Highlights
D. Siebert
Stuttgart go top with Bochum demolition
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Full-time
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.
Silas starts season in style
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83'
Substitution
80'
Substitution
78'
Substitution
78'
Substitution
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Substitution
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Substitution
77'
Five up for Stuttgart as Guirassy gets his second
VfB are off to a flier! Serhou Guirassy has joined Silas in grabbing a brace by turning past Bernardo following a Stenzel pass to go one-on-one with Riemann and convert clinically.
Goal probability
Goal probability
Goal probability determines the likelihood that the ball will land in the goal from every position on the pitch. The value is based on large amounts of data from previous years; factors such as shot angle, distance to goal and opponent pressure - as well as mathematical models.
69'
Substitution
69'
Substitution
67'
Silas slots in Stuttgart's fourth
This is turning into a runaway win and the Stuttgart fans are understandably lapping it up. Silas has scored his second goal within seven minutes, converting cooly from a Pascal Stenzel cross at the far post.
Goal probability
Goal probability
Goal probability determines the likelihood that the ball will land in the goal from every position on the pitch. The value is based on large amounts of data from previous years; factors such as shot angle, distance to goal and opponent pressure - as well as mathematical models.
65'
Substitution
60'
Silas strikes
It has been a commanding showing from Stuttgart so far - and now they have three. Silas strolls past the defence to meet a Führich cross to the far post and bundles in with ease.
Goal probability
Goal probability
Goal probability determines the likelihood that the ball will land in the goal from every position on the pitch. The value is based on large amounts of data from previous years; factors such as shot angle, distance to goal and opponent pressure - as well as mathematical models.
Kick-off!
Stuttgart soaring
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45'
+ 7
Substitution
Half-time
38'
Zagadou doubles Stuttgart's lead
The hosts' positive start sees them go two up shortly before the break as Dan-Axel Zagadou meets Führich's corner with a thumping header at the near post.
Goal probability
Goal probability
Goal probability determines the likelihood that the ball will land in the goal from every position on the pitch. The value is based on large amounts of data from previous years; factors such as shot angle, distance to goal and opponent pressure - as well as mathematical models.
Guirasssy first
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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.
18'
Guirassy blasts Stuttgart in front
After an even start, Stuttgart had been starting to pile the pressure on Bochum and the hosts have an early breakthrough. Ito played a purposeful pass forward to Guirassy, who well and truly thumped it into the roof of the net with a wonderful strike from the edge of the area.
Goal probability
Goal probability
Goal probability determines the likelihood that the ball will land in the goal from every position on the pitch. The value is based on large amounts of data from previous years; factors such as shot angle, distance to goal and opponent pressure - as well as mathematical models.
Kick-off!
End of the Endo era
With Wataru Endo leaving for Liverpool, his place in the Stuttgart line-up (after starting in the 4-0 DFB Cup win at Balingen) is taken by Wooyeong Jeong, a new signing from Freiburg. Bochum's new defensive signing Bernardo starts - he had a spell at RB Leipzig until 2018.
Stuttgart starting XI
Nübel - Stenzel, Anton (c), Zagadou, Ito – Millot, Karazor - Silas, Jeong, Führich – Guirassy
Stuttgart subs
Seimen, Mittelstädt, Sosa, Haraguchi, Egloff, Massimo, Leweling, Milosevic, Sankoh
Bochum starting XI
Riemann - Masovic, Ordets, Bernardo - Passlack, Losilla (c), Stöger, Wittek – Asano, Antwi-Adjei - Hofmann
Bochum subs
Esser, Gamboa, Soares, Osei-Tutu, Loosli, Osterhage, Daschner, Zoller, Broschinski
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Probable line-ups
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Away day blues
Bochum only earned nine of their 35 points last season on the road, winning just twice (in Augsburg and Cologne).
2:03
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Advantage Stuttgart?
VfB are unbeaten on home turf against Bochum in their last 24 competitive meetings, winning 17 and drawing seven. The last time Bochum won in Stuttgart was a 4-2 triumph on 29 May 1987.
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