Highlights
P. Ittrich
0:20
WATCH: MATARAZZO: "WE HAVE MORE POTENTIAL THAN WE SHOWED"
0:14
WATCH: GOUWELEEUW: "WE HAVE TO KEEP FIGHTING"
90'
+ 4
FULL-TIME: AUGSBURG 4-1 STUTTGART
What a result for Weinzierl's Augsburg!
Full-time
90'
+ 3
90'
TIME ADDED ON
Three minutes left at the WWK-Arena. Stuttgart's four-game unbeaten run is no more...
90'
Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 90 minutes
Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 90 minutes
Through high-end camera technology and machine learning, the speed of each player is evaluated in real time. Top speed then means, the fastest measured single frame of a player/game.
AUGSBURG ON THE UP
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85'
Substitution
82'
FINNBOGASON SEALS IT!
Alfred Finnbogason scores his first Bundesliga goal since February 2020! It's a solid strike from the Augsburg forward - low and hard under Bredlow from the edge of the area. Game, set and match!
78'
AUGSBURG EFFICIENCY
Goal attempts
8off target
10on target
7off target
3on target
78'
Possession (%)
3565
73'
IMMEDIATE IMPACT!
Augsburg score for the third time, having been 1-0 down! It's a familiar story as Stuttgart don't deal with a corner into the danger zone. Finnbogason feeds it back into the six-yard area for Niederlechner, who fires high into the net on the turn. Superb finish. Stuttgart are falling apart.
70'
LIKE-FOR-LIKE CHANGES
The two-goal Niederlechner and Euro U21 winner Dorsch replace Vargas and Maier respectively. It's a pretty deep squad Weinzierl has at his disposal - that could be key in the relegation battle.
69'
Substitution
69'
Substitution
67'
MATARAZZO ROLLS THE DICE
Changes at both ends for Stuttgart, with rangy defender Pascal Stenzel and forward Wahid Faghir on. Can they wrestle back the initiative?
67'
Substitution
67'
Substitution
64'
FINN-NO!
Augsburg break with Hahn. He carries the ball a long way before laying if off for Vargas to his left in the box. The Switzerland international squares for Finnbogason, whose goal-bound strike is deflected behind off the toe of Mola. The home side are unrecognisable for the team that started this contest.
61'
DOUBLE CHANGE
Caligiuri's worked his socks off for Augsburg, and the home fans know it. Andre Hahn's on for the veteran, while Tobias Strobl brings fresh legs to the centre of the park at the expense of ex-Stuttgart man Carlos Gruezo.
61'
Substitution
61'
Substitution
57'
MANGALA!
Stuttgart work the ball into the Augsburg area. Mangala goes on the outside of his marker, but the angle's tight and Gikiewicz is able to make the stop.
54'
AUGSBURG LEAD!
Stuttgart come unstuck from another corner as Jeffrey Gouweleeuw meets Vargas' cross into the six-yard box with his head. Bredlow flaps at air and there's an attempt at a goal-line clearance, but it's all in vain. A truly awful goal to concede from a defensive point of view.
50'
BREDLOW AND BUTTER
Augsburg are pressing Stuttgart higher and have all the momentum as Caligiuri launches a speculative long-range effort straight at Bredlow. Too passive from Stuttgart...
46'
HERE WE GO AGAIN!
Augsburg are unchanged at the start of the second half, but Matarazzo has shuffled his pack. Philipp Förster is on to beef up the midfield, with the more attack-minded Daniel Didavi making way.
Kick-off!
45'
+ 3
Substitution
45'
+ 3
HALF-TIME: AUGSBURG 1-1 STUTTGART
Augsburg are deservedly level at the break, after VfB looked like they might run away with it. All to play for!
Half-time
45'
+ 2
AUGSBURG DANGER
Ausgburg break as Finnbogason finds Vargas in the VfB area. He can't get a shot away, but manages to ping a low ball into the six-yard box. Mola forces it behind for a corner that comes to nothing. Augsburg looking the more likely...
41'
OXFORD AGAIN!
Stuttgart are not dealing well with Augsburg's set-piece deliveries. Oxford meets a free-kick under pressure from Mola, but misses the target. The Englishman might have had a second there!
40'
KEMPF CROCKED
Stuttgart's injury woes continue as defender Marc-Oliver Kempf is forced off. England U21 Clinton Mola is his replacement, making his second Bundesliga appearance.
39'
Substitution
37'
SWINGS AND ROUNADABOUTS
Possession (%)
4258
37'
Goal attempts
4off target
3on target
5off target
1on target
35'
STUTTGART PRESSURE
Stuttgart threaten an immediate response as Finnbogason gets in the way of Endo's goal-bound header. Anton keeps the ensuing corner alive with a fabulous turn and near-post cross - so good that Didavi doesn't quite expect to receive the ball. He prods wide under pressure from an Augsburg defender.
