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Stuttgart's Jamie Leweling is the second player to score two goals for the club in the Champions League, after Mario Gomez did so against Lyon in 2007 Stuttgart's Jamie Leweling scored twice in a 3-1 Champions League away win that ended Slovan Bratislava's chances of making the play-offs. Leweling slotted home a clever through pass from Deniz Undav for his first and the Germany forward was first to loose ball as he scored his second before the break, converting the rebound after goalkeeper Dominik Takac denied Enzo Millot. Slovan's Idjessi Metsoko pulled one back for the Slovakian side five minutes before full-time but Fabian Rieder restored Stuttgart's two-goal lead minutes later. Slovan Bratislava are second from bottom in the 36-team table, without a point, while Germany's Stuttgart are 21st, with the teams from ninth to 24th place making the play-offs. Latest Champions League table Champions League scores & fixtures Follow the latest Champions League news Watch highlights of every Champions League game from 22: 00 on Wednesday on BBC i Player and the BBC Sport website and app. There will also be a Champions League Match of the Day on BBC One on Wednesday, from 22: 40 to 00: 00. Last Updated 21st January 2025 at 22: 53 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Vladimír Weiss Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Sebastian Hoeneß Formation: 4 - 4 - 2 Manager: Vladimír Weiss Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Sebastian Hoeneß Formation: 4 - 4 - 2 UEFA Champions League All competitions All competitions All competitions This will be the first meeting between Slovan Bratislava and Stuttgart since the 2010-11 campaign. In what were their only two games to date, the German side progressed 3-2 on aggregate in a play-off tie in qualifying for the UEFA Europa League (1-0 away and 2-2 at home). Stuttgart have only lost one of their previous eight games against Slovakian/Czechoslovakian sides in European competition, winning five of those fixtures (D2 L1). Their only such defeat came away to Dukla Praha in the UEFA Cup in 1978, a result which saw them eliminated in the Last 16. Slovan Bratislava have lost their first six UEFA Champions League matches, the first side to do so since Romanian club Otelul Galati in 2011. No side in Champions League history has ever lost their first seven games in the competition. Stuttgart’s last two UEFA Champions League games ended 5-1, losing to Crvena Zvezda on MD5 before beating Young Boys on MD6. They last won consecutive games in the competition in December 2009. Having lost their final three Conference League games last season and their first six of this season’s UEFA Champions League, Slovan Bratislava are enduring their second nine-match losing run in major European competition, having lost nine between 2011 and 2014. They are one of three sides to have two 9+ game losing runs, along with Dinamo Zagreb and Dundalk, the latter of whom were the last to lose 10 consecutively (2016 – 2020). In their first five UEFA Champions League games this season, Stuttgart scored just four goals from 88 shots (4. 5% conversion) and underperformed their x G by 3. 8 (4 goals vs 7. 8 x G). In their 5-1 win over Young Boys on MD6, they scored with 25% of their efforts at goal and scored 2. 7 more goals than their expected goal total of 2. 3. In this season’s UEFA Champions League, Slovan Bratislava have faced the most shots on target (48) and only Young Boys (22) have shipped more goals (21). They’ve also given away the most big chances (29) and conceded the most goals to big chances (15). Stuttgart’s Atakan Karazor has won possession more time in the final third than any other player in the UEFA Champions League this season (10). Indeed, only two midfielders have won possession overall more times than Karazor (39) in the competition this term: Benjamin André (42) and Malik Tillman (40). Vladimir Weiss is winless in all six home UEFA Champions League games as a manager (D2 L1 with FC Petrzalka 1898 in 2005, L3 with Slovan Bratislava in 2024) – the only manager to manage more than six at home without winning is former Fenerbahçe, Besiktas and Galatasaray manager Mustafa Denzili (D1 L6). Stuttgart’s Enzo Millot has been involved in 47 shot-ending sequences of play in the UEFA Champions League this season, the fourth-most of any individual in the competition. However, he’s the top-ranked player this term for total x G of sequences he’s participated in (7. 3).   Match ends, SK Slovan Bratislava 1, Vf B Stuttgart 3. Second Half ends, SK Slovan Bratislava 1, Vf B Stuttgart 3. Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time. Maximilian Mittelstädt (Vf B Stuttgart) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Kenan Bajric (SK Slovan Bratislava). Hand ball by Maximilian Mittelstädt (Vf B Stuttgart). Substitution, Vf B Stuttgart. Leonidas Stergiou replaces Josha Vagnoman. Substitution, Vf B Stuttgart. Pascal Stenzel replaces Enzo Millot. Tigran Barseghyan (SK Slovan Bratislava) is shown the yellow card. Offside, SK Slovan Bratislava. Tigran Barseghyan is caught offside. Substitution, SK Slovan Bratislava. Artur Gajdos replaces Nino Marcelli. Substitution, SK Slovan Bratislava. Jurij Medvedev replaces César Blackman. Attempt missed. Tigran Barseghyan (SK Slovan Bratislava) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Goal! SK Slovan Bratislava 1, Vf B Stuttgart 3. Fabian Rieder (Vf B Stuttgart) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Maximilian Mittelstädt following a fast break. Goal! SK Slovan Bratislava 1, Vf B Stuttgart 2. Idjessi Metsoko (SK Slovan Bratislava) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tigran Barseghyan with a through ball. Foul by Ameen Al Dakhil (Vf B Stuttgart). Alen Mustafic (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt missed. Fabian Rieder (Vf B Stuttgart) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick. Ermedin Demirovic (Vf B Stuttgart) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Kenan Bajric (SK Slovan Bratislava). © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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