Herrmann's only been on the pitch a matter of seconds but his fresh legs did the trick here. Receiving Kone's pass on the right he races away from Sosa and smashes an angled drive into the far corner. Game over.

A cross from the right is met inside the six-yard box by Guirassy, who pokes it at goal. Normally those go in, no questions asked, but somehow Sippel reacts quickly enough to hook the ball clear! How important could that be?

On comes Gladbach's long-serving playmaker for the final few minutes. Can he settle the nerves with a late goal?

Gladbach with more defending to do as Silas tries to work some magic. Kone is there with the block, though. He's been a rock on his return to the starting line-up.

In a central position in the Stuttgart area, Thuram completely miscues his attempted shot. He's kicking himself!

Gladbach move it well as Plea finds Thuram. Hoffman takes on the first-time shot from 18 yards, but doesn't catch it right and the ball bobbles harmlessly wide.

Gladbach immediately on the attack with Kone, who wins a corner. The Foals retain possession after Hofmann's delivery is cleared. Kone then takes aim from distance. It takes a deflection, forcing Müller to parry to safety.

Plea cuts a ball back to the edge of the area. Bensebaini hits it first time, but the Algerian's goal-bound shot is blocked by Mavropanos.

Brilliant again from Plea to split the Stuttgart defence. Scally goes down as Müller races out to intervene - the US defender wants a penalty, but doesn't get one.

Sippel's pass out from the back isn't the best, but the ensuing passage of play is a beauty to behold. It's gorgeous one-touch stuff to help the ball up to Plea. He holds off two Stuttgart shirts, before guiding an audacious outside-of-the-boot pass into the feet of Thuram. Gladbach's top scorer takes it in his stride as he goes into the box, and dispatches beyond Müller for his joint-league-leading ninth goal of the Bundesliga season.

Bensebaini is booked for raising an arm towards Anton. The referee goes to review the incident, but stands by his initial decision to brandish a yellow card.

Stuttgart are at sixes and sevens as Kramer clips a pass into the box for Plea. He has Stenzel pulling at his jersey, but stays on his feet to get off a shot that Müller does really well to block at point-blank range.

Bensebaini with a full-blooded volley from the left-hand side of the area. It's the sort of cultured strike you'd expect from a left-footer, but just too close to the goalkeeper, who beats it away.

That was Plea's sixth assist of the Bundesliga season. The Frenchman's been thriving out wide under Farke.

Gladbach are off to a flyer! Bensebaini slides a pass to Plea on the left-hand side. He whips it over, behind the run of Thuram, but weighted perfectly for the late-arriving Hofmann, who tucks in a beauty of a side-footed finish from 12 yards.