Stuttgart continued their fine run in the Bundesliga with an effective, if not attractive, home victory over local rivals Hoffenheim.
Shinji Okazaki opened the scoring in the 48th minute and then Pavel Pogrebnyak converted from the spot after 77 minutes to give Stuttgart the spoils.
Stuttgart, who have never lost against Hoffenheim, collected their fifth victory in the last six games to jump to 16 points and leave them level with third-placed Borussia Dortmund. Hoffenheim remain on 13 points
The guests were lucky that a penalty was not given in the 20th minute as Isaac Vorsah appeared to have taken down Pogrebnyak.
Hoffenheim were close to opening the lead [...]
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