Soccer-Stuttgart ease past Werder 2-0 with third win in a row

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - DFB Cup - Second Round - VfB Stuttgart v 1. FC Union Berlin - MHPArena, Stuttgart, Germany - October 31, 2023 VfB Stuttgart's Deniz Undav celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - VfB Stuttgart's Deniz Undav and Serhou Guirassy scored to give them a 2-0 home win over Werder Bremen on Saturday, their third league victory in a row that kept them third in the table with a four-point lead over fourth-placed RB Leipzig.

Undav, a former Werder youth player, put them in front in the 17th minute and the hosts should have added at least one more before the break with Stuttgart having 17 efforts on goal in the game.