FC Barcelona 4-0 VfB Stuttgart: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 17 March 2010

Result

FC Barcelona 4-0 VfB Stuttgart

Champions League · Wednesday 17 March 2010, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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FC Barcelona 4-0 VfB Stuttgart: match report

FC Barcelona defeated VfB Stuttgart 4-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 17 March 2010. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 13th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (13'), Pedro (22'), Lionel Messi (60') and Bojan Krkic (89'). VfB Stuttgart did not score.

Discipline: FC Barcelona received no yellow cards; VfB Stuttgart received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 20th on 12 points from 7 and VfB Stuttgart 15th on 14 points from 9. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and VfB Stuttgart in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 FC Barcelona wins, 1 draw and 0 for VfB Stuttgart.

Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read D-W-W-D-L and VfB Stuttgart's D-W-W-D-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 1-0
  • 22'Goal · PedroFC Barcelona · 2-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Jens LehmannVfB Stuttgart
  • 45'Yellow card · Pavel PogrebnyakVfB Stuttgart
  • 54'Yellow card · Zdravko KuzmanovićVfB Stuttgart
  • 60'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 3-0
  • 89'Goal · Bojan KrkicFC Barcelona · 4-0

Head-to-head

3 meetings: FC Barcelona 2, draws 1, VfB Stuttgart 0.

Team news

FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)

Puyol, Lilian Thuram, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Eiður Guðjohnsen

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

Jens Lehmann, Georg Niedermeier, Matthieu Delpierre, Alexander Hleb, Stefano Celozzi, Sami Khedira, Zdravko Kuzmanović, Christian Träsch, Cacau, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Cristian Molinaro