Bundesliga
March 10, 2013
VfB Stuttgart
0 - 1
Hamburg SV
Bundesliga
16:30 +00:00, March 10, 2013
Mercedes-Benz Arena
VfB Stuttgart 0-1 Hamburg SV
Scoring Summary
| VfB Stuttgart | Hamburg SV |
|---|---|
| Artjoms Rudnevs (50') |
Teams
| VfB Stuttgart | Hamburg SV |
|---|---|
| 1 Sven Ulreich | 15 René Adler |
| 6 Georg Niedermeier | 4 Heiko Westermann |
| 5 Serdar Tasci | 5 Jeffrey Bruma |
| 4 William Kvist | 7 Marcell Jansen |
| 15 Arthur Boka | 2 Dennis Diekmeier |
| 24 Antonio Rüdiger | 23 Rafael Van der Vaart |
| 26 Raphael Holzhauser | 8 Tomás Rincon |
| 20 Christian Gentner | 14 Milan Badelj |
| 16 Ibrahima Traore | 10 Artjoms Rudnevs |
| 7 Martin Harnik | 6 Dennis Aogo |
| 9 Vedad Ibisevic | 25 Per Skjelbred |
| Substitutes | |
| 21 Christian Molinaro | Sven Neuhaus 30 |
| 22 Marc Ziegler | Gojko Kacar 44 |
| 30 Tamas Hajnal | Tolgay-Ali Arslan 18 |
| 3 Felipe Lopes Aliste | Maximilian Beister 21 |
| 31 Shinji Okazaki | Heung-Min Son 40 |
| 14 Federico Macheda | Slobodan Rajkovic 24 |
| 2 Gotoku Sakai | Petr Jiracek 19 |
| Substitutions | |
| Shinji Okazaki for Raphael Holzhauser (45) | Slobodan Rajkovic for Heiko Westermann (64) |
| Federico Macheda for Ibrahima Traore (73) | Heung-Min Son for Dennis Aogo (71) |
| Tolgay-Ali Arslan for Per Skjelbred (84) | |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Georg Niedermeier (64) | Artjoms Rudnevs (72) |
| Vedad Ibisevic (85) | |
| · Squads: VfB Stuttgart | Hamburg SV | |
Artjoms Rudnevs' second-half goal decided a Bundesliga victory at Stuttgart that guided Hamburg into the Europa League places.
Hamburg snapped a two-game winless streak to reach sixth place as Rudnevs scored the only goal of the match in the 50th minute.
Stuttgart, meanwhile, came into the game on the back of a 2-0 Europa League defeat to Lazio and a third straight loss in all competitions sees the Reds struggling down in 14th place.
Hamburg were the first side to threaten as Rudnevs headed wide from close range following good work from Rafael van der Vaart.
Stuttgart's best chance of the first half came in the 16th minute as Raphael Holzhauser's free-kick was deflected wildly towards Hamburg keeper Rene Adler, who smothered at his near post.
Serdar Tasci's header was smothered by Adler as play resumed but Stuttgart were no closer to finding the back of the net.
Hamburg then grabbed the lead in the 50th minute as Dennis Diekmeier crossed from the right to find Rudnevs, who blasted a volley home from the middle of the box.
The hosts nearly equalised in the 69th minute, though, with Shinji Okazaki's cross finding Vedad Ibisevic, but Adler was there to deal with his header.
Hamburg pushed for a second decisive goal in the 79th minute but Tomas Rincon's shot from distance sailed wide of the mark.