VfB Stuttgart 2-1 Borussia Dortmund: result and report

Bundesliga · Friday 17 November 2017

Result

VfB Stuttgart 2-1 Borussia Dortmund

Bundesliga · Friday 17 November 2017, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

VfB Stuttgart · Borussia Dortmund · Bundesliga predictions

VfB Stuttgart 2-1 Borussia Dortmund: match report

VfB Stuttgart beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Friday 17 November 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.

Chadrac Akolo opened the scoring in the 5th minute. VfB Stuttgart's goals came from Chadrac Akolo (5') and Josip Brekalo (51'). Borussia Dortmund scored through Maximilian Philipp (45+3').

Discipline: VfB Stuttgart received 3 yellow cards; Borussia Dortmund received no yellow cards.

Going into the game VfB Stuttgart were 12th on 13 points from 11 and Borussia Dortmund 3rd on 20 points from 11. VfB Stuttgart went on to finish that season 7th with 51 points, and Borussia Dortmund 4th with 55.

VfB Stuttgart lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Borussia Dortmund in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ron-Robert Zieler of VfB Stuttgart (8.1), ahead of Josip Brekalo (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 VfB Stuttgart wins, 5 draws and 5 for Borussia Dortmund.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Chadrac AkoloVfB Stuttgart · 1-0
  • 45+3'Missed penalty · Andre SchürrleBorussia Dortmund
  • 45+3'Goal · Maximilian PhilippBorussia Dortmund · 1-1
  • 51'Goal · Josip BrekaloVfB Stuttgart · 2-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Timo BaumgartlVfB Stuttgart
  • 88'Yellow card · Dennis AogoVfB Stuttgart
  • 88'Yellow card · Dennis AogoVfB Stuttgart

Head-to-head

10 meetings: VfB Stuttgart 0, draws 5, Borussia Dortmund 5.

Team news

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

Ron-Robert Zieler, Benjamin Pavard, Holger Badstuber, Timo Baumgartl, Andreas Beck, Santiago Ascacíbar, Christian Gentner, Emiliano Insúa, Chadrac Akolo, Berkay Özcan, Daniel Ginczek

Borussia Dortmund line-up (4-3-3)

Roman Bürki, Jeremy Toljan, Sokratis, Marc Bartra, Marcel Schmelzer, Mario Götze, Julian Weigl, S. Kagawa, Andriy Yarmolenko, Andre Schürrle, Maximilian Philipp