Borussia Dortmund beat VfB Stuttgart 0-1 in the Bundesliga, taking the points with a second-half goal from Maximilian Beier after a goalless first half.

Match Summary

The first half at MHPArena stayed blank. Ermedin Demirović was shown a yellow card early, and Angelo Stiller was booked soon after, so the home side had to be careful in the tackle. Nico Schlotterbeck joined them in the book for Dortmund before the interval, yet neither team could break through.

After the restart Dortmund picked up further cautions, first Joey Veerman and then Kouakou Joane Gadou. The deadlock lifted in the 70th minute, when Jobe Bellingham set up Maximilian Beier and Beier scored the only goal of the match. Stuttgart looked for an equalizer and never found one. Late yellow cards for Jobe Bellingham and Julian Ryerson marked a tense finish as Dortmund protected the lead.

Key Moments

Those early bookings for Demirović and Stiller mattered because Stuttgart later had to chase the score while already on yellow cards.

Beier's finish was the swing that decided the afternoon. The match had produced no goals for more than an hour, so a single away strike was enough once Stuttgart could not respond.

From there Dortmund's five yellow cards, including late cautions for Bellingham and Ryerson, showed they were defending the result rather than adding to it. They still kept a clean sheet.

Match Statistics

Stuttgart held 55 percent of possession against Dortmund's 45 and won six corners to two. The hosts recorded 10 shots and put four on target. Dortmund attempted 13 shots but managed only two on target. Yellow cards finished 2-5 against the visitors, and there were no red cards.

What the Result Means

After three Bundesliga matches, Borussia Dortmund sit third with nine points and a goal difference of plus six, having taken three wins in that run. VfB Stuttgart are 14th with three points from three games and a goal difference of minus two, a start that includes one win and two losses. The sides are six points apart.

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