VfB Stuttgart 3-1 Schalke 04: result and report
Bundesliga · Saturday 8 December 2012
Result
VfB Stuttgart 3-1 Schalke 04
Bundesliga · Saturday 8 December 2012, 14:30 UTC · half-time 2-1
VfB Stuttgart 3-1 Schalke 04: match report
VfB Stuttgart defeated Schalke 04 3-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 8 December 2012. The half-time score was 2-1.
Vedad Ibišević opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. VfB Stuttgart's goals came from Vedad Ibišević (2'), Vedad Ibišević (38', penalty) and Vedad Ibišević (61'). Schalke 04 scored through Ciprian Marica (12').
Discipline: VfB Stuttgart received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Schalke 04 received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game VfB Stuttgart were 8th on 22 points from 15 and Schalke 04 4th on 25 points from 15. VfB Stuttgart went on to finish that season 13th with 42 points, and Schalke 04 4th with 52.
VfB Stuttgart lined up in a 4-1-2-3 and Schalke 04 in a 4-3-1-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 VfB Stuttgart wins, 2 draws and 4 for Schalke 04.
Going into the match VfB Stuttgart's last five read W-W-L-W-L and Schalke 04's D-L-D-L-W.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Vedad Ibišević
- 12'Goal · Ciprian Marica
- 26'Yellow card · Vedad Ibišević
- 38'Penalty goal · Vedad Ibišević
- 43'Yellow card · Joël Matip
- 59'Yellow card · Arthur Boka
- 61'Goal · Vedad Ibišević
- 66'Yellow card · Ibrahima Traoré
- 67'Red card · Gotoku Sakai
- 73'Red card · Jermaine Jones
- 90'Yellow card · Martin Harnik
Head-to-head
Team news
VfB Stuttgart line-up (4-1-2-3)
Sven Ulreich, Gotoku Sakai, Georg Niedermeier, Francisco Javier Rodríguez Pinedo, Arthur Boka, Zdravko Kuzmanović, Christian Gentner, Raphael Holzhauser, Martin Harnik, Vedad Ibišević, Ibrahima Traoré
Schalke 04 line-up (4-3-1-2)
Timo Hildebrand, Benedikt Höwedes, Atsuto Uchida, Christian Fuchs, Joël Matip, Roman Neustädter, Lewis Holtby, Jermaine Jones, Julian Draxler, Ciprian Marica, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar