VfB Stuttgart 2-0 TSG Hoffenheim: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 5 May 2018

Result

VfB Stuttgart 2-0 TSG Hoffenheim

Bundesliga · Saturday 5 May 2018, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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VfB Stuttgart 2-0 TSG Hoffenheim: match report

VfB Stuttgart defeated TSG Hoffenheim 2-0 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 5 May 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Mario Gómez opened the scoring in the 25th minute. VfB Stuttgart's goals came from Mario Gómez (25') and Mario Gómez (74'). TSG Hoffenheim did not score.

Discipline: VfB Stuttgart received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card; TSG Hoffenheim received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game VfB Stuttgart were 8th on 45 points from 32 and TSG Hoffenheim 4th on 52 points from 32. VfB Stuttgart went on to finish that season 7th with 51 points, and TSG Hoffenheim 3rd with 55.

VfB Stuttgart lined up in a 4-4-2 and TSG Hoffenheim in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mario Gómez of VfB Stuttgart (8.6), ahead of Ron-Robert Zieler (8.3).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · Santiago AscacíbarVfB Stuttgart
  • 8'Yellow card · Timo BaumgartlVfB Stuttgart
  • 25'Goal · Mario GómezVfB Stuttgart · 1-0
  • 50'Yellow card · Christian GentnerVfB Stuttgart
  • 51'Yellow card · Kevin AkpogumaTSG Hoffenheim
  • 65'Second yellow · Santiago AscacíbarVfB Stuttgart
  • 74'Goal · Mario GómezVfB Stuttgart · 2-0
  • 79'Yellow card · Ron-Robert ZielerVfB Stuttgart
  • 80'Yellow card · Dennis AogoVfB Stuttgart

Head-to-head

10 meetings: VfB Stuttgart 5, draws 0, TSG Hoffenheim 5.

Team news

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

Ron-Robert Zieler, Timo Baumgartl, Benjamin Pavard, Holger Badstuber, Emiliano Insúa, Christian Gentner, Santiago Ascacíbar, Dennis Aogo, Erik Thommy, Daniel Ginczek, Mario Gómez

TSG Hoffenheim line-up (3-1-4-2)

Oliver Baumann, Kevin Akpoguma, Kevin Vogt, Håvard Nordtveit, Florian Grillitsch, Lukas Rupp, Steven Zuber, Nadiem Amiri, N. Schulz, Mark Uth, Andrej Kramaric