Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-4 VfB Stuttgart: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 7 February 2009

Result

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-4 VfB Stuttgart

Bundesliga · Saturday 7 February 2009, 14:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-4 VfB Stuttgart: match report

Bayer 04 Leverkusen lost to VfB Stuttgart 2-4 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 7 February 2009. The half-time score was 0-1.

Mario Gómez opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goals came from Stefan Kießling (67') and Angelos Charisteas (90+2'). VfB Stuttgart scored through Mario Gómez (3'), Thomas Hitzlsperger (51'), Mario Gómez (75') and an own goal by Lukas Sinkiewicz (90').

Discipline: Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; VfB Stuttgart received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bayer 04 Leverkusen were 5th on 33 points from 18 and VfB Stuttgart 7th on 28 points from 18. Bayer 04 Leverkusen went on to finish that season 9th with 49 points, and VfB Stuttgart 3rd with 64.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and VfB Stuttgart in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Bayer 04 Leverkusen wins, 1 draw and 2 for VfB Stuttgart.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Mario GómezVfB Stuttgart · 0-1
  • 10'Yellow card · A. VidalBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 11'Yellow card · Gonzalo CastroBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 17'Yellow card · Ricardo Osorio MendozaVfB Stuttgart
  • 49'Second yellow · A. VidalBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 51'Goal · Thomas HitzlspergerVfB Stuttgart · 0-2
  • 56'Yellow card · R. HilbertVfB Stuttgart
  • 64'Yellow card · Matthieu DelpierreVfB Stuttgart
  • 67'Goal · Stefan KießlingBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-2
  • 68'Yellow card · Sami KhediraVfB Stuttgart
  • 75'Goal · Mario GómezVfB Stuttgart · 1-3
  • 90'Own goal · Lukas SinkiewiczVfB Stuttgart · 1-4
  • 90+2'Goal · Angelos CharisteasBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-4

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4, draws 1, VfB Stuttgart 2.

Team news

Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (4-1-3-2)

René Adler, Manuel Friedrich, Michal Kadlec, Simon Rolfes, Tranquillo Barnetta, Renato Augusto, Lukas Sinkiewicz, Arturo Vidal, Gonzalo Castro, Stefan Kießling, Patrick Helmes

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

Jens Lehmann, Serdar Taşçı, Roberto Hilbert, Arthur Boka, Matthieu Delpierre, Ricardo Osorio, Sami Khedira, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Cacau