Stuttgart Beat Werder Bremen 1-0 on Mittelstadt's Early Goal

VfB Stuttgart beat Werder Bremen 1-0 at the MHP Arena in Stuttgart on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026, in Bundesliga matchday 9. Maximilian Mittelstadt scored the only goal in the seventh minute. The result ended Werder Bremen's seven match unbeaten run in the Bundesliga.

The match kicked off at 17:30 UTC and ended at about 19:34 UTC. One early goal shaped the whole evening. Stuttgart scored it, then protected it for more than 80 minutes against a Bremen side that had not lost in seven league matches.

Seven minutes was all it took

Mittelstadt scored in the seventh minute, with the assist from Grischa Promel. A defender scoring that early changes the shape of a match. Stuttgart could settle, hold its lines and make Bremen chase the game. Bremen had to spend the rest of the night looking for one goal against a home side that already had what it needed.

Bremen's unbeaten run made the task harder on paper. A team seven matches without a league defeat does not expect to lose to a single early goal. But the run ended in Stuttgart, closed out by a home defense that gave up nothing after the seventh minute.

Seimen and the clean sheet

Stuttgart goalkeeper Dennis Seimen made five saves to keep the clean sheet. Five saves is a real workload for a 1-0 win. Bremen created enough to test him, and he answered every time. Each save protected the narrowest lead in football, and the last of them protected it to the final whistle.

The win also carried a small marker for Stuttgart's season. It was the club's first back to back Bundesliga wins this season. One win can be a good day. Two in a row start to look like form, and Stuttgart now has that run to build on after a home win built on an early goal and a clean sheet.

For Bremen, the night ends a strong stretch and sends the team home with nothing. The seven match unbeaten run is over, stopped by a seventh minute goal and a goalkeeper who would not be beaten.

A one goal game, managed to the end

Matchday 9 is still early in a Bundesliga season, and single goal games like this one carry weight beyond the three points. Stuttgart took its chance in the seventh minute and spent the rest of the match protecting it. Bremen spent the rest of the match chasing it and never found the finish it needed. The score line stayed at the score set in the opening minutes, and every minute that passed without a Bremen goal made the early strike worth more.

That is the whole story of the night in Stuttgart. An early goal from a defender, a five save clean sheet behind it, an unbeaten run ended, and a home side with back to back league wins for the first time this season.