VfB Stuttgart 4–1 FC Köln
- El Khannouss 39'
- Prömel 60'
- Demirovic 75'
- Vagnoman 90'
- Hendriks 81' (o.g.)
4 September 2026
The match in data
VfB Stuttgart beat FC Köln 4–1 on 4 September 2026, on matchday 2 of the 2026-27 Bundesliga.
Player of the match: Finn Jeltsch (VfB Stuttgart), rated 64, thanks above all to 6 final-third passes and 4 aerials won. Jeltsch produced 1.3 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.
For FC Köln, the highest-rated player was Paul Okon-Engstler, with 73.
Finn Jeltsch
VfB Stuttgart · 90'
Produced 1.29× and cost 0.53× their position's average
- 6 final-third passes 1.0×
- 4 aerials won 2.2×
- 65 passes 1.3×
- 5 duels lost 1.4×
- 5 misplaced passes 0.7×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ermedin Demirovic | Forward | 20 | 90 |
| Finn Jeltsch ★ | Defender | 90 | 64 |
| Maximilian Mittelstädt | Defender | 78 | 61 |
| Chris Führich | Forward | 70 | 60 |
| Jeff Chabot | Defender | 90 | 59 |
| Grischa Prömel | Midfielder | 90 | 55 |
| Bilal El Khannouss | Midfielder | 78 | 55 |
| Deniz Undav | Forward | 70 | 52 |
| Angelo Stiller | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Dzenan Pejcinovic | Forward | 90 | 39 |
| Josha Vagnoman | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| Jamie Leweling | Forward | 20 | 31 |
| Fabian Bredlow | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Leo Sauer | Forward | 12 | no rating |
| Ramon Hendriks | Defender | 12 | no rating |
| Yanik Spalt | Defender | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Okon-Engstler | Midfielder | 46 | 73 |
| Ísak Jóhannesson | Midfielder | 90 | 61 |
| Mikey Moore | Forward | 44 | 60 |
| Jan Thielmann | Forward | 46 | 57 |
| Linton Maina | Forward | 75 | 56 |
| Jahmai Simpson-Pusey | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Alessio Castro-Montes | Midfielder | 90 | 51 |
| Tom Krauß | Midfielder | 90 | 50 |
| Gideon Mensah | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Ragnar Ache | Forward | 75 | 43 |
| Ellyes Skhiri | Midfielder | 44 | 43 |
| Luka Lochoshvili | Defender | 90 | 23 |
| Marvin Schwäbe | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Marius Bülter | Forward | 15 | no rating |
| Reigan Heskey | Forward | 15 | no rating |
| Imad Rondic | Forward | 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.