Match Report
| VfB Stuttgart | VfB Stuttgart |  |  | FC Energie Cottbus | FC Energie Cottbus | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Torsten Babbel | T. Babbel |  | 62 | G |  | 1 | | G | 65 | | Stefan Backes | S. Backes | |||||||||
| Rainer Freund | R. Freund | | 68 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 60 | | Jakob Dehm | J. Dehm | |||||||||
| Uwe Birkwald | U. Birkwald | | 64 | D | | 3 | | D | 59 | | Nico Gelb | N. Gelb | |||||||||
| Tony Keane | T. Keane |  | 59 | D | | 4 | | D | 58 | | Linus Nahrstedt | L. Nahrstedt | |||||||||
| Nicolas Nordwald | N. Nordwald | | 55 | D | | 5 | | D | 49 | | Florian Netzer | F. Netzer | |||||||||
| Aron Brunswijk | A. Brunswijk |  | 53 | M | | 6 | | M | 67 | | Sebastian Jaschke | S. Jaschke | |||||||||
| Dietmar Dörner | D. Dörner | | 52 | M | | 7 | | M | 58 | | Christian Lorenz | C. Lorenz | |||||||||
| Malte Friedmann | M. Friedmann | | 48 | M | | 8 | | M | 54 | | Bakary Beck | B. Beck | |||||||||
| Oliver Palumbo | O. Palumbo | | 48 | M | | 9 | | M | 53 |  | Fabrizio Mazzocchi | F. Mazzocchi | |||||||||
| Matthias Höfer | M. Höfer | | 70 | A | | 10 | | A | 62 | | Arno Haller | A. Haller | |||||||||
| Markus Wilke | M. Wilke | | 63 | A | | 11 | | A | 60 |  | Claudio Suarez | C. Suarez | |||||||||
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Match Report
There are a few clouds overhead here at Mercedes-Benz Arena where VfB Stuttgart play host to FC Energie Cottbus. A crowd of 9,203 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Both VfB Stuttgart and FC Energie Cottbus are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both VfB Stuttgart and FC Energie Cottbus are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0VfB Stuttgart kick off!
10.20
0-0Christian Lorenz passes the ball forward to Claudio Suarez. Claudio Suarez knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Uwe Birkwald.
21.32
0-0Uwe Birkwald deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Dietmar Dörner. Dietmar Dörner makes a probing pass to Markus Wilke. Markus Wilke controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it flies wide!
39.56
Sebastian Jaschke threads the ball through to Arno Haller. Arno Haller knocks in a cross ball towards Claudio Suarez. Claudio Suarez is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
45.00
Aron Brunswijk surges forward with the ball. Aron Brunswijk shoots from 20 yards but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
45.00
The whistle indicates the end of the first half!
45.00
FC Energie Cottbus start the second half!
49.39
Dietmar Dörner knocks the ball forward to Matthias Höfer. Matthias Höfer shoots from 20 yards but it flies wide!
53.38
0-0Matthias Höfer hacks Jakob Dehm from behind! The referee calls over Matthias Höfer and warns him to calm down! Jakob Dehm stretches but gets up unharmed.
54.21
Uwe Birkwald kicks a strong pass forward to Oliver Palumbo. Oliver Palumbo deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Matthias Höfer. Matthias Höfer finds some space and shoots from distance but it goes wide for a goal kick.
60.09
Malte Friedmann knocks the ball forward to Matthias Höfer. Matthias Höfer shoots from outside the area but it is miles over!
66.38
0-0Bakary Beck controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Claudio Suarez. Claudio Suarez knocks the ball forward to Arno Haller but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
72.21
1-0Rainer Freund passes the ball forward to Malte Friedmann. Malte Friedmann makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Matthias Höfer. Matthias Höfer goes all the way! Matthias Höfer cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
83.47
1-0Rainer Freund hacks Claudio Suarez from behind! The referee calls over Rainer Freund and warns him to calm down! Claudio Suarez grimaces as he struggles to run off the knock.
85.26
Rainer Freund knocks the ball to his team mate, Aron Brunswijk. Aron Brunswijk controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Matthias Höfer. Matthias Höfer shoots from distance but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle
Match Statistics
Goals
1
0
Shots on Target
1
0
Shots off Target
6
1
Offsides
0
1
Fouls
2
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
60%
40%
Play Area
30%
44.3%
25.7%
Scorers