Union remained once again unimpressed and levelled the scores in the 68th minute when Marvin Friedrich nodded home Christopher Trimmel's corner kick to make it two-all draw on the scoreboards.

The visitors almost grabbed the a winner but Stuttgart's custodian Ron-Robert Zieler tipped Andersson's dangerous effort over the bar to save his side a draw.

With the result, Union take two away goals into the second leg, which will be held in Berlin's Alte Forsterei on Monday.

"Nothing is lost yet but we have to win on Monday. Union played well and seized their chances. We will recover and win the second leg," Stuttgart's interim coach Nico Willig said.

"My team staged a great performance. The draw gave us a lot of confidence for the rest of the game," Union Berlin's head coach Urs Fischer said.

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