Borussia Dortmund 3-1 VfB Stuttgart: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 9 March 2019

Result

Borussia Dortmund 3-1 VfB Stuttgart

Bundesliga · Saturday 9 March 2019, 14:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Borussia Dortmund 3-1 VfB Stuttgart: match report

Borussia Dortmund won against VfB Stuttgart 3-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 9 March 2019. The half-time score was 0-0.

Marco Reus opened the scoring in the 62nd minute. Borussia Dortmund's goals came from Marco Reus (62', penalty), Paco Alcácer (84') and Christian Pulisic (90+2'). VfB Stuttgart scored through Marc Oliver Kempf (71').

Discipline: Borussia Dortmund received 3 yellow cards; VfB Stuttgart received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Borussia Dortmund were 1st on 54 points from 24 and VfB Stuttgart 16th on 19 points from 24. Borussia Dortmund went on to finish that season 2nd with 76 points, and VfB Stuttgart 16th with 28.

Borussia Dortmund lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and VfB Stuttgart in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Christian Pulisic of Borussia Dortmund (8.5), ahead of Marc Oliver Kempf (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Borussia Dortmund wins, 2 draws and 1 for VfB Stuttgart.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 57'Yellow card · Steven ZuberVfB Stuttgart
  • 62'Penalty goal · Marco ReusBorussia Dortmund · 1-0
  • 68'Yellow card · Emiliano InsúaVfB Stuttgart
  • 69'Yellow card · Marco ReusBorussia Dortmund
  • 70'Yellow card · Marius WolfBorussia Dortmund
  • 71'Goal · Marc Oliver KempfVfB Stuttgart · 1-1
  • 84'Goal · Paco AlcácerBorussia Dortmund · 2-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Axel WitselBorussia Dortmund
  • 90'Yellow card · Santiago AscacíbarVfB Stuttgart
  • 90+2'Goal · Christian PulisicBorussia Dortmund · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Borussia Dortmund 7, draws 2, VfB Stuttgart 1.

Team news

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

Roman Bürki, Marius Wolf, Manuel Akanji, Abdou Diallo, Achraf Hakimi, Axel Witsel, Jadon Sancho, Mario Götze, Marco Reus, Raphaël Guerreiro, Paco Alcácer

VfB Stuttgart line-up (5-3-2)

Ron-Robert Zieler, Andreas Beck, Ozan Kabak, Benjamin Pavard, Marc Oliver Kempf, Emiliano Insúa, Santiago Ascacíbar, Gonzalo Castro, Steven Zuber, Alexander Esswein, Nico González