Augsburg measure 6-0 on the Richter scale

Augsburg 6-0 VfB Stuttgart
Goals: 1-0 Khedira (11'), 2-0 Hahn (18'), 3-0 Max (29'), 4-0 Richter (53'), 5-0 Max (59'), 6-0 Richter (68')

Buoyed by last weekend’s shock win over top-four contenders Eintracht Frankfurt, Augsburg had already gone close through Richter when Rani Khedira volleyed in from Jonathan Schmid with just 11 minutes on the clock. Mario Gomez fired at Andreas Luthe from close range, before Stuttgart allowed Andre Hahn all the time in the world to bring a Schmid corner under wraps and drive low into the net. Augsburg added a third before the half-hour mark, with Philipp Max skipping the offside trap to apply an emphatic finish to Richter’s through-ball.

Anastasios Donis and Daniel Didavi entered the Stuttgart fray after the restart, but Markus Weinzierl’s half-time tinkerings failed to arrest the slide. Richter thrashed in an exquisite volley after the visitors failed to clear a deflected strike from Konstantinos Stafylidis, before Max met Hahn’s pass with his second and Augsburg’s fifth with less than an hour gone. Luthe’s goal-line double save to deny Didavi and Gomez summed up Stuttgart’s afternoon, which went from bad to cataclysmic when Richter thrashed in a 25-yard rocket for his second brace in as many games, leaving VfB six points adrift of safety with 12 left to play for.

• Augsburg scored three first-half goals for the first time.
• Augsburg had never scored six goals in a Bundesliga game before today.
• Stuttgart have conceded a league-high 67 goals after 30 matches.
• VfB have shipped six in one Bundesliga game only once before - in Bremen in 1985.
• Max has scored a career-best four single-season goals so far this season.
• Augsburg have scored 15 goals from set pieces this season, equalling a club record.
• Khedira has scored four times this season. He had only scored once in the Bundesliga prior to 2018/19.

Augsburg: Luthe – Schmid, Gouweleeuw (Oxford 64'), Danso, Stafylidis – Khedira (Moravek 37'), Baier (c) – Hahn, Richter (Schieber 79'), Max – Gregoritsch
Unused subs: Leneis, Janker, Teigl, Cheon
Out: Cordova (groin), Finnbogason (calf), Framberger (cruciate ligament), Giefer (ankle), Götze (hip), Ji (unconfirmed)
Coach: Martin Schmidt

Stuttgart: Zieler – Kabak, Baumgartl, Kempf – Pavard – Esswein (Didavi 46'), Castro, Zuber, Insua (Donis 46') – Gomez (c), Gonzalez
Unused subs: Grahl, Aogo, Thommy, Akolo, Beck
Out: Ascacibar (suspended), Badstuber (calf) Gentner (calf), Maffeo (not considered)
Coach: Markus Weinzierl