Borussia Mönchengladbach end their Bundesliga false start in Stuttgart

Borussia Mönchengladbach finally got their first Bundesliga points of the season with a 3-2 win at VfB Stuttgart. After six straight league defeats, the relief came with a performance built around Wael Mohya, Joseph Scally and a result that avoided a historic seven-loss start.

Mohya and Scally drive the comeback

Scally levelled things with a backheel in the 38th minute, the kind of finish that keeps a struggling night alive. Mohya then set up Shuto Machino in the 51st minute before scoring himself in the 66th, and his 8.5 rating made him Gladbach’s standout player.

Scally also finished with a goal and an assist, while Mohya matched that influence in a tighter, more decisive way. Gladbach needed both of them because Ermedin Demirović struck in the 5th minute and again in the 83rd minute for Stuttgart, keeping the game tense until the end.

The record Gladbach avoided

The scale of the turnaround is clear from where Gladbach started. They had lost their first six Bundesliga matches, something that had never happened in 63 years of the competition. A seventh defeat would have put them into a record nobody wanted.

Alexander Blessin said after the match, translated from German by SPORT1: "We have to go through the valley of torment". Sporting director Rouven Schröder added: "It is already precarious, but we do not want to look for excuses".

Gladbach will now try to turn one away win into something more stable, but the first job was simply getting a point return on the board. They have done that at the VfB Stuttgart vs Borussia Mönchengladbach fixture, and the season no longer begins with six defeats and a looming seven-game collapse.