VfB Stuttgart 3-2 VfL Wolfsburg: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 5 May 2012

Result

VfB Stuttgart 3-2 VfL Wolfsburg

Bundesliga · Saturday 5 May 2012, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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VfB Stuttgart 3-2 VfL Wolfsburg: match report

VfB Stuttgart won against VfL Wolfsburg 3-2 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 5 May 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Patrick Helmes opened the scoring in the 28th minute. VfB Stuttgart's goals came from Cacau (73'), F. Rodríguez (77') and Ibrahima Traoré (79'). VfL Wolfsburg scored through Patrick Helmes (28') and Marco Russ (60').

Discipline: VfB Stuttgart received 2 yellow cards; VfL Wolfsburg received no yellow cards.

Going into the game VfB Stuttgart were 6th on 50 points from 33 and VfL Wolfsburg 8th on 44 points from 33. VfB Stuttgart went on to finish that season 6th with 53 points, and VfL Wolfsburg 8th with 44.

VfB Stuttgart lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and VfL Wolfsburg in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 VfB Stuttgart wins, 2 draws and 5 for VfL Wolfsburg.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · Patrick HelmesVfL Wolfsburg · 0-1
  • 38'Yellow card · F. RodríguezVfB Stuttgart
  • 51'Yellow card · CacauVfB Stuttgart
  • 60'Goal · Marco RussVfL Wolfsburg · 0-2
  • 73'Goal · CacauVfB Stuttgart · 1-2
  • 77'Goal · F. RodríguezVfB Stuttgart · 2-2
  • 79'Goal · Ibrahima TraoréVfB Stuttgart · 3-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: VfB Stuttgart 3, draws 2, VfL Wolfsburg 5.

Team news

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

Sven Ulreich, Gotoku Sakai, Francisco Javier Rodríguez Pinedo, Arthur Boka, Matthieu Delpierre, Zdravko Kuzmanović, Tamás Hajnal, Martin Harnik, Vedad Ibišević, Cacau, Christian Gentner

VfL Wolfsburg line-up (4-4-2)

Diego Benaglio, Vieirinha, Alexander Madlung, Marco Russ, Ricardo Rodríguez, Marcel Schäfer, Josué, Hasan Salihamidzic, Christian Träsch, Mario Mandžukić, Patrick Helmes