FC Köln 1-3 VfB Stuttgart: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 16 April 2011

Result

FC Köln 1-3 VfB Stuttgart

Bundesliga · Saturday 16 April 2011, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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FC Köln 1-3 VfB Stuttgart: match report

FC Köln lost to VfB Stuttgart 1-3 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 16 April 2011. The half-time score was 0-0.

Christian Träsch opened the scoring in the 51st minute. FC Köln's goal came from Milivoje Novaković (69'). VfB Stuttgart scored through Christian Träsch (51'), Martin Harnik (53') and Zdravko Kuzmanović (63', penalty).

Discipline: FC Köln received 6 yellow cards; VfB Stuttgart received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Köln were 11th on 35 points from 29 and VfB Stuttgart 15th on 30 points from 29. FC Köln went on to finish that season 10th with 44 points, and VfB Stuttgart 12th with 42.

FC Köln lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and VfB Stuttgart in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 FC Köln wins, 1 draw and 2 for VfB Stuttgart.

Going into the match FC Köln's last five read L-W-L-W-L and VfB Stuttgart's L-D-D-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Khalid BoulahrouzVfB Stuttgart
  • 51'Goal · Christian TräschVfB Stuttgart · 0-1
  • 53'Goal · Martin HarnikVfB Stuttgart · 0-2
  • 62'Yellow card · Milivoje NovakovićFC Köln
  • 62'Yellow card · PetitFC Köln
  • 63'Penalty goal · Zdravko KuzmanovićVfB Stuttgart · 0-3
  • 65'Yellow card · Michael RensingFC Köln
  • 67'Yellow card · Martin LanigFC Köln
  • 69'Goal · Milivoje NovakovićFC Köln · 1-3
  • 70'Yellow card · Cristian MolinaroVfB Stuttgart
  • 78'Yellow card · Taner YalcinFC Köln
  • 80'Yellow card · Lukas PodolskiFC Köln

Head-to-head

7 meetings: FC Köln 4, draws 1, VfB Stuttgart 2.

Team news

FC Köln expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Miro Varvodić, Faryd Mondragón Aly, Yousif Mohamad, Pedro Geromel, Mišo Brečko, Stephan Salger, Fabrice Ehret, Kevin Pezzoni, Martin Lanig, Milivoje Novakovič, Lukas Podolski

VfB Stuttgart line-up (4-2-3-1)

Sven Ulreich, Serdar Taşçı, Georg Niedermeier, Khalid Boulahrouz, Zdravko Kuzmanović, Tamás Hajnal, Christian Träsch, Martin Harnik, Cacau, Shinji Okazaki, Cristian Molinaro