19 April 2025, Berlin: Soccer: Bundesliga, 1. FC Union Berlin - VfB Stuttgart, Matchday 30, An der Alten Försterei. Berlin's Andrej Ilic (3rd from right) celebrates with teammates after his goal to make it 4:4. Photo: Andreas Gora/dpa - IMPORTANT NOTE: In accordance with the regulations of the DFL German Football League and the DFB German Football Association, it is prohibited to utilize or have utilized photographs taken in the stadium and/or of the match in the form of sequential images and/or video-like photo series.

Union Berlin, Stuttgart set Bundesliga record with explosive opening half

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Saturday's clash between Union Berlin and Stuttgart was locked at 4-4 at half-time, the first time eight goals have been scored in the first 45 minutes of a Bundesliga game.

Hosts Union went two goals up when Andrej Ilic and Diogo Leite scored from set-pieces, but Stuttgart hit back to level at 2-2 through Deniz Undav and Enzo Millot.

Union again hit the lead thanks to a stunning long-range strike from Leopold Querfeld, before Stuttgart's Jeff Chabot and Chris Fuhrich scored two in three minutes and Ilic struck again in first-half stoppage time to level the scores.

The most goals scored in one half of Bundesliga football came in 1982, when Borussia Dortmund beat Arminia Bielefeld 11-1, with 10 of the goals coming after half-time.

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