VfB Stuttgart 2-0 Schalke 04: result and report

Bundesliga · Sunday 30 November 2008

Result

VfB Stuttgart 2-0 Schalke 04

Bundesliga · Sunday 30 November 2008, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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VfB Stuttgart 2-0 Schalke 04: match report

VfB Stuttgart won against Schalke 04 2-0 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 30 November 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.

Jan Simák opened the scoring in the 79th minute. VfB Stuttgart's goals came from Jan Simák (79') and Mario Gómez (83'). Schalke 04 did not score.

Discipline: VfB Stuttgart received 1 yellow card; Schalke 04 received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game VfB Stuttgart were 11th on 18 points from 14 and Schalke 04 8th on 23 points from 14. VfB Stuttgart went on to finish that season 3rd with 64 points, and Schalke 04 8th with 50.

VfB Stuttgart lined up in a 4-4-2 and Schalke 04 in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 VfB Stuttgart wins, 1 draw and 3 for Schalke 04.

Going into the match VfB Stuttgart's last five read L-D-D-L-L and Schalke 04's W-L-L-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Missed penalty · Jefferson FarfánSchalke 04
  • 52'Yellow card · Jermaine JonesSchalke 04
  • 68'Yellow card · Khalid BoulahrouzVfB Stuttgart
  • 79'Goal · Jan SimákVfB Stuttgart · 1-0
  • 83'Goal · Mario GómezVfB Stuttgart · 2-0
  • 90'Yellow card · Benedikt HöwedesSchalke 04

Head-to-head

6 meetings: VfB Stuttgart 2, draws 1, Schalke 04 3.

Team news

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

Jens Lehmann, Ricardo Osorio, Khalid Boulahrouz, Serdar Taşçı, Arthur Boka, Roberto Hilbert, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Pavel Pardo Segura, Sami Khedira, Ciprian Marica, Mario Gómez

Schalke 04 line-up (4-3-3)

Manuel Neuer, Heiko Westermann, Marcelo Bordon, Tore André Flo, Christian Pander, Fabian Ernst, Jermaine Jones, Halil Altıntop, Orlando Engelaar, Kevin Kuranyi, Jefferson Farfán