Slovan Bratislava 0-3 Stuttgart: accuracy over volume
AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- Shots on target: Slovan 1, Stuttgart 8
- xG 0.76 v 1.9: Stuttgart's chances were better
- Stuttgart led for about 61 minutes, no goals conceded
Similar shot counts, very different outcome
Stuttgart won 3-0 in Bratislava, and the shot counts barely hinted at it. Both sides shot freely, but only one Slovan effort hit the target against eight from the visitors. Most of the hosts' attempts were blocked or went wide, so Fabian Bredlow was rarely tested.
Slovan's shots carried little danger
Stuttgart allowed just 0.76 xG. That is far below their average of 2.6 across seven matches this season, which suggests Slovan's attempts were not especially threatening. The visitors' efforts were also more dangerous individually, with a higher xG per shot. Quality, not quantity, separated the sides.
Undav's opener tilted the match
Deniz Undav's goal in the 29th minute, set up by Angelo Stiller, moved the two sides' FN xPts more than anything else in the match. It was worth +0.7 FN xPts to Stuttgart, while Slovan Bratislava's FN xPts fell by −0.6. Stuttgart held the lead from that moment until full-time.
A back line that gave nothing away
Sandro Cruz's own goal in the 64th minute doubled the lead, and substitute Ermedin Demirović added a third in the 90th. But the story was a clean sheet built at the back. Jeff Chabot won all eight of his duels and also played a full part in Stuttgart's build-up, with Slovan managing only one shot on target.
FN MOM
Highest FN Score · our own pick by a published formula, not the official Player of the Match
Jeff Chabot 8.0Dominant
He won all eight of his duels and completed 86 of 96 passes in a clean-sheet display.
Chabot mattered at both ends of the move: he won the ball back and then helped carry it forward, which let Stuttgart protect the lead after Undav's opener. Slovan's solitary shot on target says plenty about the cover in front of Fabian Bredlow. A solid, unfussy FN MOM display from the centre of defence.
Game state
0-10-20-3
Slovan Bratislava ahead 0 min · level 29 min · VfB Stuttgart ahead 61 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. The value next to a team code is what the same moment did to the other side's expected points; the decisive moment is the one with the largest combined change for both teams.
29'
Deniz Undav
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Angelo Stiller +0.2 · SLO −0.6
+0.7
64'
Sandro Cruz
Own goal · VFB +0.4
−0.3
90'
Ermedin Demirović
Goal · assist Lorenz Assignon · SLO 0.0
0.0
Slovan Bratislava
Expected (no record yet, starting estimate) 1.1Own moments −0.3Opponent moments −0.6Time effect −0.2→ League points won 0
VfB Stuttgart
Expected (last two seasons) 1.7Own moments +0.7Opponent moments +0.4Time effect +0.2→ League points won 3
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
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Match stats
Slovan BratislavaVfB Stuttgart
0.76Expected goals (xG)1.9
Compared with usual
VfB Stuttgart
7 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 3 | 2.1 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.4 | |
| xG | 1.9 | 1.9 | |
| xG against | 0.76 | 2.6 | |
| Shots | 16 | 16.7 | |
| On target | 8 | 5.9 | |
| Shots faced | 15 | 16.1 | |
| xG per shot | 0.12 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 64% | 56.9% | |
| Passes | 629 | 543.1 | |
| Corners | 8 | 6.1 | |
| Fouls | 15 | 9.7 | |
Timeline
- 12'
Yellow
Ramon Hendriks
- 26'
Yellow
Bilal El Khannouss
- 29'
Goal
Deniz Undav competition goal #1 assist Angelo Stiller
- 64'
Goal
Sandro Cruz (OG)
- 71'
Sub
Chris Führich → Leo Sauer
- 71'
Sub
Dženan Pejčinović → Jamie Leweling
- 75'
Sub
Cristian Jesús Martínez → Artur Gajdoš
- 75'
Sub
Sandro Cruz → Kevin Wimmer
- 77'
Yellow
Josha Vagnoman
- 80'
Sub
Angelo Stiller → Atakan Karazor
- 81'
Sub
Bilal El Khannouss → Ermedin Demirović
- 81'
Sub
Tigran Barseghyan → R. Čerepkai
- 81'
Sub
Andraž Šporar → A. Yirajang
- 81'
Sub
Suleiman Camara → Nino Marcelli
- 85'
Yellow
P. Pokorný
- 86'
Sub
Josha Vagnoman → Lorenz Assignon
- 90'
Goal
Ermedin Demirović competition goal #4 assist Lorenz Assignon
Category leaders
- Key passesTigran Barseghyan4
- Duels wonCésar Blackman9/10
- DribblesCésar Blackman3/3
- Defensive actionsCésar Blackman8
- ShotsTigran Barseghyan4 (on target 1)
- Fouls wonSuleiman Camara4
#UEFA Champions League#VfB Stuttgart#Slovan Bratislava#Jeff Chabot#Deniz Undav#League phase
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.