Borussia Dortmund
| 1-1 | Sokratis | (19. Min) |
| 2-1 | Reus | (22. Min) |
| 3-1 | Lewandowski | (54. Min) |
| 4-1 | Lewandowski | (56. Min) |
| 5-1 | Lewandowski | (72. Min) |
| 6-1 | Aubameyang | (81. Min) |
VfB Stuttgart
| 0-1 | Haggui | (13. Min) |
Sokratis
Stats 
Christian Gentner in action during the game.
Hefty defeat
The VfB fans were in powerful voice throughout, particularly as their side took a 1-0 lead, but having gone behind, Dortmund hit back powerfully to earn an impressive 6-1 victory. Having gone seven games without defeat, the VfB left their field of play empty-handed again for the first time.
Trainer Thomas Schneider made three changes to his starting eleven for the game against BVB, to which some 8,000 Stuttgart fans had made the trip. Timo Werner, Gotoku Sakai and Moritz Leitner all returned to the side, forcing Georg Niedermeier, Martin Harnik and Ibrahima Traoré onto the substitute’s bench.
The packed stadium saw VfB start well against a BVB side that immediately stamped their powerful attacking style on the game. The first shot on goal in the game was to come more from accident than intention, when a Jakub Blaszczykowski cross dipped with pace and forced Sven Ulreich into making a strong, sprawling save to prevent his side from going behind (9’). Just four minutes later, VfB were then in front, when a well delivered corner from Alexandru Maxim, found Karim Haggui, whose downward header took a wicked bounce and eluded Nuri Sahin at the post to make its way into the top corner of the net. It was the defender’s first goal in the VfB colours.
Thomas Schneider: "That was a disappointing game for us on the whole." Post match comments
BVB turn the tie
The setback shook the hosts into immediate action and trainer Jürgen Klopp’s men duly turned the tie. In the 19th minute, centre-half Sokratis levelled the scores with a header from a corner and then German international Marco Reus put his side in front (22’). Having goner behind, VfB found their way back into the game, but the hosts were in more control of the play at all times. Shortly before the break, Timo Werner went tumbling down in the Borussia penalty area and the referee had initially blown for a penalty, but on the advice of his assistant, the official changed his mind and the home side took their 2-1 advantage into the half-time break.
Soon after the re-start, the bulk of the 80,645 strong crowd were on their feet a celebrating as Robert Lewandowski extended his side’s lead to 4-1 within two minutes (54’, 56’). With their lead well established, proceedings were far more comfortable for the hosts, and respectively more difficult for VfB. The Polish international made it 5-1 in the 72th minute with what was a perfect hat-trick. In spite of the looming defeat, the VfB fans never allowed their spirits to drop and fired on their team enthusiastically for the duration.
The volume of the VfB fans could do little to help their side avoid conceding a fourth in the second half, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang‘s cross-come-shot taking a wicked deflection off Moritz Leitner and looping over Sven Ulreich to make the final score 1-6 (81’). Soon after, the referee ended then tie and VfB were left empty-handed again for the first time, having gone seven league games without defeat.
