RB Leipzig 2-0 VfB Stuttgart: result and report

Bundesliga · Wednesday 26 September 2018

Result

RB Leipzig 2-0 VfB Stuttgart

Bundesliga · Wednesday 26 September 2018, 18:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

RB Leipzig · VfB Stuttgart · Bundesliga predictions

RB Leipzig 2-0 VfB Stuttgart: match report

RB Leipzig beat VfB Stuttgart 2-0 in the Bundesliga on Wednesday 26 September 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Willi Orbán opened the scoring in the 45th minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from Willi Orbán (45+1') and Jean-Kévin Augustin (80'). VfB Stuttgart did not score.

Discipline: RB Leipzig received 2 yellow cards; VfB Stuttgart received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game RB Leipzig were 14th on 5 points from 4 and VfB Stuttgart 16th on 2 points from 4. RB Leipzig went on to finish that season 3rd with 66 points, and VfB Stuttgart 16th with 28.

RB Leipzig lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and VfB Stuttgart in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Marcel Halstenberg of RB Leipzig (8.1), ahead of Willi Orbán (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 RB Leipzig win, 1 draw and 0 for VfB Stuttgart.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Yellow card · Timo BaumgartlVfB Stuttgart
  • 36'Yellow card · Willi OrbánRB Leipzig
  • 45+1'Goal · Willi OrbánRB Leipzig · 1-0
  • 64'Yellow card · Nordi MukieleRB Leipzig
  • 80'Goal · Jean-Kévin AugustinRB Leipzig · 2-0
  • 87'Yellow card · Nicolás GonzálezVfB Stuttgart
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Mario GómezVfB Stuttgart

Head-to-head

2 meetings: RB Leipzig 1, draws 1, VfB Stuttgart 0.

Team news

RB Leipzig line-up (4-2-2-2)

Péter Gulácsi, Nordi Mukiele, Willi Orbán, Dayot Upamecano, Marcel Halstenberg, Kevin Kampl, Diego Demme, Marcel Sabitzer, Emil Forsberg, Yussuf Poulsen, Timo Werner

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

Ron-Robert Zieler, Pablo Maffeo, Timo Baumgartl, Benjamin Pavard, Borna Sosa, Santiago Ascacíbar, Dennis Aogo, Christian Gentner, Erik Thommy, Mario Gómez, Chadrac Akolo