VfB Stuttgart 3-1 TSG Hoffenheim: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 19 December 2009

Result

VfB Stuttgart 3-1 TSG Hoffenheim

Bundesliga · Saturday 19 December 2009, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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VfB Stuttgart 3-1 TSG Hoffenheim: match report

VfB Stuttgart defeated TSG Hoffenheim 3-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 19 December 2009. The half-time score was 1-1.

Ciprian Marica opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. VfB Stuttgart's goals came from Ciprian Marica (32', penalty), Cacau (68') and Sami Khedira (82'). TSG Hoffenheim scored through Maicosuel (44').

Discipline: VfB Stuttgart received 3 yellow cards; TSG Hoffenheim received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game VfB Stuttgart were 16th on 13 points from 16 and TSG Hoffenheim 7th on 25 points from 16. VfB Stuttgart went on to finish that season 6th with 55 points, and TSG Hoffenheim 11th with 42.

VfB Stuttgart lined up in a 4-4-2 and TSG Hoffenheim in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 VfB Stuttgart wins, 2 draws and 0 for TSG Hoffenheim.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Penalty goal · Ciprian MaricaVfB Stuttgart · 1-0
  • 40'Yellow card · Luiz GustavoTSG Hoffenheim
  • 43'Yellow card · Matthieu DelpierreVfB Stuttgart
  • 44'Goal · MaicosuelTSG Hoffenheim · 1-1
  • 52'Second yellow · Luiz GustavoTSG Hoffenheim
  • 60'Yellow card · Ciprian MaricaVfB Stuttgart
  • 65'Yellow card · T. GebhartVfB Stuttgart
  • 68'Goal · CacauVfB Stuttgart · 2-1
  • 82'Goal · Sami KhediraVfB Stuttgart · 3-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Chinedu ObasiTSG Hoffenheim

Head-to-head

2 meetings: VfB Stuttgart 0, draws 2, TSG Hoffenheim 0.

Team news

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

Sven Ulreich, Serdar Taşçı, Arthur Boka, Matthieu Delpierre, Timo Gebhart, Alexander Hleb, Stefano Celozzi, Sami Khedira, Christian Träsch, Ciprian Marica, Pavel Pogrebnyak

TSG Hoffenheim expected line-up (4-4-2)

Timo Hildebrand, Marvin Compper, Sejad Salihovic, Carlos Eduardo, Luiz Gustavo, Vedad Ibišević, Chinedu Obasi, Demba Ba, Andreas Beck, Andreas Ibertsberger, Josip Simunic