VfB Stuttgart 2-0 Energie Cottbus: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 16 May 2009

Result

VfB Stuttgart 2-0 Energie Cottbus

Bundesliga · Saturday 16 May 2009, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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VfB Stuttgart 2-0 Energie Cottbus: match report

VfB Stuttgart won against Energie Cottbus 2-0 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 16 May 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Thomas Hitzlsperger opened the scoring in the 19th minute. VfB Stuttgart's goals came from Thomas Hitzlsperger (19') and Cacau (78'). Energie Cottbus did not score.

Discipline: VfB Stuttgart received no yellow cards; Energie Cottbus received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game VfB Stuttgart were 4th on 61 points from 32 and Energie Cottbus 17th on 27 points from 32. VfB Stuttgart went on to finish that season 3rd with 64 points, and Energie Cottbus 16th with 30.

VfB Stuttgart lined up in a 4-4-2 and Energie Cottbus in a 4-3-2-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 VfB Stuttgart wins, 1 draw and 0 for Energie Cottbus.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Thomas HitzlspergerVfB Stuttgart · 1-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Mario CvitanovićEnergie Cottbus
  • 78'Goal · CacauVfB Stuttgart · 2-0
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Stiven RivićEnergie Cottbus

Head-to-head

5 meetings: VfB Stuttgart 4, draws 1, Energie Cottbus 0.

Team news

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

Energie Cottbus line-up (4-3-2-1)

Mariusz Kukielka, Daniel Ziebig, Çagdas Atan, Gerhard Tremmel, Stanislav Angelov, Ervin Skela, Shao Jiayi, Emil Jula, Dennis Dechmann Sørensen, Timo Rost, Mario Cvitanović