Stuttgart remain one of Germany’s established clubs, founded in 1893 and based at the MHPArena. Their squad was valued at around £343.5m by Transfermarkt, with 35 players and an average age of 25 – a sizeable group with enough maturity to make their quality felt.
Their 2025-26 campaign finished with a side capable of scoring freely, particularly away from home. Stuttgart averaged 2.4 goals scored on the road, though that came with a clear defensive cost: 1.9 conceded per away match. At home they were tighter, averaging 1.8 scored and 0.9 conceded.
Deniz Undav led the scoring with 25 goals, supported by Ermedin Demirović on 15, Jamie Leweling on 11, Bilal El Khannouss on nine and Chris Führich on eight. They also started matches sharply, scoring the first goal inside 20 minutes in seven of their 18 league matches.
Their closing league run was mixed rather than ragged: draws with Eintracht Frankfurt, Hoffenheim and Werder Bremen, wins over Bayer Leverkusen and Hamburg, and a 4-2 defeat to Bayern Munich. For Celtic supporters, Stuttgart profile as a strong, attack-minded opponent with obvious quality and equally obvious spaces to test.
