VfB Stuttgart 1-2 Schalke 04: result and report
Bundesliga · Saturday 17 October 2009
Result
VfB Stuttgart 1-2 Schalke 04
Bundesliga · Saturday 17 October 2009, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
VfB Stuttgart 1-2 Schalke 04: match report
VfB Stuttgart were beaten by Schalke 04 1-2 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 17 October 2009. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Ivan Rakitic opened the scoring in the 24th minute. VfB Stuttgart's goal came from Cacau (73'). Schalke 04 scored through Ivan Rakitic (24') and Kevin Kuranyi (76').
Discipline: VfB Stuttgart received 4 yellow cards; Schalke 04 received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game VfB Stuttgart were 13th on 8 points from 8 and Schalke 04 3rd on 16 points from 8. VfB Stuttgart went on to finish that season 6th with 55 points, and Schalke 04 2nd with 65.
VfB Stuttgart lined up in a 4-4-2 and Schalke 04 in a 4-3-1-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 VfB Stuttgart wins, 1 draw and 3 for Schalke 04.
Going into the match VfB Stuttgart's last five read L-W-L-L-D and Schalke 04's W-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 24'Goal · Ivan Rakitic
- 33'Yellow card · Ludovic Magnin
- 38'Yellow card · Sami Khedira
- 43'Yellow card · Mineiro
- 50'Yellow card · Christoph Moritz
- 58'Yellow card · Cacau
- 73'Goal · Cacau
- 76'Goal · Kevin Kuranyi
- 77'Yellow card · Serdar Taşçı
- 90+3'Yellow card · Jefferson Farfán
Head-to-head
Team news
VfB Stuttgart expected line-up (4-4-2)
Jens Lehmann, Arthur Boka, Matthieu Delpierre, Serdar Taşçı, Roberto Hilbert, Sami Khedira, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Timo Gebhart, Stefano Celozzi, Cacau
Schalke 04 line-up (4-3-1-2)
Manuel Neuer, Heiko Westermann, Benedikt Höwedes, Marcelo Bordon, Tore André Flo, Lukas Schmitz, Mineiro, Ivan Rakitić, Kevin Kuranyi, Jefferson Farfán, Christoph Moritz