VfB Stuttgart 3-1 Karlsruher SC: result and report

Bundesliga · Sunday 21 September 2008

Result

VfB Stuttgart 3-1 Karlsruher SC

Bundesliga · Sunday 21 September 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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VfB Stuttgart 3-1 Karlsruher SC: match report

VfB Stuttgart defeated Karlsruher SC 3-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 21 September 2008. The half-time score was 1-1.

Sebastian Freis opened the scoring in the 8th minute. VfB Stuttgart's goals came from Sami Khedira (22'), Mario Gómez (68') and Ciprian Marica (87'). Karlsruher SC scored through Sebastian Freis (8').

Discipline: VfB Stuttgart received 2 yellow cards; Karlsruher SC received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game VfB Stuttgart were 8th on 7 points from 4 and Karlsruher SC 15th on 3 points from 3. VfB Stuttgart went on to finish that season 3rd with 64 points, and Karlsruher SC 17th with 29.

VfB Stuttgart lined up in a 4-4-2 and Karlsruher SC in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 VfB Stuttgart win, 0 draws and 1 for Karlsruher SC.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Sebastian FreisKarlsruher SC · 0-1
  • 22'Goal · Sami KhediraVfB Stuttgart · 1-1
  • 25'Yellow card · Serdar TaşçıVfB Stuttgart
  • 29'Yellow card · Aleksandre IashviliKarlsruher SC
  • 46'Yellow card · Mario GómezVfB Stuttgart
  • 57'Yellow card · Maik FranzKarlsruher SC
  • 68'Goal · Mario GómezVfB Stuttgart · 2-1
  • 87'Goal · Ciprian MaricaVfB Stuttgart · 3-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Stefan BuckKarlsruher SC

Head-to-head

2 meetings: VfB Stuttgart 1, draws 0, Karlsruher SC 1.

Team news

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

Jens Lehmann, Ricardo Osorio, Khalid Boulahrouz, Serdar Taşçı, Arthur Boka, Martin Lanig, Jan Simák, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Sami Khedira, Cacau, Mario Gómez

Karlsruher SC expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jean-François Kornetzky, Maik Franz, Mario Eggimann, Stefan Buck, Andreas Görlitz, Tamás Hajnal, Massimilian Porcello, Michael Mutzel, Sebastian Freis, Christian Timm, Aleksandre Iashvili