Bundesliga
November 28, 2012
VfB Stuttgart
2 - 1
FC Augsburg
Bundesliga
19:00 +00:00, November 28, 2012
Mercedes-Benz Arena
VfB Stuttgart 2-1 FC Augsburg
Scoring Summary
| VfB Stuttgart | FC Augsburg |
|---|---|
| Ibrahima Traore (11') | Koo Ja-Cheol (44') |
| Vedad Ibisevic (69') |
Teams
| VfB Stuttgart | FC Augsburg |
|---|---|
| 1 Sven Ulreich | 30 Mohamed Amsif |
| 6 Georg Niedermeier | 5 Ragnar Klavan |
| 5 Serdar Tasci | 3 Gibril Sankoh |
| 4 William Kvist | 19 Matthias Ostrzolek |
| 21 Christian Molinaro | 18 Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker |
| 2 Gotoku Sakai | 9 Torsten Oehrl |
| 26 Raphael Holzhauser | 16 Andreas Ottl |
| 20 Christian Gentner | 10 Daniel Baier |
| 16 Ibrahima Traore | 33 Sascha Mölders |
| 7 Martin Harnik | 17 Marcel De Jong |
| 9 Vedad Ibisevic | 7 Koo Ja-Cheol |
| Substitutes | |
| 14 Francisco Rodríguez | Alexander Manninger 21 |
| 22 Marc Ziegler | Milan Petrzela 11 |
| 15 Arthur Boka | Sebastian Langkamp 15 |
| 8 Zdravko Kuzmanovic | Aristide Bancé 23 |
| 30 Tamas Hajnal | Stephan Hain 36 |
| 31 Shinji Okazaki | Knowledge Musona 8 |
| 17 Tunay Torun | Ronny Philp 20 |
| Substitutions | |
| Tunay Torun for Martin Harnik (45) | Milan Petrzela for Marcel De Jong (45) |
| Tamas Hajnal for Raphael Holzhauser (62) | Aristide Bancé for Torsten Oehrl (56) |
| Zdravko Kuzmanovic for Christian Gentner (70) | Stephan Hain for Andreas Ottl (82) |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Georg Niedermeier (59) | Gibril Sankoh (31) |
| · Squads: VfB Stuttgart | FC Augsburg | |
Vedad Ibisevic and Ibrahima Traore were on target as Stuttgart picked up a home Bundesliga victory over bottom side Augsburg.
Traore gave Stuttgart an early lead before Koo Ja-cheol equalised for Augsburg on the stroke of half-time with an excellent individual effort.
Ibisevic scored Stuttgart's decisive second in the 69th minute as the hosts won for the second time in three games to improve to 19 points.
Augsburg's winless streak now stands at seven matches and they remain on seven points.
Stuttgart went in front on 11 minutes as Ibisevic raced down the right side and crossed into the box where Traore fired home from five yards.
Both teams ventured forward time and again in an open first half and the visitors deservedly pulled level in the 44th minute thanks to a fine solo effort by Koo, who collected the ball in the midfield, raced on and pirouetted away from his marker before unleashing a fearsome 25-yard strike into the top-left corner.
The hosts were close to regaining the lead three minutes after the break but Traore headed just wide.
Traore nevertheless had a hand in restoring Stuttgart's lead in the 69th minute as the Guinea international's free-kick from the right was met with a strong header by Ibisevic which flew in at the near post.
Augsburg did not give up and Stuttgart goalkeeper Sven Ulreich had to parry a powerful strike by Daniel Baier.
Koo came close to levelling moments later but his initial effort was saved by Ulreich before the South Korean lashed the rebound wide of the target.