Champions League · League phase, matchday 2 Match report

Slovan Bratislava 0-3 VfB Stuttgart: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Slovan Bratislava

0-3Full time

VfB Stuttgart

Wednesday 14 October 2026, 19:00 UTC Štadión Tehelné pole, Bratislava

Our picks against the result

8 of 13 right

Result VfB Stuttgart win65% 0-3
Double chance VfB Stuttgart or draw (X2)83% 0-3
Both teams to score Yes61% No
Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.565% 3 goals
More corners VfB Stuttgart66% VfB Stuttgart (1-8)
Yellow cards Around average 4 yellow cards · league 3.6
Yellow cards 4 yellow cards 3.5 Under57% 4.5 Under75% 5.5 Under88%
Corners Above average 9 corners · league 8.9
Corners 9 corners 8.5 Over68% 9.5 Over57% 10.5 Under53%

Match stats

Slovan Bratislava VfB Stuttgart

0 Goals 3
1 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
1 Corners 8

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Slovan Bratislava vs VfB Stuttgart opens matchday two of the Champions League league phase at Štadión Tehelné pole on Wednesday 14 October 2026; we pick a VfB Stuttgart win, with VfB Stuttgart win or draw as our double chance.

Why this pick?

Our model makes VfB Stuttgart the pick, and the reason is straightforward: our strength ratings put them clearly above Slovan Bratislava, who sit well below the Champions League average. The main argument on the other side is Slovan playing at home, and that counts for something real. It does not cover a gap of that size, though, and the goal model also leans Stuttgart's way, with recent form pointing in the same direction. The call is clear.

Both teams to score: Our model also expects both teams to score: Slovan Bratislava's defence concedes more than the Champions League average, Stuttgart's attack is a strong one, and the home ground should help Slovan score, though their own attack has been well below average.

Form guide

Slovan Bratislava

D 1-1 at Skalica (A) 1. liga · 10 Oct
W 2-1 at Komárno (A) 1. liga · 19 Sep
D 3-3 vs Žilina (H) 1. liga · 13 Sep
L 1-6 at Paris Saint-Germain (A) Champions League · 9 Sep
L 0-2 at DAC 1904 Dunajska Streda (A) 1. liga · 5 Sep

VfB Stuttgart

W 2-0 at Paderborn (A) Bundesliga · 10 Oct
L 0-1 vs Borussia Dortmund (H) Bundesliga · 19 Sep
L 1-2 at Hoffenheim (A) Bundesliga · 12 Sep
W 3-1 vs Viking (H) Champions League · 9 Sep
W 4-1 vs 1. FC Köln (H) Bundesliga · 4 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

Slovan BratislavaVfB Stuttgart

Attack 0 54 1.0 goals per match this season3.0 goals per match this season

Defence 0 37 6.0 conceded per match this season1.0 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Champions League clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.