goal in the 66th minute. Demirović narrowed the gap with his second personal goal in the 83rd minute, but his team were unable to find an equaliser.

Wael Mohya was named man of the match after playing for 70 minutes and contributing a goal and an assist, earning a rating of 8.5.

Statistically, VfB Stuttgart dominated possession 70 to 30 in their favour against the visitors, and completed 693 passes compared to 289 for Mönchengladbach. In contrast, Borussia Mönchengladbach were more effective in attack, registering 16 shots compared to 15 for VfB Stuttgart, with an expected goals rate of 2.66 compared to 1.63 in favour of the visitors. The match saw no red cards, while VfB Stuttgart received 2 yellow cards compared to 4 for Mönchengladbach.

With this result, VfB Stuttgart raised their tally to 6 points in 13th place after playing 6 matches, winning 2 and losing 4, with a goal difference of 8 for and 10 against. Meanwhile, Borussia Mönchengladbach remained without points in 18th place after losing all six of their matches, scoring 8 goals and conceding 20 goals.