Overview
- The loss to VfB Stuttgart extends Augsburg’s run to four consecutive competitive defeats and leaves them 15th only on goal difference, level on points with FC St. Pauli.
- Sandro Wagner told DAZN he felt disappointed, empty and sad, while insisting the squad remains united and is implementing his ideas.
- Club officials had reiterated before the match that a coaching change was not under consideration, though continued poor results are reported to threaten Wagner’s position.
- After the international break, Augsburg host promoted Hamburger SV in a fixture Weber framed as direction‑setting, saying the team must force a win.
- Augsburg twice led through Fabian Rieder and Han‑Noah Massengo before Stuttgart hit back via Maximilian Mittelstädt’s penalty and a Deniz Undav brace, with players lamenting missed chances such as Samuel Essende’s one‑on‑one at 2-2.