Borussia Dortmund 3-0 VfB Stuttgart: result and report

Bundesliga · Sunday 8 April 2018

Result

Borussia Dortmund 3-0 VfB Stuttgart

Bundesliga · Sunday 8 April 2018, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Borussia Dortmund 3-0 VfB Stuttgart: match report

Borussia Dortmund defeated VfB Stuttgart 3-0 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 8 April 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Christian Pulisic opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Borussia Dortmund's goals came from Christian Pulisic (38'), Michy Batshuayi (48') and Maximilian Philipp (59'). VfB Stuttgart did not score.

Discipline: Borussia Dortmund received 1 yellow card; VfB Stuttgart received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Borussia Dortmund were 3rd on 48 points from 28 and VfB Stuttgart 9th on 38 points from 28. Borussia Dortmund went on to finish that season 4th with 55 points, and VfB Stuttgart 7th with 51.

Borussia Dortmund lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and VfB Stuttgart in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Maximilian Philipp of Borussia Dortmund (8.1), ahead of Sokratis (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Borussia Dortmund wins, 4 draws and 1 for VfB Stuttgart.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · Andreas BeckVfB Stuttgart
  • 38'Goal · Christian PulisicBorussia Dortmund · 1-0
  • 42'Yellow card · Marcel SchmelzerBorussia Dortmund
  • 48'Goal · Michy BatshuayiBorussia Dortmund · 2-0
  • 56'Yellow card · Dennis AogoVfB Stuttgart
  • 58'Yellow card · Mario GómezVfB Stuttgart
  • 59'Goal · Maximilian PhilippBorussia Dortmund · 3-0
  • 70'Yellow card · Santiago AscacíbarVfB Stuttgart

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Borussia Dortmund 5, draws 4, VfB Stuttgart 1.

Team news

Borussia Dortmund line-up (4-2-3-1)

Roman Bürki, Łukasz Piszczek, Sokratis, Ömer Toprak, Marcel Schmelzer, Mahmoud Dahoud, Nuri Şahin, Christian Pulisic, Marco Reus, Maximilian Philipp, Michy Batshuayi

VfB Stuttgart line-up (4-4-2)

Ron-Robert Zieler, Andreas Beck, Benjamin Pavard, Holger Badstuber, Emiliano Insúa, Erik Thommy, Santiago Ascacíbar, Dennis Aogo, Christian Gentner, Daniel Ginczek, Mario Gómez