Match highlights
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VfB Stuttgart vs 1. FSV Mainz 05 highlights
How the goals came
8' Enzo Millot opens the scoring for VfB Stuttgart → 15' Jamie Leweling extends VfB Stuttgart's lead → 43' Nadiem Amiri pulls one back for 1. FSV Mainz 05 → 62' Jonathan Burkardt equalises for 1. FSV Mainz 05 → 88' Fabian Rieder puts VfB Stuttgart ahead → 90+4' Maxim Leitsch equalises for 1. FSV Mainz 05. Full time: 3-3, a draw.
The match, goal by goal
3 of the 6 goals came after half-time. 1 goal in second-half stoppage time.
8' Enzo Millot (VfB Stuttgart) 1-0
Enzo Millot opened the scoring for VfB Stuttgart in the 8th minute at the MHPArena, giving the hosts a 1-0 lead on the second matchday. It was the first of six goals in a match that would finish 3-3.
15' Jamie Leweling (VfB Stuttgart) 2-0
Seven minutes after the opener, Jamie Leweling doubled the advantage for VfB Stuttgart, making it 2-0 in the 15th minute. The home side had two goals inside the first quarter of an hour, although that cushion would not last to the final whistle.
43' Nadiem Amiri (1. FSV Mainz 05) 2-1
Trailing 2-0, 1. FSV Mainz 05 pulled one back shortly before half-time through Nadiem Amiri. His 43rd-minute goal made it 2-1 and sent the visitors into the break only one goal behind.
62' Jonathan Burkardt (1. FSV Mainz 05) 2-2
Jonathan Burkardt drew 1. FSV Mainz 05 level in the 62nd minute, completing the recovery from two goals down. At 2-2, the advantage VfB Stuttgart had built in the opening quarter of an hour was gone.
88' Fabian Rieder (VfB Stuttgart) 3-2
With the match level at 2-2, Fabian Rieder put VfB Stuttgart back in front in the 88th minute. The 3-2 lead left the hosts ahead heading into the closing stages, but it would not hold through stoppage time.
90'+4 Maxim Leitsch (1. FSV Mainz 05) 3-3
In the fourth minute of stoppage time, 90+4, Maxim Leitsch struck the equalizer that made it 3-3. 1. FSV Mainz 05 had fallen behind twice and fought back both times to take a draw away from home, while VfB Stuttgart let a lead slip for the second time in the match.
