4.
17:33
Tooor for 1. FC Köln, 1-0 by Jakub Kamiński
The billy goats take the lead 1-0 early and roll over VfB with a wonderful combination after the ball win in the middle circle. Jan Thielmann serves Ragnar Ache, who starts the sixteen centrally and keeps the overview. The fatal passport on Jakub Kamiński, who still has the time from 13 meters, has the time to lie down on the right, and then precisely insert it with a low shot in the right corner. No chance for Alexander Nübel.
2.
17:32
Josha Vagnoman puts a long ball on the right wing, but cannot prevail in the duel against Linton Maina. Strongly defended by the Cologne.
1.
17:30
The game is released. The home side compete in their red and white home colors. The Swabians play in black today. Let’s go.
1.
17:29
Start of the game
17:06
It will arrive for VfB in particular on the final phase. In the final quarter of an hour, the Effzeh is already at four goals, which corresponds to the league -wide maximum value of all 18 Bundesliga clubs in the 2025/26 season. The Swabians, in turn, conceded three of their only five goals in this time window, in which only Union Berlin was even more susceptible (five).
16:59
Traditionally, VfB Stuttgart struggles with climbs, which has recently been put down. The Swabians were able to win three of the last six Bundesliga games against teams that played in the 2nd Bundesliga in the pre-season (two draws, a defeat). This corresponds to the same number of victories as in the 20 Bundesliga games against promoted people. After the latest 1-0 at FC St. Pauli in May 2025, the incumbent cup winner could win two Bundesliga games in a row for the first time since 2015.
16:51
VfB has often loved to come into the cathedral city. The Swabians have lost only one of the last 14 Bundesliga away games at 1. FC Köln (seven wins, six draws). In the current millennium, the billy goats only have a lower victory rate in their own stadium against FC Bayern Munich (6 percent) than against Stuttgart (13 percent).
16:43
Two aspects were striking on the first four match days. First, the 1. FC Köln already scored nine goals, which only Bayern (18) and Eintracht Frankfurt (eleven) could top. Second, there was a massive discrepancy between home and away games at VfB Stuttgart. While the Swabians scored the full six points in front of a home backdrop, there were two defeats away. For the first time since the 2017/18 season, when the white-red under Hannes Wolf even lost the first six games in the distance.
16:36
VfB Stuttgart was in use in the Europa League on Thursday evening and rewarded itself for a strong performance with a 2-1 home win over Celta Vigo. Sebastian Hoeneß still has an eye on the stress control and changes his first team compared to this game in six positions: For Mittelstädt, Leweling, Bouanani, Assignon, Andrés (all five bank) and Jeltsch (addiction to added), lead, tomás, vagnoman, karazor, jaquez and chabot.
16:33
Let’s take a look at how both trainers tackle it this afternoon. At Cologne there are two changes at RB Leipzig after the latest 1: 3 bankruptcy: Łukasz Kwasniok brings Ragnar Ache and Linton Maina for Luca Waldschmidt (bank) and Marius Bülter (Achilles tendon irritation).
16:31
With Effzeh, the question arises in which direction it goes in the medium term. After the goats were again strongly in the upper house of German football with two wins, they recently only scored one of six possible points and collected three goals against Wolfsburg (3: 3) and Leipzig (1: 3) twice. Today the reigning cup winner comes to the cathedral city.
16:30
Hello and welcome from the RheinEnergiestadion. Here, the 1. FC Köln receives VfB Stuttgart today at 5:30 p.m. as part of the 5th match day of the Bundesliga.