Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-1 VfB Stuttgart: result and report
Bundesliga · Saturday 2 March 2013
Result
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-1 VfB Stuttgart
Bundesliga · Saturday 2 March 2013, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-1 VfB Stuttgart: match report
Bayer 04 Leverkusen won against VfB Stuttgart 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 2 March 2013. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Vedad Ibišević opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goals came from Stefan Kießling (82', penalty) and Lars Bender (86'). VfB Stuttgart scored through Vedad Ibišević (12', penalty).
Discipline: Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 3 yellow cards; VfB Stuttgart received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bayer 04 Leverkusen were 3rd on 42 points from 23 and VfB Stuttgart 12th on 29 points from 23. Bayer 04 Leverkusen went on to finish that season 2nd with 65 points, and VfB Stuttgart 13th with 42.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and VfB Stuttgart in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Bayer 04 Leverkusen wins, 2 draws and 2 for VfB Stuttgart.
Going into the match Bayer 04 Leverkusen's last five read D-D-W-L-D and VfB Stuttgart's D-W-L-L-L.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Philipp Wollscheid
- 12'Penalty goal · Vedad Ibišević
- 19'Yellow card · Gonzalo Castro
- 28'Yellow card · Stefan Reinartz
- 82'Penalty goal · Stefan Kießling
- 86'Goal · Lars Bender
- 88'Yellow card · Vedad Ibišević
- 89'Yellow card · Cristian Molinaro
- 89'Yellow card · William Kvist
Head-to-head
Team news
Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (4-3-2-1)
Bernd Leno, Philipp Wollscheid, Daniel Carvajal, Ömer Toprak, Michal Kadlec, Stefan Reinartz, Lars Bender, Andre Schürrle, Sidney Sam, Gonzalo Castro, Stefan Kießling
VfB Stuttgart line-up (4-1-4-1)
Sven Ulreich, Gotoku Sakai, Serdar Taşçı, Arthur Boka, Antonio Rüdiger, William Kvist, Christian Gentner, Raphael Holzhauser, Martin Harnik, Vedad Ibišević, Ibrahima Traoré