Joe Scally scored a goal to help Bundesliga cellar dwellers Borussia Dortmund get their first win of the Bundesliga campaign over Stuttgart.
Stuttgart 2-3 Borussia Monchengladbach
Borussia Monchengladbach finally earned its first points of the season as they were able to hold on for the win over Stuttgart at the MHPArena.
Joe Scally played 70 minutes for the Foals as he made a key pass, won three duels, made four defensive contributions, and received a yellow card.
Things did not start well for the visitors when Stuttgart opened the scoring in the fifth minute. Ermedin Demirovic’s volley was poorly handled by goalkeeper Moritz Nicolas.
‘Gladbach fought its way back to level the score in the 38th minute when Zento Uno’s volley found Scally on the edge of the six-yard box to backheel the ball into the goal.
The bottom-placed side took the lead in the 51st minute through Shuto Machino to smash the ball in from Wael Mohya’s pass.
Mohya extended their lead in the 66th minute when Stuttgart did poorly to clear the ball from danger, allowing Scally to collect and cross it to the German to head in.
Stuttgart cut the deficit in the 83rd minute, but the night belonged to Monchengladbach as they tasted victory for the first time in the season.
It is German Cup action on Tuesday when the Foals face Karlsruher at home.
Notes
Elsewhere in the Bundesliga, Santiago Castaneda played the full 90 minutes as Paderborn secured a 1-0 win over Hamburg.
Cole Campbell returned from injury as he played eight minutes for Elversberg in their 4-0 defeat to RB Leipzig.
Malik Tillman came off the bench to play 49 minutes as Bayer Leverkusen was downed in a 3-0 defeat to 10-man Hoffenheim.
Mathis Albert was not with the team as Borussia Dortmund walked away with a 1-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt.
Lennard Maloney was on the bench as Mainz fell in a nail-biting 3-2 loss to Werder Bremen.
In the 2. Bundesliga, Jonathan Gomez played 78 minutes, and Leon Flach was an unused substitute for Osnabruck in their 3-0 win over Jordan Pefok and Greuther Furth.
Ryan Malone played 39 minutes for Cottbus in their 1-1 tie with Heidenheim.
Isaiah Young saw no action for Arminia Bielefeld in their 1-0 loss to Hertha Berlin.
John Tolkin was a spectator on the bench as Holstein Kiel secured a 3-0 win over Dynamo Dresden.
Down in the 3. Liga, Terrence Boyd came off the bench to play 18 minutes and scored a hat-trick in Waldhof Mannheim’s 4-1 win over Hoffenheim II.
