Daniel van Buyten scored a late goal Saturday for Bayern Munich to come from behind and beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 in the Bundesliga.
The defender's header in the 88th minute saved Bayern from another home embarrassment following yet another unconvincing performance.
Bayern's Arjen Robben came off the bench three weeks after undergoing knee surgery to equalize after Alexander Meier had put Frankfurt ahead.
Stuttgart fell to its fifth defeat in six games when it went down 1-0 at Hannover, increasing the pressure on coach Markus Babbel.
"It's a bitter defeat. They had one chance and scored and the goal appeared to come from an offside," Babbel said. "We hit the post twice, we were just unlucky."
In other games, Hoffenheim defeated Nuremberg 3-0, Mainz beat fellow promoted side Freiburg 3-0 and Cologne drew 0-0 at Borussia Moenchengladbach.
Bayer Leverkusen drew 1-1 with Borussia Dortmund on Friday to remain undefeated and stay top, at least until Sunday, when Hamburger SV visits Schalke. Leverkusen has 22 points after 10 games, Hamburg has 21 and Schalke 19.
Werder Bremen, which travels to Bochum on Sunday, is fourth on 18, ahead of Bayern on goal difference.
Miroslav Klose and Luca Toni wasted Bayern's best chances in the first half, and Louis van Gaal's team was booed off the field at halftime.
Robben came on for Klose in the 60th minute, but Eintracht took the lead moments later. Patrick Ochs played a through ball for Alexander Meier to slot past goalkeeper Joerg Butt.
Bayern equalized after Eintracht goalkeeper Oka Nikolov's error allowed substitute Mario Gomez to head the ball down to Robben for a simple tap-in in the 69th.
Robben had needed surgery on his right knee after being injured in a Champions League match against Juventus on Sept. 30.
Van Gaal, under fire in the Munich media after a string of tepid performances culminating in the midweek Champions League loss to Bordeaux, made a key substitution when he took off Toni and sent on defender Martin Demichelis in the 86th minute.
At the same time, the coach sent Van Buyten up front, and the tall defender headed in the winner at the far post following a cross from Philipp Lahm that was redirected by Thomas Mueller.
"They scored from their first chance, but we were mentally strong and made our luck," Van Gaal said after Bayern's 850th Bundesliga victory.
Stuttgart, third last season, fell closer to the relegation zone when Didier Ya Konan scored for Hannover in the 30th.
"We are trying everything but nothing seems to work," Stuttgart captain Thomas Hitzlesperger said.
Christien Eichler, Vedad Ibisevic and Franco Zuculini scored for Hoffenheim, which snapped a two-game losing streak.
Tim Hoogland scored two goals for Mainz, with Andreas Ivanschitz adding the other.
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