Twice led and yet lost: FC Augsburg once experienced a bitter evening at VfB Stuttgart. The match winner for VfB in the 3:2 (2:2) win was Deniz Undav, who scored late.
The 50,000 spectators in the Stuttgart Arena saw a high-scoring first half in which the Bavarian Swabians took the lead twice through Fabian Rieder (8th minute) and Han-Noah Massengo (26th). Maximilian Mittelstädt (18th/penalty) and Deniz Undav (39th) each equalized for Stuttgart before Undav knocked out FCA with his second goal in the 80th minute.
FCA can’t get anything in Stuttgart
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With this, VfB ended the week successfully after their victory in the Europa League on Thursday against Feyenoord Rotterdam. It is also a fact: Stuttgart is not a good place for Augsburg. It was VfB’s eighth home win against FCA in a row.
VfB is fourth in the Bundesliga, moving within one point of second-placed RB Leipzig. Augsburg remains in the bottom of the table with seven points.
Augsburg’s goal drought ends quickly
The initial phase was tough. The guests from Augsburg got off to a great start, with former Stuttgart player Fabian Rieder quickly putting FCA in the lead after national goalkeeper Aleander Nübel first parried against Anton Kade and then brilliantly against Alexis Claude-Maurice. Rieder then shot his third attempt into the bottom right corner.
It only took another ten minutes for the equaliser. Augsburg’s Keven Schlotterbeck pulled Dan-Axel Zagadou to the ground in the penalty area. Referee Harm Osmers awarded a penalty after watching the scene on the screen. Mittelstädt didn’t miss the chance from the point.
Dahm is missing centimeters
Then it was the guests’ turn again. Atakan Karazor went down after a challenge with Han-Noah Massengo – a tough effort, but not an illegal one. The Augsburg player then had a clear path and beat Nübel with a precise shot to make it 2-1.
Two Augsburg goals after 26 minutes after FC A had not scored at all in three previous games. But this lead didn’t last long either, as Deniz Undav headed in a cross from Badredine Bouanani. It was a strange goal because FCA goalkeeper Finn Dahmen fished the ball out of the corner, but it passed the line by centimeters.
Undav tops off a good performance
The second half didn’t continue to be as goal-rich or entertaining. The Stuttgart team now did a little more for their offensive game, but there wasn’t anything notable at first. The enormous workload of the last three weeks – seven games in 23 days – was now clearly noticeable.
The guests were even closer to the goal – like Samuel Essende, who hit the crossbar in front of Nübel’s goal in the 77th minute. Undav did better a short time later, immediately taking off after a pass from Angelo Stiller and celebrating his second goal. That should be enough to win against the beleaguered Augsburg team.
Stuttgart’s Deniz Undav tries to assert himself against two Augsburg players
Stuttgart in Dortmund, Augsburg against HSV
Stuttgart will be visiting Borussia Dortmund on Saturday afternoon after the international break (3:30 p.m.). Augsburg welcomes HSV on Saturday afternoon (3:30 p.m.).
