Leweling Scores Twice as Stuttgart Demolish Woeful Wolfsburg

Jamie Leweling netted a brace in the opening half while Deniz Undav added to his tally to guide Stuttgart to a convincing 4-0 victory over Wolfsburg at home in the Bundesliga on Sunday.

Nikolas Nartey found the net in added time to help the German Cup champions pull level with third-placed Hoffenheim on 46 points.

Stuttgart lead fifth-placed RB Leipzig by five points with Leipzig set to visit Hamburg in the evenings Sunday match.

Wolfsburg who have avoided relegation since their 1997 rise to the Bundesliga have secured only one win in their previous 10 outings and now occupy second from bottom spot three points clear of the relegation zone.

Stuttgart hosted the Wolves in south western Germany after progressing past Celtic with a 4-2 aggregate success over two ties to enter the Europa League knockout stage where Porto await.

Undav seized on a wayward clearance to open the scoring for Stuttgart with his 14th Bundesliga strike after 21 minutes.

Chris Fuehrich set up Leweling at the 30 minute mark to extend the advantage and the German winger struck once more near the interval volleying home from the right hand side of the area.

Stuttgart completed the rout late in the contest as Nartey converted with the matches closing touch.