Match highlights
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VfB Stuttgart vs 1. FC Köln highlights
How the goals came
15' Ermedin Demirović opens the scoring for VfB Stuttgart → 79' Ragnar Ache equalises for 1. FC Köln → 84' Ermedin Demirović puts VfB Stuttgart ahead (the winner) → 90+2' Deniz Undav extends VfB Stuttgart's lead. Full time: 3-1, VfB Stuttgart win.
The match, goal by goal
3 of the 4 goals came after half-time. 1 goal in second-half stoppage time.
15' Ermedin Demirović (VfB Stuttgart) 1-0
Ermedin Demirović broke the deadlock in the 15th minute as VfB Stuttgart hosted 1. FC Köln at the MHPArena on Matchday 22 of the Bundesliga. The first-half opener put the home side 1-0 up. Stuttgart held that advantage for a long stretch, and the match would not move again until late in the second half.
79' Ragnar Ache (1. FC Köln) 1-1
Trailing since the 15th minute, 1. FC Köln drew level in the 79th through Ragnar Ache. His goal wiped out Stuttgart's lead and made it 1-1. For the visitors, it was an equalizer that reset the match with little more than ten minutes of regulation time remaining.
84' Ermedin Demirović (VfB Stuttgart) 2-1
Only five minutes after being pegged back, Stuttgart went ahead again in the 84th minute, and once more it was Ermedin Demirović. His second goal of the afternoon made it 2-1. The home side never relinquished the lead from there, making Demirović's strike the match-winner.
90'+2 Deniz Undav (VfB Stuttgart) 3-1
Deniz Undav added Stuttgart's third goal in the 90+2nd minute, deep into added time. With the home side clinging to a one-goal margin after Demirović's late winner, Undav's strike made it 3-1. It left 1. FC Köln no way back, and Stuttgart closed out the win at the MHPArena.
