Read up on this interesting fixture in the Bundesliga. FC Köln is in the 16th position from completing five matches. They welcome VfB Stuttgart who are placed 2nd from five matches.
- FC Köln have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Bundesliga
- VfB Stuttgart have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Bundesliga
This promises to be an interesting game with lots of action and energy as both sides are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!
FC Köln form and stats
The story so far in the Bundesliga for FC Köln at their home stadium (RheinEnergieStadion) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
FC Köln faced defeat in their previous match, away at Werder Bremen (1-2). Selke, a forward, was the champion performer for the side in that match, scoring a rating of 7.65 (out of 10). Selke scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Preceding that match was a defeat to TSG Hoffenheim (1-3).Early season league goal statistics from FC Köln's 2 home games: {2 goals}, 5 conceded.
VfB Stuttgart form and stats
VfB Stuttgart are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Bundesliga, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Guirassy (2) and Millot scored in Stuttgart's previous match, the home game against Darmstadt 98 that ended 3-1. Guirassy has bagged at least one goal for the away side seven matches in a row. The skill! The attacker Guirassy got a match rating of 9.1 in that game. Guirassy scored two goals, served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 35 successful passes (of 41 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Mainz 05 at their stadium, the result 3-1.Will there be lots of goals? This club have played 5 consecutive league games all with three or more than three goals (over 2.5 goals).
It's early days yet, but VfB Stuttgart has scored 4 and conceded 6 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): FC Köln two wins, two draws and VfB Stuttgart six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Guirassy 10 goals |   D. Selke 2 goals |  C. Führich 2 goals |
FC Köln missing players
VfB Stuttgart missing players
| FC Köln | VfB Stuttgart | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 20% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.2 | 9.5 | 13 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 5.6 | 2.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5 | 3.6 |
| 1.8 | 2.5 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.6 | 15.5 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 12 | 15.2 |
| 4 | 4.5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5 | 7.2 |
| 20% | 22% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 40% | 47% |
| 13 | 11 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 17.5 | 11.2 |
| 4.4 | 5.5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 7 | 4.4 |
- All of FC Köln's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of VfB Stuttgart's matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- FC Köln have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- FC Köln have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- FC Köln have lost all their home matches so far.
- FC Köln have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Bundesliga
- FC Köln have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- FC Köln have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- FC Köln haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- VfB Stuttgart have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- VfB Stuttgart have scored in all their matches so far.
- VfB Stuttgart have scored more than double the goals of FC Köln.
- VfB Stuttgart have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Bundesliga
- VfB Stuttgart haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| FC Köln | Last season | VfB Stuttgart | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Drew | D | 6 | 12 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 9 | 15 | ||
| 49 | 28 | Scored | S | 22 | 45 | ||
| 54 | 20 | Conceded | C | 35 | 57 | ||
| 85% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 79% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 94% | 88% | ||
| 50% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 76% | 62% | ||
| 35% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 24% | 18% | ||
| 59% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 76% | 74% | ||
| 18% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 6% | ||
| 38% | 41% | Failed to Score | F T | 24% | 24% | ||
| 6 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 12.5 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 13.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.5 | ||
| 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 30% | ||
| 11.7 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 11.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayern München | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 13 |
| 2 | VfB Stuttgart | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 12 |
| 4 | TSG Hoffenheim | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | Wolfsburg | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Union Berlin | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Werder Bremen | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | Freiburg | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 13 | Heidenheim | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 14 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | -12 | 3 |
| 15 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 2 |
| 16 | FC Köln | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
| 17 | Darmstadt 98 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 1 |
| 18 | Mainz 05 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 1 |
