Alassane Pléa gave the guests from the Lower Rhine the lead (14′), later prepared Marcus Thuram for the 0:2 with a nice cross (35′). Wataru Endo brought the Swabians back on before the break with a deflected shot (39′), shortly after the break Chris Führich equalized for VfB Stuttgart (51′). Unlimited jubilation then in the final phase, when Sasa Kalajdzic scored the winning goal in this game, passionately led by VfB (83′).
“It was a giant step today”said Kalajdzic after the game at the Sportschau microphone, “For the heads, for the team. And for the fans too.” “We let ourselves be pushed in too deep and didn’t start again”analyzed Jonas Hofmann, “And then what happens when you’re too passive and you just run after the ball.” With the victory, Stuttgart reduced the gap to the relegation place in the table to one point, Gladbach is still stuck in 13th place in the table.