VfB Stuttgart recovers a 0-1 deficit to beat FC Augsburg 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

STUTTGART. VfB Stuttgart managed to turn the tables against FC Augsburg to win 2-1.

October 30, 2022

STUTTGART. VfB Stuttgart was able to reverse the scoreline against FC Augsburg to win 2-1. It was FC Augsburg to strike first with an early goal of F. Niederlechner at the 5′. Then it was a goal in the 15′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, W. Anton gave the win to VfB Stuttgart in the 90′ minute. VfB Stuttgart was vastly better in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

The match was played at the Mercedes-Benz-Arena stadium in Stuttgart on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Tobias Stieler assisted by Christian Gittelmann and Mark Borsch. The 4th official was Matthias Jöllenbeck. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 22.7 degrees Celsius or 72.86 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.

Match Statistics

VfB Stuttgart

2 - 1

FC Augsburg

! 63 Ball Possession 37

Shots

29 Total 13
6 On Target 4
23 Off Target 9
9 Shots blocked 1

97 Attack 96
46 Dangerous attack 36
100 Ball safe 69

0 Penalties 0
10 Corners 3

Fouls

7 Total 12
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

VfB Stuttgart had a superior ball possession 63% while FC Augsburg was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

VfB Stuttgart had a more offensive attitude with 46 dangerous attacks and 29 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why VfB Stuttgart won the match.

VfB Stuttgart shot 29 times, 6 on target, 23 off target. On the opposite side, FC Augsburg shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

VfB Stuttgart received 1 yellow card (L. Pfeiffer). Talking about the opposition, FC Augsburg received 2 yellow cards (C. Gruezo and E. Rexhbecaj).

Match Timeline

13'

Serhou Guirassy(goal)

15'

25'

66'

Lilian Egloff- sub ->C. Fuhrich

76'

78'

Elvis Rexhbecaj- Yellow

79'

Felix Uduokhai- sub ->M. Pedersen

Waldemar Anton(goal)

90'

Arne Maier- sub ->C. Gruezo

90'

Atakan Karazor- sub ->L. Pfeiffer

90'

Pascal Stenzel- sub ->W. Anton

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Borussia Mönchengladbach

After this encounter, VfB Stuttgart will have 11 points like Hertha BSC to hold in the 15th place. Regarding the opposition, FC Augsburg will stay with 14 points like VfL Wolfsburg to hold in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, VfB Stuttgart will host Werder Bremen on the 5th of February with a 11-8 head to head in favor of VfB Stuttgart (10 draws).

FC Augsburg will host Bayer 04 Leverkusen on the 3rd of February with a 16-2 head to head record in favor of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (7 draws).

VfB Stuttgart – Formation

VfB Stuttgart

Florian Müller 1.Germany

6.5

Waldemar Anton 2.Germany

6.9

90'

90'

Borna Sosa 24.Croatia

8.3

Dan-Axel Zagadou 23.France

6.2

Hiroki Ito 21.Japan

6.8

Wataru Endo 3.Japan

6.8

Chris Führich 22.Germany

6.7

76'

Naouirou Ahamada 32.France

6.9

Silla Katompa Mvumpa 14.DR Congo

6.4

66'

Serhou Guirassy 9.Guinea

7.8

15'

Luca Pfeiffer 20.Germany

6.2

90'

Substitutes

Fabian Bredlow 33.Germany

Atakan Karazor 16.Germany

90'

Pascal Stenzel 15.Germany

90'

Lilian Egloff 25.Germany

6.7

76'

Nikolas Nartey 28.Denmark

Tanguy Coulibaly 7.France

Juan-José Perea 11.Colombia

Thomas Kastanaras 39.Germany

Tiago Tomás 10.Portugal

6.6

66'

VfB Stuttgart adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Pellegrino Matarazzo decided to play with the following team: Florian Müller (6.5), Waldemar Anton (6.9), Hiroki Ito (6.8), Dan-Axel Zagadou (6.2), Borna Sosa (8.3), Silas Katompa Mvumpa (6.4), Wataru Endo (6.8), Naouirou Ahamada (6.9), Chris Führich (6.7), Serhou Guirassy (7.8) and Luca Pfeiffer (6.2).

The home team had on the bench: Lilian Egloff (6.7), Juan José Perea, Atakan Karazor, Fabian Bredlow, Nikolas Nartey, Thomas Kastanaras, Pascal Stenzel, Tiago Tomás (6.6) and Tanguy Coulibaly.

Substitutions

VfB Stuttgart made 4 changes: Silas for T. Tomas (66′), C. Fuhrich for L. Egloff (76′), L. Pfeiffer for A. Karazor (90′) and W. Anton for P. Stenzel (90′).

Best player: Borna Sosa

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for VfB Stuttgart was Borna Sosa even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.3) with 35 passes (88% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 16 crosses.

FC Augsburg – Formation

FC Augsburg

Tomas Koubek 40.Czech Republic

6.8

Jeffrey Gouweleeuw 6.Netherlands

7.2

Mads Pedersen 3.Denmark

8.0

79'

Maximilian Bauer 23.Germany

6.8

Fredrik Jensen 24.Finland

7.1

Carlos Gruezo 8.Ecuador

6.8

90'

13'

Elvis Rexhbecaj 13.Kosovo

6.5

78'

Rubén Vargas 16.Switzerland

6.4

25'

Ermedin Demirovic 9.Bosnia and Herzegovina

6.4

Florian Niederlechner 7.Germany

8.1

Mergim Berisha 11.Germany

7.1

Substitutes

Daniel Klein 25.Germany

Raphael Framberger 32.Germany

Felix Uduokhai 19.Germany

79'

Aaron Zehnter 42.Germany

F. Winther 26.Denmark

Julian Baumgartlinger 14.Austria

Daniel Caligiuri 20.Italy

90'

Arne Maier 10.Germany

90'

Lukas Petkov 21.Bulgaria

6.4

25'

Also FC Augsburg adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Enrico Maaßen played with: Tomáš Koubek (6.8), Fredrik Jensen (7.1), Maximilian Bauer (6.8), Jeffrey Gouweleeuw (7.2), Mads Pedersen (8.0), Ruben Vargas (6.4), Carlos Gruezo (6.8), Elvis Rexhbeçaj (6.5), Ermedin Demirović (6.4), Florian Niederlechner (8.1) and Mergim Berisha (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Lukas Petkov (6.4), Raphael Framberger, Felix Uduokhai, Aaron Zehnter, Julian Baumgartlinger, Daniel Caligiuri, Frederik Franck Winther, Daniel Klein and Arne Maier.

Substitutions

FC Augsburg made 4 changes: R. Vargas for L. Petkov (25′), M. Pedersen for F. Uduokhai (79′), C. Gruezo for A. Maier (90′) and L. Petkov for D. Caligiuri (90′).