Dortmund grind out a huge win in the context of the title race. Reus' late strike sends them to within a point of leaders Bayern. Stuttgart remain in the relegation play-off spot.

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Guerreiro smashes a goal-bound effort into the match referee. That's the last action of an entertaining half with presentable chances at both ends.

Coulibaly is first to a ball over the top, helped on by Mangala. He's about 14 yards out and catches it well, but former teammate Kobel is out to narrow the angle and springs to his right to push the shot to safety.

Florian Müller claws away Brandt's cross. Bellingham busts a gut to keep the situation alive. Hazard takes on the shot from the edge of the box, and very nearly finds the top corner. Some hit!

Coulibaly catches Hummels late. The Stuttgart midfielder can have no complaints with the booking; Hummels is still griping over that one.

Dortmund want a penalty for an apparent handball in the box, but the referee is unmoved. It was a teasing delivery from Guerreiro - he's looked lively on his return from injury.

A left-wing cross is defelcted into the path of Hazard. He expertly controls the looping ball with his chest, but is under heavy pressure as he goes to volley and drives wide with the outside of his right boot.

The visitors are finding joy playing through Dortmund's press. Coulibaly is into the box, but Akanji tracks him all the way and makes a tidy challenge. Moments later, Sosa and Massimo test Kobel from range.

Stuttgart return fire as Sosa whips a ball into the feet of Förster. It's on his weaker right side, though, and he fires off target. The Dortmund defence parted a touch too easily there.

Thorgan Hazard challenges for a ball into the box, but Mavropanos does just enough to put off the Belgian and it's an easy save for Müller. Dortmund come again as Julian Brandt floats a cross onto the head of Malen, who powers wide. Good spell for the hosts, this.

Haaland isn't on the pitch, but he is - as ever - watching intently from the stands. Rose said in his pre-match press conference that the striker could yet play before the year's out. The 21-year-old has missed BVB's last six competitive matches with a troublesome hip flexor injury.

Oof! Not far away at all from Marco Reus. He whips a free-kick just past the upright, with Florian Müller at full stretch. Great work from Jude Bellingham to draw the foul on the edge of the 18-yard box. Still hard to believe he's only 18.

The ball's rolling in front of a vocal home crowd. BVB immediately on the ball and moving it well.

Second-placed Dortmund can close the gap on Bayern to a point with a win, following the leaders' shock loss to Augsburg on Friday. It's a result that has dropped Stuttgart into the relegation play-off spot. If they lose in Dortmund and Bielefeld get a positive result at home to Wolfsburg, VfB could fall into the automatic relegation places.

Marco Rose reverts to a four-man defence following Dortmund's 2-1 loss at Leipzig, with the fit-again Raphael Guerreiro returning at left-back. Marin Pongracic makes way, while Donyell Malen leads the line once more in the absence of injured top scorer Erling Haaland. Stuttgart, meanwhile, welcome back influential defender Kostaninos Mavropanos. Tanguy Coulibaly and Philipp Förster come into the midfield, in the only other changes to the side that lost 1-0 to Arminia Bielefeld prior to the international break.

Kobel - Meunier, Akanji, Hummels, Guerreiro - Witsel, Bellingham - Brandt, Reus (c), Hazard - Malen

Hitz, Dahoud, Reinier, Can, Tigges, Passlack, Pongracic, Knauff

Müller - Mavropanos, Anton, Ito - Karazor - Coulibaly, Mangala, Endo (c), Sosa - Förster - Massimo

Bredlow, Mola, Didavi, Stenzel, Al Ghaddioui, Faghir, Nartey, Klimowicz, Tibidi

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