Gladbach have been rescued by the offside flag as a Stuttgart corner from Stiller finds the head of Undav who, from an initial offside position, puts the ball into Nicolas's net but is ultimately denied by the referee.

Gladbach look like they're in lockdown mode now in the closing minutes as the Stuttgart players aim to find solutions to land anything concrete at Nicolas's goal. So far, they've been kept at an arm's length by the Gladbach defence despite the own goal earlier.

With the game's closing phase approaching, Hoeneß is throwing his final play, bringing on Rieder and Keitel to add fresh legs and impetus to the Stuttgart midfield.

Stuttgart finally have their first shot on target of the day, a well worked pass in behind the Gladbach defence for the speedy Führich to chase, who does get there, but his side-foot shot is straight at Nicolas in the Gladbach goal.

The Germany international will hope to do better than his Bosnian team-mate up front as Hoeneß throws onto the pitch possibly his best chance of finding the lead.

Mittelstädt's reaction to a foul on Stöger gets him into the referee's book.

The Stuttgart boss is now ringing the changes, with Mittelstädt and Führich entering the play, a brand-new left hand side for Stuttgart, as Hendriks moves to the left-sided centre back spot.

And they have Nico Elvedi to thank for it! Stuttgart successfully build out from the back and enter the Gladbach final third from a Bruun Larsen flick on to Woltemade, the Dane advances down the left for a one-two before playing a deft square pass across the box which is unfortunately deflected into the back of the Gladbach net from Elvedi. The perfect start to the second 45 for Stuttgart!

We are off for the second 45 and Demirović gets us underway.

Another hopeful cross from Leweling on the Stuttgart right finds it's way into a good area in the box with Woltemade rising high to attack it, but Gladbach's numbers once again prove to be a frustration for the forward who has endured a difficult first 45.

Though Hoeneß's side are seeing a lot of the ball, it feels like Gladbach defenders are just one step ahead of them every time they attempt a probing pass around the box, whereas the crosses have been relatively easy to defend thus far for the away side.

Another almost opportunity for the home side, as a cross from Leweling finds the head of Demirovic, whose flicked header could have been an assist for Bruun Larsen, but the Dane couldn't sort his feet in time.

And it falls to the head of Demirović who really feels he should have done better with that. A well-worked cross from Bruun Larsen finds the Bosnian in the Gladbach box but his header glances well wide of Nicolas' net. That makes it Stuttgart's first attempt of the afternoon.

After a couple of games out of the starting XI, the Frenchman is really looking to take the game by the scruff of the neck, stringing along clever passes between the lines of Gladbach's defence.

The game has a real end-to-end feel to it in the opening exchanges, Stuttgart's latest attack comes from a cross into the box from Leweling towards Demirović who would have had an open shot on Nicolas' goal had it not been for a crucial intervention from Ko Itakura.

Stuttgart start on the front foot and Nick Woltemade is making his presence felt once again, the 22-year-old always proves to be a handful for defenders.