Schalke 04 1-2 VfB Stuttgart: result and report
Bundesliga · Wednesday 13 May 2009
Result
Schalke 04 1-2 VfB Stuttgart
Bundesliga · Wednesday 13 May 2009, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Schalke 04 1-2 VfB Stuttgart: match report
Schalke 04 lost to VfB Stuttgart 1-2 in the Bundesliga on Wednesday 13 May 2009. The half-time score was 1-1.
Cacau opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Schalke 04's goal came from Ivan Rakitic (39'). VfB Stuttgart scored through Cacau (15') and Ciprian Marica (57').
Discipline: Schalke 04 received 1 yellow card; VfB Stuttgart received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Schalke 04 were 7th on 49 points from 31 and VfB Stuttgart 4th on 58 points from 31. Schalke 04 went on to finish that season 8th with 50 points, and VfB Stuttgart 3rd with 64.
Schalke 04 lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and VfB Stuttgart in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Schalke 04 wins, 1 draw and 3 for VfB Stuttgart.
Going into the match Schalke 04's last five read L-L-W-W-W and VfB Stuttgart's W-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Cacau
- 34'Yellow card · Benedikt Höwedes
- 39'Goal · Ivan Rakitic
- 39'Yellow card · Christian Träsch
- 45+1'Yellow card · Khalid Boulahrouz
- 51'Yellow card · Sami Khedira
- 57'Goal · Ciprian Marica
- 58'Yellow card · Cacau
Head-to-head
Team news
Schalke 04 line-up (4-3-2-1)
Manuel Neuer, Heiko Westermann, Levan Kobiashvili, Tore André Flo, Benedikt Höwedes, Ivan Rakitić, Jermaine Jones, Orlando Engelaar, Kevin Kuranyi, Jefferson Farfán, Mladen Krstajić
VfB Stuttgart expected line-up (4-4-2)
Jens Lehmann, Ricardo Osorio, Roberto Hilbert, Khalid Boulahrouz, Serdar Taşçı, Arthur Boka, Sami Khedira, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Ciprian Marica, Mario Gómez