Mittelstadt strike beats Bremen as Stuttgart win 1-0 despite lower xG

📰 Mittelstadt's seventh-minute goal was enough for Stuttgart to beat Bremen 1-0. 📌 Key points ✅ Stuttgart beat Bremen 1-0 at home on 7 November. 🎯 Maximilian Mittelstadt scored on 7 minutes from Grischa Promel's pass. 📉 Expected goals favoured Bremen, 1.68 to 0.78. 🧤 Goalkeeper Dennis Seimen kept a clean sheet. 🏅 Mittelstadt was voted Man of the Match with 59 per cent. 📝 What happened ⚽ Promel's flat pass found Mittelstadt on the left of the box and he finished into the top-left corner. Bundesliga.com gave the goal an 11 per cent win-probability rating, the lowest of the match. 🧤 After the break Seimen saved from Eren Dinkci and then denied Youri Regeer one-on-one. Mittelstadt hit the post on 57 minutes. 🔄 Sebastian Hoeness made three changes from the Champions League game at Galatasaray, with Yanik Spalt making his first-team Bundesliga debut. 📊 By the numbers • Goal: Mittelstadt, 7th minute • xG: Stuttgart 0.78, Bremen 1.68 • Mittelstadt Man of the Match: 59 per cent • Bremen had won 2-0 at home to Hoffenheim before this game 🔭 Why it matters Stuttgart won despite weaker chances, and Bremen's good run was halted.