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The favorite to win the Bundesliga title is born: 7 wins in 9 games, 22 points, ranked 2nd, closely chasing Bayern

3:07am, 2 November 2025Football

A match in the 9th round of the Bundesliga started. Leipzig faced Stuttgart at home. Leipzig has achieved 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the first 8 league games, and is in the first group of championship contenders. Leipzig has won the last three games, first narrowly beating Hamburg in the league, then beating Augsburg, and then eliminating Cottbus in the German Cup. Now returning to the league, Leipzig faces the strong Stuttgart. As a result, Leipzig won the game, winning 7 out of 9 games, scoring 22 points, ranking second, closely chasing Bayern, and becoming one of the favorites to win the championship.

Leipzig has a 433 formation in this game. The attacking trident of Jan Diomande, Romulo and Nousa worked together. Assan Ouedraogo, Seewald and Baumgartner formed a 3-midfielder. The back four of Baku, Willy Orban, Lukba and Laum started. Guracic serves as the starting goalkeeper. Leipzig's starting lineup is worth a total of 192 million euros, while Stuttgart's starting lineup is worth a total of 189 million euros.

Not long after the game started, Raum got an excellent single-shot opportunity, but his shot was blocked by the goalkeeper, which was a pity. In the 18th minute, Mittelstadt fired a volley from the outside, and the ball flew towards the goal like a cannonball. As a result, the goalkeeper saved the ball. In the 38th minute, Baumgartner fouled and was shown a yellow card. This was also the only yellow card in the first half.

In the 41st minute, Romulo shot from close range and hit the far corner. The ball missed the left post by a hair. In the 45th minute, Leipzig scored! Chabot stretched his foot in front of the goal to clear the ball, but blocked the ball into his own goal. This own goal put Stuttgart into a passive situation. At halftime, Leipzig led Stuttgart 1-0. Leipzig had 43% of the ball in the first half, took 10 shots, 5 were on target, and scored 1 goal. Stuttgart shot 9 times in the first half and failed to score.

Change sides and fight again in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Leipzig scored again. Diomande cut inside the right side of the penalty area and shot low into the near corner, and the ball went in! 5 minutes later, Stuttgart made substitution adjustments, with Thiago Thomas and Nartey coming on as substitutes. This substitution had quick results. In the 65th minute, substitute Thiago Thomas scored a single goal to help Stuttgart recover a goal. However, Stuttgart was unable to score again in the remaining time, and instead conceded another goal at the last minute. Romulo scored to kill the game. In the end, Leipzig defeated Stuttgart 3-1.

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