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Commentary
PODOLSKI rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the Espanyol 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
14¹GOAL!! An outswinging corner was kicked clear only for PODOLSKI to volley the ball into the net. (1-0 VfB Stuttgart)
17¹A clever pass from DOUGLAS COSTA was blasted goalbound by BOROWSKI only for the 'keeper to palm clear.
18¹FALCAO was put clear by DAVID GARCÍA and he nutmegged the 'keeper but drilled his shot over the bar.
25¹MARCHIONNI beat BOATENG but slammed the ball into the arms of the VfB Stuttgart 'keeper.
25¹DERDIYOK made space on the left and touched the ball to PODOLSKI who touched the ball over.
30¹GOAL!! The Espanyol 'keeper got into a muddle with a backpass from MARQUEZ and BOROWSKI managed to poke the ball into the net. (2-0 VfB Stuttgart)
33¹DIARRA worked the ball to KLÉBER, DAVID GARCÍA controlled his cross and headed the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
35¹A mix up in the Espanyol defence enabled DOUGLAS COSTA to fire the ball just beyond the near post.
38¹ANELKA headed wide.
42¹KHEDIRA beat FERNÁNDEZ and whacked the ball to PODOLSKI who hit his shot wide.
PODOLSKI flicked an easy chance past the righthand post.
A thirty yard shot from MARCHIONNI caused the 'keeper no problem.
A deadly shot from FUKAL was forced wide by WEIDENFELLER.
16²A drive from MARCHIONNI seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to fist the ball clear.
17²A penalty box meleé resulted in PODOLSKI knocking the ball wide.
25²A weak shot from MARCHIONNI rolled agonisingly wide.
32²CASTRO fired a deadly shot wide from long range.
36²A corner found ANELKA who flicked the ball just beyond the far post.
37²A poor tackle on MARQUEZ by CASTRO results in a booking.
44²ANELKA ran onto a great ball from DOUGLAS COSTA but hit his shot wide.
45²A lovely effort from DERDIYOK scraped the outside of the post.

 
VfB Stuttgart
 
League position: 7
Home league form: LOWL
Overall league form: LLLWXWOO
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Roman WEIDENFELLER1Gorka IRAIZOZ
Jerome BOATENG2Milan FUKAL(c)
Gonzalo CASTRO3DAVID GARCÍA de la Cruz
Sami KHEDIRA4Alou DIARRA
Per MERTESACKER5Rafael MARQUEZ
Benedikt HÖWEDES6Matías FERNÁNDEZ
Tim BOROWSKI7Yossi BENAYOUN
Lukas PODOLSKI8Marco MARCHIONNI
(p)Eren DERDIYOK9Radamel FALCAO(p)
(f)DOUGLAS COSTA de Souza10EDUARDO Nascimento COSTA(f)
(c)Nicolas ANELKA11KLÉBER Giacomance
Manager
Martin STRANZL  12  Patricio ARAUJO
José CORONA  13  Scott CARSON
Yann M'VILA  14Ferrán COROMINAS
Danny MURPHY  15  JUANFRAN
Christian TRÄSCH  16  ILSINHO
 
Espanyol
 
League position: 15
Away league form: LLLX
Overall league form: LXLWLLLL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
VfB Stuttgart 2 Espanyol 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 40,164, Stadium: Gottlieb Daimler, Referee: Bo Karlsson 6)

Podolski 14¹, Borowski 30¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
 FalcaoóCorominas 37²
  
Castro 37² 
26
74
107
66
124
1810
36
61%39%
Man of the match: Sami Khedira