Leipzig 4-0 Stuttgart
Goals: 1-0 Szoboszlai (38'), 2-0 Forsberg (46'), 3-0 Szoboszlai (52'), 4-0 Silva (pen. 65')

The opening period was a fast-paced, frenetic one as Leipzig sought to makes amends for their defeat to Mainz last weekend. Forsberg had the first effort of the match inside five minutes, but his skidding shot was well kept out by Florian Müller. Roberto Massimo warmed the gloves of Peter Gulacsi at the opposite end moments later with a powerful drive from distance, but gradually the home side began to dominate. Willi Orban, Christopher Nkunku and Tyler Adams all went close before an acrobatic scissor-kick from Silva produced another good stop from Müller. Leipzig's pressure eventually took its toll when Szoboszlai was allowed to advance towards the right-hand corner of Stuttgart's box before arrowing a dipping effort past Müller and into the far corner.

Stuttgart sent on Daniel Didavi at half-time in an attempt to turn the game, but he was only on the pitch for 15 seconds by the time Forsberg had made it 2-0. The Swede linked up well with Nkunku before a beautiful flick from Silva sent him in on goal to slip the ball past Müller. Szoboszlai stung the palms of the Stuttgart keeper soon afterwards from a free-kick on the angle of the penalty area, but the Hungarian was not to be denied for long. From a similar position, albeit a little further back, his next free-kick from the left a minute later crept into the net. The fizzed effort looked like it was intended for a teammate, but when no one made contact the ball drifted across Müller's goal and into the far corner. Stuttgart seemed shellshocked and just when it looked like they had recovered, they conceded again. A shot struck the arm of Marc-Oliver Kempf in the area, allowing Silva to fire home his first Leipzig goal from the penalty spot. It capped an utterly dominant display from the home side, as Leipzig coach Jesse Marsch got the better of his fellow American Pellegrino Matarazzo.

Highlights

Dominik Szoboszlai: MD2's Man of the Matchday

Szoboszlai double earns Leipzig crushing win over Stuttgart

Marsch vs. Matarazzo: American coaches primed to make history