VfB Stuttgart 2-1 Borussia Dortmund: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 7 March 2009

Result

VfB Stuttgart 2-1 Borussia Dortmund

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

VfB Stuttgart · Borussia Dortmund · Bundesliga predictions

VfB Stuttgart 2-1 Borussia Dortmund: match report

VfB Stuttgart defeated Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 7 March 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.

Élson opened the scoring in the 10th minute. VfB Stuttgart's goals came from Élson (10') and Mario Gómez (62'). Borussia Dortmund scored through Nelson Valdez (52').

Discipline: VfB Stuttgart received 3 yellow cards; Borussia Dortmund received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game VfB Stuttgart were 8th on 36 points from 22 and Borussia Dortmund 9th on 33 points from 22. VfB Stuttgart went on to finish that season 3rd with 64 points, and Borussia Dortmund 6th with 59.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 VfB Stuttgart win, 2 draws and 4 for Borussia Dortmund.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · ÉlsonVfB Stuttgart · 1-0
  • 22'Yellow card · Thomas HitzlspergerVfB Stuttgart
  • 43'Yellow card · Nelson ValdezBorussia Dortmund
  • 44'Yellow card · Serdar TaşçıVfB Stuttgart
  • 52'Goal · Nelson ValdezBorussia Dortmund · 1-1
  • 62'Goal · Mario GómezVfB Stuttgart · 2-1
  • 79'Yellow card · CacauVfB Stuttgart

Head-to-head

7 meetings: VfB Stuttgart 1, draws 2, Borussia Dortmund 4.

Team news

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

Jens Lehmann, Ricardo Osorio, Serdar Taşçı, Georg Niedermeier, Roberto Hilbert, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Élson, Sami Khedira, Christian Träsch, Ciprian Marica, Mario Gómez

Borussia Dortmund expected line-up (4-1-4-1)

Roman Weidenfeller, Neven Subotić, Patrick Owomoyela, Young-Pyo Lee, Felipe Santana, Florian Kringe, Tinga, Tamás Hajnal, Alex Frei, Nuri Şahin