VfB Stuttgart 0-1 Celtic
Key numbers
- Possession 66% – 34%
- Shots 24 (8 on target) – 3 (2)
- Decisive moment: 1' Luke McCowan, FN xPts +0.6
HT 0:1
Luke McCowan 1'
VfB Stuttgart edged xG (2.13–0.3) but Celtic took the win.
Player of the matchViljami SinisaloDecisive moment1' Luke McCowan+0.6
Player of the match
Viljami Sinisalo Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.1 (Dominant)
Game state
VfB Stuttgart ahead 0 min · level 1 min · Celtic ahead 89 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
1'
Luke McCowan
Goal · scorer +0.4 · assist Junior Adamu +0.2
+0.6
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for Celtic is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
VfB StuttgartCeltic
66%Possession34%
2.13Expected goals (xG)0.3
0.09xG per shot0.1
24Shots3
8Shots on target2
33%Shots on target %67%
15Shots in box2
600Passes311
87%Pass accuracy77%
13Corners7
1Saves6
6Fouls13
0Yellow cards1
6Offsides2
Compared with usual
VfB Stuttgart
36 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 2 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.3 | |
| xG | 2.13 | 1.6 | |
| xG against | 0.3 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 24 | 15.9 | |
| On target | 8 | 5.9 | |
| Shots faced | 3 | 12.3 | low |
| xG per shot | 0.09 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 66% | 58.8% | |
| Passes | 600 | 531.7 | |
| Pass accuracy | 87% | 84.4% | |
| Corners | 13 | 5.4 | high |
| Fouls | 6 | 10.8 |
Celtic
9 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.6 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2.1 | low |
| xG | 0.3 | 1.9 | low |
| xG against | 2.13 | 1.6 | |
| Shots | 3 | 9.6 | low |
| On target | 2 | 4.1 | |
| Shots faced | 24 | 16.1 | |
| xG per shot | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
| Possession | 34% | 50.8% | |
| Passes | 311 | 485.1 | |
| Pass accuracy | 77% | 82.3% | |
| Corners | 7 | 5 | |
| Fouls | 13 | 11.7 |
Timeline
- 1' Goal Luke McCowan competition goal #1 assist Junior Adamu
- 45' Yellow Colby Donovan
- 46' Sub Jamie Leweling → Chris Führich
- 56' Sub Junior Adamu → Tomáš Čvančara
- 56' Sub Colby Donovan → Anthony Ralston
- 64' Sub Chema Andrés → Angelo Stiller
- 64' Sub Tiago Tomás → Ermedin Demirović
- 68' Sub Yang Hyun-Jun → Benjamin Nygren
- 68' Sub Luke McCowan → Sebastian Tounekti
- 72' Sub Luca Jaquez → Ramon Hendriks
- 77' VAR Deniz Undav
- 78' Sub Reo Hatate → Kelechi Iheanacho
- 85' Sub Badredine Bouanani → Bilal El Khannouss
Category leaders
- Key passesChema Andrés4
- Duels wonMaximilian Mittelstädt8/10
- DribblesJosha Vagnoman2/2
- Defensive actionsAuston Trusty7
- ShotsBadredine Bouanani4 (on target 3)
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.