BERLIN, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Schalke came on top of the German Bundesliga on Friday after defeating Stuttgart 2-1 in a thrilling match.

Stuttgart started motivated while Schalke staged a slow start. Both teams remained harmless within the first half time and were unable to produce threatening goal scoring chances.

Schalke 04's Edu celebrates a goal against Stuttgart during their German Bundesliga soccer match in Gelsenkirchen March 12, 2010

Seconds into the second half striker Edu donated his first goal for Schalke, after he was fielded by coach Felix Magath during the break. Edu exploited an unlucky clearance attempt by Stuttgart defender Serdar Tasci to bring his team up front.