the Mercedes Benz Arena stunned as Stuttgart put 5 past Schalke

Pellegrino Matarazzo's squad secured a valuable victory against Schalke at the Mercedes Benz Arena on Saturday

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Stuttgart beats Schalke 5-1 on Saturday at the Mercedes Benz Arena. Stuttgart were looking to continue their run, following a 1-0 victory against Cologne. Schalke, on the other hand, were beaten 4-0 in the previous match against Borussia Dortmund. As it stands, Stuttgart are in 9th place on the table and has 32 points while Schalke sit in 18th with 9 points after 23 matches.

Stuttgart found the net, with Wataru Endo opening the rout in the 10th minute. Later, Stuttgart scored again and increased their advantage thanks to another goal from Wataru Endo, scoring his second goal to make it 2-0. Later, Stuttgart scored again and increased their lead thanks to a goal from Sasa Kalajdzic to make it 3-0. However, Schalke hit back just before half-time, with a goal from Sead Kolasinac in the 40th minute. The score at half time was 3-1.

Stuttgart continued to apply pressure the second half and were rewarded, with Philipp Klement opening the scoring, 88 minutes in. Later, Stuttgart took the lead with a goal form a goal from Daniel Didavi in the 90th minute just before the final whistle to hand victory to the hosts.

For Stuttgart, Daniel Didavi, Philipp Klement, Pascal Stenzel, Tanguy Coulibaly and Hamadi Al Ghaddioui came on for William, Omar Mascarell, Matthew Hoppe and Benjamin Stambouli, while Schalke brought on Alessandro Schopf, Nabil Bentaleb, Benito Raman and Bastian Oczipka to replace William, Omar Mascarell, Matthew Hoppe and Benjamin Stambouli.

There were bookings for Gonzalo Castro and Wataru Endo from Stuttgart and Timo Becker, Malick Thiaw and Nabil Bentaleb for Schalke.

Stuttgart will next play Eintracht Frankfurt away, with Schalke facing Mainz at home.