Celtic 1–4 VfB Stuttgart
- Nygren 21'
- El Khannouss 15'
- El Khannouss 28'
- Leweling 57'
- Tomás 90+3'
19 February 2026
The match in data
A 4–1 win for VfB Stuttgart against Celtic on 19 February 2026, in the 2025-26 Europa League (Knockout Round Play-offs).
Player of the match: Callum McGregor (Celtic), rated 75, thanks above all to 11 final-third passes and 58 passes. McGregor produced 1.1 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.2 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For VfB Stuttgart, the highest-rated player was Angelo Stiller, with 71.
Bilal El Khannouss scored twice.
Callum McGregor
Celtic · 90'
Produced 1.08× and cost 0.24× their position's average
- 11 final-third passes 2.0×
- 58 passes 1.3×
- 2 completed dribbles 2.7×
- 1 time dribbled past 1.2×
- 2 misplaced passes 0.3×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Callum McGregor ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 75 |
| Auston Trusty | Defender | 90 | 72 |
| Benjamin Nygren | Midfielder | 72 | 68 |
| Reo Hatate | Midfielder | 28 | 64 |
| Hyun-jun Yang | Forward | 28 | 60 |
| Liam Scales | Defender | 90 | 56 |
| Kieran Tierney | Defender | 78 | 56 |
| Tomas Cvancara | Forward | 71 | 42 |
| Julián Araujo | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Sebastian Tounekti | Midfielder | 90 | 32 |
| Daizen Maeda | Midfielder | 62 | 31 |
| Paulo Bernardo | Midfielder | 62 | 30 |
| Kasper Schmeichel | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Kelechi Iheanacho | Forward | 19 | no rating |
| Luke McCowan | Midfielder | 18 | no rating |
| Marcelo Saracchi | Defender | 12 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angelo Stiller | Midfielder | 90 | 71 |
| Jamie Leweling | Forward | 71 | 60 |
| Jeff Chabot | Defender | 78 | 59 |
| Finn Jeltsch | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Atakan Karazor | Midfielder | 90 | 52 |
| Deniz Undav | Forward | 90 | 50 |
| Ermedin Demirovic | Forward | 78 | 43 |
| Josha Vagnoman | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Ramon Hendriks | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Bilal El Khannouss | Midfielder | 72 | 37 |
| Alexander Nübel | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Chris Führich | Forward | 19 | no rating |
| Nikolas Nartey | Midfielder | 18 | no rating |
| Luca Jaquez | Defender | 12 | no rating |
| Tiago Tomás | Forward | 12 | no rating |
| Chema Andrés | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.