FC Köln 2-3 VfB Stuttgart: result and report
Bundesliga · Sunday 4 March 2018
Result
FC Köln 2-3 VfB Stuttgart
Bundesliga · Sunday 4 March 2018, 14:30 UTC · half-time 1-2
FC Köln 2-3 VfB Stuttgart: match report
FC Köln were beaten by VfB Stuttgart 2-3 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 4 March 2018. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Claudio Pizarro opened the scoring in the 7th minute. FC Köln's goals came from Claudio Pizarro (7') and Miloš Jojić (86'). VfB Stuttgart scored through Mario Gómez (45'), Mario Gómez (45+2') and Andreas Beck (57').
Discipline: FC Köln received 1 yellow card; VfB Stuttgart received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Köln were 18th on 17 points from 24 and VfB Stuttgart 12th on 30 points from 24. FC Köln went on to finish that season 18th with 22 points, and VfB Stuttgart 7th with 51.
FC Köln lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and VfB Stuttgart in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Erik Thommy of VfB Stuttgart (8.4), ahead of Mario Gómez (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 FC Köln wins, 3 draws and 4 for VfB Stuttgart.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Claudio Pizarro
- 34'Yellow card · Holger Badstuber
- 45'Goal · Mario Gómez
- 45+2'Goal · Mario Gómez
- 53'Yellow card · Frederik Sörensen
- 57'Goal · Andreas Beck
- 85'Yellow card · Timo Baumgartl
- 86'Goal · Miloš Jojić
- 90'Yellow card · Mario Gómez
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Köln line-up (3-4-2-1)
Timo Horn, Dominique Heintz, Frederik Sørensen, Jorge Meré, Marco Höger, Marcel Risse, Jonas Hector, Vincent Koziello, Simon Terodde, Yuya Osako, Claudio Pizarro
VfB Stuttgart line-up (4-4-2)
Ron-Robert Zieler, Emiliano Insúa, Timo Baumgartl, Benjamin Pavard, Andreas Beck, Santiago Ascacíbar, Erik Thommy, Christian Gentner, Holger Badstuber, Mario Gómez, Daniel Ginczek