Berlin, Sept. 5 -- VfB Stuttgart responded to its heavy opening-day defeat by Bayern Munich with a 4-1 home victory over Cologne here.
Josha Vagnoman and Dzenan Pejcinovic both came close early, Vagnoman rattling the bar and Pejcinovic heading against the woodwork, while Deniz Undav and Grischa Proemel were denied by Cologne goalkeeper Marvin Schwaebe as Stuttgart pressed.
Bilal El Khannouss broke the deadlock, driving through Cologne's defense and slipping the ball through Luka Lochoshvili's legs to finish low into the corner on Friday.
Cologne, without the ill Said El Mala and Thijs Dallinga, improved after the interval and almost leveled when Fabian Bredlow blocked Ellyes Skhiri's close-range header before twice denying new signing Mi...