Bayern Munich fought a goal from a goal to clearly move 11 points on the Bundesliga summit after emerging 3-1 victors on Stuttgart in Mhparena on Friday.
Second placed Bayer Leverkusen are in action against Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday before the two teams are in the Champions League next week.
Angelo Stiller focuses Stuttgart in a 34th minute a lead with a fine individual effort, which collected Josha Vagnoman's pass before sending the ball past the handle of Manuel Neuer.
But the side of Vincent Kompany recovered parity just before half -time, with Michael Olise slid inside through Leroy Sane and his strike in the top left corner curled.
Bayern completed the Turnaround just after the hour when Leon Goretzka owns Stal in the Stuttgart area and ended up near Alexander Nubel.
Kingsley Coman punished another mistake by the hosts to seal the victory, with the Frenchman intercepted the bad back -pass of Josha Vagnoman before completing Nubel and ended from a distance.
Data Debrief: rare comeback for goal -hungry Bayern
The abundance of attacking options from Bayern is one where many teams around the world are jealous, and they were in the imperious form to ruthlessly punish an error disturbed display by Stuttgart on Friday.
The side of Kompany has indeed scored 72 goals in the first 24 games of this Bundesliga season. Only Bayern himself scored more times in this phase of a campaign in the history of the competition in 2021-22 (75).
It was also a rare comeback for Bayern. After opening the opening goal in a top match, they won for the first time since March 16, 2024 against Darmstadt, ending a point of five of such competitions without victory.
Despite their early setbacks, Bayern was worth their victory. They registered an expected goals (XG) a total of 2.17 of their 17 shots to Stuttgart's 0.94 of their 12 attempts.
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