Undav rescues point for Stuttgart at home to Heidenheim

Germany forward Deniz Undav has scored in stoppage time to rescue a 3-3 draw for third-place Stuttgart at home to Heidenheim in the Bundesliga, preserving the team’s seven-game unbeaten streak after a dramatic finale.

An own-goal from Stuttgart goalkeeper Alexander Nubel and two quick-fire goals from Tim Kleindienst had given the visitors a late 3-2 lead.

But Maximilian Mittelstadt sent a long ball forward for Undav to take with his back toward goal. Undav eluded two defenders as he turned and scored inside the far corner for Stuttgart’s equalizer.

Neither team was happy with the draw.

“We’re not happy because we took over the game completely when we got the goal back, we believed in ourselves, turned the game around with unbelievable will and then conceded the equaliser in the 90th-plus-eight,” said Heidenheim coach Frank Schmidt, who led the club to their first promotion last season.

Serhou Guirassy scored in the 41st minute to take his tally to 23 goals in 21 league appearances. Angelo Stiller then gave Stuttgart an apparently comfortable 2-0 lead early in the second half.

The visitors turned the game upside down but had Nikola Dovedan sent off just before Undav preserved Stuttgart’s unbeaten run.

Augsburg drew with Cologne 1-1 in Sunday’s early game, leaving Cologne in relegation danger. The Billy Goats were second from bottom, six points from safety.