Stuttgart beat Mainz 2-1 on Friday in the game that opened the 13th day of the German Bundesliga. Thanks to this victory, the team led by Pellegrino Matarazzo left the promotion position and placed 13th.
Japan’s Hiroki Ito put Stuttgart ahead in the 21st minute with a first-touch goal, but Mainz, 9th in the table, wasted no time in restoring the equality to the scoreboard through Alexander Hack. The German scored, in 39, with a header from a corner.
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The Croatian Borna Sosa put the final 2-1 in the light of the Mercedes-Benz Arena thus giving the victory to Stuttgart. Orel Mangala served the assistants on both of his team’s goals.
With this triumph, Pellegrino Matarazzo’s men move away momentarily from relegation by opening a gap of one point with respect to Augsburg, which marks the limit of the red zone of the table.