VfB Stuttgart 2-2 FC Köln: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 3 December 2011

Result

VfB Stuttgart 2-2 FC Köln

Bundesliga · Saturday 3 December 2011, 17:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

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VfB Stuttgart 2-2 FC Köln: match report

VfB Stuttgart drew with FC Köln 2-2 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 3 December 2011. The half-time score was 2-1.

Lukas Podolski opened the scoring in the 15th minute. VfB Stuttgart's goals came from Christian Gentner (29') and Christian Gentner (36'). FC Köln scored through Lukas Podolski (15', penalty) and Lukas Podolski (88').

Discipline: VfB Stuttgart received 3 yellow cards; FC Köln received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game VfB Stuttgart were 7th on 21 points from 14 and FC Köln 13th on 16 points from 13. VfB Stuttgart went on to finish that season 6th with 53 points, and FC Köln 17th with 30.

VfB Stuttgart lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Köln in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 VfB Stuttgart wins, 1 draw and 4 for FC Köln.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Penalty goal · Lukas PodolskiFC Köln · 0-1
  • 20'Yellow card · Martin LanigFC Köln
  • 29'Goal · Christian GentnerVfB Stuttgart · 1-1
  • 36'Goal · Christian GentnerVfB Stuttgart · 2-1
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Khalid BoulahrouzVfB Stuttgart
  • 48'Yellow card · M. BrečkoFC Köln
  • 66'Yellow card · Shinji OkazakiVfB Stuttgart
  • 79'Yellow card · Ammar JemalFC Köln
  • 83'Yellow card · Arthur BokaVfB Stuttgart
  • 88'Goal · Lukas PodolskiFC Köln · 2-2
  • 90'Yellow card · SerenoFC Köln

Head-to-head

8 meetings: VfB Stuttgart 3, draws 1, FC Köln 4.

Team news

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

Sven Ulreich, Serdar Taşçı, Francisco Javier Rodríguez Pinedo, Khalid Boulahrouz, William Kvist, Tamás Hajnal, Martin Harnik, Cacau, Shinji Okazaki, Cristian Molinaro, Christian Gentner

FC Köln line-up (4-4-1-1)

Michael Rensing, Mišo Brečko, Ammar Jemal, Sascha Riether, Henrique Sereno, Pedro Geromel, Martin Lanig, Mato Jajalo, Christian Clemens, Lukas Podolski, Sławomir Peszko