Match Report
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Match Report
There is a slight drizzle in the air here at Mercedes-Benz Arena where VfB Stuttgart play host to FC St. Pauli. A crowd of 9,072 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Both VfB Stuttgart and FC St. Pauli are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both VfB Stuttgart and FC St. Pauli are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0VfB Stuttgart kick off the first half!
6.12
0-0Rainer Freund passes the ball forward to Dietmar Dörner. Dietmar Dörner deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Matthias Höfer. Matthias Höfer knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Arnauld Lorieri.
16.08
Antonio Cano makes a probing pass to Bakary Gleisenstein. Bakary Gleisenstein makes a probing pass to Lennart Gelb. Lennart Gelb knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Torsten Babbel who gathers it comfortably.
18.23
Julian Linke brings the ball forward. Julian Linke knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
20.44
1-0Paul Schönenborn kicks a strong pass forward to Markus Wilke. Markus Wilke knocks in a cross ball towards Matthias Höfer. Matthias Höfer powers a header at goal which easily beats the keeper. Goal!!
32.04
1-0Julian Linke kicks a strong pass forward to Lennart Gelb. Lennart Gelb finds some space and shoots from distance but it flies wide!
36.10
Dietmar Dörner knocks the ball to his team mate, Markus Wilke. Markus Wilke knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Marcel Krüger.
39.25
Dietmar Dörner decides to run forward with the ball. Dietmar Dörner whips in a cross ball towards Matthias Höfer. Matthias Höfer flicks the ball with his head. Matthias Höfer scores for VfB Stuttgart!!
44.11
Julian Linke controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Lennart Gelb. Lennart Gelb knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
45.00
Julian Linke makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Samir Kuzorra. Samir Kuzorra knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Nicolas Nordwald.
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
The whistle blows and FC St. Pauli kick off!
57.14
2-0Stefan Thiele barges into Dietmar Dörner. The referee calls over Stefan Thiele and shows him a yellow card! Dietmar Dörner hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
63.27
Uwe Birkwald deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Dietmar Dörner. Dietmar Dörner makes a simple pass to Markus Wilke. Markus Wilke tries a spectacular long range effort but he balloons it over the crossbar!
65.05
2-0The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
66.51
Stefan Thiele makes a simple pass to Lennart Gelb. Lennart Gelb knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Nicolas Nordwald.
71.25
FC St. Pauli are easily keeping VfB Stuttgart at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
73.53
Antonio Cano knocks the ball forward to Kevin Riemann. Kevin Riemann takes it forward alone. Kevin Riemann whips in a cross ball towards Lennart Gelb. Lennart Gelb powers a header at goal but it curls horrendously wide!
77.21
Uwe Birkwald sees space and advances. Uwe Birkwald decides to run forward with the ball. Uwe Birkwald knocks in a cross ball towards Matthias Höfer. Matthias Höfer heads the ball goalwards but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
79.52
2-0Malte Friedmann barges into Julian Linke. The referee calls over Malte Friedmann and warns him to calm down! Julian Linke stretches but gets up unharmed.
90.00
The referee whistles full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
2
0
Shots on Target
2
0
Shots off Target
2
2
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
1
1
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
50%
50%
Play Area
26.6%
48.4%
25%
Scorers
| Matthias Höfer 20, 39 |