VfB Stuttgart 2-0 Schalke 04: result and report
Bundesliga · Saturday 17 December 2005
Result
VfB Stuttgart 2-0 Schalke 04
Bundesliga · Saturday 17 December 2005, 14:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
VfB Stuttgart 2-0 Schalke 04: match report
VfB Stuttgart won against Schalke 04 2-0 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 17 December 2005. The half-time score was 0-0.
Mario Gómez opened the scoring in the 48th minute. VfB Stuttgart's goals came from Mario Gómez (48') and Danijel Ljuboja (66'). Schalke 04 did not score.
Discipline: VfB Stuttgart received 4 yellow cards; Schalke 04 received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game VfB Stuttgart were 7th on 22 points from 16 and Schalke 04 4th on 31 points from 16. VfB Stuttgart went on to finish that season 9th with 43 points, and Schalke 04 4th with 61.
Going into the match VfB Stuttgart's last five read W-D-D-D-W and Schalke 04's W-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · Z. Soldo
- 20'Yellow card · Zlatan Bajramović
- 48'Goal · Mario Gómez
- 54'Yellow card · Silvio MeiYner
- 54'Yellow card · Octavio Rodríguez Peña
- 56'Yellow card · C. Tiffert
- 58'Yellow card · Timo Hildebrand
- 66'Goal · Danijel Ljuboja
- 77'Second yellow · Zlatan Bajramović
- 78'Yellow card · Christian Bjørnshøj Poulsen
- 84'Yellow card · Lincoln
Team news
VfB Stuttgart expected line-up
Timo Hildebrand, Fernando Meira, Matthieu Delpierre, Heiko Gerber, Jesper Gronkjaer, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Silvio MeiYner, Zvonimir Soldo, Andreas Hinkel, Jon Dahl Tomasson, Christian Gentner
Schalke 04 line-up
Frank Rost, Octavio Darío Rodríguez Peña, Tore André Flo, Christian Bjørnshøj Poulsen, Fabian Ernst, Lincoln, Gustavo Varela Rodríguez, Gerald Asamoah, Kevin Kuranyi, Mladen Krstajić, Zlatan Bajramović