<figure id="attachment_3256348" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3256348" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3256348" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/71fab104-stuttgart.jpg" alt="Stuttgart" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3256348" class="wp-caption-text">Stuttgart&#8217;s Deniz Undav celebrates after scoring his side&#8217;s third goal against Borussia Moenchengladbach at Borussia-Park. (EPA Images pic)</figcaption></figure>
BERLIN: Deniz Undav made it 11 goals in 12 Bundesliga matches as Stuttgart cruised to a 3-0 victory at Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday to climb to fourth.
The German Cup holders barely broke a sweat against a poor Gladbach side, who are on the slide having lost four of their past six games.
Stuttgart are only behind third-placed Hoffenheim, who have a game in hand, on goal difference.
&#8220;The team chemistry has gone to another level,&#8221; Undav said.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve got loads of quality and depth. It doesn&#8217;t matter who starts and who comes off the bench.&#8221;
Gladbach&#8217;s Haris Tabakovic missed an early penalty before Stuttgart&#8217;s Jamie Leweling scored the opener.
After Joe Scally bundled the ball into his own net, substitute Undav sealed the match with a late strike.
Tabakovic&#8217;s limp penalty, given when Leweling handled the ball in the box, was easily stopped by Germany goalkeeper Alexander Nuebel with 13 minutes gone.
It was the Bosnian&#8217;s second missed spot-kick in three months.
Gladbach dropped their heads and Stuttgart pounced, Leweling dancing through the penalty area before blasting home on the half-hour mark.
&#8220;I wasn&#8217;t on my game today but as a striker you&#8217;ve got a chance to make things good with a goal,&#8221; Leweling told DAZN:
Undav&#8217;s introduction in the 61st minute proved key as the ball bounced in off Scally&#8217;s back while he tried to mark the German international at a corner.
Undav then added one of his own with 23 minutes remaining, piloting a low shot into the bottom corner.
Later on Sunday, Freiburg came from a goal down to beat Cologne 2-1 at home, moving past Eintracht Frankfurt into seventh spot in the table.
Earlier on Sunday, former Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko scored on his debut with second-tier Schalke in a 2-2 home draw with Kaiserslautern, helping his side maintain a two-point lead at the top of the table.
Signing from Fiorentina on Friday, the 39-year-old Dzeko came off the bench late on and scored with three minutes remaining to become the oldest goalscorer in Bundesliga 2 history.

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