Match Report
| VfB Stuttgart | VfB Stuttgart |  |  | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | ||||||||||||||||
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| Zoltan Desailly | Z. Desailly |  | 64 | G |  | 1 | | G | 84 |  | Kevin Matthäus | K. Matthäus | |||||||||
| Luis Luccin | L. Luccin | | 70 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 74 | | Uwe Witte | U. Witte | |||||||||
| Harvey Whelan | H. Whelan |  | 68 | D | | 3 | | D | 67 | | Stefan Kirschner | S. Kirschner | |||||||||
| Stefan Schulze | S. Schulze | | 61 | D | | 4 | | D | 66 | | Gerhard Rösler | G. Rösler | |||||||||
| Luis Fernandes | L. Fernandes |  | 51 | D | | 5 | | D | 62 | | Simon Turek | S. Turek | |||||||||
| Eric Hanke | E. Hanke | | 64 | M | | 6 | | M | 68 | | Jonas Riemann | J. Riemann | |||||||||
| Paul Raff | P. Raff | | 64 | M | | 7 | | M | 65 |  | Salvatore Bega | S. Bega | |||||||||
| Tobias Röhner | T. Röhner | | 63 | M | | 8 | | M | 60 | | Kai Arnold | K. Arnold | |||||||||
| Marc Sparwasser | M. Sparwasser | | 86 | A | | 9 | | M | 55 | | Julian Reimers | J. Reimers | |||||||||
| Adriano Percassi | A. Percassi | | 69 | A | | 10 | | A | 80 | | Helder Nascimento | H. Nascimento | |||||||||
| Nils Pfeiffer | N. Pfeiffer | | 65 | A | | 11 | | A | 68 | | Anton Thiele | A. Thiele | |||||||||
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Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at Mercedes-Benz Arena where VfB Stuttgart play host to DSC Arminia Bielefeld. A crowd of 19,829 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
VfB Stuttgart are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while DSC Arminia Bielefeld appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
VfB Stuttgart are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while DSC Arminia Bielefeld appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
0.00
0-0The whistle blows and DSC Arminia Bielefeld get the match underway!
2.03
0-0Eric Hanke knocks the ball forward to Adriano Percassi. Adriano Percassi knocks in a cross ball towards Marc Sparwasser. Marc Sparwasser heads the ball goalwards. Kevin Matthäus easily smothers it.
3.47
0-0Uwe Witte knocks the ball forward to Jonas Riemann. Jonas Riemann makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Anton Thiele. Anton Thiele makes a probing pass to Helder Nascimento. Helder Nascimento shows great control and tries a shot on goal but it is miles over!
4.49
0-0Salvatore Bega controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Helder Nascimento. Helder Nascimento knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Zoltan Desailly who gathers it comfortably.
6.17
Paul Raff passes the ball forward to Nils Pfeiffer. Nils Pfeiffer shoots from 25 yards but it is miles over!
10.42
Harvey Whelan controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Eric Hanke. Eric Hanke knocks the ball forward to Nils Pfeiffer. Nils Pfeiffer tries a spectacular long range effort. The ball dips but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
12.06
Eric Hanke makes a probing pass to Nils Pfeiffer. Nils Pfeiffer shoots from 20 yards but it goes wide for a goal kick.
20.51
0-0Adriano Percassi comes in with a late challenge on Simon Turek. Adriano Percassi is shown the yellow card! Simon Turek stretches but gets up unharmed.
28.59
Stefan Kirschner threads the ball through to Salvatore Bega. Salvatore Bega chips the ball to his team mate, Anton Thiele. Anton Thiele knocks in a cross ball towards Helder Nascimento. Helder Nascimento directs the ball goalwards with his head. Zoltan Desailly easily picks it out of the air!
32.57
Jonas Riemann makes a beautiful solo run. Jonas Riemann sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
36.22
0-0Gerhard Rösler makes a probing pass to Julian Reimers. Julian Reimers knocks the ball to his team mate, Helder Nascimento. Helder Nascimento makes a probing pass to Anton Thiele but he's offside!
38.19
Salvatore Bega passes the ball forward to Helder Nascimento. Helder Nascimento knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Luis Fernandes.
39.52
Tobias Röhner deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Nils Pfeiffer. Nils Pfeiffer makes a probing pass to Marc Sparwasser. Marc Sparwasser takes a shot at goal. Magnificent save by Kevin Matthäus!
40.08
0-1Uwe Witte makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Jonas Riemann. Jonas Riemann makes a probing pass to Anton Thiele. Anton Thiele knocks the ball forward to Helder Nascimento. Helder Nascimento makes some space for himself and shoots at goal. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Helder Nascimento!
45.00
Paul Raff makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Adriano Percassi. Adriano Percassi knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
The second half starts with VfB Stuttgart kicking off!
47.58
Harvey Whelan knocks the ball forward to Tobias Röhner. Tobias Röhner makes a beautiful solo run. Tobias Röhner knocks in a cross ball towards Nils Pfeiffer. Nils Pfeiffer flicks the ball with his head but he balloons it over the crossbar!
61.11
Stefan Kirschner controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Salvatore Bega. Salvatore Bega passes the ball forward to Anton Thiele. Anton Thiele shoots from long range but it goes wide for a goal kick.
67.02
Paul Raff threads the ball through to Adriano Percassi. Adriano Percassi controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
73.48
Jonas Riemann takes it forward alone. Jonas Riemann goes all the way! Jonas Riemann shows great control and tries a shot on goal. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Jonas Riemann!
85.36
Kai Arnold chips the ball to his team mate, Helder Nascimento. Helder Nascimento knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Zoltan Desailly who gathers it comfortably.
87.52
Simon Turek makes a simple pass to Kai Arnold. Kai Arnold makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Helder Nascimento. Helder Nascimento finds some space and shoots from distance but he balloons it over the crossbar!
89.54
0-2Kai Arnold clumsily knocks into Eric Hanke. The referee calls over Kai Arnold and warns him to calm down! Eric Hanke gets up, but that knock is affecting his game.
90.00
The referee blows for full-time
Match Statistics
Goals
0
2
Shots on Target
3
3
Shots off Target
4
4
Offsides
0
3
Fouls
1
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
40.8%
59.2%
Play Area
28.2%
46.5%
25.4%
Scorers