VfB Stuttgart vs 1. FC Köln Prediction Bundesliga · Sep 4, 2026

Regular Season - 2

Final Result

VfB Stuttgart4 : 11. FC Köln

Fri, Sep 4, 2026

How our prediction did

Right result, wrong scoreline

We predicted 2–1, it finished 4–1

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AI-generated prediction · Aug 30, 2026 · How predictions are made · Reviewed by David Taylor · Entertainment only

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Match Prediction

VfB Stuttgart2 - 11. FC Köln

56%

24%

20%

Home WinDrawAway Win

High-scoring likely (2.5+)63%

Both Teams Score65%

ConfidenceMedium

Analysis

Stuttgart start their home campaign under pressure: the 5-1 collapse at Bayern on 28 August leaves them 18th with 1 goal scored, 5 conceded and a -4 difference after one round. The table looks worse than the football, though — Stuttgart found the net in each of their last five fixtures (10 goals in total), including a 3-1 home win over Leverkusen and a 3-3 at Hoffenheim. Köln have no result registered in the current standings and their most recent sample is bleak: no wins in four, 12 goals conceded, with a 1-5 at Bayern and a 1-3 home loss to Heidenheim. Every one of those four Köln games ended with both teams scoring, and four of Stuttgart's last five went over 2.5 goals. That combination — a wounded but productive home side against a defence shipping three per game — points to a home win in an open, high-tempo match rather than a controlled one.

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Prediction FAQ

What is the predicted score for Stuttgart vs Köln?

We predict a 2-1 win for VfB Stuttgart. Their attack has scored in each of the last five matches, while Köln have conceded 12 goals across their last four.

Will there be over 2.5 goals?

We make it 62% likely. Four of Stuttgart's last five games passed 2.5 goals, and all four of Köln's most recent matches produced at least four goals in total or both teams scoring.

Can Köln get anything from this trip?

They have a 19% win chance and 24% draw chance in our model. A 2-2 at Union Berlin shows they can score away from home, but the defence has to improve on three conceded per game.

Head to Head

No head-to-head data was available for this fixture, so the read has to come from current form alone. What both records share is chaos: Stuttgart and Köln were each beaten 5-1 by Bayern in their most recent trip to Munich, and neither has kept a clean sheet in the matches on file. On that evidence, expecting a tight, low-scoring meeting would go against everything the numbers show.

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