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
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.
Key events
- 28'Goal · Patrick Helmes
- 38'Yellow card · F. Rodríguez
- 51'Yellow card · Cacau
- 60'Goal · Marco Russ
- 73'Goal · Cacau
- 77'Goal · F. Rodríguez
- 79'Goal · Ibrahima Traoré
Head-to-head
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