31'
OXFORD LEVELS!
Well, well. Stuttgart are undone by a ball up the middle. Finnbogason fires straight at Bredlow, who parries behind for a corner. Arne Maier whips it in, and Oxford rises highest to head home his third goal of the season.
30'
Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 30 minutes
Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 30 minutes
Through high-end camera technology and machine learning, the speed of each player is evaluated in real time. Top speed then means, the fastest measured single frame of a player/game.
25'
BREDLOW CALLED INTO ACTION
Daniel Caligiuri curls a teasing ball into the Stuttgart area. It's crying out for a touch, but sails all the way through and Bredlow has to turn it away with his left foot. Very awkward one for the keeper.
25'
VARGAS!
Ruben Vargas lifts spirits inside the WWK-Arena as he cuts in off the left and fires narrowly wide of the far post. That wasn't far away at all!
23'
STUTTGART CHANGE
Führich can't continue, so on comes 20-year-old Frenchman Tanguy Coulibaly for his seventh league appearance of the season.
22'
Substitution
21'
BLOCKED
Klimowicz is on the prowl. He drives into the Augsburg area, before seeing his attempt at goal blocked. Gouweleeuw then goes into the book for a rash lunge on Didavi.
19'
FÜHRICH CONCERN
Goalscorer Führich is down clutching his right ankle. The physios are on as Matarazzo looks on pensively. The American's squad has been ravaged by injury this season...
15'
ZEQIRI, ZEQIRI
Better from Augsburg as Caligiuri whips a ball into the feet of Zeqiri in the box. He takes it on first time, but his shot is blocked behind for a corner. It's half dealt with initially, before Anton clears.
10'
WARNING SHOT
Sosa has a pop for Stuttgart. It doesn't trouble Gikiewicz, but these are worrying times for Augsburg. It's all Stuttgart!
8'
STUTTGART LEAD!
Stuttgart take full advantage of a very shaky Augsburg start. Endo works the ball to Führich, who takes aim from 18 yards and fires in his first Bundesliga goal since joining VfB from Paderborn in the summer.
5'
EYES ON WEINZIERL
Augsburg have taken just nine points from 12 Bundesliga matches since Markus Weinzierl returned as coach in May (W2, D3, L6). He oversaw 23 games in charge of Stuttgart in 2018/19, losing his job following a 6-0 defeat in Augsburg.
Kick-off!
THE VIRTUAL BUNDESLIGA IS ABOUT TO BEGIN!
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THE FINNBO FACTOR
Augsburg have registered fewer shots this season (79) than any other team in the Bundesliga. Only five of those efforts have found the net, making FCA the lowest scorers in the division. Can Alfred Finnbogason rediscover the kind of form that helped him produce double figures for goals in 2017/18 and 2018/19? The injury ravaged Iceland international makes only his Bundesliga fifth start in the last 12 months today...
2:03
WATCH: MAINZ 4-1 AUGSBURG
2:03
WATCH: STUTTGART 1-1 UNION
MORE ON THOSE TEAMS
Augsburg coach Markus Weinzierl makes four changes to the side that lost 4-1 at Mainz last Friday. Tobias Strobl and Mads Pedersen come into the midfield, while Andi Zeqiri and Alfred Finnbogason lead the line. As for Stuttgart, Wahid Faghir starts on the bench once again, despite rescuing his side a point against Union Berlin on Matchday 9. Defender Konstantinos Mavropanos misses out through injury, with Waldemar Anton coming in. Midfielder Orel Mangala and forward Mateo Klimowicz also get the nod following the midweek exertions of a DFB Cup second-round loss to Cologne.
STUTTGART STARTING XI
Bredlow - Kempf, Anton, Ito - Didavi, Mangala, Endo (c), Sosa - Führich, Klimowicz - Al Ghaddioui
STUTTGART SUBS
Schock, Stenzel, Mola, Coulibaly, Förster, Nartey, Ahamada, Beyaz, Fahgir
AUGSBURG STARTING XI
Gikiewicz - Gumny, Gouweleeuw (c), Oxford - Caligiuri, Maier, Strobl, Pedersen - Vargas - Zeqiri, Finnbogason
AUGSBURG SUBS
Koubek, Niederlechner, Gruezo, Cordova, Gregoritsch, Winther, Hahn, Dorsch, Framberger
MATARAZZO SENSES OPPORTUNITY
"We’re expecting our opponents to play with a lot of energy, but we’re still focusing on ourselves and our own game," Pellegrino Matarazzo said ahead of the meeting between his 13th-placed VfB and 16th-in-the-table Augsburg. "We have to be up for the fight in order to decide the match in our favour. Our focus is on our own performance and on influencing the game in the right direction. We need to gather and focus our energy. We sense an opportunity to get three points and want to take it."
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