Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-3 VfB Stuttgart: result and report

Bundesliga · Sunday 17 August 2008

Result

Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-3 VfB Stuttgart

Bundesliga · Sunday 17 August 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-3

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Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-3 VfB Stuttgart: match report

Borussia Mönchengladbach were beaten by VfB Stuttgart 1-3 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 17 August 2008. It was 0-3 at half-time.

Thomas Hitzlsperger opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Borussia Mönchengladbach's goal came from Rob Friend (60'). VfB Stuttgart scored through Thomas Hitzlsperger (14'), Ciprian Marica (26') and Mario Gómez (44').

Discipline: Borussia Mönchengladbach received 3 yellow cards; VfB Stuttgart received 2 yellow cards.

Borussia Mönchengladbach went on to finish that season 15th with 31 points, and VfB Stuttgart 3rd with 64.

Borussia Mönchengladbach lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and VfB Stuttgart in a 4-1-3-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Borussia Mönchengladbach wins, 2 draws and 2 for VfB Stuttgart.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Thomas HitzlspergerVfB Stuttgart · 0-1
  • 20'Yellow card · Sascha RoslerBorussia Mönchengladbach
  • 26'Goal · Ciprian MaricaVfB Stuttgart · 0-2
  • 31'Yellow card · Arthur BokaVfB Stuttgart
  • 44'Goal · Mario GómezVfB Stuttgart · 0-3
  • 53'Yellow card · Gal AlbermanBorussia Mönchengladbach
  • 60'Goal · Rob FriendBorussia Mönchengladbach · 1-3
  • 65'Yellow card · Jan SimákVfB Stuttgart
  • 84'Yellow card · Karim MatmourBorussia Mönchengladbach

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Borussia Mönchengladbach 0, draws 2, VfB Stuttgart 2.

Team news

Borussia Mönchengladbach line-up (4-2-3-1)

Christofer Heimeroth, Filip Daems, Roel Brouwers, Patrick Paauwe, Jean-Sebastien Jaures, Gal Alberman, Marcel Ndjeng, Sascha Rosler, Rob Friend, Karim Matmour, Marko Marin

VfB Stuttgart line-up (4-1-3-2)

Jens Lehmann, Ricardo Osorio, Serdar Taşçı, Arthur Boka, Matthieu Delpierre, Roberto Hilbert, Jan Simák, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Pavel Pardo Segura, Ciprian Marica, Mario Gómez