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
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.
Key events
- 30'Yellow card · Andreas Beck
- 38'Goal · Christian Pulisic
- 42'Yellow card · Marcel Schmelzer
- 48'Goal · Michy Batshuayi
- 56'Yellow card · Dennis Aogo
- 58'Yellow card · Mario Gómez
- 59'Goal · Maximilian Philipp
- 70'Yellow card · Santiago Ascacíbar
Head-to-head
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