VfB Stuttgart vs Werder Bremen 1-0

VfB Stuttgart beat Werder Bremen 1-0 at MHP Arena after Maximilian Mittelstädt's early goal proved decisive. Grischa Prömel set it up and Stuttgart held on for all three points.

Mittelstädt opened the scoring in the 7th minute, turning in Prömel's pass for 1-0. It was the only goal before half-time, so Stuttgart went in ahead.

Werder Bremen had more of the ball after the break and created more chances, but they never found an equaliser. They made two changes on 67 minutes, sending on Justin Njinmah for Marco Grüll and Iván San José Cantalejo for Senne Lynen, while Stuttgart made two changes on 83 minutes, with Atakan Karazor replacing Yanik Spalt and Ermedin Demirović coming on for Chris Führich. Bremen added Cédric Itten for Eren Dinkci on 86 minutes, but Stuttgart stayed in front until the end.

The numbers backed up a tight contest in possession but a more productive away attack. Werder Bremen had 57% of the ball and 594 passes to Stuttgart's 450, while they also had 23 shots to 13 and 6 on target to 5. Stuttgart matched them on corners with 4 each and had 6 saves, compared with Bremen's 4, while the visitors had 2 offsides to Stuttgart's 0. xG was 1.24 for Bremen and 0.76 for Stuttgart.

Werder Bremen were booked three times, with Niclas Füllkrug shown a yellow card in the 24th minute, Olivier Deman in the 45th minute and Marco Grüll in the 53rd minute. There were no red cards.