VfB Stuttgart 3-1 Schalke 04: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 8 December 2012

Result

VfB Stuttgart 3-1 Schalke 04

Bundesliga · Saturday 8 December 2012, 14:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

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VfB Stuttgart 3-1 Schalke 04: match report

VfB Stuttgart defeated Schalke 04 3-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 8 December 2012. The half-time score was 2-1.

Vedad Ibišević opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. VfB Stuttgart's goals came from Vedad Ibišević (2'), Vedad Ibišević (38', penalty) and Vedad Ibišević (61'). Schalke 04 scored through Ciprian Marica (12').

Discipline: VfB Stuttgart received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Schalke 04 received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game VfB Stuttgart were 8th on 22 points from 15 and Schalke 04 4th on 25 points from 15. VfB Stuttgart went on to finish that season 13th with 42 points, and Schalke 04 4th with 52.

VfB Stuttgart lined up in a 4-1-2-3 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, 2 draws and 4 for Schalke 04.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Vedad IbiševićVfB Stuttgart · 1-0
  • 12'Goal · Ciprian MaricaSchalke 04 · 1-1
  • 26'Yellow card · Vedad IbiševićVfB Stuttgart
  • 38'Penalty goal · Vedad IbiševićVfB Stuttgart · 2-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Joël MatipSchalke 04
  • 59'Yellow card · Arthur BokaVfB Stuttgart
  • 61'Goal · Vedad IbiševićVfB Stuttgart · 3-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Ibrahima TraoréVfB Stuttgart
  • 67'Red card · Gotoku SakaiVfB Stuttgart
  • 73'Red card · Jermaine JonesSchalke 04
  • 90'Yellow card · Martin HarnikVfB Stuttgart

Head-to-head

10 meetings: VfB Stuttgart 4, draws 2, Schalke 04 4.

Team news

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

Sven Ulreich, Gotoku Sakai, Georg Niedermeier, Francisco Javier Rodríguez Pinedo, Arthur Boka, Zdravko Kuzmanović, Christian Gentner, Raphael Holzhauser, Martin Harnik, Vedad Ibišević, Ibrahima Traoré

Schalke 04 line-up (4-3-1-2)

Timo Hildebrand, Benedikt Höwedes, Atsuto Uchida, Christian Fuchs, Joël Matip, Roman Neustädter, Lewis Holtby, Jermaine Jones, Julian Draxler, Ciprian Marica, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar