Defending champions VfB Stuttgart have beaten DFB Cup winners 1. FC Nürnberg 3-0 to boost their European hopes.
Cacau (4), Antonio da Silva (13) and skipper Fernando Meira (32) scored for VfB.
Schäfer back in goal
The hosts were without injured players Mario Gomez, Thomas Hitzlsperger and Sami Khedira, but with Raphael Schäfer back in goal for Sven Ulreich.
Cacau opened the scoring early on, capitalising on a mistake by Javier Pinola.
Vittek miss
One minute later Robert Vittek missed a great chance to equalise with a close-range header.
Nuremberg paid the price when Cacau turned provider to set up da Silva for the second goal.
The guests tried to find a way back into the match, but Meira scored with a header from da Silva’s corner to effectively end the match as a contest.
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