Stuttgart — Köln 4:1, 4 September: match result

match finished Bundesliga · Matchday 2 Friday 4 September · 18:30 UTC

Stuttgart 8th · 3 pts LLWL

4 : 1 1st half 1:0

Köln 10th · 3 pts LDLW

MHPArena · referee C. Dingert

Match predictionValue

Köln +2.5

89% · Köln games average 5 goals

Prediction missed. We predicted “Köln +2.5”, and the match finished 4:1.

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our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Stuttgart 49% draw 20% Köln 31%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Stuttgart win, and the match finished 4:1. Fans backed Stuttgart win — they got it right.

fans 48 votes

Stuttgart 60% draw 11% Köln 29%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

B. El Khannouss assist: J. Vagnoman 1-0 39'

J. Simpson-Pusey 41'

M. Moore for J. Thielmann 46'

E. Skhiri for P. Okon-Engstler 46'

M. Mittelstadt 51'

G. Promel assist: M. Mittelstadt 2-0 60'

J. Leweling for C. Fuhrich 70'

E. Demirovic for D. Undav 70'

E. Demirovic assist: F. Jeltsch 3-0 75'

R. Heskey for L. Maina 75'

M. Bulter for R. Ache 75'

R. Hendriks for M. Mittelstadt 78'

L. Sauer for B. El Khannouss 78'

M. Bulter 3-1 81'

T. Krauss 85'

A. Castro-Montes 86'

J. Vagnoman 4-1 90'

I. Rondic for T. Krauss 90'

Y. Spalt for A. Stiller 90+2'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Stuttgart 3-4-2-1 · Sebastian Hoeness 4-3-3 · Rene Wagner Köln

Fabian Bredlow  
Finn Jeltsch  24 Jeff Chabot  7 Maximilian Mittelstädt  
Josha Vagnoman  21 Grischa Prömel  6 Angelo Stiller  10 Chris Führich  
Deniz Undav  11 Bilal El Khannouss  
Dženan Pejčinović  

Jan Uwe Thielmann  9 Ragnar Ache  37 Linton Maina  
Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson  5 Tom Krauß  23 Paul Okon-Engstler  
Alessio Castro-Montes  22 Jahmai Simpson-Pusey  24 Luka Lochoshvili  14 Gideon Mensah  
Marvin Schwäbe  

Stuttgart bench

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

Köln bench

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

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

58%Possession42%

22Shots17

8Shots on target4

8Shots off target9

6Blocked shots4

15Shots inside box13

7Shots outside box4

117Attacks71

62Dangerous attacks48

10Corners8

1Offsides0

5Fouls6

1Yellow cards3

3Saves4

517Passes379

443Accurate passes316

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Stuttgart

KölnThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Stuttgart and Köln met on matchday 2 of the Bundesliga on 4 September at MHPArena. Final score — 4:1.

Stuttgart sit 8th on 3 points after 4 matches (1 win, 0 draws, 3 losses). Köln sit 10th on 3 points after 4 matches (1 win, 1 draw, 2 losses), winless in 3 matches.

Of the last 2 meetings Stuttgart won 2, Köln won 0. Aggregate score — 5:2.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Stuttgart last five Köln

LLWL form LDLW

4 Matches 4

1 — 0 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 1 — 1 — 2

6 — 9 Scored — conceded 6 — 9

0.75 Points per game 1

1.5 Goals scored per game 1.5

0 Clean sheets 0

1 Failed to score 0

winless in 2 Current streak winless in 3

Stuttgart at home: 2 matches, 1 win, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 4—2, 1.5 points per match.

Köln away: 2 matches, 0 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses, goals 2—6, 0 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

2 Stuttgart wins 0 draws 0 Köln wins goals 5:2 Stuttgart — Köln

14/02/2026	Stuttgart — Köln	3:1	Bundesliga
28/09/2025	Köln — Stuttgart	1:2	Bundesliga

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
12	Paderborn	4	1	1	2	3—5	4
13	Köln	4	1	1	2	6—9	4
14	Hoffenheim	4	1	0	3	7—10	3
15	Stuttgart	4	1	0	3	6—9	3
16	Hamburger SV	4	1	0	3	2—13	3
17	Union Berlin	4	0	1	3	4—17	1

Full Bundesliga table