VfB Stuttgart 4-1 FC Köln: result and report

Bundesliga · Friday 4 September 2026

Result

VfB Stuttgart 4-1 FC Köln

Bundesliga · Friday 4 September 2026, 18:30 UTC · MHPArena, Stuttgart · half-time 1-0

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VfB Stuttgart 4-1 FC Köln: match report

VfB Stuttgart won against FC Köln 4-1 in the Bundesliga on Friday 4 September 2026 at MHPArena. The half-time score was 1-0.

Bilal El Khannouss opened the scoring in the 39th minute. VfB Stuttgart's goals came from Bilal El Khannouss (39'), Grischa Prömel (60'), Ermedin Demirovic (75') and Josha Vagnoman (90'). FC Köln scored through an own goal by Ramon Hendriks (81').

Discipline: VfB Stuttgart received 1 yellow card; FC Köln received 3 yellow cards.

In the current table VfB Stuttgart are 11th on 9 points and FC Köln are 13th on 9 points.

VfB Stuttgart lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and FC Köln in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Josha Vagnoman of VfB Stuttgart (8.4), ahead of Maximilian Mittelstädt (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 VfB Stuttgart wins, 3 draws and 1 for FC Köln.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Goal · Bilal El KhannoussVfB Stuttgart · 1-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Jahmai Simpson-PuseyFC Köln
  • 51'Yellow card · Maximilian MittelstädtVfB Stuttgart
  • 60'Goal · Grischa PrömelVfB Stuttgart · 2-0
  • 75'Goal · Ermedin DemirovicVfB Stuttgart · 3-0
  • 81'Own goal · Ramon HendriksFC Köln · 3-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Tom KraußFC Köln
  • 86'Yellow card · Alessio Castro-MontesFC Köln
  • 90'Goal · Josha VagnomanVfB Stuttgart · 4-1

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
11VfB Stuttgart83051415-19LWLLW
13FC Köln8233912-39LWLDD

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: VfB Stuttgart 6, draws 3, FC Köln 1.

Team news

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VfB Stuttgart line-up (3-4-2-1)

Fabian Bredlow, Finn Jeltsch, Jeff Chabot, Maximilian Mittelstädt, Josha Vagnoman, Grischa Prömel, Angelo Stiller, Chris Führich, Deniz Undav, Bilal El Khannouss, Dženan Pejčinović

FC Köln line-up (4-3-3)

Marvin Schwäbe, Alessio Castro-Montes, Jahmai Simpson-Pusey, Luka Lochoshvili, Gideon Mensah, Ísak Jóhannesson, Tom Krauß, Paul Okon-Engstler, Jan Thielmann, Ragnar Ache, Linton Maina

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