Match highlights
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VfB Stuttgart vs 1. FSV Mainz 05 highlights
How the goals came
21' Hiroki Ito opens the scoring for VfB Stuttgart → 39' Alexander Hack equalises for 1. FSV Mainz 05 → 51' Borna Sosa puts VfB Stuttgart ahead (the winner). Full time: 2-1, VfB Stuttgart win.
The match, goal by goal
1 of the 3 goals came after half-time.
21' Hiroki Ito (VfB Stuttgart) 1-0
Hiroki Ito opened the scoring for VfB Stuttgart in the 21st minute of their Bundesliga Matchday 13 meeting with 1. FSV Mainz 05 on November 26, 2021. The goal broke a goalless deadlock at the Mercedes-Benz Arena and put the home side 1-0 up. It was the first of Stuttgart's two goals on the night.
39' Alexander Hack (1. FSV Mainz 05) 1-1
Trailing away from home, 1. FSV Mainz 05 drew level in the 39th minute through Alexander Hack, making it 1-1. The equalizer came 18 minutes after Ito had put VfB Stuttgart in front. By restoring parity before half-time, Mainz ensured the contest would be decided in the second half.
51' Borna Sosa (VfB Stuttgart) 2-1
With the score level at 1-1 after the break, Borna Sosa restored VfB Stuttgart's lead in the 51st minute to make it 2-1. Stuttgart held on from there, and Sosa's strike stood as the winning goal. Having been pegged back in the first half, the home side secured the victory with this second-half goal.
