Christian Fuchs equalised in the 89th minute to give 10-man Bochum a crucial point in at struggling Stuttgart.

Serdar Tasci opened the scoring in a low-quality game in the 63rd minute.

Bochum went a man down in the 82nd minute as Diego Klimowicz was shown a red card but Fuchs salvaged a point with his late strike.

Markus Babbel's Stuttgart have now gone eight games without a win, scoring just three goals in that time.

Stuttgart began brightly but could not really create any chances.

Their first dangerous situation came in the 14th minute as they got behind the Stuttgart backline but goalkeeper Jens Lehmann was able to block Zlatko Dedic's shot from eight yards.

Bochum remained solid at the back and waited for the chance to counter attack, while the hosts were without any serious ideas offensively.

Stuttgart were better after the break with Bochum goalkeeper Philipp Heerwagen forced to make a good save from Elson's 22-yard free-kick in the 48th minute.

And Heerwagen again kept the scores level 10 minutes later, fending away Cacau's header.

Stuttgart finally grabbed the lead after 63 minutes. Bochum thought they had cleared a corner but Stefano Celozzi sent a high ball back into the middle of the area and Tasci rose above the defence to head past Heerwagen from eight yards.

Bochum went a man down nine minutes before the final whistle, Klimowicz seeing red for his crude challenge on Tasci just 12 minutes after coming off the bench.

The visitors almost equalised with two minutes to play as Stanislav Sestak was found in the area and rounded Lehmann but could only find the side netting.

But Bochum were able to equalise a minute later thanks to Fuchs' curling free-kick from 20 yards out into the top corner.