Hertha BSC 2-1 VfB Stuttgart: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 18 October 2008

Result

Hertha BSC 2-1 VfB Stuttgart

Bundesliga · Saturday 18 October 2008, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Hertha BSC 2-1 VfB Stuttgart: match report

Hertha BSC defeated VfB Stuttgart 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 18 October 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Maximilian Nicu opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Hertha BSC's goals came from Maximilian Nicu (29') and Gojko Kačar (87'). VfB Stuttgart scored through Cacau (51').

Discipline: Hertha BSC received 2 yellow cards; VfB Stuttgart received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Hertha BSC were 8th on 11 points from 7 and VfB Stuttgart 3rd on 13 points from 7. Hertha BSC went on to finish that season 4th with 63 points, and VfB Stuttgart 3rd with 64.

Hertha BSC lined up in a 4-4-2 and VfB Stuttgart in a 3-4-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Hertha BSC wins, 3 draws and 0 for VfB Stuttgart.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Maximilian NicuHertha BSC · 1-0
  • 50'Yellow card · RaffaelHertha BSC
  • 51'Goal · CacauVfB Stuttgart · 1-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Mario GómezVfB Stuttgart
  • 76'Yellow card · Andriy VoroninHertha BSC
  • 87'Goal · Gojko KačarHertha BSC · 2-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Hertha BSC 3, draws 3, VfB Stuttgart 0.

Team news

Hertha BSC line-up (4-4-2)

Jaroslav Drobný, Arne Friedrich, Marc Stein, Fabian Lustenberger, Cícero, Maximilian Nicu, Raffael, Andriy Voronin, Sofian Chahed, Pál Dárdai, Josip Simunic

VfB Stuttgart expected line-up (3-4-3)

Jens Lehmann, Matthieu Delpierre, Arthur Boka, Serdar Taşçı, Ricardo Osorio, Roberto Hilbert, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Pavel Pardo Segura, Jan Simák, Mario Gómez, Ciprian Marica