VfB Stuttgart 1-3 RB Leipzig: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 16 February 2019

Result

VfB Stuttgart 1-3 RB Leipzig

Bundesliga · Saturday 16 February 2019, 14:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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VfB Stuttgart 1-3 RB Leipzig: match report

VfB Stuttgart were beaten by RB Leipzig 1-3 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 16 February 2019. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Yussuf Poulsen opened the scoring in the 6th minute. VfB Stuttgart's goal came from Steven Zuber (16', penalty). RB Leipzig scored through Yussuf Poulsen (6'), Marcel Sabitzer (68') and Yussuf Poulsen (74').

Discipline: VfB Stuttgart received 1 yellow card; RB Leipzig received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game VfB Stuttgart were 16th on 15 points from 21 and RB Leipzig 4th on 38 points from 21. VfB Stuttgart went on to finish that season 16th with 28 points, and RB Leipzig 3rd with 66.

VfB Stuttgart lined up in a 5-4-1 and RB Leipzig in a 4-2-2-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Yussuf Poulsen of RB Leipzig (8.6), ahead of Tyler Adams (7.5).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Yussuf PoulsenRB Leipzig · 0-1
  • 16'Penalty goal · Steven ZuberVfB Stuttgart · 1-1
  • 22'Yellow card · Gonzalo CastroVfB Stuttgart
  • 24'Yellow card · Marcel SabitzerRB Leipzig
  • 68'Goal · Marcel SabitzerRB Leipzig · 1-2
  • 74'Goal · Yussuf PoulsenRB Leipzig · 1-3

Head-to-head

3 meetings: VfB Stuttgart 0, draws 1, RB Leipzig 2.

Team news

VfB Stuttgart line-up (5-4-1)

Ron-Robert Zieler, Andreas Beck, Ozan Kabak, Benjamin Pavard, Marc Oliver Kempf, Emiliano Insúa, Alexander Esswein, Santiago Ascacíbar, Gonzalo Castro, Steven Zuber, Mario Gómez

RB Leipzig line-up (4-2-2-2)

Péter Gulácsi, Lukas Klostermann, Ibrahima Konaté, Willi Orbán, Marcel Halstenberg, Tyler Adams, Diego Demme, Marcel Sabitzer, Emil Forsberg, Yussuf Poulsen, Timo Werner