Bundesliga · Sep 4, 2026 19:30 · Round 2

VfB Stuttgart4 – 1FC Köln

MHPArena, StuttgartReferee: Christian Dingert · 4.1 yellow cards per match26 °CArena Cloud, Arena Premium 4, Arena Premium 5

Match officials

Christian Dingert · Referee
Nikolai Kimmeyer · 1st Assistant
Alexander Sather · 2nd Assistant
Felix Wagner · 4th Official

Match stats

58%Possession42%
22Shots17
8Shots on target3
8Shots off target10
6Blocked shots4
15Shots inside box13
7Shots outside box4
5Big chances4
10Corners8
526Passes378
450Accurate passes316
86%Pass accuracy84%
117Attacks71
62Dangerous attacks48
5Fouls6
1Offsides0
3Saves4
12Tackles8
7Interceptions10
38%Dribble success53%
1Yellow cards3
9Accurate Crosses2
77Ball Safe94
4Big Chances Missed4
8Dribble Attempts17
42Duels Won37
6Free Kicks5
14Goal Attempts9
11Goal Kicks8
2Hit Woodwork0
17Key Passes11
44Long Passes57
5Substitutions5
3Successful Dribbles9
21Successful Headers16
26Successful Long Passes23
59%Successful Long Passes Percentage40%
9Tackles Won7
25Throwins12
25Total Crosses16

Events

39'Goal 1-0 · Bilal El Khannouss (Josha Vagnoman)
41'Yellow card · Jahmai Simpson-Pusey
46'Substitution · Mikey Moore in, Jan Thielmann out
46'Substitution · Ellyes Skhiri in, Paul Okon-Engstler out
51'Yellow card · Maximilian Mittelstädt
60'Goal 2-0 · Grischa Prömel (Maximilian Mittelstädt)
70'Substitution · Ermedin Demirovic in, Deniz Undav out
70'Substitution · Jamie Leweling in, Chris Führich out
75'Goal 3-0 · Ermedin Demirovic (Finn Jeltsch)
75'Substitution · Marius Bülter in, Ragnar Ache out
75'Substitution · Reigan Heskey in, Linton Maina out
78'Substitution · Ramon Hendriks in, Maximilian Mittelstädt out
78'Substitution · Leo Sauer in, Bilal El Khannouss out
81'Own goal 3-1 · Ramon Hendriks
85'Yellow card · Tom Krauß
86'Yellow card · Alessio Castro-Montes
90+2'Substitution · Yanik Spalt in, Angelo Stiller out
90'Goal 4-1 · Josha Vagnoman
90'Substitution · Imad Rondic in, Tom Krauß out

Lineups

FC KölnCoach: René Wagner4-3-3

1Schwäbe

17Castro-Montes

22Simpson-Pusey

24Lochoshvili

14Mensah

8Jóhannesson

5Krauß

23Okon-Engstler

29Thielmann

9Ache

37Maina

17Pejcinovic

11Khannouss

26Undav

10Führich

6Stiller

21Prömel

4Vagnoman

7Mittelstädt

24Chabot

29Jeltsch

1Bredlow

VfB StuttgartCoach: Sebastian Hoeneß3-4-2-1

Substitutes

2Ameen Al-Dakhil
3Ramon Hendriks
9Ermedin Demirovic
16Atakan Karazor
18Jamie Leweling
20Leonidas Stergiou
33Marius Funk
44Leo Sauer
47Yanik Spalt

Substitutes

2Joël Schmied
3Borna Sosa
6Ellyes Skhiri
11Reigan Heskey
15Imad Rondic
20Ron-Robert Zieler
30Marius Bülter
33Rav van den Berg
47Mikey Moore

Missing players

VfB Stuttgart

Nikolas NarteyMuscle Injury
Stefan DrljacaNo Eligibility · expected back Jan 28, 2027
Tiago TomásMuscle Injury

FC Köln

Saïd El MalaIll

Players

VfB Stuttgart	Min	Goals	Assists	Shots	Passes	Rating
	90				24	6.9
	90		1	2	65	7.5
	90			2	57	7.5
	78		1		56	8.0
	90	1	1	3	40	8.4
	90	1		3	45	7.4
	90			1	80	6.7
	70				44	7.1
	70			1	30	6.8
	78	1		2	31	7.9
	90			6	27	6.5
Substitutes

	12	1			7	6.4
	20	1		1	5	7.7

	20				7	6.3


	12			1	7	6.6
	1				1

FC Köln	Min	Goals	Assists	Shots	Passes	Rating
	90				50	6.1
	90				26	6.4
	90				43	6.6
	90			1	42	5.9
	90			2	33	6.2
	90			1	31	6.7
	90			2	33	6.7
	46				25	6.6
	46			1	8	6.8
	75			2	17	6.7
	75			1	24	6.8
Substitutes


	44			2	22	6.2
	15			1	3	6.5
	1

	15	1		2	8	7.0

	44		1	2	13	7.3

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Head-to-head

League matches between the teams

12Wins

7Draws

7Wins

26 matches · goals 41–29

VfB Stuttgart4 – 1FC Köln

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