VfB Stuttgart ended Werder Bremen’s seven-match unbeaten Bundesliga run with a 1–0 home victory on Saturday, 7 November. Maximilian Mittelstädt scored after seven minutes. The competition’s report, published that day, confirms the result gave Stuttgart successive league wins for the first time this season.
Grischa Prömel created the only goal from the right side of the penalty area. His low pass reached an unmarked Mittelstädt at the far post, where the defender finished first time. Bilal El Khannouss and Jeff Chabot threatened before the interval, but Stuttgart could not add the second goal that would have changed the balance of risk.
Bremen responded after half-time through Eren Dinkçi and Youri Regeer. Dennis Seimen denied Regeer one-on-one after a Niclas Füllkrug pass. Mittelstädt almost doubled his tally at the other end, only for Karl Hein to turn his attempt onto the post. The official live account also records Finn Jeltsch’s important block against Justin Njinmah and Stuttgart’s increasingly deep defending as Bremen pressed late on.
Yanik Spalt made his first Bundesliga start among three Stuttgart changes from their European trip to Galatasaray. The victory therefore combined an early attacking breakthrough with a sustained defensive response. Bremen’s attacking changes failed to produce an equaliser, ending a seven-game unbeaten sequence. For Stuttgart, maintaining concentration after the early goal was as important to the points as the move that created it.
Archival cover photograph: Stuttgart stadium during Euro 2024; not from the current event. Photographer/creator: Vincenzo.togni. Image source and metadata; CC BY 4.0. Image date as recorded by source: 2024-06-26 17:55:43. Source file used without raster edits.
