Hansa Rostock vs VfB Stuttgart — DFB Pokal: stats, lineups & analysis
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play_arrow4 clips- 9′VfB Stuttgart, substitution:off
- 18′VfB Stuttgart, goal:0–1assist
- 32′VfB Stuttgart, yellow card:Foul
- 33′Hansa Rostock, yellow card:Foul
- 37′VfB Stuttgart, goal:0–2assist
- Half-time0 – 2
- 68′Hansa Rostock, substitution:off
- 68′Hansa Rostock, substitution:off
- 68′VfB Stuttgart, substitution:off
- 74′VfB Stuttgart, goal:0–3assist
- 75′Hansa Rostock, substitution:off
- 75′Hansa Rostock, substitution:off
- 82′VfB Stuttgart, goal:0–4assist
- 85′Hansa Rostock, substitution:off
- 86′VfB Stuttgart, substitution:off
- 86′VfB Stuttgart, substitution:off
- 86′VfB Stuttgart, substitution:off
- Full-time0 – 4
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Hansa Rostock
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Pejčinović hat-trick sinks Hansa Rostock as Stuttgart cruise into next round
VfB Stuttgart thrashed Hansa Rostock 4-0 at the Ostseestadion in a DFB Pokal Round of 64 tie, dominating from start to finish. Dženan Pejčinović opened the scoring in the 18th minute, finishing an assist from Tiago Tomás, before doubling his tally in the 37th minute after Deniz Undav supplied the pass, sending Stuttgart in 2-0 up at half-time.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The visitors kept control after the break, and Tiago Tomás got his own name on the scoresheet in the 74th minute, converting an Undav assist to make it 3-0. Pejčinović completed his hat-trick eight minutes later, turning home a Josha Vagnoman assist to put the result well beyond doubt at 4-0.
Stuttgart's dominance was reflected across the game, with 74% possession and 20 shots to Rostock's 9, eight of which found the target compared to six for the hosts. Rostock, who arrived on a run of five straight winless matches, could not lay a glove on their visitors, who advanced with a comfortable four-goal margin.
Pejčinović scored all three of his goals in a commanding display, taking the match ball with a 9.3 rating, while Tomás contributed a goal and an assist in support.
Stuttgart's 74% share of possession underlined how comprehensively they controlled the tie against a struggling Rostock side.
VfB Stuttgart won 4–0 away against Hansa Rostock (half-time 0–2).
Hansa Rostock met VfB Stuttgart in the DFB Pokal (Round of 64). Kick-off was Friday, 21 August 2026, 18:45 UTC at Ostseestadion. Referee: Sascha Stegemann.
Team pages: Hansa Rostock · VfB Stuttgart · DFB Pokal
Key moments
- 18' Goal: Dženan Pejčinović (assist: Tiago Tomás) — 0–1 · Watch Dženan Pejčinović's goal video (18')
- 37' Goal: Dženan Pejčinović (assist: Deniz Undav) — 0–2 · Watch Dženan Pejčinović's goal video (37')
- 74' Goal: Tiago Tomás (assist: Deniz Undav) — 0–3 · Watch Tiago Tomás's goal video (74')
- 82' Goal: Dženan Pejčinović (assist: Josha Vagnoman) — 0–4 · Watch Dženan Pejčinović's goal video (82')
Starting line-ups
Hansa Rostock (5-4-1)
VfB Stuttgart (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Hansa Rostock 10%, the draw 12%, VfB Stuttgart 78%. It finished Hansa Rostock 0–4 VfB Stuttgart.
VfB Stuttgart's rating gap outweighs Hansa Rostock's home ground — VfB Stuttgart are clearly the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of VfB Stuttgart's 78%. The draw at 12% is about what a gap this size usually leaves.
Why VfB Stuttgart at 78%?
VfB Stuttgart sit 651 points higher on our strength rating — 1306 to 1957. Sides with a more than 300-point rating edge on the road won 65.8% of 5,186 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 8–11–81.
Why not higher?
No scored evidence points the other way. 78% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 12% and Hansa Rostock at 10%.
Why is the draw only 12%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 13.3%. These teams' recent games average 3.5 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 22.8% of 16,957. The goals environment takes 1.1 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
VfB Stuttgart average 12 points more possession, but the rating gap here is 651 points. Our control receipt only exists between near-equals — there it moved results; across a class gap we could not measure a separate style edge, so style scores 0 here. Hansa Rostock have shed 79 strength-rating points over their last 10 games. Momentum is measured but not yet proven: sliding sides won 34.7% of 9,632 such games vs 34.5% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it stays at 0 points until the receipt clears its evidence bar. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Hansa Rostock vs VfB Stuttgart final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this DFB Pokal fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Dženan Pejčinović's goal against Hansa Rostock (18').
- Watch Dženan Pejčinović's goal against Hansa Rostock (37').
- Watch Tiago Tomás's goal against Hansa Rostock (74').
- Watch Dženan Pejčinović's goal against Hansa Rostock (82').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Hansa Rostock 0–4 VfB Stuttgart. Explore more on the Hansa Rostock and VfB Stuttgart team pages or the DFB Pokal page.