Stuttgart leapfrogged Hertha Berlin, who lost 3-2 at RB Leipzig despite a valiant fightback in the second half. Leipzig were cruising with a three-goal lead at half-time after Emil Forsberg, Abdou Diallo and Willi Orban all found the net.
Yet Hertha came within inches of a comeback as Dodi Lukebakio and Stevan Jovetic pulled goals back and Wilfried Kanga hit the post in injury time. Elsewhere, French striker Marcus Thuram maintained his excellent early-season form with two goals in Borussia Moenchengladbach's 2-2 draw at Wolfsburg.
Thuram opened the scoring on the counter attack early on, before Yannick Gerhardt levelled the scores just before half time. The Gladbach striker pounced on a loose ball to restore the lead early in the second half, but a sharp finish from Omar Marmoush saw Wolfsburg come from behind again to rescue a point.
Mainz continued their good away form with a 2-0 win at Werder Bremen, their fourth win on the road this year. Danish striker Marcus Ingvartsen scored for the second week in a row to give Mainz the lead, before South Korea's Lee Jae-sung doubled the lead with a deflected finish in the second half.
October 15, 2022