VfB Stuttgart 3-1 FC Köln: result and report
Bundesliga · Saturday 14 February 2026
Result
VfB Stuttgart 3-1 FC Köln
Bundesliga · Saturday 14 February 2026, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
VfB Stuttgart 3-1 FC Köln: match report
VfB Stuttgart won against FC Köln 3-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 14 February 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Ermedin Demirovic opened the scoring in the 15th minute. VfB Stuttgart's goals came from Ermedin Demirovic (15'), Ermedin Demirovic (84') and Deniz Undav (90+2'). FC Köln scored through Ragnar Ache (79').
Discipline: VfB Stuttgart received 4 yellow cards; FC Köln received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game VfB Stuttgart were 6th on 39 points from 21 and FC Köln 11th on 23 points from 21. VfB Stuttgart went on to finish that season 4th with 62 points, and FC Köln 14th with 32.
VfB Stuttgart lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Köln in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ermedin Demirovic of VfB Stuttgart (8.6), ahead of Maximilian Mittelstädt (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 VfB Stuttgart wins, 3 draws and 1 for FC Köln.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Ermedin Demirovic
- 29'Yellow card · Chris Führich
- 53'Yellow card · Jeff Chabot
- 60'Yellow card · Ermedin Demirovic
- 76'Yellow card · Bilal El Khannouss
- 79'Goal · Ragnar Ache
- 84'Goal · Ermedin Demirovic
- 90+2'Goal · Deniz Undav
- 90+5'Yellow card · Jakub Kamiński
Head-to-head
Team news
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- Luca Kilian
- Timo Hübers
- Dan-Axel Zagadou
- Lazar Jovanovic
- Jahmai Simpson-Pusey
- Nikolas Nartey
- Alessio Castro-Montes
- Linton Maina
- Dominique Heintz
- Ísak Jóhannesson
VfB Stuttgart line-up (4-2-3-1)
Alexander Nübel, Lorenz Assignon, Finn Jeltsch, Jeff Chabot, Maximilian Mittelstädt, Atakan Karazor, Chema Andrés, Jamie Leweling, Deniz Undav, Chris Führich, Ermedin Demirovic
FC Köln line-up (5-3-2)
Marvin Schwäbe, Sebastian Sebulonsen, Joël Schmied, Eric Martel, Cenk Özkacar, Kristoffer Lund, Jan Thielmann, Tom Krauß, Jakub Kamiński, Marius Bülter, Ragnar Ache