German Bundesliga

FT Sunday, January 27, 2019
VfB Stuttgart LWLLL 1
–
Bayern Munich DWWWW 4
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VFB101
MUN134
Allianz Arena · 75,000 att.

Match Report

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Bayern Munich beat Stuttgart to trim Bundesliga gap to Dortmund

Defending champions Bayern Munich cut Borussia Dortmund's lead at the top of the Bundesliga back to six points with a 4-1 win over Stuttgart.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
6
1
Corner Kicks
8
3
Saves
1
28.8
Possession
71.2
7
SHOTS
19
2
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
213
Accurate Passes
645
288
Passes
718
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
3
11
Crosses
15
0.2
Cross %
0.2
60
Long Balls
40
21
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
10
17
Tackles
12
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
10
Interceptions
9
24
Effective Clearances
10
24
Clearances
10

Head to Head

MUN leads series 4-1

Lineups

MUN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Manuel NeuerG
  2. 5Mats HummelsCD-L
  3. 4Niklas SüleCD-R
  4. 27David AlabaLB
  5. 32Joshua KimmichRB
  6. 18Leon GoretzkaAM
  7. 6Thiago AlcantaraLM
  8. 8Javi MartínezRM
  9. 9Robert LewandowskiF
  10. 29Kingsley ComanAM-L
  11. 25Thomas MüllerAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Serge GnabrySUB
  2. 13RafinhaSUB
  3. 19Alphonso DaviesSUB
  4. 26Sven UlreichSUB
  5. 35Renato SanchesSUB
  6. 11James RodríguezSUB
  7. 17Jérôme BoatengSUB

VFB · 4-4-2

  1. 1Ron-Robert ZielerG
  2. 4Marc-Oliver KempfCD-L
  3. 18Ozan KabakCD-R
  4. 2Emiliano InsúaLB
  5. 32Andreas BeckRB
  6. 6Santiago AscacibarCM-L
  7. 20Christian GentnerCM-R
  8. 9Steven ZuberLM
  9. 14Alexander EssweinRM
  10. 11Anastasios DonisCF-L
  11. 22Nico GonzálezCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Erik ThommySUB
  2. 13Jens GrahlSUB
  3. 3Dennis AogoSUB
  4. 24Borna SosaSUB
  5. 27Mario GómezSUB
  6. 8Gonzalo CastroSUB
  7. 10Daniel DidaviSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! FC Bayern München 1, VfB Stuttgart 0. Thiago Alcántara (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Robert Lewandowski.
  2. 26' Goal! FC Bayern München 1, VfB Stuttgart 1. Anastasios Donis (VfB Stuttgart) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Christian Gentner.
  3. 32' David Alaba (FC Bayern München) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, FC Bayern München. Serge Gnabry replaces Javi Martínez.
  5. 55' Own Goal by Christian Gentner, VfB Stuttgart. FC Bayern München 2, VfB Stuttgart 1.
  6. 65' Penalty missed! Still FC Bayern München 2, VfB Stuttgart 1. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) hits the right post with a right footed shot.
  7. 66' Christian Gentner (VfB Stuttgart) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 71' Goal! FC Bayern München 3, VfB Stuttgart 1. Leon Goretzka (FC Bayern München) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joshua Kimmich with a cross following a corner.
  9. 74' Substitution, VfB Stuttgart. Erik Thommy replaces Anastasios Donis.
  10. 75' Substitution, FC Bayern München. James Rodríguez replaces Thomas Müller.
  11. 84' Goal! FC Bayern München 4, VfB Stuttgart 1. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the top right corner. Assisted by Joshua Kimmich.
  12. 86' Substitution, FC Bayern München. Alphonso Davies replaces Kingsley Coman.
  13. 87' Substitution, VfB Stuttgart. Daniel Didavi replaces Steven Zuber.
  14. 90' Substitution, VfB Stuttgart. Borna Sosa replaces Alexander Esswein.

Bundesliga News

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