German Bundesliga

FT Saturday, December 8, 2007
VfL Wolfsburg WLLLD 1
–
VfB Stuttgart LWWWL 3
Mercedes-Benz Arena · 558,000 att.

Team Stats

26
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
10
5
Corner Kicks
5
5
Saves
9
52.6
Possession
47.4
20
SHOTS
18
10
ON GOAL
8
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
254
Accurate Passes
233
339
Passes
306
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
11
Accurate Crosses
9
36
Crosses
23
0.3
Cross %
0.4
46
Long Balls
54
22
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
5
10
Effective Tackles
9
15
Tackles
12
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
14
Effective Clearances
29
20
Clearances
46

Head to Head

VFB leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

VFB

  1. 1Raphael SchäferG
  2. 6Fernando MeiraD
  3. 21Ludovic MagninD
  4. 3Ricardo OsorioD
  5. 17Matthieu DelpierreD
  6. 13Pavel PardoM
  7. 10Yildiray BastürkM
  8. 19Roberto HilbertM
  9. 11Thomas HitzlspergerM
  10. 18CacauF
  11. 20Ciprian MaricaF

Substitutes

  1. 8Alexander FarnerudSUB
  2. 25Antonio da SilvaSUB
  3. 7Silvio MeißnerSUB
  4. 15Arthur BokaSUB
  5. 4GledsonSUB
  6. 12Michael LangerSUB
  7. 9Eugen Anghel EwerthonSUB

WOB

  1. 12André LenzG
  2. 5Ricardo CostaD
  3. 37Sergej KarimovD
  4. 17Alexander MadlungD
  5. 6Jan SimunekD
  6. 8Daniel BaierM
  7. 32MarcelinhoM
  8. 25Christian GentnerM
  9. 7JosuéM
  10. 23GrafiteF
  11. 9Edin DzekoF

Substitutes

  1. 20Sascha RietherSUB
  2. 29Sergiu RaduSUB
  3. 4Marcel SchäferSUB
  4. 27Pablo ThiamSUB
  5. 2Facundo QuirogaSUB
  6. 24Ashkan DejagahSUB
  7. 21Patrick PlatinsSUB

Timeline

  1. 26'
  2. 48'
  3. 51'
  4. 59'
  5. 59'
  6. 64'
  7. 64'
  8. 64'
  9. 64'
  10. 72'
  11. 72'
  12. 84'
  13. 84'
  14. 86'
  15. 89'
  16. 89'

Bundesliga News

All news
ESPN ESPN A global experiment: Can ESPN predict the Ballon d'Or awards? The Ballon d'Or awards are typically tough to predict, but can ESPN and our global resources do just that? ESPN PA Bayern Munich hold off Freiburg in first game without Kompany Bayern Munich returned to the top of the Bundesliga table thanks to a 3-1 away win at Freiburg on Sunday. News Associated Press Bayern Munich's Vincent Kompany 'stable,' could be away for weeks after collapse Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany will have more tests to determine why he collapsed during a training session the previous day, the club said Saturday. News ESPN News Services USMNT's Scally scores, helps Gladbach avoid worst-ever Bundesliga start Borussia Mönchengladbach avoided becoming the first team in Bundesliga history to lose seven straight games to start the season, thanks to a 3-2 win at Stuttgart on Friday.